A point ahead of our nearest rivals going into the last round of the U1800 section of the Welsh Chess Union Online League on Tuesday 8th December, Aberystwyth failed to clinch the title. My Rossolimo attack against Owain Davies's Sicilian followed a standard pattern for the first few moves, but I wasn't sure of the correct way to play against his formation, and became concerned that my intended f4 break would liberate his fianchettoed bishop on g7. Since I didn't have any other plan, I was then compelled to wait around while he attacked on the f file instead, after which my position collapsed quickly. Julie van Kemenade suffered a similar fate against Cameron Westwood's English Opening, a blocked position which suddenly expoded into a decisive kingside attack for White. Tom Gunn lost a pawn in the opening against Matthew Horhey in an irregular Queen's Pawn game; the resulting position was very open, and Tom came off worse in the tactical exchanges that followed. Finally, Sam Holman invited complications by playing the Najdorf Sicilian against Toby Bates, and was doing well for some time, but White finally managed to get his kingside attack going to force the win. A 4-0 defeat means that Aber finished fourth in the section, a good result which could have been so much better. First place went to North Cardiff Panthers, with Aberystwyth University second and Steynton A third.
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