Games
Extract from volumn 29: August
20
1964, page 364
The injection of two
continental teams this year
transformed the Glornay Cup from a
sterile ritual to an exciting and
keenly fought contect and great
credit must go to all the
organuisers responsible,
particularly Messers. Morrish and
Sinclair.
In the event,
england won again, but only by the
narrowest of margins owing to a
lucky escape against Scotland. At
adjournment Scotland needed only one
point for victory with both
unfinished games, Davie v Hartston
and Hay v Griffiths, in her favour.
Team manager G. Bonner W. Fairhurst
(down for the day) looked at the
positions and reckoned they could
count on 1.5 or 2 points. However,
the English boys did their homework
better. First Hartston drew a lost
rook-and-pawns end-game against
Davie, and then after a second
adjournment Griffiths beat Hay in an
85 move marathon in which the
Scottish player must have missed at
least six draws in the last 40
moves. So Scotland, with their
strongest team ever, missed the
opportunity to beat the old enemy.
Next day they collapsed against the
Netherlands team which had been
soundly beaten by England on the
opening day.
England's
victory was largely due to their
better end-game play superior talent
for swindling. In future years,
however, if we are to meet this
opposition,it may prove necessary to
drop the system of regional
representation and oick the team
solely on merit.
Davie had
gone unbeaten through the Scottish
Championship; he then sat down
against the the French number one
and was not merely beaten but
destroyed! For mystified Scots,
here's how it was done.
Sicilian Defence
|
Eng |
Holl |
Scot |
Ire |
Fra |
Wal |
G.T. |
Pts |
England |
|
4 |
3 |
3½ |
4½ |
5 |
20 |
9 |
Holland |
2 |
|
4 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
19 |
8 |
Scotland |
3 |
1 |
|
5 |
4 |
5 |
19 |
7 |
Ireland |
2 |
1 |
|
|
4 |
4 |
12 |
4 |
France |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
4 |
10 |
2 |
Wales |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
|
8 |
0 |