Exeter Juniors ½-3½ Tiverton Testosterones

ByDrDave

{A terrific scrap where both sides took and missed their chances. In the end
the struggle with the 32 pieces on the board was decided as much by the clock
as by the moves.}

{White played an unknown system and got a bit lost. Trying to save a pawn,
White lost one piece and should have lost another. The position settled down
with Black dominant, and White never really had a chance.}

See also: http://exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/making-it-you-go-along

{Black wins a pawn but misses a discovery to lose a piece. Black keeps going
and eventually finds a perpetual check.}

{White started very well but the position became blocked and difficult.
Trying to get something going, you played a poor move, and things then went
from bad to worse.}

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