Bury Chess Club
The Bury second team showed their class when they entertained Salford in
the Manchester C Division. A draw by Steven Press and an early win for Lee Baron
put them in front, and when Bernard Sharples' top board opponent left his queen
en prise a runaway victory seemed in prospect. Bernard duly chalked up a win,
and solid draws by John Grindrod and Keith Evans pushed the score along. Then
Brian Forrest went wrong in a winning position, and it was left to captain Jim
Litherland to steer the ship home with a trademark endgame win.
Bury 2nd 4.5 v Salford 2.5
B Sharples 1, P Kane 0 ; J Grindrod 0.5, V
Goodridge 0.5 ; K Evans 0.5, P Young 0.5 ;
J Litherland 1, M Whalley 0 ; S Press 0.5, B
Landau 0.5 ; B Forrest 0, J Edwards 1 ;
L Baron 1, P Cohen 0.
The Bury club meets at Bury Sports Club on Monday and Tuesday evenings, and
visitors are welcome.