Marten Walinga victorious again in the second game of the world championships match!
With a spectacular combination, Marten Walinga managed to win the game to some surprise. For most of the game play had been cautious, with a slight advantage for white. Similar to yesterday, Marten (now playing black), produced a so-called salesman’s move. Realistically it was impossible, however, Folkert covetted playing a combination himself, chose the wrong piece and it was all over and out. Both commentators, Jouke Algra and Hans Jansen, were still actively looking for combinations for white (Folkert) when it became apparent that black had already made a king and could claim victory.
The match score is now 2-0, with nine games to go. Folkert was obviously disappointed with how the game ended, but he remained calm and composed and afterwards analysed the game, together with his opponent. During the analysis several other possible combinations, for both sides, were discussed. The current score lent itself beautifully for this.
In Frisian draughts a 2-0 deficit is by no means the end of competition, especially as it is practically impossible to play for a draw. However, it does mean that Folkert Groenveld needs to win one of these games!
1. 32-27 20-25 2. 27-22 17x28 3. 33x22 18x27 4. 31x22 12x32 5. 38x27 19-24 6. 27-21 16x27 7. 37x17 7x27 8. 34-29 24x33 9. 39x26 11-16 10. 42-37 14-20 11. 37-31 13-19 12. 43-39 19-24 13. 39-34 10-14 14. 48-42 16-21 15. 31x11 1x21 16. 26x17 24-29 17. 34x23 25-30 18. 35x24 20x16 19. 36-31 8-12 20. 40-35 14-20 21. 42-37 12-17 22. 44-40 20-24 23. 49-44 9-14 24. 41-36 14-20 25. 31-26 20-25 26. 46-41 5-10 27. 40-34 10-14 28. 44-40 24x44 29. 40x49 2-7 30. 37-31 7-11 31. 49-43 4-10? 32. 43-39 16-21 33. 50-44 17-22 34. 26x28 25-30 35. 35x2 10-14 36. 2x16 6x48 37. 39-33 48x8 38. 44-40 14-20 39. 36-31 20-25 40. 40-35 8-26 and white resigns.
