Adjournment Update

MY adjourned London League game from October 16 has been settled by my opponent resigning by email.
Here is the adjourned position:

Position after White played 52.Ne5-d3 in Spanton (167) - Yasser Tello (161)

Black's sealed move turned out to be 52...Bd7.
Actually, it did  not matter which bishop-move he sealed - in any event I was planning to play 53.Ne5, forcing 53...Be8.
Play would then continue 54.c4 bxc4 (54...b4? 55.c5+ followed by axb4 makes White's task easier) 55.Nxc4+ and Black's king has to give way.
MY Battersea unbeaten streak has now reached 15 games.
Updated statistics
Battersea 2018-19
Event...Colour...Grade...Opponent's Grade...Result
CLL.........B.........167................196...............…D
LL...…….B...…...167...………..159...………….D
CLL...…..B...…...167...………..161...………….W
CLL...…..B...…...167...………..190...………….D
LL...…….W...…..167...………..161...………….W
CLL...…..W...…..167...………..148...………….D
CLL...…..W...…..167...………..165...………….W
Overall this season for Battersea I have scored +3=4-0 for a grading performance of 190.
In season 2017-18 I scored +10=8-9 for a grading performance of 175.

Adjournments

ONE of the quaint things about the London League is its time controls.
On odd-numbered boards the default is a quickplay finish on the night, while on even-numbered boards the default is slowplay with adjournments.
If both players on a board agree, they can use the non-default time control. Usually this happens with players on an even-numbered board agreeing to quickplay.
Last night, playing for Battersea 2 in the third division, I was on board four, and my opponent insisted on slowplay (this was the same opponent whom I beat when he lost on time, not knowing the time control, earlier this month in the Central London League).
On that occasion he was playing for Pimlico Knights - yesterday for Wimbledon 2.

Position after White played 52.Ne5-d3 in Spanton (167) - Yasser Tello (161)

Black sealed in this position, and we have tentatively agreed a resumption on November 6.
I do not intend giving my analysis here, for rather obvious reasons, but the win is more trivial (famous last words) than might be assumed.
Black's bishop is very bad, and the blockade he has tried to set up is a lot less solid than it might appear at first sight.