LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 13

Div 1: 1st team maintain 100% record at Littlethorpe 1

 

	17-Dec-07	v.	Littlethorpe 1(A)
1.	C. Jones	0		A. Byron	1
2.	C. Gibson	1		M. Burrows	0
3.	S. Hewitt	0		W. Dehnen	1
4.	L. Turner	0		A. Morley	1
5.	B. Clarke	0.5		I. Dodds	0.5
		1.5			3.5

 

Div 4: 5th team maintain good form and beat Littlethorpe 6

 

	20-Dec-07	v.	Littlethorpe 6(H)
1.	G. Sim	1		R. Townsend	0
2.	C. Ross	0		B. Shuter	1
3.	G. Winterton	0.5		D. White	0.5
4.	S. Parsons	0		P. Gray	1
		1.5			2.5

 

Neil

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 12

DIV 1 - Weakened 2nd team lose to a surprisingly weak Littlethorpe 1

 

	13-Dec-07	v.	Littlethorpe 1(H)
1.	P. Horspool	0.5		D. Bray	0.5
2.	I. Dodds	1		M. Cowley	0
3.	P. Harlow	0		L. Turner	1
4.	S. Smith	0		P. Harrison	1
5.	P. Watkinson	0		B. Clarke	1
		1.5			3.5

 

DIV 3 - 4th team have narrow loss to S Hill 1 in return

 

	13-Dec-07	v.	Spinney Hill 1(H)
1.	J. Daniel	0		P. Deacon	1
2.	B. Cooper	0		K. Potter	1
3.	R. Townsend	0.5		J. Marlow	0.5
4.	B. Shuter	0.5		B. Slater	0.5
5.	D. White	1		D. Pyke	0
		2			3

 

DIV 4 - 6th team have a marvellous result against the strong unbeaten Loughboro 3

 - Charles Eastlake's game is looking to be a possible win

 

	13-Dec-07	v.	Loughborough 3(A)
1.	P. Hickman	1		P. Gray	0
2.	G. Adcock	a		C. Eastlake	a
3.	T. Adcock	0.5		P. Winterton	0.5
4.	I. Downie	0		P. Turland	1
		1.5			1.5

 

Neil

Chess Puzzle - Solution to Week 8

Hello again, let's remind ourselves of the position from Krush - Ruxton, Gibraltar 2007:
The solution is: 37. Qh8+ Kf7 38. Qxg7+ Kxg7 39. Rh7+ Kg8 40. Rh8+ Kg7 41. R1h7 mate.

Irina Krush is a strong IM and is currently the US Women's Champion. To find out more about her, visit http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessplayer?pid=49592.

Loughboro 1 v Wigston 1 match report

Played on the 6th Dec, we won, convincingly in the end. Results, in the order they happened:

Martin 0.5 Jex 0.5

Martin can be excused for this result - he phoned me at 7.10 to say he was stuck in traffic in Narborough because there had been an accident and police had closed the road. He didn't get to the M1 until 7.30 - the time that Loughborough started the clocks (they have to be out of their premises promptly). He arrived at 7.55 with 25 minutes on his clock and a time limit of 30 moves in 1 hour!
In fact, partly due to the bad weather / traffic we were all late and started with a 10 minute deficit on the clocks

Alan 1 Mitchell 0
Andy 1 Dawkins 0
Steve Smith 1 Hickman 0

Steve was the player drafted in to cover your absence. He's played for the 1st team several times before and, although he's only a 129 grade he seems to do well when he plays for the 1st team! He won this one in the quickplay finish, although his opponent missed several golden opportunities to force a draw.
Phil Horspool 1 Glover 0
This one went right to the end with John Glover losing on time (in a totally lost position) and Phil with half a minute left on his clock.
So it was 4.5 - 0.5

Andy.

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 11

Div 1 - 1st team keep up 100% record at Loughborough 1 with a crushing win

 

	6-Dec-07	v.	Loughborough 1(A)
1.	J. Mitchell	0		A. Byron	1
2.	A. Jex	0.5		M. Burrows	0.5
3.	J. Dawkins	0		A. Morley	1
4.	J. Glover	0		P. Horspool	1
5.	A. Hickman	0		S. Smith	1
		0.5			4.5

 

Div 2 - 3rd team go down to Littlethorpe 2A

 

	3-Dec-07	v.	Littlethorpe 2A(A)
1.	S. Hewitt	0.5		I. Dodds	0.5
2.	P. Harrison	0		P. Harlow	1
3.	S. Wylie	1		P. Watkinson	0
4.	J. Manger	1		A. Pike	0
5.	H. Phillips	1		B. Cooper	0
		3.5			1.5

 

Div 4 - 5th team keep up winning ways at Littlethorpe 7

 

	4-Dec-07	v.	Littlethorpe 7(A)
1.	S. Parsons	0		B. Shuter	1
2.	P. Findley	0		D. White	1
3.	L. Clarke	0.5		P. Gray	0.5
4.	L. Findley	0		P. Turland	1
		0.5			3.5

 

Neil

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 10

Div 1 - 2nd team lose 1.5 - 3.5 to Littlethorpe 2

 

Div34 - 4th team have close match with S Hill 1

with Bd 1 a possible win but Bd 4 not looking good.

 

	29-Nov-07	v.	Spinney Hill 1(A)
1.	P. Deacon	A		P. Watkinson	A
2.	K. Potter	0.5		J. Daniel	0.5
3.	J. Marlow	0.5		A. Pike	0.5
4.	B. Slater	A		B. Cooper	A
5.	D. Pyke	0.5		P. Gray	0.5
		1.5			1.5

 

Div 4 - 6th team win away at Braunstone 3

 

	27-Nov-07	v.	Braunstone 3(A)
1.	J. Toon	0		F. Hulford	1
2.	J. Oliver	1		D.Wilkins	0
3.	S. Machin	0.5		P. Winterton	0.5
4.	J. Impey	0		P. Turland	1
		1.5			2.5

Chess Puzzle - Week 8

Hello again, we are back to the textbook positions for this week's puzzle:

   Irina Krush - Keith Ruxton,
   Gibtelecom Masters, 2007
   White to play and win.

This puzzle is easy to medium in difficulty, but is worth spendng a few moments on because the solution is quite pretty. Have fun! Answer, as always, next week.

Solution to Chess Puzzle - Week 7

As I mentioned last week, this puzzle is from a league game so there may not be a neat and tidy solution but rather a best line from a mixture of practical chances. On the plus side, however, it showcases some of the nice tactics played by your colleagues at the club, so please enjoy.

Let's remind ourselves of the position, with Stephen, as White, to move:

  1. Ra8+ Kh7
  2. Nxf7!  (a move with enormous potential)
  2. ... Qe4  (to restrict the white queen after the forthcoming check)
  3. Rh8+  Kg6
  4. Qxe4+  dxe4
  5. Ne5+!

winning the rook. The end position looks like this:

Nice one, Stephen, and all played in less a minute.