LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 5

DIV 1 - 1st Team win in close match away at Shepshed

 

	30-Oct-08	v.	Shepshed (A)
1.	R. Henfrey	0		A. Byron	1
2.	J. Simpson	0		W. Dehnen	1
3.	R. Bowley	0.5		M. Burrows	0.5
4.	D. Farrall	1		A. Morley	0
5.	S. Rice	0.5		I. Dodds	0.5
		2			3

 

DIV 2 - 3rd Team beat Loughborough 2 to go top of the table as only team with 100% record

 

	30-Oct-08	v.	Loughboro 2(H)
1.	P. Gibbs	0.5		O. Hardy	0.5
2.	P. Watkinson	1		C. Parr	0
3.	S. Smith	1		T. Adcock	0
4.	A. Pike	0		G. Adcock	1
5.	J. Daniel	0.5		I. Clarkson	0.5
		3			2

 

DIV 4 - 5th Team lose away against Ashby 3

 

	30-Oct-08	v.	Ashby 3(A)
1.	R. York	0		P. Gray	1
2.	P. Gibson	1		B. Cooper	0
3.	S. Rigby	1		C. Eastlake	0
4.	V. Armstrong	0.5		D. Wilkins	0.5
		2.5			1.5

 

Neil

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 4

DIV 1 - A weakened 1st Team drew with Scraptoft Valley - All games drawn!!

 

	23-Oct-08	v.	Scraptoft V 1(H)
1.	A. Byron	0.5		A. Edwards	0.5
2.	W. Dehnen	0.5		R. Burgess	0.5
3.	P. Horspool	0.5		R. Collins	0.5
4.	I. Dodds	0.5		R. Graf	0.5
5.	S. Smith	0.5		M. Tate	0.5
		2.5			2.5

 

 

DIV 3 - 4th team draw away at Hinckley

 

	23-Oct-08	v.	Hinckley (A)
1.	H. Phillips	0		J. Wells	1
2.	D. Moore	1		B. Shuter	0
3.	T. Clay	1		P. Turland	0
4.	B. Bailey	0		P. Gray	1
		2			2

 

Neil

Littlethorpe 3 v Wigston 3 Match Result

Hi,

Played last night:

1 Manger, John      145  0-1  170 Gibbs, Peter C
2 Johnson, Andy     133  0-1  160 Watkinson, Phil
3 Salter, Dick      132 Drawn 141 Daniel, John
4 Sim, George       130  0-1  139 Turland, Pete
5 Winterton, George 108  0-1  135 Wells, Jez
-------------------------------------------------
calculated score      0.5 - 4.5 

Looking at the gradings before the match, it seemed that we were the favourites on the top two boards, but the remainder were probably in the favour of Littlethorpe. In the event, the result flattered us; but it makes a nice change and we are happy to take the match and game points on this occasion.

On Board 1, Peter was a pawn down until close to the endgame, but then slowly but surely turned the game from drawish to a win; his opponent defending well and making it a tough game. I had a quick and easy win on Board 2, due to my opponent missing a mating attack in a passive position.

John's game on Board 3 seemed likely to be a draw from early in the evening, each player successfully cancelling all of his opponent's initiatives. Pete, on Board 4, was a pawn up but in a poor position; it seemed that a draw was the best he could hope for. However confusion over the digitial clock caused a time trouble rush when each player had over 20 minutes left; when the confusion had been resolved, Pete's position was much better, and he went on to win.

Jez, on the bottom board, had an even game until the later middlegame when he moved up a gear and decisively gained material and converted the win soon after.

The next match for the 3rd team is next Thursday (30th) at home against Loughborough 2.

Regards,
Phil. (Temporary captain for the night).

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 3

DIV 1 - The 1st team 1 beat our own 2nd team in the first internal match

 

	16-Oct-08	v.	Wigston 1 (H)
1.	A. Ward	0		M. Burrows	1
2.	I. Dodds	1		W. Dehnen	0
3.	E. Galyov	0		A. Byron	1
4.	S. Smith	0		A. Morley	1
5.	A. Pike	0		P. Gibbs	1
		1			4

 

DIV 3 - The 4th team have good win away at Loughborough 3

 

	16-Oct-08	v.	Loughboro 3(A)
1.	P. Hickman	0		J. Wells	1
2.	G. Adcock	1		P. Turland	0
3.	S. Gordon	0		P. Gray	1
4.	J. Adcock	0		D. White	1
		1			3

 

Neil

 

 

LEAGUE WEEK 2 RESULTS

 

DIV 2:- 3rd Team  open with a comfortable win over Spinney Hill 1

 

	09-Oct-08	v.	Spinney Hill 1(H)
1.	P. Gibbs	1		P. Deacon	0
2.	S. Smith	1		K. Potter	0
3.	A. Pike	1		D. Robinson	0
4.	J. Daniel	0		J. Marlow	1
5.	R. Townsend	1		B. Slater	0
		4			1

 

DIV 4: 5th Team crush Spinney Hill 3 in opening match

 

	9-Oct-08	v.	Spinney Hill 3(A)
1.	J. Colver	0		D. White	1
2.	R. Davis	0		F. Hulford	1
3.	A. Butler	0		C. Eastlake	1
4.	M.Cooper	0		P. Winterton	1
		0			4

 

Neil

 

 

 

 

 

Answer to Chess Puzzle No.1

Hi, there,

Remember that the puzzle was to discover the flaw in the analysis from this position:

[White to play]. It seems that mate was unavoidable after 19. f4, kicking the knight away and then play 20. Nc6+ bxc6 21. Qxc6! However, after 19. f4 Ng4! 20. Nc6+ bxc6 21. Qxc6 we have this position:

[Black to play] And there should be alarm bells ringing in your mind, because of the Queen check on e3 and also the placement of the black queen and knight should remind you of a classic mating pattern:

21. ... Qe3+ 22. Kh1 Nf2+ 23. Kg1 Nh3+ (double check) 24. Kh1 Qg1+! 25. Rxg1 Nf2 mate.

And instead of White who is giving mate - it's White who has been mated. Ooops!

If you saw that, then well done. Luckily, I did too when playing the game; otherwise my answer to Andy Morley's enquiry when he saw the above position in the post match analysis: "Did that happen?" would probably have had to be a sheepish "yes".

So, instead of 19. f4, in the original position, what would have been a better move? Award yourself bonus points for 19. Na5! which is really threatening Nc6+ and also the b7 pawn.

The next puzzle - Walter's bombshell move in his game against John Robinson - is well worth keeping an eye out for.

Later,
Phil.

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 1

DIV 1: - 1st team comfortably beat a weakened Loughborough 1

 

	2-Oct-08	v.	Loughborough 1(H)
1.	A. Byron	1		S. Sheahan	0
2.	M. Burrows	0.5		J. Miller	0.5
3.	W. Dehnen	1		T. Adcock	0
4.	A. Morley	1		O. Hardy	0
5.	A. Ward	1		G. Adcock	0
		4.5			0.5

 

DIV 3 - 4th team lose away at S Hill after serious mess up in arrangements

 

	2-Oct-08	v.	Spinney Hill 2(A)
1.	D. Robinson	1		P. Turland	0
2.	R. Gurney	0		P. Gray	1
3.	J. Colver	1		B. Shuter	0
4.	M. Garland	1		Default	0
5.	S. Preocanin	1		Default	0
		4			1

 

Neil