Friday 24 April 2009

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 28

DIV 1 - 2nd Team win away at Shepshed to move off the bottom of the table
 
23-Apr-09 v. Shepshed (A)
1. R. Henfrey 0 P. Horspool 1
2. R. Bowley 0 A. Morley 1
3. J. Simpson 0.5 A. Ward 0.5
4. D. Farrall 1 P. Watkinson 0
5. S. Rice 0.5 I. Dodds 0.5
  2 3
 
DIV 3 - 4th Team win away at Littlethorpe 4
 
21-Apr-09 v. Littlethorpe 4(A)
1. G. Sim 0 J. Daniel 1
2. G. Winterton 1 B. Shuter Def
3. D. Ricketts 0 P. Gray 1
4. R. Beach 0 D. White 1
  1   3
 
 
DIV 4 - 5th team win easily against Syston 2 to maintain 3rd place in the Division
 
23-Apr-09 v. Syston 2(H)
1. B. Cooper 0.5 S. Hollingworth 0.5
2. C. Eastlake 1 R. Stone 0
3. D. Wilkins 1 K. Sangani 0
4. N. Beasley 1 T. Sangani 0
3.5 0.5
 
Neil
 
 

Shepshed 1 v Wigston 2 Match result

Hi,

Played last night:

1 Henfrey, Robert 174  0-1  180 Horspool, Phil
2 Bowley, Rupert 164 0-1 173 Morley, Andy
3 Simpson, John 165 Drawn 173 Ward, Alan
4 Farrall, David 160 1-0 161 Watkinson, Phil
5 Rice, Stephen 141 Drawn 154 Dodds, Iain
calculated score -----2 - 3 -------------------
Bottom of the table clash: A tense "six-pointer" made even more tense after my quick loss to a Dave Farrall classic attack.

Iain always had a solid position and Alan Ward always had the draw in hand but it was up to Phil H and Andy to show the way with convincing wins.

The Division 1 league situation is now: 5th Wigston 2 with 5 points and 1 game to play; 6th Loughboro' 1 with 4 points and 2 games to play, and bottom, in 7th, is Shepshed with 3 points and 1 game to play.

The key game to decide the final rankings is the Shepshed v Loughboro game on the 7th May; if Shepshed win that one, and Loughboro win their game in hand, then we will need to get something out of our last match against Braunstone 1 (also on the 7th).

Regards,
Phil.

[David Farrall - Phil Watkinson; White to play].
I had just moved my king to g7, to counter the obvious move 19. Qh3 (threatening mate) with 19. ... Rh8. And as soon as I have a chance, I will take his e5 knight off. Also appreciate that White's other knight is pinned against his h1 rook, and I have my a8 rook ready to come to a5 to protect my kingside, you can understand that I was feeling ok about my position.
However, David had a much better move than 19.Qh3. and 3 moves later I had resigned. What did he play?

Saturday 18 April 2009

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 27

DIV 3 - 4th team lose heavily to Loughboro 3 in postponed match.
 
16-Apr-09 v. Loughboro 3(H)
1. J. Daniel 0.5 P. Hickman 0.5
2. R. Townsend 0   G. Adcock 1
3. B. Shuter 0 B. Osigho 1
4. P. Gray 0 M. Fraser 1
0.5 3.5
 
Neil
 

Friday 10 April 2009

WEDNESDAY BOOKINGS AT CLUB

THE FOLLOWING WEDNESDAY NIGHTS HAVE BEEN BOOKED AT THE LIBERAL CLUB

15th and 29th APRIL

6th and 20th MAY

THE CLUB LIGHTNING CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP WILL BE HELD ON 20th MAY

Neil

Friday 3 April 2009

LEAGUE RESULTS - WEEK 25

DIV 1 - 2nd Team lose heavily to Littlethorpe 1
 
30-Mar-09 v. Littlethorpe 1(A)
1. B. Clarke 1 P. Horspool 0
2. G. Sharpe 0 A. Morley 1
3. S. Hewitt 1 P. Watkinson 0
4. D. Bray 1 I. Dodds 0
5. P. Harrison 1 J. Wells 0
4 1
 
DIV 1 - 2nd team get first Win of the season against Loughborough 1
 

2-Apr-09

v.

Loughborough 1(H)

1.

A. Morley

0

S. Sheahan

1

2.

P. Watkinson

0.5

J. Miller

0.5

3.

I. Dodds

1

J. Mitchell

0

4.

S. Smith

1

O. Hardy

0

5.

J. Daniel

1

T. Adcock

0

3.5

1.5

 
DIV 3 - 4th team draw away at Syston 1
 
31-Mar-09 v. Syston 1 (A)
1. C. Johnson 1 J. Daniel def
2. S. Hollingworth 0.5 B. Shuter 0.5
3. R. Stone 0 P. Gray 1
4. R. King 0.5 D. White 0.5
2 2
 
DIV 4 - 5th team lose to Ashby 4
 

2-Apr-09

v.

Ashby 4(H)

1.

B. Cooper

1

D. Reynolds

0

2.

C. Eastlake

0

N. Wyld

1

3.

D. Wilkins

0

R. Williams

1

4.

P. Winterton

0.5

N. Roberts

0.5

1.5

2.5

 
Neil

Wigston 2 v Loughborough 1 Match result - Our first win of the season!!!!!!!

Hi, All,

Played last night:

1     Morley, Andy 173  0-1  177 Sheahan, Sean
2 Watkinson, Phil 161 Drawn 168 Miller, James
3 Dodds, Iain 154 1-0 160 Mitchell, John
4 Smith, Stephen 146 1-0 142 Hardy, Otto
5 Daniel, John 141 1-0 146 Adcock, Terry
calculated score ----3.5 - 1.5 ----------------


This was rescheduled from earlier in the year when we had a week of proper winter weather; and our second match this week. On Monday we had been 'properly' beaten 4-1 by Littlethorpe with Andy having the only win to save the whitewash.

So what a way to bounce back, to beat Loughboro 3.5 to 1.5 to give us our first win of the season. And the reversal of fortune extended to the fact that Andy was the only one to lose....

The first game to finish was Stephen's and Otto's; they were playing in the pool room since Otto is so frail nowadays that he cannot get up the stairs; in Otto's own words, he played badly.

My game with Jim Miller was interesting and with chances for both sides; I was pleased with my play and happy with the draw.

Man of the match was Iain; reversing a poor position to win with a forced checkmate even though it allowed his opponent to gain a second queen!

John, on board 5, had kindly stepped in that morning to play, did the honours by gaining a piece in a complex middlegame, and once he had managed to make the time control, the win was comfortable.

Andy, struggled against an in-form opponent, a piece down half way though the game and finally lost.

Overall, a great result for the team, more of the same please for our next match at Shepshed on Thursday 23rd April.

See you next Thursday for the AGM.
Regards,
Phil.