Digital Clocks are Rubbish

I was playing board four for HA2 at home last Tuesday against Syston 2. The first result was a draw for Graham B on Board 2. The next result was a loss from me. I didn't quite believe it at first, but Rob still had 39 minutes left, and I had used up all my time despite being material up.
I went home early in disgust, but had a quick look at how Pete and the Grinder were doing - both appeared to have their work cut out. The results have not been posted on the site yet so I am not sure how they finished.




The only match this week is HA2 at home this evening (Tuesday 25th).

Well done everyone,

Colin.

Red Admiral 2 (3.5-3.5) Heathcote Arms 3

A pleasant evening in the Red Admiral Skittle Alley where we played 7 boards. Our bottom boards did rather well. Things were a bit tougher further up the order. Richard looked good for the win, but blundered towards the end. As usual, my game was the last to finish - game below.

12/02/14

Red Admiral 2 Vs Heathcote Arms 3

1 B 125 Adam Ant 0.5 - 0.5 Not so big boss 107
2 W 105 Andy Carter 1-0 Raymondov (92)
3 B 094 Stan the Man 1-0 Richard Maconnachie (80)
4 W091 Mick Slater 1-0 AWOL Hacker (78)
5 B 090 Ed Findley 0-1 Graham Urquhart (80)
6 W 060 Ben Cunnold 0-1 Drew Harbidge
7 B 050 Stephen Matts 0-1 Golf Man (50)



Well done everyone,

Colin.

HA1 & HA3 Last Week and This

We arrived at Syston to find that they did not have a team. Ray and I were outplayed, however, and the match was drawn 2-2 (but we still got a point!):

04 Feb		Syston 4		v	Heathcote Arms 3
				2 - 2
1	B	102	Leonard, John	1 - 0	Ross, Colin	107
2	W	96	Martin, Maurice	1 - 0	Beach, Ray	92
3	B	?	**DEFAULT**	0 - 1	Urquhart, Graham	80
4	W	?	**DEFAULT**	0 - 1	Harbidge, Drew	65

Another great result for HA1 on the Thursday.

06 Feb		Ashby 2		v	Heathcote Arms 1
				1½ - 3½
1	B	156	Vann, Richard	0 - 1	Thethi, Pritpal S	183
2	W	157	Evans, Roy	½ - ½	Bray, Dave	176
3	B	144	Hayden, Lawrence	½ - ½	Harrison, Peter	156
4	W	139	Tipper, Christopher	0 - 1	Cowley, Michael	141
5	B	136	Reynolds, David	½ - ½	Manger, John	140

Tonight (11.2.14), HA1 are at home to Wigston 3; and tomorrow night HA3 are away against Red Admiral 2, where we will be playing at least 6 and possibly 7 boards (and it always feels good to beat them).

Well done everyone,

Colin.

January 2014 ECF grades

The January 2014 Grades have been issued by the ECF, and are available on their website.

http://www.englishchess.org.uk/grading/database/

and search on Blaby for the club.

Mike Cowley has made the early (and strong) running to win the David Ward Cup for the biggest grade improvement in the 12 month period through to the summer, as in this half year he has improved his grade by 20 points.  A great result & well done to him.

Results to End of January.

Some recent results:


HA1 leads Division 2 by 4 points.

21 Jan		Braunstone 2		v	Heathcote Arms 1
				1½ - 3½
1	B	159	Salisbury, Michael	0 - 1	Sharpe, Graham	178
2	W	154	Hanscombe, Richard	1 - 0	Thethi, Pritpal S	183
3	B	141	Sandrovitch, David	0 - 1	Ganger, Rajan	183
4	W	146	Bingham, James	0 - 1	Bray, Dave	176
5	B	127	Hamby, Stephen	½ - ½	Mad Mike	141

HA3 is only second from bottom of Division 5. Good performance here.

21 Jan		Heathcote Arms 3		v	Ashby 4
				3 - 1
1	B	92	Raymondov	1 - 0	Brown, Mick	87
2	W	80	Urquhart, Graham	0 - 1	Williams, Richard	86
3	B	80	Roberts, Bill	1 - 0	Roberts, Neil	80
4	W	78	AWOL Hacker	1 - 0	Nicholson, Brian	59

HA2 is at the top of Division 3 by a point.

22 Jan		Thurnby 2		v	Heathcote Arms 2
				1½ - 2½
1	B	155	Pattinson, John	1 - 0	Peter the President	156
2	W	148	Hart, Gavin	0 - 1	Mad Mike	141
3	B	137	Busby, Michael	0 - 1	The Grinder	140
4	W	130	Tate, Michael	½ - ½	Big Boss	107

30 Jan		Hinckley 1		v	Heathcote Arms 2
				1 - 3
1	B	128	Phillips, Howard	1 - 0	Peter the President	156
2	W	113	Radesk, Brian	0 - 1	Mad Mike	141
3	B	109	Smith, Jason	0 - 1	The Grinder	140
4	W	108	Clay, Terry	0 - 1	Big Boss	107

Here are my two recent games. Both involved a certain amount of jam:








Tonight, HA3 play away at Syston.
On Thursday, HA1 play away at Ashby.

Well done everyone,

Colin.