I played Stan in the minor section of the County Champs on Wednesday. We swapped off queens early and later entered an opposite coloured bishops endgame. In a very drawish position, it ground to a halt by move 50.
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 a6 4. d4 d6 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.
Bg5 Nc6 8. O-O-O+ Bd7 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. Nd5 b5 11. Nb6 Ra7 12. Be2 e6 13. g3 Rb7
14. Nxd7 Rxd7 15. Rxd7+ Kxd7 16. Rd1+ Kc7 17. Bf1 e5 18. Bh3 Bd6 19. Nh4 Rd8
20. Nf5 Nd4 21. Bg4 Nxf5 22. Bxf5 h6 23. Bg4 Rg8 24. Bh5 Rg7 25. Rd3 c4 26. Rf3
Be7 27. b3 Ba3+ 28. Kb1 cxb3 29. cxb3 Be7 30. Rc3+ Kb7 31. Rd3 Kc7 32. h3 Bc5
33. Rf3 Be7 34. Rd3 Bd6 35. Rc3+ Kb7 36. Bg4 Rg8 37. Rd3 Kc7 38. Kb2 Rd8 39.
Rc3+ Kb7 40. Rf3 Be7 41. Kc2 Rd4 42. Rd3 Bc5 43. Rxd4 Bxd4 44. f3 Bf2 45. Bh5
Bxg3 46. Bxf7 Kb6 47. Bg6 Kc5 48. Kd3 Kb4 49. Kc2 Ka3 50. Kb1 Draw Agreed.
Next Tuesday there will be a club night. It now does not look like i will be able to get there. I will be playing David Reynolds in the Majors on Thursday.
Colin
Friday, 11 June 2010
Friday, 4 June 2010
County Champs 1st Round
There were mixed results for Heathcote Arms players in the first round of the CCs.
Dave Ricketts was the first to win a point when his opponent did not arrive.
David Reynolds had gone to the Heathcote Arms, first, and so was late arriving. Whilst he was waiting for David, Rob opened with e4 and started the clock. This was an unusual move for Rob as he is usually a d4 man, and it was a move that he came to regret as David beat him with his French Defence.
Ray managed a decent draw with the black pieces against Dennis Wilkins.
Some bloke from up north beat Graham Sharpe's Caro Kann.
There was a lot of head shaking as Graham B lost with the white pieces against Phil Horspool.
As usual, i was on the last board still playing. In a double edged game that could have gone either way, John Daniel declined my offer of a draw and a couple of moves later allowed me to capture his queen. There followed a number of moves to make very quickly and John resigned when we reached the time control. This was my best result in over a year.
Open Section
Sean Hewitt (FIDE 1951) 1-0 Graham Sharpe (FIDE 2198)
Graham Booley (FIDE 1906) 0-1 Phil Horspool (FIDE 2146)
Major Section
John Daniel (130) 0-1 Colin Ross (112)
Rob Ensor (NG) 0-1 David Reynolds (128)
Minor Section
Dennis Wilkins (109) Draw Ray Beach (90)
Dave Ricketts (104) 1-0 Win by Default Alan Butler (92)
Afterwards, those of us who were still around had a beer with Sean in the bar.
There is a lot of chess to play over the summer and not many dates have yet been fixed. We want to continue to have some decent club nights too, but whether these happen in any particular week will depend on what else is going on. I will try and indicate here in the blog whether club night will happen or not.
There will definately be a club night on Tuesday 8th June as Dave and Ray will be there. I will not be at club night as i will be playing a CC game against Stan Parsons at the Red Admiral on Wednesday 9th.
Well done everyone,
Colin
Thursday, 27 May 2010
2010 Harrod Cup 1st Round
Haka Dave was away on Tuesday, so i captained our side in the first round of the Harrod Cup. Welcome to Michael who played his first competetive games for the club this evening. In the first round, we all played with the white pieces. Michael lost in the first round to Mick Adams (not that Mick Adams). Rob and Ray both managed draws. I fended off an attack from Bob Collins and went a knight up, but with serious time trouble offered a draw which was accepted.
In the second round, i lost very quickly to a queenside attack playing black in a Nimzo-Indian.
Michael lost with the black pieces.
Ray appeared to be in an impossible position with only his king and a single horse against rook and four pawns (one pawn on either wing and two doubled but central pawns). Mick Busby stared on helplessly as somehow, the lone ranger was able to skip around the board taking all four pawns and, by taking the last one, depositing his knight between the rook and his king. Confused as to what had just happened (as was everyone else), Mick offered a draw and Ray accepted. Ray is now giving up chess in favour of showjumping.
As he often does, Rob fought an excellent endgame, this time with bishops and rooks. By manouevering John's king back out of the way and bringing his own forwards, Rob was able to get to the base of John's pawn chain and threatened to go three pawns up.
For interest, the Scrappy Valley players long play grades were:
JP 166, BC 143, MB 120, and MA 118
The final score was Heathcote Arms (3-5) Scraptoft Valley
Well done everyone.
On Tuesday, next week, the first team play at home in the Wylie Cup, but there probably will not be much casual chess, that night, as some of us second team folks will be playing in the first round of the County Championships at Wigston, on Thursday:
Dennis Wilkins (109) Vs Ray Beach (90)
Dave Ricketts (104) Vs Alan Butler (92)
John Daniel (130) Vs Colin Ross (112)
Rob Ensor (NG) Vs David Reynolds (128)
Details of the County Champs can be found on Sean's website at:
www.e2e4.org.uk/countychamps/2010/open.htm
www.e2e4.org.uk/countychamps/2010/major.htm
www.e2e4.org.uk/countychamps/2010/minor.htm
Colin
In the second round, i lost very quickly to a queenside attack playing black in a Nimzo-Indian.
Michael lost with the black pieces.
Ray appeared to be in an impossible position with only his king and a single horse against rook and four pawns (one pawn on either wing and two doubled but central pawns). Mick Busby stared on helplessly as somehow, the lone ranger was able to skip around the board taking all four pawns and, by taking the last one, depositing his knight between the rook and his king. Confused as to what had just happened (as was everyone else), Mick offered a draw and Ray accepted. Ray is now giving up chess in favour of showjumping.
As he often does, Rob fought an excellent endgame, this time with bishops and rooks. By manouevering John's king back out of the way and bringing his own forwards, Rob was able to get to the base of John's pawn chain and threatened to go three pawns up.
For interest, the Scrappy Valley players long play grades were:
JP 166, BC 143, MB 120, and MA 118
The final score was Heathcote Arms (3-5) Scraptoft Valley
Well done everyone.
On Tuesday, next week, the first team play at home in the Wylie Cup, but there probably will not be much casual chess, that night, as some of us second team folks will be playing in the first round of the County Championships at Wigston, on Thursday:
Dennis Wilkins (109) Vs Ray Beach (90)
Dave Ricketts (104) Vs Alan Butler (92)
John Daniel (130) Vs Colin Ross (112)
Rob Ensor (NG) Vs David Reynolds (128)
Details of the County Champs can be found on Sean's website at:
www.e2e4.org.uk/countychamps/2010/open.htm
www.e2e4.org.uk/countychamps/2010/major.htm
www.e2e4.org.uk/countychamps/2010/minor.htm
Colin
Wednesday, 19 May 2010
Club Night Goes From Strength to Strength
Yet another good turnout this Tuesday meant that we were using four boards at the same time.
Ray, Dave, Rob, Pete H, Michael, Andrew and myself were all there. Then Pete Arland who is back in Leicester for a while dropped in for a few games. The result of the night was a win for Ray against Peter the President.
Next Tuesday sees us play at home, in the Harrod Cup, against Scraptoft Valley. Anybody who fancies coming down for a casual game should be in luck.
Colin
Ray, Dave, Rob, Pete H, Michael, Andrew and myself were all there. Then Pete Arland who is back in Leicester for a while dropped in for a few games. The result of the night was a win for Ray against Peter the President.
Next Tuesday sees us play at home, in the Harrod Cup, against Scraptoft Valley. Anybody who fancies coming down for a casual game should be in luck.
Colin
Wednesday, 12 May 2010
Summer Competitions Update
County Champs
Four divisions. These begin in the week commencing 24th May. Entries to Sean - close 14th May.
Harrod Cup
Rapidplay. 5-Round Swiss. HA2 will play at home against Scraptoft Valley on Tuesday 25th May
Captain: Dave Ricketts.
Wylie Cup
Rapidplay for stronger sides. 5-Round Swiss. HA1 will play at home against Wigston.
Captain: Graham Booley
Chapman Cup / Birstall Cup
Longplay. Knockout competition with handicap element. Losers from the early rounds of the Chapman Cup enter the Birstall Cup. HA1 will play away against Shepshed. HA2 gets a bye.
HA1 Captain: Graham Booley. HA2 Captain: Colin Ross
All cup matches are to be played by 4th June at the latest.
I have been named as contact person for all the cup matches, but will pass on any correspondence to the Captains as soon as i receive it.
Colin
Four divisions. These begin in the week commencing 24th May. Entries to Sean - close 14th May.
Harrod Cup
Rapidplay. 5-Round Swiss. HA2 will play at home against Scraptoft Valley on Tuesday 25th May
Captain: Dave Ricketts.
Wylie Cup
Rapidplay for stronger sides. 5-Round Swiss. HA1 will play at home against Wigston.
Captain: Graham Booley
Chapman Cup / Birstall Cup
Longplay. Knockout competition with handicap element. Losers from the early rounds of the Chapman Cup enter the Birstall Cup. HA1 will play away against Shepshed. HA2 gets a bye.
HA1 Captain: Graham Booley. HA2 Captain: Colin Ross
All cup matches are to be played by 4th June at the latest.
I have been named as contact person for all the cup matches, but will pass on any correspondence to the Captains as soon as i receive it.
Colin
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Final League Tables
Here we have the final Division 5 table of the season. The yellow stripe indicating Heathcote Arms 2 as champions. In the end, the Red Admiral only narrowly missed out on promotion, with Melton drawing their match against Syston, and then losing 0.5 - 3.5 against Hinckley.
Heathcote Arms 1 achieved a comfortable second place in the First Division ahead of Melton and Wigston 2.
Well done everyone,
Colin
Leicestershire County Championships 2010
Sean has published details of this year's County Champs:
The event will again be a 6 round swiss, with four county championship titles at stake:
Championship this is FIDE rated and open to all players. A British Chamionship place is available to the winner.
Challengers this is open to players graded below 160
Major Open to players graded below 140
Minor Open to players graded below 120
Players may choose to play in 1 or 2 sections.
Matches will be played at Wigston Chess Club and matches will be spaced 3-4 weeks apart throughout the summer and players will have the ability to change dates / venues as previously to give maximum flexibility.
Entry is free of charge.
Entries to Sean by email (sean.d.hewitt@googlemail.com) by Friday 14th May 2010. The first round will be in the week commencing Monday 24th May 2010. Any queries to Sean on 07883 49 57 58
Draws for the summer cups will be made at the end of this week and i will publish details as soon as they are available. Dave will Captain our HA2 Harrod Cup team and i will Captain our HA2 Chapman Cup team. Graham B is organising the Summer Cup teams for HA1.
On Tuesday, we had the best turnout for a club night in a long time. Pete, Mike, Dave, Rob, Ray, Michael (our new player) and myself were all there. There will be a Club night again next Tuesday.
See you there,
Colin
The event will again be a 6 round swiss, with four county championship titles at stake:
Championship this is FIDE rated and open to all players. A British Chamionship place is available to the winner.
Challengers this is open to players graded below 160
Major Open to players graded below 140
Minor Open to players graded below 120
Players may choose to play in 1 or 2 sections.
Matches will be played at Wigston Chess Club and matches will be spaced 3-4 weeks apart throughout the summer and players will have the ability to change dates / venues as previously to give maximum flexibility.
Entry is free of charge.
Entries to Sean by email (sean.d.hewitt@googlemail.com) by Friday 14th May 2010. The first round will be in the week commencing Monday 24th May 2010. Any queries to Sean on 07883 49 57 58
Draws for the summer cups will be made at the end of this week and i will publish details as soon as they are available. Dave will Captain our HA2 Harrod Cup team and i will Captain our HA2 Chapman Cup team. Graham B is organising the Summer Cup teams for HA1.
On Tuesday, we had the best turnout for a club night in a long time. Pete, Mike, Dave, Rob, Ray, Michael (our new player) and myself were all there. There will be a Club night again next Tuesday.
See you there,
Colin
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