Birmingham Rapidplay Congress

Tom Gerrard finished joint 21st, out of 40 entrants, in the Intermediate (U1750) Section of today's Birmingham Rapidplay Congress, with 3 wins and 4 losses from his 7 games.

Thursday Night Results

There were 2 matches at the Club last night, with Ashby 1 playing Ashby 2 in Division 2, and Ashby 4 playing Anstey 4 in Division 4.

A strong Ashby 1, fairly predictably, took the points against Ashby 2 by 4-1, in a match where the rating difference was insurmountable. Steve and Nick managed to scavenge draws for Ashby 2 on boards 4 and 5 to avoid the whitewash.

Ashby 4 were beaten 4.5 - 1.5 by Anstey 4. Once again, the rating difference between the two teams was huge. However, there was an excellent win for Johh Howlett on board 1 and a draw for Ric Dawson on board 3, so well done to both of them.

Match score cards for both matches can, as usual, be viewed from the tab at the top of the page.

In the U1450 Club Championship, Colin Marley lost on time against Darren Pearce, to give Darren his first win in the competition.

County Results

Les and Steve both played for Staffordshire against Warwickshire yesterday in the Midland Counties U1650 Championship. Steve drew on board 5 and Les won on board 6. Unfortunately, our contribution of 1.5 points was not enough to stop us losing the match by 6.5 - 5.5.

Not The Start We Were Hopng For !!

The Club did not get off to the best of starts in our opening LRCA league matches on Thursday evening. 

Ashby 3 were heavily outrated on boards 1 and 2 in their match against Kirby Muxlowe 1 in Division 3. A draw from Dom Lennon on board 4 was all they had to show for their efforts in a 3.5 - 0.5 defeat.

Ashby 5 fared litle better, also going down by 3.5 - 0.5 in a match where we were outrated by a massive 1300 points in total. One bright note though was a draw from James Foster on board 3, making his league debut, against a player rated 340 points higher than him.

Full results and match score cards can be viewed from tab at the top of the page.

In other news on the night, in the U1450 Championship, Ian Maskery beat Darren Pearce and Jan Oldham beat Colin Marley.

H E Atkins Memorial Congress

Les and Tom both played in the Intermediate Section of this weekends H E Atkins Memorial Congress. Tom finished on 3/5, with 2 wins, a draw, a half point bye and one loss. Les finished on 2/5, with 1 win, a draw, a half point bye and 2 losses. Neither of them were required at the prize giving !!

Club Championship 4th Round Draw

The draw for the 4th round of the Club Championship has now been made and can be viewed here, All games to be played by no later than the 31st October.

Russian Chess Ban Upheld

Checkmate for Russia as global chess ban upheld :

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0kjgxj40y1o

Harrod Cup Correction

Despite what I said in an earlier post, Ashby 3 have, in fact, won the Harrod Cup. Although Market Harborough have a superior Game Points difference, it appears that the first tie break is the result of the match played between the two teams. As Ashby 3 beat Market Harborough earlier in the competition it means that we have won the Cup. Congratulations to Team Captain, Nick Wyld, and all of the players who turned out for Ashby 3 over the course of the competition.