Match Week
Pete • 10 February 2023
I was away this week but Glenn and Gail held the fort while I cleaned up after the builders finished their work (still dusting and hoovering 2 days later)
A couple of matches this week with a draw and a loss - results can be found in the Stockport and MCF pages.
All was well on club night other than the tuck shop running out of supplies and the backup stock being kept in a secret cupboard whose location was only known to David....the cupboard has now been found so there will be a table full of tuck this week.
David kindly sent through some photos of him sitting in the sun drinking a cold beer....we are sure he would rather be in sunny Manchester....
This week David was away and he left Pete and Steve in charge of the evening. The knight was quiet to begin with until we had an influx and 3 new members arrived. To keep things simple we all just remained in the hall to play friendly games which did get quite noisy at times. The tuck shop opened as soon as a queue formed (about 6:50 rather than 7:30) and Steve did a great job in upselling chocolate and suggary sweets to the children. The evening finished slightly ahead of schedule so we were able to pack up, tidy up and be ready for the caretaker to throw us out.
The match with our friends from over the hill turned out to be a fantastic success. The Standard play element was a 3.5 draw but we won the Rapid play part 10-4 with some very inexperienced players. We are now getting a team ready for the return match on 29 May.
Stuck what to do over Easter - don't worry we have Wednesday nights covered as the club remains open
This week I showed Pauls' brilliant game v Ian Oates of Glossop which featured a beautiful sacrifice to open lines to the Black King. If you want to check out the game in full look at my tuition page in the drop down.
This week I showed Pauls' brilliant game v Ian Oates of Glossop which featured a beautiful sacrifice to open lines to the Black King. If you want to check out the game in full look at my tuition page in the drop down.
We have just started a new FB page for all those in Tameside who are interested in chess - feel free to join the group which is called Tameside Chess Community
We moved back to the top of B division temporarily after beating Bolton 2's 5-1 - well done everyone on a great result
Last night I was away playing football in Spain. The fort was held brilliantly by Pete, Paul. Sacha and Tuck Man Steve although as usual they did their best to make the cupboard as untidy as possible just to upset me. Back to normal lessons next week in the Hall.
Very pleased to inform everyone that we have been given funding to buy 2 x Chess Up 2s to help our beginner and intermediate players. Although some of our first team players seem to like playing against it too.
We have recently hooked up with another junior club from over the hill and have matches planned for 16 April at home and 29th May away. - should be fun.
