Wed 13 April
Pete • 14 April 2022
David was off watching Man City again (in Madrid) so left Glenn, Pete & Jack in charge.
The night went well with a good attendance even though it is half-term.
Glenn ran a quick session in the main hall for David and Jacks group and Pete dealt with the beginners.
At 7:30 a few players played the next MCF league match against 3C's and came out victorious with a 4-1 win.
Everything was then tidied away in the cupboards in a random order which will probably annoy David...but he is away next week as well so he may end up on a never ending circle of sorting our chaos out :-)
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.
