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Atticus triumph in the Cup
Thursday, 10 May 2012 13:54
John Redmond
Aigburth 2 ½-5½ Atticus, John Ripley Final, Aigburth CC, May 9 2012
Adding to our victories in Divisions One and Two, Atticus last night retained the John Ripley Cup. It was a match of reverses - at least as far as openings went. Andrej faced a reversed Leningrad Dutch, Dave Lawson played a reversed Sicilian Kan, while my game morphed into a reversed King's Indian Attack. There were some more conventional openings too: First to finish was Luke - his brisk demolition of the Taimanov is annotated below -while Dave James was surprised, but not floored, by Nick unleashing the Classical Dutch. Not quite so conventional was Charlie's attempt to play a proper Noteboom which his opponent chose to cross with an odd mixture of e4 and g3. Charlie achieved a stable pawn advantage but faced difficulties in the conversion phase, when a theme of opposite-coloured bishops emerged. It was, then, a somewhat one-sided match, although Aigburth 2 fought hard against the odds, as they had done all season in Division One.
| UG |
P.Bernhard |
½ |
½ |
C Kennaugh |
199 |
| 164 |
S Lee |
0 |
1 |
D Lawson |
209 |
| 171 |
I Campbell |
0 |
1 |
J Redmond |
194 |
| 168 |
N Hawkins |
0 |
1 |
D James |
186 |
| 156 |
D Pearcey |
0 |
1 |
A Stancak |
177 |
| 135 |
F Barker |
0 |
1 |
L.Boumphrey |
174 |
Last Updated on Sunday, 13 May 2012 18:49
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John Ripley Cup Final 9/5/12 Atticus v Aigburth 2
Tuesday, 08 May 2012 01:32
james murdoch
Atticus take on Aigburth 2 in the Final of the John Ripley Cup this Wednesday at Aigburth Chess Club, St Charles Club, 222 Aigburth Road.
Please come along and support the team in what promises to be an exciting climax to the season.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 08 May 2012 08:57
Atticus advance to John Ripley semi-final
Thursday, 15 December 2011 16:30
John Redmond
Aiming to retain their title, Atticus travelled to Formby and achieved a comfortable victory in the quarter-final of the John Ripley Cup.
Formby v Atticus, December 13 2011
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Formby |
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Atticus |
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| 208 |
E Hossain |
0 |
1 |
C Kennaugh |
199 |
| 171 |
ED Williams |
0 |
1 |
J Redmond |
194 |
| 162 |
JMHaslinger |
0 |
1 |
D James |
186 |
| 152 |
CP Fisher |
0 |
1 |
A Stancak |
177 |
| 161 |
G Haslinger |
½ |
½ |
LBoumphrey |
174 |
| 150 |
RJ Platt |
0 |
1 |
D Odunaiya |
171 |
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5½ |
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Last Updated on Thursday, 15 December 2011 16:40
ATTICUS WIN JOHN RIPLEY CUP
Thursday, 05 May 2011 08:24
John Redmond
Atticus 5½ - 2 Hoylake
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| David Lawson |
½ |
½ |
DavidTebb |
| John Redmond |
1 |
0 |
P Holian |
| David James |
1 |
0 |
R. Picken |
| Enayet Hossain |
1 |
0 |
J. Hanson |
| LukeBoumphrey |
1 |
0 |
D.Bartlett |
| Andrej Stancak |
1 |
0 |
D. Hughes |
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5½ |
2 |
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A big night at Aigburth as Atticus won a trophy which has eluded us for some years: The John Ripley Cup. We also retained the Knotty Ash Cup (report to follow) and were victorious in the play-off for places in the same competition. The score against Hoylake was lop-sided, but Hoylake had a 1½ point start, and only needed 2½ points on the night. It seemed certain for a while that they were going to get at least 2 points, as David Lawson and Enayet both ran into degrees of trouble. David on Board 1 had a poor English structure with doubled h pawns against David Tebb. Enayet, meanwhile, had engaged in some speculative piece offerings and went from being two minor pieces down for a somewhat impressionistic attack, to having a lone rook against his opponent's queen and ominously numerous pawns. It looked as if we were going to have to win on all four other boards. Luke had scored an early victory on the White side of a Closed Sicilian structure, while David James had a heavy piece 'ending' (Q+R) where he enjoyed the crucial advantage of the safer King. Andrej was a little better on the Black side of a Na6 Orthodox King's Indian and had got a grip on the crucial d4 square. I didn't have much on the Black side of a somewhat stodgy London system and was worried it would be hard to create winning chances. In the end, though, Enayet made up for his emphatic material disadvantage through his equally emphatic time advantage - his opponent found the clock pressure too much. David Lawson ventured an exchange sac and neutralised his opponent's advantage for a draw. Dave James had won too to put us on 3½ points. This took the pressure off the last two matches and, in the end, Andrej and myself managed two close victories. Bad luck for Hoylake who really did have their chances, but, together with the Knotty Ash triumph, a great result for us.
Last Updated on Thursday, 05 May 2011 18:01
Atticus beat Littlewoods in John Ripley Cup, March 7 2011
Tuesday, 08 March 2011 11:28
John Redmond
Atticus advance to final
Atticus 6-4½ Littlewoods
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D.Lawson |
1-0 |
P Woodfindon |
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J. Redmond |
1-0 |
D. Whitby |
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E Hossain |
1-0 |
G. Davies |
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A Stancak |
1-0 |
J Langham |
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D Odunaiya |
1-0 |
P Green |
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F. Boyd |
1-0 |
T. Guiver |
Atticus won their semi-final against Littlewoods in the John Ripley Cup last night. As Littlewoods are in Division 5, they had a 4½ 'start'. This meant that, in order to win the tie, they only needed one point from the six games. However, Atticus played efficiently and there were quick wins for Frank and David Odunaiya. In the longest, and probably best, of the games, Paul Woodfindon put up quite some resistance on Board 1, but his King's Indian Attack eventually ran into a kind of strategic zugzwang against David Lawson's enterprising positional pawn sac.
Last Updated on Tuesday, 19 April 2011 14:49
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