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Category: Wirral League

 

 

Atticus A

 

 

 

Wallasey 2

 

1

b

S Kee

195

1

0

S Lee

171

2

w

A Stancak

193

½

½

D Clarke

165

3

b

L Boumphrey

170

1

0

M O'Mahony

145

4

w

B Ellington

131

0

1

C Latham

141

5

b

S Banerjee

129

½

½

E Taylor

132

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

2

 

 

 

A hard-fought match, with plenty of close battles. There was much fighting-spirit in evidence from Wallasey, which made the match score closer than it might have been. We had Andrej make his Wirral debut, but despite Andrej's searching attack, Dave's defence stood firm for the draw. Luke's positional acumen saw him convert a fairly small advantage into a winning attack. Ben looked like he was winning at some point, but his opponent found surprising resources which turned the game around in his favour. Even more dramatic was the draw on Sanjoy's board, as his opponent fought back to draw after being two pieces down. The match hinged on my board, and eventually a very tense central struggle resolved in my favour, and this tipped the match for us. 

Report Steve Kee

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Category: Atticus 1

MCA Division 1 - 2019/2020
Round 3 (First Leg)
Waterloo 1 		174 3.0 : 4.0 Atticus 1 177
1
Quillan, Gary
230
0.5-0.5
Redmond, John P
214
2
Dobson, Graham W
180
0.5-0.5
Kennaugh, Charles W
192
3
Horton, Colin D
173
0-1
James, David J
194
4
Ormrod, Joe P
172
0.5-0.5
McCarthy, Jim P
170
5
O'Driscoll, Peter
161
0.5-0.5
Rothwell, James P
160
6
Williamson, Graham AG
154
0.5-0.5
Martin, Nicholas E
166
7
Connor, Michael I
147
0.5-0.5
Lambert, John F
145

 

After Waterloo struggled in the first half of 2018-2019 they are a resurgent force and a tough away-match was expected when Atticus 1 travelled to their venue last night. The event did not disappoint. On Board 1 against Gary, John Redmond got a solid blockading-style position and - apart from one nice shot for White pointed out by 'Compy' - the evaluation was never too far from equal. On Board 2 Charlie seemed to have a dynamic position against Graham who had the 2 Bishops in a g3-system opening. The game seemed evenly balanced until exchanges saw Graham get a passed and menacing d-pawn. But Charlie had control of more squares while restraining the passed pawn and held the game through some tricky tactics. On Board 3 Dave played another controlled d-pawn game where he gained space and damaged Colin's kingside pawns and then won 2 pawns with double-rooks and Bishop v Knight ending. Dave started rolling the queenside pawns and swapped one pair of rooks - exemplary technique saw Dave pick up the full point. On Board 4 Joe played the increasingly fashionable and dangerous d4/Bf4/Nc3 opening (associated with Jobava) but Jim kept equality and fianchettoed solidly leading to an early draw offer that was accepted. It is good to have Joe playing again. On Board 5 James played the Ruy Lopez and Peter played a Carlsen favourite, the Berlin Defence, which is a really hard nut to crack. Though James had easier piece play, Peter was very solid indeed and once James' efforts had been parried repeatedly an honourable draw was agreed. On Board 6 Nick almost did not make the game being trapped on a train without power for 45 minutes! He then got a bus arriving just before a 30 minute default. Nick played a favourite antidote to Graham's London system and had a slight edge when Graham offered the draw. Nick accepted for their fourth draw in the last 2 years ! On board 7 Mick Connor is a great acquisition for Waterloo and this had the makings of a tough battle. However John was slightly passive in the opening allowing Mick space and Mick trapped John's queen to win Queen for Rook. John could have resigned at that point but sought to attack and somehow trapped Mick's king with the remaining pieces winning Queen for rook back ! An enthralling battle continued and I think John may have even had a forced mate possibility after this. John was a pawn down but caused Mick all sorts of problems even as material was exchanged. John eventually secured a draw which was an incredible fight-back.

Therefore Atticus had secured a 4-3 victory  by virtue of 6 draws and Dave's win, which had looked an unlikely result with 30 minutes to go. Credit to Waterloo for being tough and sporting opponents. This season already features multiple teams vying for the top positions and is quite unlike last year when Hoylake and Liverpool were well ahead of the rest.

 

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Category: Atticus 2

A great win tonight for Atticus 2 in Division 1. Unfortunately John Williams was ill on the day, thankfully Dave Stuttard was able to step in at short notice and had a great victory taking on Dave Pearcey's Owens Defence.

Steve Kee went into his new opening(still a secret for now!) and managed to get a very useful draw against one of the MCA's top players Roger Williamson.

Andrej held firm as Steve Lee posed threats against his Kingside and was eventually able to to turn this to his advantage.

Tom seemed to be under some pressure against James Faulkner and at one stage Tom had 3 pieces on the H file with limited options. However James's King was left exposed in the centre and Tom found some brilliant moves to mate in the closing minutes.

Luke was given limited opportunities to use his normally aggresive style and Danny was able to convert his pawn advantage in good style.

David Odunaiya was able to swop off queens near the end and win a fine rook and pawns ending.

For long periods Giorgos game looked equal but he found some useful tatics at the end to get the point.

09th October 2019 19:30
Aigburth 1		 168 1.5 : 5.5 Atticus 2 179
1
L
208
0.5 - 0.5
L
195
2
L
171
0 - 1
L
193
3
L
165
0 - 1
L
173
4
L
163
1 - 0
L
170
5
L
155
0 - 1
L
177
6
146
0 - 1
L
171
7
0 - 1
149
Board 7 Dave Pearcey

 

 

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Category: Club News

The Christmas Dinner this year will be on Wednesday, 11th December or on Thursday, 12th December at 6 p.m., latest 6:30 p.m..

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Category: 440-League

440 LeagueDATE 2nd October 2019 

Aigburth V Atticus  

 

Board  

Name 

Score 

Name 

Score 

1 

Alistair Bond   [131] 

0 

Jim Wiseman          [122] 

1 

2 

Tony Blades     [127] 

  1       

Tom Webb              [121] 

0 

3 

Bill Collinson    [81] 

0.5 

Dave Hurley            [100] 

0.5 

4 

Paul Capstick   [80] 

0.5 

Peter Ferret            [63] 

0.5 

 

Total 

2 

Total 

2 

 

The opening game of the new campaign couldn’t really have been much tougher as we were drawn against last year’s champions. 

 First to finish was my good self who was comprehensively outplayed from around move six by Tony Blade who gave a comprehensive lesson on how to gain space in the opening and then use it to tie your opponent in knots before coming up with a very clean finish. Fortunately for the team and my blushes, Jim Wiseman was delivering a chess masterclass to last year’s 440 league player of the year. To give Jim a space advantage, the attack and open lines around your own king is, well fatal, and so it proved and it wasn’t long before Alastair joined me at the trough of despond. 

Next to finish were Paul and Peter. Peter managed to lock horns and with neither player prepared to take a gamble and headlong rush into the others cannons the game fizzled out to a fine fighting draw. Given that Peter was out-graded by 20 points and had black this was an outstanding result. 

So the match result came down to Dave and Bill’s game. As he frequently does Dave screamed into a heavy advantage out of the opening and again as he does he threw it away by blundering a piece for a pawn. However, so strong was Dave’s position he kept his opponents King in the middle and was exploiting weaknesses all over the board. In the event Bill’s position managed to hold but with his flag hovering perilously close to dropping he offered the draw and Dave in the spirit of the match accepted. So the match ended all square. 

The captain owes a vote of thanks to his team mates and resolves to do better next time. Many thanks to Aigburth who as usual were excellent hosts

Report Tom Webb

 

 

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Category: 600-League

With the Captain on a football watch, Nick Martin took the helm. A great result and here is Nick's report.

Atticus travelled to a tough match in the 600 League against Aigburth.

Board 1 saw Tom Bimpson play the London system against Steve Lee. Tom marched his H-Pawn and had Steve tied up just holding on. Tom got both his Rooks on the half open H-file and broke through forcing the win.

Board 2 saw NickMartin play his favourite Caro against Tony McNamara. Queens came off which suited Nick's compact pawn structure and when Nick won the exchange it was just a matter of avoiding knight forks to secure the win.

Board 3 saw Martin Blasczyk take on Brendan Kane's French defence. Martin played aggressively but Brendan had both his knights well positioned and managed to snare Martin's queen on G7 causing resignation.

Board 4 saw Frank Connor play a Larsen type opening against Sanjoy Banerjee. Sanjoy played methodically and won a pawn at the cost of an open pawn structure. However Sanjoy kept control and resrtricted his opponent leading to the win and a deserved 3-1 match victory.
Aigburth 600		 156 1.0 : 3.0 Atticus 600 156
1
171
0 - 1
173
2
150
0 - 1
166
3
146
1 - 0
132
4
 
 
0 - 1
129
Board 4 Frank Connor
 
 

 

 

  1. Atticus 2 draw with Liverpool 30/9/19
  2. Somewhat flattering
  3. A Promising Debut
  4. Division 3 Atticus 4 v Wallasey B Match Report
  5. Atticus Win in Knotty Ash Cup 16/9/19
  6. Off to a good start in Division 3
  7. Atticus 1 v Atticus 2 - 9/9/19
  8. Atticus 2 come out on top in the big Derby 9/9/19
  9. Good start to the Season in 600 League 4/9/19
  10. New Season Begins September 2nd
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