Honours even

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Created on Tuesday, 24 April 2018 10:48

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Atticus 1  4-4  Waterloo, MCA League Division One, Monday April 23 2018

An end-of-the-seaon tie with a number of players on both sides missing. Atticus 1 were at a rating disadvantage and did well to achieve a fair result on the night. James continued his excellent season with probably his best result so far, going into a R+N ending a pawn up and making a comfortable draw. Derek got another good result against a higher-rated opponent in a blocked-looking QP game. Mark was somewhat unlucky as - a piece up - he was clearly winning at one stage, but his opponent found attacking resources and achieved a perpetual. Martin and Chris both concluded their games peacefully. In my game, I prepped an ending in Gary's repertoire which I knew to be roughly equal and was able to achieve a drawish double-rook position. Meanwhile John had a tough game where there was a time-scramble with both Kings exposed and all the heavy pieces active. He missed at least one clear win in the chaos before going down on the clock. Steve had a good win on Board 7, always looking in command, and this was enough for a general splitting of points.

Edging Waterloo

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Created on Tuesday, 17 April 2018 15:26

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600 LEAGUE 2017-18

Quite a close match this one with all players competing well.

Tom Webb and Scott Bradshaw cancelled out to a draw after an early exchange of Queens. Tom never really looked in trouble and appeared to have the edge but with the other games looking good he took a draw for the team.

My own game against Brian Jenkins was hard fought and, again, with an early exchange of Queens the draw looked favourite. I had doubled f-pawns and had forfeited the right to castle so perhaps Brian thought he was having the better of it. However, I had set up a strong fortress and felt pretty comfortable. The game turned on one small slip by Brian which allowed me to win a pawn and the initiative. Converting to a win was no easy task and Brian made life as difficult as he could for me before going under.

James Rothwell had what looked like an exciting game against Peter O’Driscoll. James had three pawns for the piece but both sides were active so all results were possible. However, James held firm and his advancing pawns eventually carried the day.

Mike had a difficult time of it against Graeme Solomon who managed to do enough to win.

So a good result for us and the rearrangement of fixtures means that we have to do it all over again in two day’s time!

Jim Wiseman (Captain)

Atticus 1 deal blow to Formby

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Created on Wednesday, 11 April 2018 12:22

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Formby  3½-4½  Atticus 1, MCA League Division One, Tuesday April 10 2018

A tough blow for Formby, as this makes it very hard for them to stay up. They nearly got something from this one though as Atticus 1 weren't all that convincing in the match. Dominic won a piece in a double Stonewall position and converted smoothly. James had a good position early on and pressed home his advantage. I made a blunder which could have lost on the spot but instead was only a little worse - Dave felt he needed to go for the win, over-pressed, and fell victim to a mating attack. Nick Martin was a pawn up in an ending, but had difficulties converting - with time running down, he played a loose move close to his King and was instantly lost. John Lambert had little counterplay in his game and went down. The other games concluded peacefully.

Atticus 2 beat Waterloo 9/4/18

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Created on Tuesday, 10 April 2018 02:27

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Another convincing win for Atticus 2 over Waterloo. Final score 6.5-1.5.  Waterloo were missing a few key players and it was disappointing IM Gary Quillan was not available( sorry Andrej your 3 weeks preparation at Camp AlphaZero will have to be put to use on another occasion) Some good wins again for Steve Kee,Tom Bimpson,David Odunaiya,Brian Ewart and Andrea Brecevich. Useful draws for Andrej Stancak and Mike Williams and a 7th score draw out of 8 games for the Captain (which hopefully should be enough to confirm a big cheque from Littlewoods Pools in the near future.)