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Waterloo v Atticus 1

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Created on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 12:21
Last Updated on Wednesday, 17 April 2019 12:26
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Waterloo

 

 6½

 1½

Atticus 1

 

1

b

G Quillan

234

  1

  0

D James

193

2

w

C Horton

176

  1

  0

L Boumphrey

176

3

b

G Williamson

156

½

½

N Martin

165

4

w

P O'Driscoll

149

  1

  0

J Lambert

145

5

b

P Stephenson

140

½

½

M Wadsworth

129

6

w

G Solomon

130

  1

  0

S Banerjee

123

7

b

S Bradshaw

125

  1

  0

T Webb

113

8

w

L Scaife

ug

½

½

H Sleeman

116

Atticus 1 travelled last night to a resurgent Waterloo who are on a charge to avoid an immediate return to Division 2. Thank goodness Atticus 1 secured safety last week. The Home fixture earlier in the season gave a 7:5-0:5 victory to Atticus 1 but this match was always going to be a much tighter affair.

Atticus 1 had some regulars missing but we put a decent side out nevertheless.

After about an hour I checked all the games and we looked solid on most boards. When I checked about twenty minutes later we were already staring defeat in the match!

Board 1: Dave James v Gary Quillan

Gary played a Czech Benoni type opening and the position looked double-edged. Dave castled Queenside while Gary piled on pressure and was about to mate with his Knight on b3 just out of the opening when Dave resigned.

Board 2. Colin Horton v Luke Boumphrey.

Luke played his favourite Sicilian Dragon, but Colin castled King-side nullifying the attack and played Nc3-e2 which was super solid and Karpovian. When I next looked Luke had somehow lost the exchange and more material was going and we were two down already!

Board 3. Nick Martin v Graham Williamson.

I played the English but Graham got into a Stonewall Dutch quickly though lost a couple of tempi. We both moved Knights to and fro and I twice turned Graham's draw offer down. But in trying to get play my time was running down and the draw was then agreed on the 3rd offer.

Board 4. Peter O'Driscoll v John Lambert saw John win a pawn playing his Sicilian. Pieces came off and John went for the win leaving his king exposed. However John had a perpetual check but with little time on his clock lost on time undeservedly.

Board 5. Mark Wadsworth v Paul Stephenson. It is great to see Paul back playing and Mark played his favourite English but Paul calmly equalised and in a solid position the draw was agreed.

Board 6. Graeme Solomon v Sanjoy. Unfortunately Sanjoy misplayed the opening and lost the f7 pawn and the exchange. He battled valiently but could not generate counterplay and lost.

Board 7. Tom Webb v Scott Bradshaw. Tom got a reasonable Queen's pawn position but made a blunder which lost a piece and Scott won smoothly.

Board 8. Luke Scaife v Howard Sleeman. Luke played Giuoco Piano and Howard got pressure leading to a pawn win and positional advantage. He still looked to be winning when he generously offerred a draw. Howard's was by far our best game of the night.

So we were well outplayed in a 6:5-1:5 drubbing leaving Atticus 1 lower mid-table while Waterloo retain a decent chance of escaping relegation with Wallasey and Aigburth 1 unexpectedly also facing the drop as the season culminates.

 

 

John Ripley Cup Semi-Final 2019

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Created on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 10:26
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 14:00
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Atticus

 

 3½

 4

Skelmersdale

+1½

1

b

S Kee

195

 1

 0

S Melia

168

2

w

T Bimpson

172

 1

 0

M McGreal

157

3

b

D Stuttard

153

 0

 1

D Stansfield

134

4

w

M Williams

131

 1

 0

P Massey

118

5

b

J Wiseman

117

 0

 1

B Melia

112

6

w

S Burge

120

½

½

A Quickfall

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This year's John Ripley Cup semi-final saw Atticus paired with Skelmersdale from Division 2, a team renowned for their fighting spirit. True, we outgraded them on every board, but given they started with a +1½ handicap, we knew that tonight we were in for a battle!

Straight from the off, our 'attackers' on boards 3, 5 and 6 had their opponents' kings in their sights, grabbing dangerous positions and Skelmersdale's handicap cushion looked to be most shaky. The positions on the other boards were quieter, and seemed positionally fairly even.

Then, after a couple of hours play, catastrophe struck as first Dave, then Jim, saw their excellent positions left in ruins as they both dropped pieces, and this gave Skelmersdale a 3½ – 0 lead – we had to win all the remaining four boards to snatch victory! However, this was not so far-fetched, as at various stages, the positions on all four looked very promising.

First, Tom forced checkmate, then my opponent's flag fell as I looked like I was about to do the same. Mike's position had by now gone from good, to really bad, to fantastic, but Steve's position had also changed, devolving from winning to dead-drawn, and that, indeed, was how the Atticus 'cookie crumbled'.

So, an excellent and hard-fought match, and a great performance by Skelmersdale to defeat Atticus, who had won the cup in the last two seasons, and we wish them well for the final!

 

Malcolm Pein Visits our Club Tonight 15/4/19

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Created on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 03:58
Last Updated on Tuesday, 16 April 2019 04:02
Written by sjb
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It was great to see IM Malcolm Pein back in Liverpool and visiting our Club tonight. Malcolm was at a Conference today in his role as CEO of Chess in schools. He is also Tournament Director and Organiser of the London Chess Classic. 

 

Safe Harbour

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Created on Tuesday, 09 April 2019 14:09
Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 April 2019 14:31
Written by John Redmond
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Atticus 1  5-3  Liverpool, MCA Division One, Monday April 8 2019

208 J Redmond  0  1 M Yanguas 181
193 D James  1  0 M Hardman 171
176 L Boumphrey  ½  ½ M Griffin 193
166 J McCarthy  +  - P Januszewski  UG
165 N Martin  ½  ½ N Hawkins 157
145 J Lambert  ½  ½ D Agejas 155
129 M Wadsworth  ½  ½ I Stephens 145
113 T Webb  1  0 B Rovezi 123
     5 3    
 
Ever since it was clear that neither Atticus team was going to win the League, our priority has been to maintain both our teams in Division One. This result moved us up to fourth in the League, still with a chance of second, but more importantly, as far as relegation goes, we have reached safety. On Board 1, I got a bad passive opening of the type that is sometimes possible in the French and was never really in the game. On Board 2 Dave James won a pawn and obtained a double-rook and pawn endgame. Mike obtained some counterplay but Dave steadily pushed his kingside pawns forcing resignation. On Board 3 our Dragonmaster Luke deployed his favourite opening and got a good position. But he missed the win of a pawn and had to be content with a draw. On Board 4 Jim McCarthy's opponent failed to show up which handed Atticus an early point. On Board 5 Nick Martin played the Scandinavian for a change though it simply led to a rock-solid Caro-type position against Nick H's 2 Bishops. An early draw was agreed  - no great surprise that these friends of 40 years duration could not face a battle! On Board 6 John Lambert played a solid Queen's pawn opening but early exchanges in the centre led to the night's first draw. On Board 7 there was a great battle where Ian won the exchange and was a pawn up. But Mark got a very powerful Knight on f3 and a raging attack led to a perpetual. On Board 8, Tom was up against a very handy junior player. Tom lost the exchange but had extra pawns and two very powerful knights. The pressure led to material gain and Tom calmly consolidated. Hence an excellent 5-3 victory which means that in all probability the relegation battle is between Waterloo and Wallasey.
 
 

Atticus 2 beat Hoylake 8/4/19

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Created on Tuesday, 09 April 2019 02:00
Last Updated on Tuesday, 09 April 2019 03:28
Written by Mr Klopp
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194 A Stancak 1 0 D Tebb 207
195 S Kee 0.5 0.5 T Carroll 197
172 T Bimpson 0.5 0.5 M Stone 180
176 J Williams 1 0 M Smith 177
152 B Ewart 0 1 P Holian 149
153 D Stuttard 1 0 M Stoddart 136
131 M Williams 0.5 0.5 M Carroll 101
120 S Burge 0.5 0.5 A Clarke 103
    5 3    

A great victory tonight for Atticus 2 over this years Champions Hoylake. This was  Hoylake's first defeat of the season and now gives the Atticus team an opportunity to maintain their record of finishing in the top 2 places for the last 6 seasons.

Board 1.  Andrej kept up the pressure throughout the game and with time running out mangaged to force an error and a rare defeat for Captain Dave Tebb

Board 2 . Steve Kee was in a buoyant mood following his excellent performance in the Chester Rapid Play Tournament yesterday( Steve managed to beat IM Gary Quillan and pushed GM Stephen Gordon all the way) . Steve was up against Frodsham Open champion Thomas Carroll and Steve posed many problems but Tom was up for the challenge and eventually a draw was agreed.

Board 3 Tom Bimpson was able to equalise against Mike Stones early pressure and with an edge near the end Tom agreed a draw to the teams advanatage.

Board 4 John Williams had a big time advantage and was able to create a lot of pressure causing an error by his opponent.

Board 5 Brian Ewart seemed to be well in charge and was offered a draw by his opponent,Brian declined and pressed hard for the win but Peter Holian fought back well and turned the tables.

Board 6 Dave Stuttard had another early victory following some fine tactical play in the opening.

Board 7 Mike Williams got a useful draw. Michael Carroll played a vey decent game.

Board 8 Another fantastic GM draw for the Captain.

 

 

 

Atticus 2 are 600 League Winners 3/4/19

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Created on Friday, 05 April 2019 01:07
Last Updated on Friday, 05 April 2019 01:07
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Atticus 2 completed their 600 League Fixtures on Wednesday night and despite a disappointing loss against Waterloo finished as worthy Champions with 9/10 victories. 

Our thanks to all the players who contributed to this successful season.

Nick Martin 5/8,Brian Ewart 6.5/9,John Lambert 6.5/9,Steve Philp 1.5/2,Steve Burge 4/7, Martin Blasczyk 0.5/1, James Rothwell 1.5/2, Jim McCarthy 1/1, Ben Ellington 1/1

 

All’s Well That Ends Well

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Created on Thursday, 04 April 2019 14:01
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Atticus 2

 

 

 

Wallasey 5

 

1

b

Derek Rooney

132

1

0

Martin Cockerill

98

2

w

Tom Webb

113

1

0

Viv Oldham

97

3

b

Sanjoy Banerjee

123

½

½

Dave Barnes

ug

4

w

Tom Lawton

120

½

½

Felix Lefeuvre

82

5

b

Howard Sleeman

116

½

½

John Higgins

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3½

1 ½

 

 
 
“The web of our life is of a mingled yarn, good and ill together: our virtues would be proud,if our faults whipped them not; and our crimes would despair, if they were not cherished by our virtues.”
 
It was another Wednesday night bonanza at the Cross Keys, as this fixture was one of four being hosted by the club, with a total of twenty boards in play.  Quite a logistical feat, yet it was terrific to see so many players together in one place and the night it all seemed to pass off very lightly.
 
I would like to take the opportunity to thank (and apologise to) the other captains and players for ensuring that the set-up was managed smoothly.  The end of season fixture congestion meant that for this match, we were obliged to put together a very different line-up, necessitating a trip down the M62 to Warrington to collect my top board.  Yet it is a fortunate captain who is able to draft in such able replacements.
 
Regrettably I was not able to watch very much at all of the other games.  Tom Webb, who was sat next to me, seemed locked in an equal struggle for a long time, but eventually brought home the bacon.  Derek took some time to find his feet against Martin Cockerill, though a superior bishop in an endgame helped him to seal another point.  Tom Lawton and Howard shared the spoils with their opponents, and my game too – although spicy enough – drifted into an equal minor piece endgame and again we shook hands and agreed on the draw.
 
So with two fixtures left to play, we languish in mid-table obscurity, safe from peril yet deprived of glory.
 
“My friends were poor, but honest.”
 

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