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Atticus win the Wirral League and the John Ripley Cup 11/5/22
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In a good week for Atticus Chess Club,we have clinched the Wirral League First Division Title and also won the John Ripley Cup against Aigburth. Well done to Captain Steve Kee who was also Wirral league player of the season. Next Wednesday May 18th The MCA AGM and Trophies Presentation will take place at Aigburth Chess Club.
JR Cup and AGM DATES
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Some important dates have just been released by the MCA Committee.
JR AND KA CUP FINALS Tuesday May 10th at PKA CLUB Alder Road 19h45 Start
MCA AGM and Presentation of Trophies Wednesday May 18th Aigburth Chess Club 19h30 Start
Team lightning not yet confirmed.
Atticus End of Season Celebration Meal ZORBA's June 17th 19h 30 Contact Steve Burge to book your seat(everyone welcome)
Confirmed so far Steve Burge, Steve Kee, Sanjoy Banerjee, John Williams,Dave Stuttard, Andrej Stancak, David Lawson,Brian Ewart,Geoff Cannon,Dave James.
Atticus 2 Champions 2021/22
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A fantastic season ended tonight on the final game of the final match as Andrej Stancak produced another victory in the final seconds, this time over his opponent Piotr Januszewski. Any other result and Liverpool would have been Champions, well done to both teams for producing such a dramatic finish to the season. Congratulations to all the players involved and also to all the other members of the Club who have contributed so much this year to enable this result be possible.
| Liverpool | Atticus 2 | ||||
| M Griffin | 2038 | 1 | 0 | S Kee | 2070 |
| P Januszewski | 2005 | 0 | 1 | A Stancak | 2111 |
| JN Hawkins | 1868 | 0 | 1 | D Lawson | 2168 |
| J Erskine-Pereira | 1912 | 0 | 1 | J Williams | 2041 |
| D Paceco | UG | 0 | 1 | L Boumphrey | 2021 |
| M Korsinskij | 1903 | 1 | 0 | B Ewart | 1847 |
| J Kumar | 1794 | 1 | 0 | S Banerjee | 1741 |
| 3 | 4 |
Team Results
Steve Kee 3.5/12, David Stuttard 3.5/7, Brian Ewart 8/11, Sanjoy Banerjee 5.5/11, Andrej Stancak 9.5/11, Luke Boumphrey 9/12,
Steve Burge 4.5/8, David Lawson 5.5/6, Geoff Cannon 0/3, David Odunaiya 0/1, John Williams 2/2
Some great scores with Andrej Stancak finishing on 9.5/11 and a possible chance of MCA Player of the Season. Also worth noting that Brian Ewart will be 83 this year and still playing as well as ever!
I have been notified that the AGM and Presentation of Trophies will be on MAY 18th
The MCA 2021/22 Title will be decided tomorrow night as Atticus 2 take on Liverpool.
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The winner of this Year's MCA Title will be decided tomorrow night, Tuesday April 26th at the Vines Pub 19h45 start. Liverpool will be the home team against Atticus 2. Both sides have exactly the same record but Liverpool have a better board count, meaning a win for Atticus on the night and the Silver Rook Trophy will be theirs. Please come along and support the team, as a really exciting night of high class chess is promised.
Atticus 2 win close battle 30/3/22
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Atticus 2 continued their fine season with a close 4-3 victory over Aigburth. The Aigburth team provided a very formidable line-up and were probably a bit unfortunate not to get a draw.
First to finish was Luke Boumphrey with a early victory over Dave Eisen,Dave was not at his best on the night but had beaten Luke convincingly earlier on in the season.
Dave Stuttard went all in against Dave Pearceys Owens Defence, in a massive attack Dave S had to give up crucial material. Dave Pearcey defended precisely at the important moments and was able to turn the tables to his advantage.
Sanjoy came up against the very experienced Ian Campbell. The match looked very equal going into the midde game but as Sanjoy overpressed Ian took the lead.
Steve Kee may have had a slight edge over Roger when a draw was agreed. Roger opting for Steve's old opening of the Stonewall Dutch.
David Lawson and Danny Rowlandson had an equal game but David Lawson's superior end game play proved decisive.
Andrej had another long match with Steve Lee, Andrej continued his fine run of form securing victory in the closing minutes.
Brian Ewart had a superior position but blundered with under 5 mins left, somehow Brian managed to find a great tactic to pose severe problems for Anthony Pimblett. With only a couple of minutes left Anthony decided he had to go for the drawn repetition.
Final Score 4-3 to Atticus
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| 1943 | 3.0 : 4.0 | Atticus 2 | 1984 | ||||
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1
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L
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2253
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0.5 - 0.5
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L
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2155
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2
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L
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1990
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0 - 1
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L
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2080
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3
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L
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1975
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0 - 1
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2155
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4
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1848
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0 - 1
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L
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2118
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5
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L
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1825
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1 - 0
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L
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1825
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6
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1758
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0.5 - 0.5
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L
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1825
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7
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L
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1953
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1 - 0
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L
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1728
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John Ripley Cup SEMI-FINAL Waterloo 1.5 Atticus 4.5 21/3/22
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Waterloo |
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Atticus 1 |
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1 |
b |
G. Quillan |
2418 |
1 |
0 |
J. Redmond |
2336 |
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2 |
w |
C. Horton |
2047 |
0.5 |
0.5 |
C. Kennaugh |
2126 |
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3 |
b |
M. Connor |
1864 |
0 |
1 |
S. Kee |
2088 |
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4 |
w |
S. Bradshaw |
1681 |
0 |
1 |
A. Stancak |
2114 |
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5 |
b |
G. Solomon |
1654 |
0 |
1 |
D. Lawson |
2166 |
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6 |
w |
B. Butterworth |
1559 |
0 |
1 |
D. James |
2126 |
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1.5 |
4.5 |
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Usually, the team captain will peruse the action on the other boards, both from a team perspective, and out of interest pending a future match report. However, I was all too aware that my own position was more than perilous, as Mick quickly gained the exchange and it looked like I might soon have plenty of time on my hands. From the little I gathered, on board 1 John looked at least equal, board 2 was.. complex, board 4 was controlled from Andrej's point of view, board 5 was.. flexible in the best Lawson-esque sense, board 6 looked comfortable for Dave. Then I returned and fortunately managed to turn things around. In the end, the grades told the story I guess. See you in the final! Report Steve Kee
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- Atticus 1 come out on top in the big derby Showdown. 31/1/22
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