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Written by: sjb

Category: Club News

Published: 15 December 2020

The British Online Championships are starting this weekend.

There are many different sections available for entry.

You can still have time to join the Tournament by Clicking on the Link below:

Caplin British Online Chess Championships – English Chess Federation

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Category: Club News

Published: 11 November 2020

I can play

by Jim Wiseman

"I can play,"  but Andrej said
"You may prefer another instead.
My game of late has not been good
Choose someone better if you could".

"For a GM to become
Go lose a thousand games, say some.
So, Andrej, worry not" said Kee
"You know that what will be will be. "

Now Sanjoy upped and had his say,
"Poor form will pass but class will stay...
Though can I talk of Class when bred
In low-life, rough-edged Birkenhead?"

Then Lee chipped in, he thus assumed,
"Poor me it seems that I am doomed.
If class doth stay, then to my cost
The same is true when Class is lost!"

Webb rounded on Lee's tale of woe
With acid tongue he laid him low
Fired bullets with a smoking gun,
"You cannot lose what's ne'er been won!"

Pretty harsh but such is life
Webb's turns of phrase cut like a knife
But in the end, Yes you've guessed,
They're only words Tom speaks in jest

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Written by: Klopp

Category: Club News

Published: 09 November 2020

The MCA Tournament begins tonight at 19h30, all the games can be followed live on Lichess. Links to all the players can be found on the MCA Website. 13 teams will be involved.

Good luck to everyone and a big thank you to Martin Blasczyk for organising this.

 

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Written by: Jim Wiseman

Category: Club News

Published: 24 October 2020

DAVID DOMINIC HURLEY
(17th February 1959 – 23rd October 2020)

EPITAPH

David Hurley sadly passed away during the early hours of October 23rd 2020 following a diagnosis of inoperable stomach and bowel cancer which he learned of some 12 months ago. On learning of his illness, David accepted it very much in the way he dealt with his life in general. That is to say he fully took on board the consequences of both his diagnosis and prognosis but, within those limits, maintained a refreshing optimism for maximising what time he had left in this world rather than, as he put it himself, ‘… simply roll over and die’. Unfortunately, Fate would deliver a further cruel blow and the Covid19 pandemic sadly curtailed many of the things he planned to do. However, even that did not daunt his spirit and he continued to revise his plans to get the most out of the life he had left.

I first met David back in October 1984 when we both enrolled as mature students at Liverpool University. I had seen him in the early philosophy seminars but first met him face-to-face in Blackwell’s Bookshop. His first words to me were ‘You flash Bastard!’ in response to my saying I had read Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason. And with that passing comment a friendship was struck. We moved from the book shop to the Augustus John pub, got pretty drunk drinking beer, playing pool and, from that moment on, never looked back.

To those who know David, it should come as no surprise that I took to him as quickly as I did. It is a fact that he is funny, clever, kind, generous and an absolute master of original one-liners! A mutual friend of ours once said, “All my mates are characters. and have a spark that is missing in others!”. David had both of these qualities (and more) in spades.

It has been a pleasure to have known David and an honour to have been counted among his friends. Like all who have known him, he will be sorely missed.

David, may you rest in peace.

 

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Written by: Martin Blasczyk

Category: Club News

Published: 14 October 2020

Deadline: 05/11/2020
If you want to play in this tournament,
you must provide all requested details to Steve Kee asap.
Players who do not provide these data can not play in this tournament!

If you want to play in this tournament, please contact Steve Kee and send him all required details:
full name, grade/rating, e-mail address, phone or mobile, link to your Lichess-profile

 

For all details, please visit: MCA Online 2020/2021

The MCA invites teams of 4 players to join our first MCA Online Tournament:

By registering a team for this tournament you agree to the regulations, terms and conditions. Thank you for your understanding.
Venue:	Online Tournament using Lichess.org
Players:	- A player can only be a member of one team, he/she can not play in two teams - Players must have a Lichess.org account in order to play in this tournament - All players must have an ECF Ref number
Entry Fee:	There is no tournament fee. The ECF may or may not charge a fee for online matches and/or rating. When we get the information from the ECF, we will inform everyone and ask him or her to pay the fee, if there is one.
Registration:	Clubs may register teams by e-mail to the tournament controllers. A squad can have more that four players. Requirements for registration: Players: Full name, grade/rating, e-mail address, phone or mobile, link to his Lichess-profile A team captain must be named. Every team captain must be registered on the MCA website and will get all necessary rights to submit results online. Deadline for Registration: 05/11/2020
Tournament Mode:	9 rounds Swiss system, computer-pairing (Sevilla 18.3.1 or later) White challenges his opponent on Lichess.org. Team Points: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a lost match Board Points: 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a lost game In case of equal team points and board points, the ranking will be decided by first Buchholz, second Sonnborn-Berger, third number of wins (Tie Break System)
Time Control:	60 minutes plus 30 seconds increment per move
Match day and Start time	The default match day is Monday, the fallback match day is Wednesday. If both days are not suitable, both team captains have to agree another day and time and get the consent of the tournament controllers. The default start time is 7.30 p.m.
Rounds:	round 1: Monday, 09/11/2020, 7.30 p.m. - Friday, 13/11/2020 round 2: Monday, 23/11/2020, 7.30 p.m. - Friday, 27/11/2020 round 3: Monday, 07/12/2020, 7.30 p.m. - Friday, 11/12/2021 - Christmas and New Year break - round 4: Monday, 11/01/2021, 7.30 p.m. - Friday, 15/01/2021 round 5: Monday, 25/01/2021, 7.30 p.m. - Friday, 29/01/2021 round 6: Monday, 08/02/2021, 7.30 p.m. - Friday, 12/02/2021 round 7: Monday, 22/02/2021, 7.30 p.m. - Friday, 26/02/2021 round 8: Monday, 08/03/2021, 7.30 p.m. - Friday, 12/03/2021 round 9: Monday, 22/03/2021, 7.30 p.m. - Friday, 26/03/2021
Reporting match results:	Team Captains shall report the match result at latest by Saturday midday after the end of the round. Team captains shall send PGN-files to the tournament controllers at latest by Sunday after the end of the round.
Board Colour:	The home team (= first-named team) plays black on odd boards, and white on even boards, the away team (= second-named team) plays white on odd boards, and black on even boards. Home team: black – white – black – white Away team: white – black – white – black
Grading:	This tournament is registered for ECF online grading
Tournament Controller:	This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it., This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
Fair Play:	All players commit themselves to fair play and to try to solve problems in good faith together with their opponents, team captains and tournament controllers. The success of this tournament depends on you all and on your co-operation.

 

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Written by: sjb

Category: Club News

Published: 18 August 2020

 

 

SECOND ON-LINE (LICHESS) CHESS CHALLENGE MATCH 

45MINS + 15 SECS INCREMENT 

 

TUESDAY AUGUST 18th 2020 

 

MATCH REPORT 

 

	ATTICUS  CHESS CLUB	USER NAME  (Lichess)	ECF	RESULT	CREWE   CHESS   CLUB	USER NAME  (Lichess)	ECF
1	Tom   Bimpson	tombimpson	173	1 - 0	Karl   Lockett	ZZCrewe	159
2	Sanjoy   Banerjee	sanjoybanerjee	135	0 - 1	Rick Renegade	DONT_WALK_OFF	146
3	Steve  Burge	SteveJB	135	0 - 1	Harry Gardiner	gingerninja2003	153
4	Mark   Wadsworth	AtticusChallenger	132	1 - 0	Neville   Layhe	Whitevanman	131
5	Tom   Webb	TomWebb	128	½ - ½	Dave   Price	baldrickprice	109
6	Chris  Wentworth	Chriswent	123	½ - ½	Lukasz Michalek	Good-40-percent	115
7	Jim   Wiseman (Capt)	JimWiz20	121	1 - 0	Lee  Tilton	LeeTilton	95
8	Lee   Webster	leebster	*130	1 - 0	Ben  Harrison	Ben60805	85
				5 - 3
	David  Hulme (Non-playing Captain)
*130: LeeWebster Jan 2020 ECF Grade based on 5 games only played at Heywood Congress in 2019. Most recent previous grade (2004) = 94; Between 1994 & 2003 (incl) grades ranged between 84 & 102 . I have discussed this with Crewe Captain David Hulme and estimated his current grade to be somewhere between 115-120.

A very close match with honours going to Atticus this time making up for the drubbing Crewe unleashed upon us last time. 

All the games appeared close and there was chances for both players on most of the boards. 

Thanks to Crewe for accepting the challenge and I hope everyone enjoyed the match 

Jim Wiseman 

(Atticus Captain) 

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Written by: sjb

Category: Club News

Published: 13 August 2020

Could all Atticus players who are interested in playing in this season's MCA Matches, please state their intent immediately as teams need to be registered next week.

Please conctact Secretary Steve Kee to express your interest  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

It is likely all games will be played online on the Lichess Website.

Any players at present based abroad will be able to join in with this online format. Full instructions will be given nearer the start of the competition.

 

On a personal note can I thank Martin Blasczyk for running an excellent Open Summer Tournament.

Well done to Waterloo players Colin Horton and Peter O'Driscoll for finishing 1st and 2nd with Atticus Dave James in 3rd place.

 

 

 

 

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Written by: sjb

Category: Club News

Published: 01 August 2020

A return match has been arranged with Crewe Chess Club for Tuesday August 18th at 19h30, everyone is welcome to play in this game and the number of boards will be adjusted accordingly. 

Time Control  45mins + 15secs on the Lichess Website

Please contact organiser/Captain Jim Wiseman to join the team.

 email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

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Written by: John Redmond

Category: Club News

Published: 25 July 2020

The new grades have emerged. Not a great deal of movement (given the circumstances.) Many players have stayed the same or only gone up or down by one. Luke, however, is up 8 to 185 while Steve B is up 4 to 135. Mark is also up 4 to 132. Well done to all concerned!

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Written by: Mr Klopp

Category: Club News

Published: 22 July 2020

CREWE CHESS CLUB v ATTICUS CHESS CLUB

ON-LINE (LICHESS) CHESS CHALLENGE MATCH

45MINS + 15 SECS INCREMENT

 

WEDNESDAY JULY 22nd 2020

 

MATCH REPORT

 

CREWE CHESS CLUB USER NAME (Lichess) ECF RESULT ATTICUS CHESS CLUB USER NAME (Lichess) ECF

 

1 Karl Lockett ZZCrewe 148 1-0 Tom Bimpson tombimpson 175

2 Rick Renegade DONT_WALK_OFF 137 1-0 Sanjoy Banerjee sanjoybanerjee 135

3 Harry Gardiner gingerninja2003 135 0-1 Steve Burge SteveJB 131

4 Neville Layhe Whitevanman 121 1-0 Mark Wadsworth AtticusChallenger 128

5 Dave Price baldrickprice 119 1-0 Tom Webb TomWebb 128

6 Lukasz Michalek Good-40-percent 113 1-0 Chris Wentworth chriswent 123

7 Martin Gill Beemerman318 108 1-0 Jim Wiseman (Capt) JimWiz20 121

8 Andrew Crosby Portlover 96 1-0 Lee Webster leebster *130

7 - 1

David Hulme (Non-playing Captain)

*130: LeeWebster Jan 2020 ECF Grade based on 5 games only played at Heywood

Congress in 2019. Most recent previous grade (2004) = 94; Between 1994 & 2003 (incl)

grades ranged between 84 & 102 . I have discussed this with Crewe Captain David Hulme

and estimated his current grade to be somewhere between 115-120.

 

 

Despite being clearly out-graded on paper, history will record that Crewe Chess Club delivered a sound thrashing to Atticus. Only Steve Burge of Atticus managed to get a result with the rest of us all getting beaten. There were times during the match when it looked like Atticus might do better, although to be fair, I think Crewe always looked like winning on the night.

 

I feel the match was played in a good spirit by both sides and well done to Crewe for their magnificent performance.

 

Thanks to all the players and to Dave Hulme (Crewe’s non-playing captain) for making this an easy and enjoyable event to organise.

 

Jim Wiseman

(Atticus Capt