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17/06/2021

Online League Season 2 Round 8

 

Round 8 of the on-line league, season 2, played on 17/06/2021, was not very impressive to anyone playing through all the games, as far as the standard of chess was concerned.  Those who play little chess on line perhaps do not “see” the position on a diagram on a screen as well as they would if it were on a real chessboard, and this perhaps explains some of the gross elementary errors committed.

 

This round saw a welcome return to Association leaue chess, albeit of the virtual kind, of Andrew Hards.  The game Hards v Ward might have produced something exciting, but sad to say, the game was a tame quick draw.  And, by the way, Andrew, we are still sitting on the congress bank balance which is doing nothing.  “Chess sets for schools”?  Just a thought which comes to mind.

 

Despite forgetting to watch the games live, by getting up early on the morning after, the present writer was able to capture all 31 games played.  (One Division 3 game was “aborted” for some reason, and at the time of writing stands with a 0-0 game score.)

 

None of the games seems very exciting or impressively played, though the final position in the Arnott-Frost game, at the point when Black resigned, could be interesting to analyse.  Black probably did right to resign, though one wonders quite what the best continuation was.

 

The game Williams v Lee in the lucky dip was quite pleasing at the end, as Stephen Lee delivered mate by under-promotion to a rook!  (Yes, promoting to a queen would have done just as well, but would have lacked style.)

 

The remaining two rounds are scheduled for 1st July and 15th July 2021.

 

Below are links to the 20 games played in Divisions 1 and 2, and the Lucky Dip.  Click on “play” by a game to play through the game on screen.

 

Division 1

Sheffield Nomads A

3˝-˝

Woodseats A

B

Oskar A Hackner

1-0

Mark S Allison

(play)

W

Chris CW Shephard

1-0

Daniel Gottschalk

(play)

B

Andrew Hards

˝-˝

W (Bill) Ward

(play)

W

Henry Withington

1-0

Dale Daykin

(play)

Darnall & Handsworth A

1˝‑2˝

Hillsborough A

  

B

Aram Ter-Gevorkian

0-1

Roy Ellames

(play)

W

Marek Gajdosz

˝-˝

Paul Fletcher

(play)

B

Craig Chatterton

0-1

Joseph B Bradey

(play)

W

Joe G Primrose

1-0

Alan K Sutton

(play)

Division 2

Woodseats B

1˝‑2˝

Rotherham

B

Jamie Woodhouse

˝-˝

Oliver Brennan

(play)

W

David Margerison

0-1

Peter Catt

(play)

B

Stephen Daykin

1-0

John Baker

(play)

W

Dave Cook

0-1

Wade Udin

(play)

SASCA A

2-2

Sheffield Nomads B

B

Ayodeji Jeje

1-0

Arjun Babu

(play)

W

Jonathan W Arnott

1-0

Geoff Frost

(play)

B

Marek Krajci

0-1

Duncan Chambers

(play)

W

Luke Harper

0-1

Koohyar Roshani

(play)

Lucky Dip

Barnsley A

3-1

Hillsborough B

B

Peter Micklethwaite

1-0

Ben Wood

(play)

W

Andrew Butterworth

1-0

Andrew Birtwhistle

(play)

B

Martin J Sheard

1-0

David J Grobler

(play)

W

Shane M C Williams

0-1

Stephen K Lee

(play)

 

Full division match results and current league tables can be found on this website in their usual places (links also on Home page):

Division 1

Division 2

Division 3

Lucky Dip