Ziggy

I was a member of Cathcart CC when I stayed in Glasgow. I played on either the top boards of the B team or on one of the bottom boards for the 1st team. (The 1st team was strong, international masters on boards 1 & 2 and grades of 2000 or above down to board 5 or 6. I never achieved a grade that high however I did beat an international master in a tournament game once.

I’m not sure if you were still winning or not but thought that I’d be able to swap my Knight for your remaining pawns. Thanks for the game, I was very lucky.

Div A week 6. Ziggy_the_Spider fights back from queen down to draw with Ludo*1

Ziggy_the_Spider beat Mackieboz in the cup. I also hate 960 chess.

I nearly rage resigned after about 8 moves but thought I’d make you work for it. I might be winning now. ps. It’s considered bad form to discuss games that are ongoing, Mindgames.

What’s the time control for the cup?

When suits? I’ll probably be drunk by the time you read this so would prefer a morning kick off.

I agree with Johnny 4 up/down the first season just to try and makes sure people can get the correct level quite quickly.

Are there league games still on the go?

I spotted a gold crest for the first time last week.

Thanks for the game but I think I was lucky to escape with a draw. Castling queenside was far too bold, it just put my king in the firing line. Pleased to get a dodgy away draw, it’ll be different in the home fixture.

Frank, when are the next fixtures due to get played?

Div A R2. Ziggy_The_Spider beat Purplekangaroo89. Another fun game, very similar to my game against gkneil.

Thanks for the game, there were a few times I nearly made a mess of it.

Div1 Ziggy_The_Spider beats gkneil in an exciting match.

I’ve made an arse of it already. I think I challenged Gkneil twice, then deleted them both (I think)

I’m the same, I used to play a lot but not for the last 20 years. I’m already thinking of subscribing.

I’ll make up the numbers but you should probably put me in the top division.

Sorry about that, I was busy. I’ve now beaten all the computer players up to and including Antonio.

I’m not going to take part. The time control is too long. I did set up a profile on Chess though, it’s Ziggy_The_Spider.

Can you get a free membership on Chess.com I was thinking time controls would be closer to 5 minutes plus increment.

I’d be interested but it would depend on what platform it was on and the time control.

That would be quite impressive if I hadn’t been doing dry January!!

I finished my Ben Bracken 16 tonight.

Thanks for the suggestions, I had looked on the RSPB identifier without success. The thing that confused me was that from the neck down it looked like a sparrow, no yellow on the body at all. It could be a Yellowhammer, I didn’t know that their winter plumage was different.