N5 Spur Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Division B, Round 5 @pleslie999 defeats N5_Spur by resignation. Not too dissimilar to my previous loss to Invergowrie - Queens exchanged fairly early, then an unforced error in me giving my castle away, and from then on it was my trying to play catch-up, unsuccessfully, with my opponent having me on the backfoot, in the main. 2 straight wins followed by 3 straight defeats - back to the real world. Nicely done, Sir, well played. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 23 hours ago, Albino Rover said: I got absolutely battered in this one. Brilliant chessing from Mackieboz. Oh, great..... I've got him next. Going to send someone around to the hotel at 3am to bang some pots and pans and set off the fire alarm, then let the tyres down on the team coach and maybe turn all the road signs around. Then I'll find out I'm the away side. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Division A Round 6 The Evans gambit can be pretty harsh if the opponent doesn't know it's coming. gkneil throws in the towel on move 12 rather than watch his queen get cleanly swiped with no compensation. AimHere beats gkneil by resignation. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 5 hours ago, N5 Spur said: Division B, Round 5 @pleslie999 defeats N5_Spur by resignation. Not too dissimilar to my previous loss to Invergowrie - Queens exchanged fairly early, then an unforced error in me giving my castle away, and from then on it was my trying to play catch-up, unsuccessfully, with my opponent having me on the backfoot, in the main. 2 straight wins followed by 3 straight defeats - back to the real world. Nicely done, Sir, well played. Good game, thanks. Wasn't keen on the early queen trade but felt I had no option. Always felt I was slightly ahead thanks to a fairly solid position and the rook for Bishop trade kept me in good shape. Once the simplification started it was always likely 1 of my pawns would get through. Currently in a proper 60 move slog with @mathematics. It's close to the end. I can't lose the match but a win is very much up in the air. Could be a lot of chess left even though there's only 5 pieces on the board 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
true_rover Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Division B: markf268 beats XTCR96 by resignation. A couple of mistakes let me in and I was able to trade down until a win was going to be inevitable. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pleslie99 Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 Pleslie999 beats pnbmathematics by checkmate This one should be 1st up on MOTD. 75 moves, an absolute slog, I thought I was miles ahead then allowed my opponent back in, got a bit scrappy with not much happening. My opponent offered a draw when things weren't looking too good for either of us but I had a rook v Knight and soldiered on. My opponents 2 knights danced around casing me all sorts of issues and constantly had to be on the lookout for forks. Had to be careful not to draw by repetition which led to me giving up 2 pawns. Managed to force 1 hardy wee pawn up the board to promote which was enough to see it out. Thanks for the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BaSeDG0DSA1NT Posted September 23, 2022 Share Posted September 23, 2022 madwullie cup result Basedgodsa1nt defeats The_kid1433 by checkmate. What a mad gametype that is, that's the first of me giving it a go but I quite enjoyed it. Thank you for the game and apologies as I just seen your message in chat (chess.com). I'm still trying to learn the site. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Division A Round 4 AH13STU and AimHere ended up in a position that looked a bit too spiky and dangerous for either of our tastes, so in a fit of abject cowardice, we both repeated moves until the game threw in the towel I'm claiming the moral high ground since the game analysis suggests that AH13 was in a marginally better position and was the one forcing the issue with constant checks, so he was the one who had more leeway to play for a win! AimHere and AH13STU draw by repetition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leicesterlichtie Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 On 21/09/2022 at 05:53, arab_joe said: A very routine win for AH13STU (by resignation) - I'm playing 3 games simultaneously and making fairly basic mistakes in all 3... Thanks for the game. Also in Div A AH13STU draws with Aimhere by repetition. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Deans Posted September 24, 2022 Share Posted September 24, 2022 Ken Dean's wins checkmate v Strachanovski. Was my best play to date. You sir are a great player as I saw last season. Thanks for the game 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted September 25, 2022 Author Share Posted September 25, 2022 Div C Dandies1983 beats mackieboz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Table and fixtures for Division A Division A P W D L Pts AimHere 6 3 2 1 11 AH13STU 4 2 2 0 8 Ziggy_the_Spider 3 2 1 0 7 Board_Stupid 3 2 0 1 6 Arabjoe 4 1 0 3 3 Purplekangaroo89 3 0 1 2 1 beef2711 0 0 0 0 0 gkneil 3 0 0 3 0 Round 7 gkneil vs Ziggy_the_Spider AimHere vs beef2711 AH13STU vs Purplekangaroo89 Arabjoe vs Board_Stupid Round 8 beef2711 vs gkneil AH13STU vs Ziggy_the_Spider AimHere vs Board_Stupid Arabjoe vs Purplekangaroo89 Beef2711 seems to be a fair bit behind with his fixtures but I see some still extant on chess.com; it's about to get confusing as to whether it's the home or away fixture so bear in mind you'll need to clarify when the results get reported @Stringer Bell As always, the results and calculations are on the spreadsheet at https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1WTFYYhhNWBObdMMS9BM-0teqA1DQQjAgnL0PsODXi5U/edit#gid=1480457113 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Results and Fixtures for Division B Division B P W D L Pts pleslie999 6 5 0 1 15 invergowrie 5 4 0 1 12 markf268 5 2 1 2 7 PnBMathematics 5 2 1 2 7 N5_Spur 5 2 0 3 6 The_kid1433 5 1 0 4 3 XCTR94 5 1 0 4 3 Round 7 The_kid1433 vs markf268 invergowrie vs PnBMathematics XCTR94 vs N5_Spur Round 8 invergowrie vs pleslie999 The_kid1433 vs N5_Spur XCTR94 vs PnBMathematics 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Table and Fixtures for Division C Division C P W D L Pts AlbinoRov 6 5 0 1 15 Dandies1983 5 4 0 1 12 mackieboz 6 3 1 2 10 KenDeans 5 3 0 2 9 Basedgodsa1nt 6 3 0 3 9 RBWatson 5 2 0 3 6 Strachanovski 5 1 1 3 4 IncomingExile 6 0 0 6 0 Round 7 IncomingExile vs mackieboz RBWatson vs Basedgodsa1nt Strachanovski vs AlbinoRov KenDeans vs Dandies1983 Round 8 Basedgodsa1nt vs IncomingExile Strachanovski vs mackieboz RBWatson vs Dandies1983 KenDeans vs AlbinoRov 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 22 hours ago, Leicesterlichtie said: Thanks for the game. Also in Div A AH13STU draws with Aimhere by repetition. Stu, I’ve sent you two challenges. I got the colours wrong on the first one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N5 Spur Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Aim Here said: Results and Fixtures for Division B Round 7 XCTR94 vs N5_Spur Round 8 The_kid1433 vs N5_Spur Invites sent to both opponents @SweeperDee @the tungston weasel for whenever ready. Thanks. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 Ziggy beats PurpleKangaroo by resignation. There wasn’t much in the game until my opponent made a couple of dodgy moves which allowed me to simplify down to a easy endgame. Thanks for the game. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 I hate 960, I chucked a whole queen earlier in this game. It was a one move threat as well. I got distracted by my daughter (that's my excuse at any rate). I've fought back a bit but not making it easy for myself. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aim Here Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Trogdor said: I hate 960, I chucked a whole queen earlier in this game. It was a one move threat as well. I got distracted by my daughter (that's my excuse at any rate). I've fought back a bit but not making it easy for myself. Good stuff. Taking the stronger players out of their comfort zone and levelling the playing field is exactly what 960 is good for. Your extensive 25-move deep knowledge of the Steinitz variations of Exchange Nimzo-Scandinavian theory aren't going to help you here. This is the game that demands raw chess skill, free of such decadent fripperies as opening theory and knowing what the hell you're supposed to do in the first ten moves. Edited September 25, 2022 by Aim Here 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted September 25, 2022 Share Posted September 25, 2022 2 hours ago, Aim Here said: Good stuff. Taking the stronger players out of their comfort zone and levelling the playing field is exactly what 960 is good for. Your extensive 25-move deep knowledge of the Steinitz variations of Exchange Nimzo-Scandinavian theory aren't going to help you here. This is the game that demands raw chess skill, free of such decadent fripperies as opening theory and knowing what the hell you're supposed to do in the first ten moves. Aye, I suppose so. Madwullie Cup Result. Dearyme defeats markf268 @true_rover by resignation. I couldn't believe it when I chucked my Queen. Good game mate. You were a wee bit unlucky with the finish, the bank rank was too exposed when you lifted the Queen. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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