Forget Bonn, forget Kramnik, forget Anand, forget all that exciting important stuff - you can read about it anywhere. But it's only here that you'll find out how Streatham & Brixton Chess Club have been getting on.
First off, let's start with the Croydon League. Our first team in Division 1 last Tuesday faced a tough challenge in the form of West Wickham's C-team. They not only outgraded us on every board, but on three of the four boards sported junior players too - whose grades typically prove underestimates, of course. And . . . we succumbed 3-1, which made me wonder just how strong the West Wickham's B and A teams would prove to be. Except it turns out - adding another item to the long list of things I don't understand about chess - those teams are in Division 2!
Anyway, on the subject of Division 2 of the Croydon League, our second team were also outgraded on three of the four boards two weeks ago today, in their away match against Coulsdon seconds. I was the only player who outgraded my opponent, and so a win was clearly required by myself on top board. I managed to deliver it via a sacrificial attack after my opponent played passively:
That helped the match to finish a respectable 2-2 draw.
And, that's it for now. Thanks for reading, and back to news and analysis from the World Championship you can go!
2 comments:
Right. On Chessdom they say of Kramnik:
If he doesn't manage to win today, the record of shortest World Championship match will be equaled (sic)
My understanding was that it is no longer believed that Lasker-Schlecter was a world title match. Is this not so?
Re Lasker v Schlecter:
Eh?? First time I've heard that one, and I regularly visit chess history sites such as E Winter's.
Tell us more, Justin.....
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