East Cheshire marched into the semi-finals of the Charnley Cup with a 5-1 victory at Wilmslow. We were able to field almost our strongest line-up and Wilmslow were unable to keep up with the pace. Here is how things worked out:
East Cheshire Ship Shape at Wilmslow
East Cheshire C vs Macclesfield B, Wednesday 27 November 2010
ECA Marches On
Another match, another victory for ECA!
The C Team vs Urmston, 5th October 2010
The C Team won 3-2. Moreover, everyone enjoyed the match. The scores were:
Urmston (Home) East Cheshire C (Away)
J Royle 0 1 Alan Stokes
T Plunkett 0 1 Geoff Clarke
J Bradley 1 0 Bill Tait
C Maudsley 1/2 1/2 Andy Walker
G Randall 1/2 1/2 Roy Burrows
Total 2 3
Roy (acting Captain) set up an unanswerable threat and accepted the draw offered by his much higher-graded opponent.
Andy also drew his game against strong opposition. He was on the back foot for the first 15 moves, but then managed to bring in a knight that both reinforced his defence and threatened the opponent’s queen. This turned the game around and it went to the wire, but with insufficient material for a mate in the time remaining.
With the match at 2-2, the result hinged on Alan’s game, a slow cerebral battle which Alan won on time, before the time control was reached.
October East Cheshire Rapidplay
On Wednesday 6th October East Cheshire held their first early season club rapidplay.
East Cheshire A vs Macclesfield A
Our first match of the season was against potential title contenders Macclesfield.
Keith Arkell Visits East Cheshire
East Cheshire member plays Nigel Short
All standard book until my 10. … g6. The book move is Nf8 but I decided it was good tactics to block Short’s Bishop and Queen and move out of book (I had a plan!)
Attacking with the Modern Defense
Taming a GM
Playing in the Stockport Chess League we don’t meet many Grandmasters but new member Sean Hewitt did once hold seasoned GM Mark Hebden to a draw. Sean describes how he did it: