tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40811434899471967862012-02-14T19:26:55.972ZMainly for RCC members, somewhere to share information about our club, matches, activities and interesting stuff about playing Chess. (Background: by SoupBoy, CC-SA on Flickr) NOTE THAT CHRIS IS CHANGING FORMAT OF SITE - ITS CURRENTLY IN PROGRESS!Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.comBlogger1871100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-85118162695384640242012-02-14T19:25:00.002Z2012-02-14T19:26:55.985Z<strong><a href="http://coventrychessclub.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">COPIED FROM COVENTRY CHESS CLUB BLOG</a></strong> <em>Mike Johnson has discovered that now on the ECF Grading Database, if you click on your "ref number" next to your name you now get a lot of very useful data on your chess playing career.</em><br /><em>When you click on your ref no you have four tabs:- Profile, Standard Games, Rapid Games and Grade progress.</em><br /><br /><em>For example if you click on the "Standard Games" tab and select a year from the drop down menu you can see a list of your results for that particular year and if you scroll down to the bottom of the page it is even presented in a Pie chart format!</em><br /><em>Click on the "Grade Progress" tab and you can see the progress (or lack of!!) of your grade in a graphical format since 1994.</em><br /><br /><br />Its well worth a look. Here is the link to RugbyChess Club members page:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/?club=Rugby">http://www.ecfgrading.org.uk/?club=Rugby</a><br /><br />Make sure that you note what the scale is when looking at progress.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-8511816269538464024?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-85275452244568531942012-02-04T22:51:00.000Z2012-02-08T12:09:42.842ZFurther to <a href="http://rugbychessclub.blogspot.com/2012/02/nice-game-jamie.html#links">Bob's post</a>, here is Jamie's game against Jason Smith.&nbsp; One of Jamie's longest games with 80 moves.<div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1328395793" name="cwvif_1328395793" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1328395793" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1328395793"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1328395793" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1328395793" style="display:none">[Event "CDCL"]<br />[Site "Rugby C vs Nuneaton D"]<br />[Date "2012.1.31"]<br />[Round "Board 2"]<br />[White "James Kearney"]<br />[Black "Jason Smith"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "123"]<br />[BlackELO "106"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. d5<br />h6 9. Qd2 g5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. h4 f6 12. hxg5 fxg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg4 Ne5<br />15. Be2 Qe8 16. Bxg5 Ng4 17. f3 Ne5 18. Bh6 Qg6 19. Bxg7 Qg3+ 20. Kd1 Qxg7<br />21. Qh6 Qxh6 22. Rxh6 Kg7 23. Rh2 Bd7 24. Kc2 Rh8 25. Rah1 Ng6 26. Rxh8 Nxh8<br />27. Nd1 a6 28. Kc3 b5 29. b3 b4+ 30. Kc2 a5 31. Nb2 a4 32. bxa4 Bxa4+ 33.<br />Nxa4 Rxa4 34. Kb2 Ng6 35. Bd1 Ra3 36. Bb3 Nf4 37. g3 Nd3+ 38. Kc2 Ne5 39. Rf1<br />Kf6 40. Kd2 Ra8 41. g4 Rg8 42. f4 Nf7 43. e5+ Kg7 44. e6 Nd8 45. g5 Rh8 46.<br />f5 Rf8 47. f6+ exf6 48. gxf6+ {should have gone e7 instead of gxf6+ for the<br />pawn fork but missed it.} 48... Rxf6 49. Rxf6 Kxf6 50. Ke3 Nb7 51. Kd3 Nd8<br />52. Ke4 Nb7 53. Kf4 Na5 54. Kg4 Nb7 55. Kh5 Na5 56. Kh6 Nb7 57. Kh7 Na5 58.<br />Kg8 Ke7 59. Kg7 Nb7 60. Kg6 Na5 61. Kf5 Nb7 62. Ke4 Na5 63. Kd3 Nb7 64. Kc2<br />Na5 65. Kb2 Nb7 66. a3 bxa3+ 67. Kxa3 Na5 68. Ba2 Nb7 69. Ka4 Nd8 70. Kb5 Nb7<br />71. Kb6 Nd8 72. Kc7 Nxe6+ 73. dxe6 Kxe6 74. Bb3 Ke7 75. Bd1 Ke6 76. Kc6 Ke7<br />77. Bg4 Kd8 78. Kxd6 Ke8 79. Kxc5 Kd8 80. Kd6 1-0</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1328395793").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1328395793").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1328395793").submit();</script>and in case the embedded board doesn't work, here is the PGN...<br />1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. c4 d6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. Be2 c5 8. d5 h6 9. Qd2 g5 10. Be3 Ng4 11. h4 f6 12. hxg5 fxg5 13. Nxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg4 Ne5 15. Be2 Qe8 16. Bxg5 Ng4 17. f3 Ne5 18. Bh6 Qg6 19. Bxg7 Qg3+ 20. Kd1 Qxg7 21. Qh6 Qxh6 22. Rxh6 Kg7 23. Rh2 Bd7 24. Kc2 Rh8 25. Rah1 Ng6 26. Rxh8 Nxh8 27. Nd1 a6 28. Kc3 b5 29. b3 b4+ 30. Kc2 a5 31. Nb2 a4 32. bxa4 Bxa4+ 33. Nxa4 Rxa4 34. Kb2 Ng6 35. Bd1 Ra3 36. Bb3 Nf4 37. g3 Nd3+ 38. Kc2 Ne5 39. Rf1 Kf6 40. Kd2 Ra8 41. g4 Rg8 42. f4 Nf7 43. e5+ Kg7 44. e6 Nd8 45. g5 Rh8 46. f5 Rf8 47. f6+ exf6 48. gxf6+ {should have gone e7 instead of gxf6+ for the pawn fork but missed it.} 48... Rxf6 49. Rxf6 Kxf6 50. Ke3 Nb7 51. Kd3 Nd8 52. Ke4 Nb7 53. Kf4 Na5 54. Kg4 Nb7 55. Kh5 Na5 56. Kh6 Nb7 57. Kh7 Na5 58. Kg8 Ke7 59. Kg7 Nb7 60. Kg6 Na5 61. Kf5 Nb7 62. Ke4 Na5 63. Kd3 Nb7 64. Kc2 Na5 65. Kb2 Nb7 66. a3 bxa3+ 67. Kxa3 Na5 68. Ba2 Nb7 69. Ka4 Nd8 70. Kb5 Nb7 71. Kb6 Nd8 72. Kc7 Nxe6+ 73. dxe6 Kxe6 74. Bb3 Ke7 75. Bd1 Ke6 76. Kc6 Ke7 77. Bg4 Kd8 78. Kxd6 Ke8 79. Kxc5 Kd8 80. Kd6 1-0<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-8527545224456853194?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05381024135590452126noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-17825850242024048632012-02-03T09:49:00.000Z2012-02-03T09:59:51.249ZThe A team had some overdue success on Tuesday beating Nuneaton B by 3.5 to 0.5<br /><br />Our B team lost to Nuneaton A by the same score however !<br /><br />I am not sure how the C team ended but I do know that Jamie Kearney had another delightful looking win which had a piece for 2 pawn sacrifice early on! I hope Phil has the time to post it on this blog if he can !<br /><br />Bob<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1782585024202404863?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-12264837521640121822012-01-25T18:11:00.001Z2012-01-25T18:12:48.631ZHere is one which I took of Rajan Parekh, Coventry F Board 1 player (current Warwickshire age-related champ)&nbsp;who was playing at Rugby last night. He and Jim MacDonald agreed a draw just after this photo was taken. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YvjhfKuShuM/TyBEnqFeJCI/AAAAAAAAAv0/nqoumVq1UZw/s1600/Rajan+in+action.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" gda="true" height="300" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YvjhfKuShuM/TyBEnqFeJCI/AAAAAAAAAv0/nqoumVq1UZw/s400/Rajan+in+action.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />In case you were wondering how the rest of Rugby D did, Nicola continued her winning steak with a win. I continued my own streak and lost. But to such a nice man (Clive Osman). Roy was still playing when I slunk out.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1226483752164012182?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-65822565835628925152012-01-24T18:56:00.000Z2012-01-24T18:56:31.709ZJust added the latest 3 games (KO Cup and 10 + 17 Jan) to the Coventry League blog - <a href="http://covchessleague.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Link</a><br /><br />There may (by looks of things) be some extra results due for the 10 Jan results. <br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6582256583562892515?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-17417832940984083612012-01-17T21:35:00.006Z2012-01-17T23:02:09.696ZWell Rugby D have all the gadgets :-) - which is just as well because Chris needs something to occupy her when she once again crashes and burns. But I thought that I would give you a snapshot of the action as it happens. Vs. University D Chris loses to a canny player Cerden Micher on board 3, following Joe Oswell's convincing win against David Noyvert.<br /><br />Things are looking promising on Board 1 for Jim MacDonald against female player Mary Kairatkyzy (yes, yet more female players in the league now). Roy Talbot vs Jose Garcia looks like a close match but Jose has just refused a draw so its not _that_ close. Another match with everything to play for from Team D. Trying to load a sneaky picture of men at work ... no flash so as not to interrupt play.<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6OhxoGzEFSk/TxX6jk0uekI/AAAAAAAAAvk/aQlVYwxRy8M/s1600/Rugby+D+vs+Univesity+D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="300" kba="true" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-6OhxoGzEFSk/TxX6jk0uekI/AAAAAAAAAvk/aQlVYwxRy8M/s400/Rugby+D+vs+Univesity+D.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Meanwhile the B team after one game (Martin Wilson vs. A Rysbagen) are still hard at play. Fingers crossed for everyone.<br /><br />PS. Joe and Roy can recommend the local brew <a href="http://www.warwickshirebeer.co.uk/ales/bottled-ales/duck-soup" target="_blank">Duck Soup Ale</a>, only brewed exclusively for the Warwick&nbsp; Student Union.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1741783294098408361?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-26451838078388305782012-01-05T21:57:00.000Z2012-01-05T21:57:25.741ZIt was always going to be a tough match for Rugby C against Coventry A in the KO cup and Coventry were victorious despite their 1.25 pt handicap, but Jamie very much enjoyed his match against Ed Goodwin (even though Fritz would have played differently).<div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1325800003" name="cwvif_1325800003" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1325800003" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1325800003"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1325800003" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1325800003" style="display:none">[Event "CDCL"]<br />[Site "Rugby C vs Coventry A"]<br />[Date "2012.1.3"]<br />[Round "Board 3"]<br />[White "Ed Goodwin"]<br />[Black "James Kearney"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[WhiteELO "167"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 Be7 7. f4 Nbd7 8.<br />Nf3 Nb6 9. Bb5+ Bd7 10. Be2 Bg4 11. O-O O-O 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Nbd7 14. e5<br />Ne8 15. Qe2 Qc7 16. e6 fxe6 17. dxe6 Nb6 18. Be3 Nf6 19. Rad1 Rad8 20. a4 a6<br />21. f5 Qb8 22. Bf4 Nc8 23. Rd2 Qc7 24. Rfd1 Ne8 25. Be4 h6 26. Qf3 b6 27. Qg3<br />Kh8 28. Nd5 Qa7 29. Qg6 Bf6 30. Nxf6 Nxf6 31. Bf3 Ne7 32. Qg3 Nxf5 33. Qe1<br />Rfe8 34. Bxd6 Nxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxd6 36. Rxd6 Qc7 37. Qd2 Kg8 38. Bc6 Re7 39. Bd7<br />Ne4 0-1</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1325800003").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1325800003").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1325800003").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2645183807838830578?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05381024135590452126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-69933855165525720592011-12-29T14:14:00.002Z2011-12-29T14:14:34.357Z<br />The 2012 Warwickshire&nbsp;Open&nbsp;Chess Congress is on&nbsp;Saturday 3rd &amp; Sunday 4th March 2012 at&nbsp;Arden School, Station Road, Knowle, Solihull.<br /><br />An entry form can be found&nbsp;<b style="background-color: white; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><a href="http://tinyurl.com/Warwickshire-Open-2012">here</a></b>.<br /><br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6993385516552572059?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05381024135590452126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-89189136935705857502011-12-19T18:33:00.002Z2011-12-19T18:36:15.667ZDiv&nbsp;Cup&nbsp;results updated (29 Nov. to include Div 1) + <a href="http://covchessleague.blogspot.com/2011/12/divisional-cup-results-13th-december.html" target="_blank">Div Cup results for 13 December&nbsp;also added</a>. <br /><br /><strong>NOTE:</strong> The KO Cup draw for the Coventry and District Chess League is as follows:<br /><br /><strong>Rug C</strong> <strong>v Cov A</strong>; Cov C v Cov B; Cov F v Cov D; <strong>Cov E v Rug B</strong>; Nun B v Cov G<br /><br />Matches to be played on 03.01.2012 (From Cov Club site)<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-8918913693570585750?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-51475755078950088962011-12-14T14:23:00.001Z2011-12-14T14:24:53.317ZWell things have been tough without some of our best players, so its not entirely unexpected. But Rugby players please fortify yourselves before looking <a href="http://covchessleague.blogspot.com/2011/12/cdcl-results-as-of-7-december.html" target="_blank">at the league table (up to 7 Dec) </a>now posted on the CDCL site. <br /><br /><a href="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/alexvalent/alexvalent0912/alexvalent091200050/6116890-christmas-chess-and-snow-on-a-dark-background.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="241" src="http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/alexvalent/alexvalent0912/alexvalent091200050/6116890-christmas-chess-and-snow-on-a-dark-background.jpg" width="320" /></a>Other tables now also updated:&nbsp; See <a href="http://covchessleague.blogspot.com/p/tables.html" target="_blank">League </a>and <a href="http://covchessleague.blogspot.com/p/divisional-cup.html" target="_blank">Div Cup</a> recaps to figure out how it all happened.<br /><br />On the plus side, plenty of chess books and chess practice time coming our way?&nbsp; Every match will count in 2012 ...<br /><br />Have a nice break and please note that we have a <a href="http://rugbyjuniorchess.blogspot.com/2011/12/come-and-play-chess-at-rugby-art.html" target="_blank">juniors chess event on the 22 Dec in Rugby Art Gallery and Museum</a>. You will be very welcome to join us. <br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5147575507895008896?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-26574474828302172972011-11-24T05:21:00.001Z2011-11-24T05:23:09.572ZAnother battle with Dave Kearney, this time I didn't escape with a draw !<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1322111947" name="cwvif_1322111947" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1322111947" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1322111947"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1322111947" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1322111947" style="display:none">[Event "Cov League Div 1"]<br />[Site "Rugby v Nuneaton"]<br />[Date "????.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Dave Kearney"]<br />[Black "Bob Wildig"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Be7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. d3 a5 6. a3 Na6 7. Nf3 d6 8. O-O<br />Nc5 9. Be3 Ne6 10. b4 Ng4 11. Nd5 Nxe3 12. Nxe7+ Qxe7 13. fxe3 e4 {Well this<br />seemed a good idea at the time !} 14. dxe4 f6 15. Qd5 Kh8 16. Nd4 Nd8 17. Nf5<br />Qf7 18. c5 Be6 19. Qd4 Nc6 20. Qc3 dxc5 21. bxc5 Ne5 22. Nd4 Qe7 {Its not<br />obvious what this is for. Bd7 and then Bc6 loos more useful.} 23. Rfb1 Rfb8<br />24. Rb5 a4 25. Rab1 Bc8 26. c6 b6 27. Nf3 Ba6 28. Rd5 {Whites pieces have<br />become too active for Black to control and now he makes a fatal mistake.}<br />28... Bc4? 29. Rxe5 fxe5 30. Qxc4 Qxa3 31. Nxe5 Qxe3+ 32. Kh1 g6 33. Rf1 Rf8<br />34. Nf7+ Kg7 35. Qe6 {Black can't stop the fatal check on f6, eg Qd4 is met by<br />e5. So ...} 1-0</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1322111947").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1322111947").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1322111947").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2657447482830217297?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-83749268304953356892011-11-04T14:41:00.002Z2011-11-04T15:07:45.824ZDue to pressure from Bob, here is my game against Mark Page. I hope it shows how to rebuff attacks and take the initiative in the center.<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1320419075" name="cwvif_1320419075" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1320419075" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1320419075"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1320419075" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1320419075" style="display:none">[Event "Cov A vs Rug B"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2011.10.18"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "N Kadodwala"]<br />[Black "M Page"]<br />[Result "1/2-1/2"]<br />[WhiteELO "158"]<br />[BlackELO "185"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 d6 5. d3 {The normal move would be 5.d4<br />and would take the game into King's Indian territory but since Mark has played<br />this defence since forever I make it clear that I want to stay away from those<br />lines and play a more 'English Opening' line.} 5... O-O 6. Rb1?! {A waiting<br />move to see how black deploys his pieces but this is too elaborate. The simple<br />Bg5 would have been better.} 6... e5 7. e4 {Now that black has committed to<br />..e5 white can play a botvinnik setup.} 7... Nc6 8. Nge2 Nh5!? {Mark makes it<br />clear that he wants to attack but white is well prepared to meet this so maybe<br />..Be6 would have been more flexible.} 9. O-O {White seems to be 'castling into<br />it' but the attack should not be damgerous for white.} 9... f5 10. exf5<br />gxf5?! {I didn't expect Mark to take with the pawn. The idea behind 10.exf5<br />was to gain the square e4 for a knight and I guess Mark didn't want that to<br />happen. However, after the move played white has a strong reply.} 11. f4!<br />{This move is crucial to stop the black attack. If this was not played then<br />black himself would play ..f4 with a very strong attack. This is what white<br />had to calculate before he castled.} 11... h6 12. Be3 {Notice that white is<br />the one with the only important pawn break now (d4) but has to prepare it<br />first before rushing into it.} 12... Nf6 13. Kh1 {A necessary move so that the<br />threat of ..Ng4 can be met with Bg1 still keeping an eye on d4.} 13... Be6<br />14. b3 {played to protect c4 after an eventual d4.} 14... Qe7 15. d4 {At last<br />the move comes but not without a lot a calculation. Black does not have any<br />tricks based on ..Bxc4 and uncovering the Queen along the e file. Fortunately<br />my computer agrees with me (a rare occurance).} 15... Ng4 16. Bg1 {We see the<br />useful square for the bishop being used.} 16... exd4 17. Nxd4 Nxd4 18. Bxd4<br />c6 19. Bxg7 Kxg7?! {I think taking with the Queen is slightly better and what<br />I expected. } 20. Qf3!? {Not sure about this. Maybe the simple Qd2 is best.}<br />20... Rad8 {Mark offers me a draw here. White is definitely better here with<br />easy pressure down the center files and easily the better minor pieces.<br />However, I'm not the most consistant of players and would have probably let<br />black back into the game somewhere along the line plus the fact that Mark is<br />rated somewhat higher than myself. I chickened out and accepted.} 1/2-1/2</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1320419075").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1320419075").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1320419075").submit();</script><br /><br />I was very pleased with the way I played in this game as the last time we played (again I had the white pieces) I got demolished in about 15 or so moves.<br /><br />Please feel free to post comments on what you think. Criticism welcomed.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-8374926830495335689?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12313198963195156913noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-89864946861553842492011-11-04T00:38:00.001Z2011-11-04T00:39:57.156ZA fortunate win for Black in the following game a few years ago.<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1320367065" name="cwvif_1320367065" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1320367065" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1320367065"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1320367065" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1320367065" style="display:none">[Event "Cov league div 1"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2007.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "C Green"]<br />[Black "R Wildig"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 d6 4. Bg2 Nf6 5. d3 g6 6. Nge2 Bg7 7. O-O Bg4 8. f3<br />Bd7 9. Be3 Qc8 10. Qd2 Bh3 11. Bh6 O-O 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. g4 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 h6<br />15. Ng3 Nd4 16. h3 Qc6 17. Rae1 Rae8 18. Nce2 Qa4 19. c3 Nc6 20. b3 Qa5 21.<br />f4 e5 22. g5 hxg5 23. fxg5 Nd7 24. Rf2 Nd8 25. Rh1 Ne6 26. h4 f6 27. gxf6+<br />Nxf6 28. h5 Nxh5 29. Rxf8 Rxf8 30. Nxh5+ gxh5 31. Rxh5 Rf6 {A miracle move<br />which solves all of Blacks problems} 32. Kg1 Rg6+ 33. Kh2 Qd8 {and after Black<br />had struggled he finds himself getting an easy attack.} 34. Ng3 Nf4 35. Nf5+<br />Kg8 36. Nh6+ Kf8 37. Qf2 Rg2+ 38. Qxg2 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Qa5 40. Rf5+ Ke8 0-1</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1320367065").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1320367065").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1320367065").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-8986494686155384249?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-12335427409569940092011-11-04T00:11:00.001Z2011-11-04T00:14:43.616ZHere is another old game which seesawed eventually ended as a draw....<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1320364118" name="cwvif_1320364118" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1320364118" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1320364118"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1320364118" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1320364118" style="display:none">[Event "Cov League Div 1"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2008.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "R Wildig"]<br />[Black "D Kearney"]<br />[Result "1/2-1/2"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 b6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 Bb7 6. e3 O-O 7. Bd3 c5 8. O-O<br />cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 Bxc6 11. Qe2 d5 12. Rfd1 h6 13. Bf4 Bd6 14. Bxd6<br />Qxd6 15. cxd5 exd5 16. Nb5 Qe5 17. Nd4 Bd7 18. h3 Rfe8 19. Rac1 Rac8 20. Ba6<br />Rc5 21. b4 Rxc1 22. Rxc1 Ne4 23. Rc2 Qd6 24. a3 Qg6 25. Kh2 Ng5 26. Bd3 Qd6+<br />27. Kg1 Ne6 28. Nf5 Qe5 29. Qd1? Ba4 30. Qc1 Bxc2 31. Bxc2 Nf8 32. Ba4 Re6<br />33. Nd4 Rf6 34. Bd1 Ne6 35. Nc6 Qc7 36. b5 Nd8 37. Bf3 Rd6 38. e4 dxe4 39.<br />Bxe4 Rd4 40. Qe1 1/2-1/2</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1320364118").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1320364118").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1320364118").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1233542740956994009?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-17392952318002519072011-11-02T02:24:00.001Z2011-11-02T02:26:28.851ZI am downunder trying to publish an old game I played against Tony Green of Nuneaton. Here goes !<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1320200053" name="cwvif_1320200053" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1320200053" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1320200053"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1320200053" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1320200053" style="display:none">[Event "Cov league division1"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2010.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "R Wildig"]<br />[Black "A Green"]<br />[Result "1/2-1/2"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. c4 Nc6 {Startling White on his very first move!} 2. Nc3 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4.<br />g3 Nd4 5. Bg2 {Nasty for White is Nxe5 Qe7 and he is bad trouble.} 5... Nxf3+<br />6. Bxf3 Bb4 7. Qc2 O-O 8. a3 Bxc3 9. Qxc3 Re8 10. d3 d5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Qb3<br />c6 13. O-O Bh3 14. Rd1 Qd7 15. Qc2 Qe6 16. b4 Bg4 17. Bh1 Qg6 {Now White gets<br />concerned about the threats of h5 and h4 or f5 and f4} 18. f3 Bh3 19. e4 Nc7<br />{White wanted to play Be3 and then d4 but Blacks last undermines this with the<br />idea of Ne6} 20. d4 exd4 21. Rxd4 Nb5 22. Rd2 Rad8 23. Bb2 Qg5 24. f4 Rxd2<br />25. Qxd2 Rd8 26. Qe1 {Qe3 was natural and better} 26... Qg4 27. Kf2 Qd7 28.<br />Bf3 Qd2+ 29. Qe2! {Phew!} 29... Nc3 30. Bxc3 Qxc3 31. Rd1 {and the balance is<br />restored} 1/2-1/2</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1320200053").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1320200053").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1320200053").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1739295231800251907?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-13518135812933169052011-10-19T16:49:00.000+01:002011-10-19T16:49:45.264+01:00From Nigel: Div 1. <br /><br /><br /><div>&nbsp;</div>Cov 'A' 2.5 beat Rugby 'B' 1.5<br /><ol><li>M. Page drew with Nalin Kadodwaia</li> <li>D Ireland beat Simon Turner</li> <li>P Wood beat Nigel Malka</li> <li>D Filer lost to Paul Hardstaff</li> </ol><br /><div>From Chris: Div 3. </div><br /><br /><div>Cov 'F' 2.5 beat Rugby 'D' 1.5&nbsp;(some consistency there!)</div><ol><li>Rajan Parek&nbsp;drew with Jim MacDonald (that Coventry junior gets stronger and stronger)</li> <li>M Parek (Rajan's dad) lost to Roy Talbot (long determined game by Roy who rightly rejected an earlier offer of a draw)</li> <li>Clive Osman won against Chris Pegler</li> <li><not name="" of="" sure="">won against Joe Oswell</li> </ol>CDCL 11 Oct results received last night so they will be posted soon. <br /><br /><div>&nbsp;</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1351813581293316905?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-46591585892018146212011-10-17T16:53:00.002+01:002011-10-17T16:58:16.201+01:00Here is another of my favourite games, this time time by the ultra cautious Tigran Petrosian - World Champion in the 1960's and a pretty much misunderstood player. <br />Here he conjures up a mate from nothing dragging the King out into the open by a Queen sacrifice and cutting off the monarchs retreat to safety - forcing resignation from a world class player.<br /><br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 590px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 420px"><a style="RIGHT: 4px; FONT: 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: white; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 2px" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1318866178" name="cwvif_1318866178" frameborder="0" width="100%" scrolling="no" height="100%"></iframe><br /><form id="cwvfm_1318866178" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" method="post" target="cwvif_1318866178"&gt;><input id="cwvpd_1318866178" type="hidden" name="data"></form></div><br /><div id="cwvpg_1318866178" style="DISPLAY: none">[Event "?"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "1961.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Petrosian"]<br />[Black "Pachman"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. O-O Bg7 5. d3 e6 6. e4 Nge7 7. Re1 O-O 8. e5<br />d6 9. exd6 Qxd6 10. Nbd2 Qc7 11. Nb3 Nd4 12. Bf4 Qb6 13. Ne5 Nxb3 14. Nc4 Qb5<br />15. axb3 a5 16. Bd6 Bf6 17. Qf3 Kg7 18. Re4 Rd8 19. Qxf6+ Kxf6 20. Be5+ Kg5<br />21. Bg7 1-0</div><br /><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1318866178").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1318866178").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1318866178").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4659158589201814621?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-23534165407937790142011-10-16T14:34:00.001+01:002011-10-16T14:47:43.613+01:00From Bob's recent email: Note that the University have added a team to play in Division 2 (position 5 in the table) and called it University E. So - more games in Div 2. (I have not updated the tables attached to this blog yet but will do so shortly). <br /><br />Also note that the University have changed their chess location.<br /><br />It is now in Rooms 4 and 5 of the Students Union HQ. To get there find the Costcutter supermarket on the site and it is up the stairs to the RHS. <br /><br />Chris's note: As you would expect from a Student Union location this is much nearer to the bar :-)<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2353416540793779014?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-77675760363852592912011-10-16T14:25:00.005+01:002011-10-17T09:53:56.476+01:00I don't read many chess books these days - they can be a bit deep and dull at times but I read an absolutely brilliant one recently called 'The Immortal Game'.<br /><br />You can find it in Rugby Library by David Shenk and is a very lively portrait of chess and its changes from its Middle East origins to the effects of computers on the game today. It has quite a lot on the effects of chess on people like Napoleon, Fischer, Benjamin Franklin and others but also has some great stuff on how - used wisely - it can help the education and learning of young people using some pioneering approaches in New York.<br /><br />It has one or two of the great games of chess history so I will add below one of my favourites - the game between Rotlevi and Rubinstein in 1907. Its just a masterpiece !<br /><br /><iframe border="0" src="http://www.chess.com/emboard.html?id=218639" frameborder="0" width="574" height="519"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7767576036385259291?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-59403735714467001902011-10-11T21:01:00.000+01:002011-10-11T21:01:59.598+01:00Are you looking at the new CDCL site yet? Its got the results from 4th Oct matches up. <a href="http://covchessleague.blogspot.com/2011/10/league-matches-4th-oct-results.html">DIRECT LINK. </a><br /><br />A, B and D all drew last week with C securing a win. So far so good and steady.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5940373571446700190?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-13122360827637783832011-10-11T16:03:00.002+01:002011-10-11T16:10:04.193+01:00I was wondering about putting an old game or two on the blog when up popped Mike Donnelly (regular player for Coventry until about 3 years ago) and he gave me this link to a game we played in 1996.<br /><br />All the notes are his and they show his pretty strong commitment to trying to uncover the 'truth' behind the games he played. He is as far as I know still a very strong postal player.<br /><br />Have a look at it and see if you think his analysis reflects the battle accurately.<br /><br /><a href="http://chesspagesofmikedonnelly.co.uk/DrMJDonnelly/new/donnellywildig.htm">http://chesspagesofmikedonnelly.co.uk/DrMJDonnelly/new/donnellywildig.htm</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1312236082763778383?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-61679362349574484052011-10-08T14:47:00.004+01:002011-10-08T16:21:12.370+01:00The scores for the Divisional Cup games on 27 Sept have been posted to <a href="http://covchessleague.blogspot.com/">the CDCL site </a>and were:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IqA_Tmyf3eM/TpBqX-p-h4I/AAAAAAAAArk/jNQk3CY0CCE/s1600/DIV%2B1%2B27%2BSept.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left:1em; margin-right:1em"><img border="0" height="400" width="292" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-IqA_Tmyf3eM/TpBqX-p-h4I/AAAAAAAAArk/jNQk3CY0CCE/s400/DIV%2B1%2B27%2BSept.png" /></a></div><br />Which works out as a draw. More recently Rugby D in its first league game of the season also delivered a 2:2 match result with Nicola in her first league game compounding on her success in the Divisional Cup match with another win and Chris surprising Ravi Sian (and herself), with a win. Roy and Jim did not fare so well so Rugby D drew wuth Coventry G on this occasion with the efforts from the <b>women </b>of Rugby came in real handy. (Yes, more than one female player now - take note!)<br /><br />Any news from the other teams? Phill has posted for Rugby C (some excellent reports). Would be nice to see some others too. And perhaps even some games?<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6167936234957448405?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-79606878934226995822011-10-05T00:01:00.000+01:002011-10-06T12:55:11.139+01:00The season for <b>Rugby C</b> started last week with a visit to Newdigate for a division 2 cup match. John Hall had a very quick game that ended in a draw. Jamie Kearney, playing his first match for Rugby C on board 4, was next to finish with a win. Malcolm Harding’s game ended with a loss. So scores were even 1.5:1.5 with Shola still playing in the last (very long) game. Although slightly ahead on points, a slip let his opponent give check with a pawn while at the same time threatening a rook on the back rank. The rook was lost, the pawn was Queened and the game was over :-(. <span style="color: red;"><b>Newdigate won the match 2.5:1.5</b>. </span><br /><br />The team returned to Newdigate tonight for the first league game. This time Simon Turner was playing board one and quickly got the team off to a good start with a win. Jamie Kearney playing against the same opponent as last week had a longer game but confidently finished with another win. John Hall was next to finish, unfortunately on the losing end of a good match. So once again the final result was down to Shola, playing another very long game against last week’s opponent, but this time, in a tense finish,&nbsp;Shola got his&nbsp;revenge :-). <b><span style="color: red;">Rugby won the match 3:1</span></b><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7960687893422699582?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Phillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05381024135590452126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-11233935866272128802011-10-02T11:37:00.002+01:002011-10-02T11:40:49.991+01:00Our junior team did well in their first ever match in the Coventry chess league (Divisional 3 cup) last Tuesday. Following some practice on Monday night they held a useful Coventry G team to a 2-2 draw!<br />Read about it on the junior blog :<br /><a href="http://rugbyjuniorchess.blogspot.com/">http://rugbyjuniorchess.blogspot.com</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1123393586627212880?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-31005712209913006182011-09-21T23:02:00.000+01:002011-09-21T23:02:33.157+01:00I took some photos at the club on Monday and then - because photography is not a strength of mine - I doctored them so that they could be used in the background. So what you see is our very own chess sets, clocks and hands. In fact you may recognise some of those hands.<br /><br />Let me know if its too arty, too dull, or too strange. Also let me know if there is anything missing here from the site now its changed. <br /><br />Well ... we are ready for business (as it were). Hope everyone has some games to share this season [hint]. Good luck to all teams (we'll try not to miss Andrew too much). <br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-3100571220991300618?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-64288947410275755852011-09-19T08:27:00.002+01:002011-09-19T08:29:39.803+01:00Well lots of things look different and although the appearance will change again when I get a mo (more us and less corporate!) the tabs along the top are a key change. You can access information about the two leagues and other useful information there. <br /><br />Can I draw your attention in particular to the League documents under 'Cov League' including the one which is cutomised just for Rugby. It lists which team is where and when - go to COV LEAGUE for the link or directly to <a href="http://tinyurl.com/3v6kaj2">http://tinyurl.com/3v6kaj2<br /></a><br />Yes, you can print this out and carry it around with you :-) <br /><br />Best of luck everyone. And please post news here (getting bored of the sound of my own voice!) Likewise if there are links that should be added then let me know. <br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6428894741027575585?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-5587004153936973162011-09-15T11:50:00.000+01:002011-09-15T11:50:34.106+01:00The new season has already started for some. John Hall has reported great news of the first match in the Leamington League. A win against Stratford which was quite a test of the team's stamina.<br /><br />Jim Macdonald won first on Board 3, followed by Nigel Malka on Board one. John was playing the son of the Board 3 player on Board 2.<br />After a long struggle the game was won at 10.20pm, so the overall result was 3-0.<br /><br />Congratulations on a great start.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-558700415393697316?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-39955054901666451002011-09-03T11:42:00.002+01:002011-09-03T11:56:21.197+01:00I have flyers for 2 external tournaments: <br /> <br />1. Sunday 11th September at Leamington Spa, organised by the Leamington &amp; District Chess League. Closing date for entries is 10th Sept. <br /> <br />2. Sunday 23rd October at Quinton, in Birmingham. Organised by the Birmingham &amp; District chess league, the closing date for entries is 17th Oct. <br /> <br />Give me a call on 07816056868 if you require further details. Otherwise the flyers will be left in the chess equipment storeroom from Mon 5th Sept. <br /> <br />Jim <br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-3995505490166645100?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08622119644093186595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-13660800023121762892011-07-27T18:24:00.004+01:002011-08-04T10:07:40.558+01:00Hello everybody, I hope you have been having an enjoyable summer, and that my news will bring further enjoyment as the fruits of your labour are now available in electronic format.<br />I have incluced the link for rugby club players specifically on the database, but if you want to check out any other players ratings then just go to the home page (I am sure many people will already know of the grading database anyway)<br /><br /><a href="http://grading.bcfservices.org.uk/getclub.php?club=Rugby">ECF grades for 'Rugby' chess club players</a><br /><br />P.S. For those interested, I got a new rating of 195 which I am quite pleased with as it is my highest ever!<br /><br />***********************************************************************<br />Thanks Tyrannosauruschex for the link. I’ve added to your post (above) using my super-moderator powers to create a table which takes out a couple that aren't (as far as I am aware) players for Rugby (Murray David of Checkmates and Russell James of Widnes). I’ve kept in James who was with us last season the by the looks of things is playing for several down south clubs.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BLNa8K4mnl4/TjpfpSSHvjI/AAAAAAAAAbw/gs_2txMwMi8/s1600/chess+grades+2011.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BLNa8K4mnl4/TjpfpSSHvjI/AAAAAAAAAbw/gs_2txMwMi8/s400/chess+grades+2011.png" width="337" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1366080002312176289?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>TyrannosaurusCHEXhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17649264464211963225noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-58863761701519444172011-06-05T10:43:00.000+01:002011-06-05T10:43:07.567+01:00need to decide on an AGM date to talk about teams and stuff. <br /><br />The proposed dates are 27th June and 11th July. Those members we have emails for will have received an invite from Chris via Meet-o-matic (silly name but cool system). Here is <a href="http://www.meetomatic.com/respond.php?id=I2EMNK ">the same link</a>. <br /><br />Tick the box for the date that suits you and in the comments box tell us whether you would be interested in a swiss tournament that night, and whether a 7.30pm start is okay for you. <br /><br />If you have comments on using this system for setting meetings leave these below or email to Chris. You do not need to login, or download, so just press the link - unless you have already done that. <br /><br />Thanks<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5886376170151944417?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-60780392117265699512011-04-27T20:38:00.002+01:002011-04-27T20:45:05.194+01:00Last week the first team won the Coventry league cup beating Nuneaton A 2.5 to 1.5 in the final. Jonathan, Nalin and Bob all drew and john Naylor won his game on top board against Andrew Patterson.<br /><br />Although not very exciting here is Bobs game against John Collins. (But there was a good move by John at the end of the game).<br /><br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1303933018" name="cwvif_1303933018" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1303933018" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1303933018"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1303933018" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1303933018" style="display:none">[Event "Cov League Cup final"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2011.4.19"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "R Wildig"]<br />[Black "J Collins"]<br />[Result "1/2-1/2"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 f5 4. Nf3 c6 5. Bf4 Bd6 6. Bxd6 {A better move was<br />Ne5 as pointed out to me by John Naylor afterwards. Then there are dangers to<br />the black squared bishop if black plays a knight to d7.} 6... Qxd6 7. e3 Nd7<br />8. Qc2 Ndf6 9. Bd3 Nh6 10. O-O-O Bd7 11. Kb1 Ne4 12. h3 O-O-O 13. Ne5 Nxc3+<br />14. Qxc3 Be8 15. g4 Rf8 16. f4 g6 17. Be2 Kb8 {Black is struggling for useful<br />moves now that he has shut his bishop in. But White is probably guilty of over<br />optimism about closing the position with his next 2 moves.} 18. c5 Qc7 19. g5<br />Nf7 20. Nd3 Rh8 21. h4 h5 22. gxh6 Rxh6 23. Rdg1 Nh8 24. Ne5 Qh7 25. Qe1 Nf7<br />26. Nf3 Bd7 27. Qg3 Rh8 28. Rh3 Kc8 29. Rgh1 g5! {A remarkable move which<br />catches white half asleep. The pawn cannot be taken in any one of 4 ways!}<br />30. R3h2 g4 1/2-1/2</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1303933018").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1303933018").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1303933018").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6078039211726569951?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-60833608689348924362011-04-14T10:55:00.001+01:002011-04-14T10:56:51.470+01:00Does anybody know how to get a diagram of a chess board on here? was hoping to put some games up as i have spare time but have forgotten how to do it!<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6083360868934892436?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>John Naylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04492059930067163985noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-77630649188025708412011-04-10T12:57:00.002+01:002011-04-10T13:11:05.194+01:00A thoroughly enjoyable evening, with the topics of conversation ranging from the latest trends in chess openings (see below the finishing touches being made to the Wildig-Cox defence!) to the politics behind playing the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. It was great to see everyone, and I think we can now recommend the Bengal curry house in Church Street for a great after-pub meal.<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4TePxUxNHc/TaGeMndMldI/AAAAAAAAAA8/XplkIvuqxRo/s1600/DSC03961.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-B4TePxUxNHc/TaGeMndMldI/AAAAAAAAAA8/XplkIvuqxRo/s200/DSC03961.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593926151757927890" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7763064918802570841?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386067449680726045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-8431204581923097042011-04-08T23:13:00.003+01:002011-04-15T12:27:40.862+01:00From Jim Macdonald news of a Leamington League event on 20th April. <br /><br />The Blossomfield Club, The Wardens, Widney Lane, Solihull B91 3JY<br /><br />Open and U140 sections. <br /><br />Starts 7.30. Register by 7.15, <br />£1.00 per entry<br />All entry fees returned as prizes<br />9-round swiss tournament<br />5 mins each per game<br /><br />Normal [Leamington] lightning rules apply. (Which for Leamington is ALL moves in 5 mins. Coventry is 10 sec moves). Thanks to Mike Johnson for pointing out.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-843120458192309704?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-45212537302378400852011-04-06T21:00:00.003+01:002011-04-06T21:12:29.470+01:00Well not exactly strangers (tho perhaps strange?). Two past (no longer playing) Warwick University webmasters have asked to be able to post to this blog and Bob and I (being generous sorts) have said Yes. As long as they are not too rowdy. <br /><br />So Tyrannosaurus Chex is Joey Stewart and Michael Smith may be appearing in some guise shortly. Who he? He who said <a href="http://rugbychessclub.blogspot.com/2011/01/things-people-say-about-us.html">this </a>about us on the WU chess site. <br /><br />If anyone from Rugby CC wants another go at becoming a member of this blog - so that you too can write facetious comments about Nalin drop me an email. The more of you, the less work for me :-) <br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4521253730237840085?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-13203261813444098502011-04-02T14:11:00.001+01:002011-04-02T14:11:53.737+01:00Does anyone fancy the idea of celebrating the end of our (moderately!) successful season by going on an evening out? The plan is to meet up at The Merchants next Friday at 8pm and then after a couple of hours those that want to can go on for a curry. It'll be a good opportunity to meet up with everyone else in the club who we don't normally see because they're in another team.<br /><br />See you there!<br /><br />Andrew<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1320326181344409850?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386067449680726045noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-24615678108976536202011-03-27T11:07:00.001+01:002011-03-27T11:12:32.109+01:00<div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1301220268" name="cwvif_1301220268" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1301220268" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1301220268"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1301220268" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1301220268" style="display:none">[Event "Rugby C v Coventry A"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2011.3.22"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Mark Page"]<br />[Black "Nigel Stanley"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "195"]<br />[BlackELO "ungraded"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 {I was surprised by this move<br />by White. Clearly White wishes to speed up his development and centralise his<br />rooks, but the queen is exposed on d4, as we will see later.} 5... Nc6 6. Bb5<br />Bd7 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O Nf6 10. Bg5 Be7 11. Ne5 O-O 12. Nxd7<br />Qxd7 {I was more than comfortable with my position as Black here. In moving<br />from f3, white's knight has left the h2 pawn exposed and weakened his control<br />of d4. Black is now equal in terms of development and can counter-attack<br />swiftly, using the open files on the queenside. Moving the bishop to c5 will<br />be useful.} 13. Rad1 Rfc8 14. Rfe1 {This might look good for white, but it<br />weakens the pawn on f2.} 14... Rab8 {White now has to defend the pawn on b2.}<br />15. Bc1 Bc5 {Black is now on the attack. Another possibility instead of Bc5<br />was Rb4.} 16. Qd3 Rb4 {This prevents Ne4, and threatens to move to c4 or d4.}<br />17. a3 Rc4! {Black now has a powerful attack down the c-file. Black is also<br />threatening Bxa3. If bxa3, RxNc3.} 18. Ne2 {Perhaps trying to prevent Rd4. A<br />simple move now by Black might win the game: Rxc2. White cannot, of course,<br />re-capture the the queen, because of Bxf2+. I saw this, but for a bit of fun<br />I decide to launch another attack on f2 and h2, thinking I could win more<br />quickly that way. This was a mistake. If the white rook ends up on f2 (as it<br />will) and the white knight moves to g3 (as it will), the rook on f2 will be<br />defending the c2 square. I missed this by going to get a drink and thinking I<br />had an easy win here. So I should have taken the pawn, but instead played<br />Ng4.} 18... Ng4 19. Rf1 Qc7 20. Ng3 Rxc2? {Too late now ! This should have<br />happened a couple of moves ago. This now loses a piece. White was in time<br />trouble, and for a long time thought he could not re-capture on c2, until he<br />realised that it is now safe to do so.} 21. Qxc2 Bxf2+ 22. Rxf2 Qxc2 23. Rxc2<br />Rxc2 {So black has lost a bishop for two pawns, by taking too late on c2. But<br />the game is now lost as well. White has a queenside pawn majority, and his<br />extra bishop will win. I played on for a few more moves but knew that the<br />game was now lost.} 24. Nf1 Nf2 25. Ne3 Re2 26. Kf1 Rxe3 27. Kxf2 Rb3 28. Ke2<br />f6 29. Rd3 {Perhaps black should keep the rooks on, but I wanted to get home<br />by now - I think black is lost anyway.} 29... Rxd3 30. Kxd3 e5 31. b4 Kf7 32.<br />a4 Ke7 33. Ba3 Kd7 34. b5 Kc7 35. Bf8 {Black resigns. But here was a game<br />which I could have won by keeping it simple when I was on top, rather than<br />adding complications.} 1-0</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1301220268").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1301220268").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1301220268").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2461567810897653620?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nigel Stanleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03513201871313059375noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-22590943016182791362011-03-25T19:04:00.017Z2011-04-04T19:23:20.560+01:00I extracted the notation from John some weeks back, but have only just managed to get it up. (Note to self, when offering to put up games I should check how long they are first!). Thanks for parting with this one John. I really enjoyed the ending. :-) <strong>[And John is now shown as playing WHITE!] </strong><br /><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; POSITION: relative; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 590px; HEIGHT: 420px; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid"><a style="POSITION: absolute; FONT: 8pt arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: white; TOP: 2px; RIGHT: 4px" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1301306304" height="100%" frameborder="0" width="100%" name="cwvif_1301306304" scrolling="no"></iframe> <br /><form id="cwvfm_1301306304" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1301306304"><input id="cwvpd_1301306304" type="hidden" name="data"></form></div><br /><div style="DISPLAY: none" id="cwvpg_1301306304">[Event "CDCL Match"] [Site "?"] [Date "2011.3.8"] [Round "?"] [White "John Hall"] [Black "Wesley Beeston"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteELO "?"] [BlackELO "?"] %Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c3 Nc6 4. Bb5 a6 5. Bxc6 bxc6 6. O-O Be7 7. e5 d6 8. Re1 dxe5 9. Nxe5 Qc7 10. Qf3 Bd6 11. Qxc6+ Qxc6 12. Nxc6 Nf6 13. f3 O-O 14. d3 Re8 15. Nd2 e5 16. Nc4 Bf8 17. Rxe5 Bd7 18. Rxe8 Rxe8 19. N6e5 Bf5 20. g4 Bc8 21. Bd2 Nd5 22. Re1 Bb7 23. Kf2 Rd8 24. g5 f6 25. gxf6 gxf6 26. Rg1+ Bg7 27. Ng4 Kh8 28. Nh6 Rd7 29. Nf5 Bf8 30. d4 Ne7 31. Nxe7 Bxe7 32. Be3 Bd5 33. Nb6 Rd6 34. dxc5 Rd8 35. Nxd5 Rxd5 36. b4 a5 37. a3 axb4 38. cxb4 Rd3 39. Ra1 f5 40. a4 Bf6 41. Ra2 Bh4+ 42. Ke2 Rb3 43. b5 Rb4 44. c6 f4 45. Bd2 Rc4 46. a5 Bd8 47. a6 Rc5 48. a7 Re5+ 49. Kd1 Kg7 50. a8=Q Bb6 51. Qb7+ Kf6 52. Qxb6 Rh5 53. c7+ Kf5 54. c8=Q+ Kg5 55. Qcc5+ Kh4 56. Be1+ Kh3 1-0</div><br /><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1301306304").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1301306304").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1301306304").submit();</script><br /><strong>IF YOU CANNOT SEE THIS</strong> then click on the button<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> [View PGN]</span> and either read through the game there (if you are that way inclined). Or copy the PGN notation there (all of it), go to <a href="http://www.caissa.com/chess-tools/pgn-editor.php">the caissa website </a>and select the<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> [Import PGN file]</span> option, paste the PGN there and click to confirm that you want to<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)"> [Import].</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,0)"> You</span> will see John's game (finally) and be able to click through. <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,0,153)">This is a temporary fix but should help whenever you cannot see the game properly on this site.</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2259094301618279136?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-23129316744185683612011-03-24T13:37:00.002Z2011-03-24T14:01:54.010ZWell the A team had a good time with a 4-0 win v Nuneaton B.<br />I believe the D team lost by a similar score to Nuneaton A - ok but you were playing a top team.<br />But I've heard that the C team drew 2-2 with Coventry A and won with the handicap - well done guys ! Lets hear more about it !!<br /><br />What happened to the B team ??<br /><br />Just to balance the previous post a bit let me add the following game from our match where I managed to beat someone I normally lose to ...<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1300975190" name="cwvif_1300975190" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1300975190" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1300975190"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1300975190" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1300975190" style="display:none">[Event "KO Cup "]<br />[Site "Rugby A v Nuneaton B"]<br />[Date "2011.3.22"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "R Wildig"]<br />[Black "Dave Kearney"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. c4 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 d6 4. d4 Nd7 5. Nf3 e5 6. dxe5 Nxe5 7. Nxe5 Bxe5 8.<br />O-O Qf6?! {Perhaps creating problems for his Bishop} 9. Qb3 c6 10. Nd2 Qe7<br />11. Nf3 Bg7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bd2 Nh6 15. e4 c5 {A good move because<br />although he loses control of d5 he stops Nd4 which White had considered<br />playing on the previous move. So now white decides on the knight tour} 16.<br />Ne1 O-O 17. Nc2 Ng4 18. f3 Ne5 19. Ne3 Be6 20. Qc2 Nc6 {This retreat was<br />overlooked by White so now he has to watch out what the knight will do when it<br />gets to d4 ..} 21. Rae1 Nd4 22. Qd3 Qd7 23. Nd5 Rae8 24. Be3 Nc6 25. b3 {Both<br />sides are casting around for useful moves before the time control.} 25... Qd8<br />26. Kh1 f5 {A call to arms !} 27. f4 g4 28. Qb1 Nd4 29. Qd3 Qd7 30. Bg1 Nc6<br />31. exf5 Bxf5 32. Be4 Bxe4+ 33. Rxe4 Rxe4 34. Qxe4 Re8 35. Qd3 Nd4 {Although<br />Black had been aware of the dangers of Nf6 ch before he overlooked them when<br />making this move.} 36. Bxd4 Bxd4 37. Qxd4! {Here Black resigned but it wasn't<br />quite all over as the following moves show.} 37... cxd4 38. Nf6+ Kf7 39. Nxd7<br />d3 40. Rd1 Ke6 41. Rxd3 Kxd7 42. Rd2 {And White would have to rely on the<br />strength of his protected passed pawn to win the game (which it should do)}<br />1-0</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1300975190").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1300975190").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1300975190").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2312931674418568361?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-88231757171997981122011-03-24T13:29:00.002Z2011-03-24T13:34:22.206ZWell for you younger guys you may wonder what the heading means. It was the Queen Mothers horse which in 1953 was romping home to win the Grand National only for some unaccountable reason to fall flat on its belly and lose the race. With respect to my opponent there are some parallels to that in this game. (It wasn't a bad mistake that I made was it ?..... - it was just that Mark was more awake than I was !)<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1300973334" name="cwvif_1300973334" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1300973334" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1300973334"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1300973334" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1300973334" style="display:none">[Event "Cov League Div 1"]<br />[Site "Rugby A v Cov A"]<br />[Date "2011.3.8"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Mark Page"]<br />[Black "Bob Wildig"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. Bd3 d5 5. Nxe5 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. c4 Nd7 8.<br />cxd5 Nef6 9. Nc3 Nb6 10. Bg5 Nbxd5 11. Re1 Be6 12. Rc1 Re8 13. Bb1 c6 14. Qd3<br />Nb4 15. Qd2 Qb6 16. a3 Nbd5 17. Nxd5 Nxd5 18. Bxe7 Rxe7 19. Nc4 Qc7 20. Re5<br />Rae8 21. Rce1 Nf6 22. Ne3 Rd7? {From a position of considerable positional<br />advantage Black cleverly homes in on the losing move. Simpler and better would<br />have been Bd5 or Bc8 giving White problems on the e file} 23. Nf5 Rf8 {Asleep<br />to the danger. Was there a better move - probably but not enough to save the<br />game.} 24. Nxg7!! {And suddenly its all over. Nothing can save Black from Qg5<br />etc. Oddly enough White had been in timetrouble and Black had plenty of time -<br />but that's irrelevant now ... Mark generously said that he had been lucky.<br />Maybe so but he never misses chances like the one I gave him !} 1-0</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1300973334").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1300973334").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1300973334").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-8823175717199798112?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-18748081842909536272011-03-23T20:29:00.002Z2011-03-23T20:31:14.843ZHere is a game from earlier on in the year. I was playing white and played c4 and offered a draw (which was accepted). Was there a better move?<br /><br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1300912337" name="cwvif_1300912337" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1300912337" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1300912337"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1300912337" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1300912337" style="display:none">[Event "?"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "????.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Andrew Turk"]<br />[Black "?"]<br />[Result "*"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br />[SetUp "1"]<br />[FEN "r4rk1/p4pp1/3p1bb1/2p1p2p/Pp2P1P1/1PPP1N1P/1B2RP2/R5K1 w KQkq - 0 1"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br /></div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1300912337").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1300912337").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1300912337").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1874808184290953627?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386067449680726045noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-23172754339014644242011-03-15T16:56:00.003Z2011-03-15T17:15:15.834ZHerewith the league final positions for 2010-11.<br />There is no significance to the lines in the table - its just that I am on a voyage of discovery about this type of publishing.<br /><br />Anyway I think that congratulations are due to Nuneaton who could scarcely have done better - position wise - in the final mix. <br /><br />Well done to them on behalf of the league!<br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BtG6gYQgGxE/TX-dcs-m9xI/AAAAAAAAAA0/gpfgn5OafEE/s1600/League%2B2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 361px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BtG6gYQgGxE/TX-dcs-m9xI/AAAAAAAAAA0/gpfgn5OafEE/s400/League%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584355179398362898" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2317275433901464424?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-63590250033345720432011-03-13T13:04:00.002Z2011-03-13T13:10:14.035ZWe've been having a big sort out in our house and I discovered the following game which I played in the days when I knew how the pieces moved.<br />It ticks most of the right boxes, Short, nearly get checkmated, but instead give checkmate with a Queen sacrifice. At least it made up for a few games where Peter mercilessly mashed me up in a positional grind. <br />Enjoy (as they say).<br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1300021439" name="cwvif_1300021439" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1300021439" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1300021439"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1300021439" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1300021439" style="display:none">[Event "?"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "1977.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "R Wildig"]<br />[Black "Peter Gibbs"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Bc5 5. c3 O-O 6. d4 Bb6 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.<br />Qd5 Nc5 9. b4 Ne7 10. Qd1 Ne6 11. Nbd2 f6 12. exf6 Rxf6 13. Ne4 Rf8 14. Neg5<br />d5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bxf4 Rxf4 17. Rxe7! Qxe7 18. Qxd5+ Kh8 19. Re1 Qxe1+ 20.<br />Nxe1 Rxf2 21. Kh1! Bf5 {An error but Black is possibly a tad shell shocked!<br />Now the standard smothered mate.} 22. Nf7+ Kg8 23. Nh6+ Kh8 24. Qg8+ Rxg8 25.<br />Nf7# 1-0</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1300021439").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1300021439").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1300021439").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6359025003334572043?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-16182316998371856312011-03-09T07:56:00.010Z2011-03-13T14:07:41.354ZLast night I was left in no doubt that the move that I made after this was a really really naff choice. Thank you to those chess commentators from Coventry who brought me to recognise quite how foolish I had been. :-) I now know what <strong>not</strong> to do. Opinion was divided on what it would have been <strong>best</strong> for me to do. So if you have a mo and would like to comment then share ideas I'm in listening mode.<br /><br /><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hFG_QDJhW18/TXc5B1OqdWI/AAAAAAAAAMI/qwD_kL7TuyE/s1600/chris%2Bpuzzle%2B1.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 294px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hFG_QDJhW18/TXc5B1OqdWI/AAAAAAAAAMI/qwD_kL7TuyE/s400/chris%2Bpuzzle%2B1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581992966780253538" /></a><br /><br />Also tell me whether you like this puzzle idea so I can work out an easy way to do it and share that with you. (Thanks to John Hall for allowing me to wrestle his game sheet from him. That one is a long game as it will appear in a couple of days).<br /><br />Chris<br /><br />PS. Some match scores would be nice.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1618231699837185631?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-78989973862407646202011-02-20T20:37:00.003Z2011-02-20T20:57:47.792ZHere's my game from last Tuesday in Nuneaton. Mine was the last game to finish, which meant I ended up with what seemed like loads of people looking over my shoulder. The general consensus (amongst the slightly partisan crowd, it seemed to be) was that I was lucky to get the draw against their player. In the end I had about 4 minutes remaining and my opponent had less than 1. <br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1298234306" name="cwvif_1298234306" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1298234306" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1298234306"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1298234306" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1298234306" style="display:none">[Event "?"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "????.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "?"]<br />[Black "Andrew Turk"]<br />[Result "*"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e5 6. Nb3 Nc6 7. Bg5 a6 8.<br />Nd5 Be7 9. Nxe7 Nxe7 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. Qf3 f5 12. Bc4 Be6 13. Bxe6 fxe6 14.<br />Qh5+ Kd7 15. O-O-O b6 16. exf5 exf5 17. g4 f4 18. Qxe5 Nc8 19. Qg7+ Ne7 20.<br />Qe5 Qc7 21. Qxf4 Raf8 22. Qe3 Kc8 23. Rd3 {You've probably spotted what's<br />coming next, but I didn't!} 23... Rd8 24. Rc3 Nc6 25. Nd4 Rde8 26. Qd3 Kb7<br />27. Nxc6 Qf7 28. Kb1 Qxf2 29. Qd1 Re2 30. Nb4 {In retrospect, Rd2 is a better<br />move than Rhe8} 30... Rhe8 31. Qd5+ Kb8 32. Qxd6+ Ka8 33. Qc6+ Kb8 34. Qc7+<br />Ka8 35. Qc6+ Kb8 36. Nxa6+ Ka7 37. Qd7+ Ka8 38. Nc7+ Kb8 39. Na6+ Ka8 40.<br />Qc6+ Ka7 41. Qd7+ Ka8 42. Nc7+ Kb8 43. Na6+ Ka8 44. Qc6+ {By now I was<br />thinking "If only he'd stop checking me...!"} 44... Ka7 45. Rd1 Re1 46. Rcd3<br />Rxd1+ 47. Rxd1 Re1 48. Qd7+ Kxa6 49. Qa4+ Kb7 50. Qd7+ Ka6 51. Qa4+ Kb7{Draw by repetition}</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1298234306").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1298234306").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1298234306").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7898997386240764620?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386067449680726045noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-43714284500102080912011-02-15T09:47:00.001Z2011-02-15T09:47:26.951ZDoes anyone know the results from last Tuesday?<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4371428450010208091?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Simon Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11069416512606316267noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-73797572255680324442011-02-03T17:53:00.006Z2011-02-03T18:05:38.779ZIn case you were curious this is what the CDCL tables looks like at the mo. (Hot off Bob's press).<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TUruCGfz5BI/AAAAAAAAALs/Y-9Tn6xvjL0/s1600/Picture1.png"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569525609068225554" border="0" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TUruCGfz5BI/AAAAAAAAALs/Y-9Tn6xvjL0/s400/Picture1.png" /></a><br /><div><br /><br />Its not easy to add a table to Blogger - or at least I've never managed to get one to work. So shortly there will be a post on how to make a table into an image using Powerpoint. As the one above is. (Now Bob will know all my secrets :-)).<br /><br />Chris</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7379757225568032444?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-57152810417220699432011-01-30T11:31:00.002Z2011-01-30T11:35:25.483Z<a href="http://rugbychessclub.blogspot.com/"><strong>Rugby</strong></a> - that place just up the road (or the railway line) where someone once had the idea of picking up a football and trying to run away with it, and everyone else decided this was cheating and piled into him. Theirs is a bit more interesting (and a bit more eccentric) than most chess club websites, which is pretty much what you'd expect from Rugby - they're a lovely bunch of guys but they're nutters the lot of them. They must be as they think Nalin is some kind of deity, a supposition which is clearly refuted by his 0/4 record against me. <br /><br />Now who said that? Warwick University Chess Club that's who. (<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM009WDIyg8">Here is a video that I found just for them</a>). I would expect Nalin to be the star of any video that we made :-)<br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5715281041722069943?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-36056722625529183852011-01-27T20:29:00.003Z2011-01-30T11:21:52.978ZI have no idea why Bob's game looks odd on my machine - and it <em>may</em> just be my machine? So, if <a href="http://rugbychessclub.blogspot.com/2011/01/couple-of-wins-for-a-team.html">the game below</a> does not display in your machine but this one (same game) does then let me know please. (Might actually get me to an answer). <br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1296160279" name="cwvif_1296160279" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1296160279" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1296160279"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1296160279" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1296160279" style="display:none">[Event "?"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "????.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "O'Neill"]<br />[Black "Wildig"]<br />[Result "*"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Be7 5. Bd3 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. h4 Nc6<br />8. Bd2 Bf5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Qxg5 12. Kf1 Rad8 13. Na3 Be4 14.<br />f3 Bxd3+ 15. cxd3 Nf5 16. Bd2 Ne3+ 17. Bxe3 Qxe3 18. Qe2 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3<br />20. Ke2 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 a6 24. Kd2 f6 25. Nc2 Kf7<br />26. Ke3 Ke6 27. a3 h5 28. g3 g5 29. f4 Kf5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Ne1 Kg4 32. Kf2<br />Ne5 33. b3 c5 34. Kg2 c4 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Nc2 b5 37. Kf2 a5 38. Kg2 Kf5?<br />{Black goes to sleep for the first time.} 39. Nd4+ Ke4 40. Nxb5 Ke3 41. Kh2<br />Kf2 42. Kh3 Nd2 43. Nd6 Kf3 44. Nf7 Ne4 45. Ne5+ Kf2 46. Nd3+ Ke3 47. Ne5 a4<br />48. Nc4+ Kd3?? {Black falls asleep for the second time.} 49. Nb2+ {Draw<br />offered and accepted. Back has fallen asleep for the third time - at least<br />according to post game analysis which seemed to show there was still a win<br />for Black. As follows.} 49... Ke2 50. Nxa4 Kf3 51. Nb6 Nxg3 52. a4 Ne4 53. a5<br />Nc5 {and various attempts from here did not help White.}</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1296160279").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1296160279").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1296160279").submit();</script><br /><br />Fingers crossed.<br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-3605672262552918385?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-18766944454885668292011-01-27T15:27:00.005Z2011-01-27T16:06:34.056ZA couple of wins for the A team means that we are finally above 50 percent (9 points from 8 games) I think.<br /><br />However it was not helped by this fairly ordinary effort on board 2 where Black 3 times helped out White !<br /><br />But by all means have a laugh !<br /><br /><div style="BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 590px; BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; POSITION: relative; HEIGHT: 420px"><a style="RIGHT: 4px; FONT: 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif; COLOR: white; POSITION: absolute; TOP: 2px" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1296143666" name="cwvif_1296143666" frameborder="0" width="100%" scrolling="no" height="100%"></iframe> <form id="cwvfm_1296143666" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" method="post" target="cwvif_1296143666"><input id="cwvpd_1296143666" type="hidden" name="data"></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1296143666" style="DISPLAY: none">[Event "Uni B v Rugby A"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "????.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "D ONeill"]<br />[Black "R Wildig"]<br />[Result "1/2-1/2"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />%Orient=W<br />1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. d4 Nxe4 4. dxe5 Be7 5. Bd3 d5 6. exd6 Nxd6 7. h4 Nc6<br />8. Bd2 Bf5 9. Bc3 O-O 10. Ng5 Bxg5 11. hxg5 Qxg5 12. Kf1 Rad8 13. Na3 Be4 14.<br />f3 Bxd3+ 15. cxd3 Nf5 16. Bd2 Ne3+ 17. Bxe3 Qxe3 18. Qe2 Qxd3 19. Qxd3 Rxd3<br />20. Ke2 Rfd8 21. Rad1 Rxd1 22. Rxd1 Rxd1 23. Kxd1 a6 24. Kd2 f6 25. Nc2 Kf7<br />26. Ke3 Ke6 27. a3 h5 28. g3 g5 29. f4 Kf5 30. fxg5 fxg5 31. Ne1 Kg4 32. Kf2<br />Ne5 33. b3 c5 34. Kg2 c4 35. bxc4 Nxc4 36. Nc2 b5 37. Kf2 a5 38. Kg2 Kf5?<br />{Black goes to sleep for the first time.} 39. Nd4+ Ke4 40. Nxb5 Ke3 41. Kh2<br />Kf2 42. Kh3 Nd2 43. Nd6 Kf3 44. Nf7 Ne4 45. Ne5+ Kf2 46. Nd3+ Ke3 47. Ne5 a4<br />48. Nc4+ Kd3?? {Black falls asleep for thre second time.} 49. Nb2+ {Draw<br />offered and accepted. Back has fallen asleep for the third time - at least<br />according to post game analysis which seemed to show there was still a win for<br />Black. As follows.} 49... Ke2 50. Nxa4 Kf3 51. Nb6 Nxg3 52. a4 Ne4 53. a5 Nc5<br />{and various attemps from here did not help White.} 1/2-1/2</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1296143666").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1296143666").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1296143666").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1876694445488566829?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-58172347911642707862011-01-18T22:39:00.000Z2011-01-18T22:40:03.752ZWon two out of our matches to draw against University D (who previously beat us on our home turf). Team was Roy, Ralph, Chris and Joe.<br /><br />Chris has put her game below because she is so surprised she managed to pull off this escape from what seemed inevitable (and deserved) defeat. Comments appreciated.<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1295390085" name="cwvif_1295390085" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1295390085" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1295390085"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1295390085" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1295390085" style="display:none">[Event "CDCL Div 3 Match"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2011.1.18"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Chris Pegler"]<br />[Black "Chris Smith"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 e6 5. O-O Nf6 6. Bf4 Bd6 7. Ne5 O-O 8.<br />Nxc6 bxc6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. Qb3 Rb8 12. Qa4 Rxb2 13. c4 Ne4 14. Bxe7<br />Qxe7 15. Qa3 {I thought that this was an interesting (possibly even good) move<br />in a not that fab game from me so far. Comments?} 15... Qxa3 16. Nxa3 Rxe2<br />17. Bxe4 Rxe4 18. Rad1 Bh3 19. f3 {Decided to exchange rather than moving<br />rook. } 19... Bxf1 20. fxe4 Bxc4 {He's definitely making this game very<br />difficult for me although having less peices is suiting me. } 21. Nxc4 dxc4<br />22. Rc1 Rd8 23. Rxc4 Rd6 {Starting to feel more possible to me. Those he's<br />still got the edge. } 24. e5 Rd5 25. Rxc6 Rxd4 26. Rxc7 {Things looking up for<br />Chris at this stage but a looong way to go. } 26... f6 27. exf6 gxf6 28. Rxa7<br />e5 {very wary of ... Rd1+,... Rd2+, ...Rxa2} 29. a4 e4 30. a5 f5 31. Kf2 Rd2+<br />32. Ke1 Rxh2 {I think that this may have been a mistake on his part. Comments.<br />} 33. Re7 {So if he moves either e or f pawn I will cause trouble here.}<br />33... Rh6 {Consider Re5 but instead do ...} 34. g4 {Divide and rule? Allows me<br />to take e-pawn and possibly fork black g-pawn on king afterwards. } 34...<br />fxg4 35. Rxe4 Ra6 36. Rxg4+ {Wow, a plan that worked! I am pacing the room and<br />no-one can believe I got to this position from where I was. Including me. }<br />36... Kf7 37. Rg5 Kf6 38. Rb5 Kg6 {To protect h pawn, giving me the<br />opportunity to ...} 39. Rb6+ {Resigns. (Note that last time we played Chris<br />totally wiped the floor with me and this game went on a long time). } 1-0</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1295390085").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1295390085").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1295390085").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5817234791164270786?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-26623198119619704022011-01-12T10:43:00.007Z2011-01-12T10:48:51.517ZWell not quite so impressive as winning against the top of Div 2 last week (did we mention that?), but its nice to win two matches in a row. We won't let it go to our heads.<br /><br />Score was 3-1 and my game took longest of all - very unsusual that and a curious see-saw going on with that one. We both gave up on noting moves by the end and I once again regretted my lack of endgame skill.<br /><br />Not sure what the results for Rugby B vs. Rugby C were. But I confidently predict that Rugby won. Or at least drew. :-)<br /><br />Now how did are the A team doing?<br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2662319811961970402?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-8348744864831007122011-01-08T11:29:00.002Z2011-01-08T11:31:34.782ZWell done D team - thats a very good result!<br /><br />The A team beat Cov Div 3 team 1 4-0 overcoming their handicap advantage of 2.5 points.<br /><br />The B team drew 2-2 with another Div 2 side and the belief was they had won on board count.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-834874486483100712?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-78535438058030571992011-01-05T16:31:00.002Z2011-01-05T16:35:23.382ZHot off the press from Team Captain Jim, this message:<br /><br />'We beat Nuneaton C (Div 2): 2.5 to 1.5<br /><br />With our handicap (+1.25), we actually won 3.75 to 1.5'<br /><br />Playing this time were Jim, Roy, Ralph and Joe (not sure of board order or individual results.<br /><br />Well done guys. This only shows that I should not play more often.<br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7853543805803057199?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-52860149017235798612011-01-01T11:48:00.006Z2011-01-01T20:34:42.863ZRugby chess club has moved location and in future all Coventry league and<br />Leamington league matches will be played at its new venue below.<br /><br /><strong>The Rugby Workers Club, 32 Oliver Street, Rugby CV21 2ET.<br /></strong><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557316895857526130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 291px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TR-ORdndRXI/AAAAAAAAALY/ReHB1nQzDog/s400/RWC%2B-%2BBridget%2BSt.jpg" border="0" /><br />For a map of the venue go to <a href="http://maps.google.co.uk/">http://maps.google.co.uk/</a> and type in "Rugby near CV21 2ET" .<br /><br />The club is located on Oliver Street next to Parnell Close - (see ariel image below). Parking is available on the clubs premises by turning down Parnell Close and turning left.<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5557316195430941714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 383px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TR-NosUvxBI/AAAAAAAAALQ/prJGKhoyiT8/s400/RWC%2Bariel.jpg" border="0" /><br />If you are coming to Rugby from the south or southwest you can get to this venue more easily on a new road which leaves the A4071 to bypass the town and then come in by turning right onto the A428 at a major new set of traffic lights. (This is the green route shown on the google map which you see by dragging to the right)<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5286014901723579861?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-73729451213374305252010-12-20T10:50:00.003Z2010-12-20T10:55:02.431Z<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TQ81k1Kqr6I/AAAAAAAAAK8/cN4lD78PCNo/s1600/chess%2Bchristmas.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 327px; height: 400px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TQ81k1Kqr6I/AAAAAAAAAK8/cN4lD78PCNo/s400/chess%2Bchristmas.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5552715772434493346" /></a><br />Weather and health permitting hoping to see some of you this evening at the Workers Club. Meanwhile here is a chess-related Christmas Card that I made using Taxedo incorporating the lyrics from Wizzard's 'I wish it could be Christmas every day'. Couldn't resist that chess piece template. :-)<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7372945121337430525?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-72141111554221995312010-12-16T18:48:00.002Z2010-12-16T18:52:09.139ZThanks John. Here's the game for anyone who's interested.<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1292525160" name="cwvif_1292525160" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1292525160" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1292525160"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1292525160" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1292525160" style="display:none">[Event "Divisional Cup"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2010.12.14"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Andrew Turk"]<br />[Black "?"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 Bd6 4. Bc4 a6 5. a3 h6 6. O-O b5 7. Bd5 Rb8 8. b4<br />Nf6 9. d3 Ne7 10. Bb2 c6 11. Bb3 Bc7 12. d4 Ng6 13. Ne2 Nxe4 14. dxe5 Ng5 15.<br />Ng3 d5 16. exd6 Bxd6 17. Bxg7 Rh7 18. Re1+ Ne6 19. Nf5 Rxg7 20. Nxg7+ Kf8 21.<br />Nxe6+ fxe6 22. Bxe6 Qf6 23. Qxd6+ Ne7 24. Qxb8 Kg7 25. Bxc8 1-0</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1292525160").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1292525160").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1292525160").submit();</script><br /><br />The move I took the longest over was 17)Bxg7. It was reminiscent of Michael Corleone in the restaurant scene from "The Godfather". I knew once I'd made that move, there was no going back!<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7214111155422199531?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386067449680726045noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-10841108285440392652010-12-16T13:10:00.001Z2010-12-16T13:11:36.999ZSimon Turner 1- 0 Dave Filer<br />Darius Draskinis 0- 1 H Jones<br />John Hall 0.5- 0.5 Simon Weaver<br />Andrew Turk 1- 0 Trevor Beesley<br /><br />So we won the Match 2.5 - 1.5<br />Darius had a won position, his opponent was ready to resign, played on, could have had a draw through repitition, played on and lost.....<br /><br />Andrew won his first long play game and it was a cracker too; well done Andrew, this should fill you with confidence now!<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1084110828544039265?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-49407765804869347662010-12-14T17:23:00.003Z2010-12-14T17:40:37.653ZThis is the first (and only) time I tried using the English Opening. I felt I lost it from 4 ... D5 , which is a depressingly early time to be losing a game, because from then on I seemed to be on the defensive all the time. Obviously the English Opening is a tried and trusted beginning so I must assume operator error. Any help would therefore be greatly appreciated.<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1292347398" name="cwvif_1292347398" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1292347398" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1292347398"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1292347398" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1292347398" style="display:none">[Event "Coventry League"]<br />[Site "Rugby"]<br />[Date "2010.11.2"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Andrew Turk"]<br />[Black ""]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. d3 dxc4 6. dxc4 Qxd1+ 7. Nxd1 Nb4<br />8. Ne3 Bc5 9. Kd1 Ne4 10. Bg2 Nxf2+ 11. Kd2 Nxh1 12. Bxh1 Bxe3+ 13. Kd1 Bxc1<br />14. Kxc1 f6 15. a3 Nc6 16. Nd2 Be6 17. b4 O-O 18. e3 Rfd8 19. Kc2 Rd7 20. Rd1<br />Rad8 21. Be4 Kh8 22. c5 Bg4 0-1</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1292347398").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1292347398").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1292347398").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4940776580486934766?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386067449680726045noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-11301453374854985152010-12-12T13:59:00.006Z2010-12-12T14:14:45.675Z<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3puUltVLcYE/TQTV0G2LqTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/m2aPVG5l_As/s1600/Div%2B1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 150px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_3puUltVLcYE/TQTV0G2LqTI/AAAAAAAAAAM/m2aPVG5l_As/s320/Div%2B1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549795731995076914" /></a><br />An improvement for the A team after 0% in the first 3 matches !<br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3puUltVLcYE/TQTWWf10lEI/AAAAAAAAAAU/cYLuRaIp1_0/s1600/Div%2B2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 146px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3puUltVLcYE/TQTWWf10lEI/AAAAAAAAAAU/cYLuRaIp1_0/s320/Div%2B2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549796322820002882" /></a><br />Nice to see both teams doing well in Div 2. <br /><br /><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3puUltVLcYE/TQTWflgPvjI/AAAAAAAAAAc/j46wBY1Lxbw/s1600/Div%2B3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 146px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_3puUltVLcYE/TQTWflgPvjI/AAAAAAAAAAc/j46wBY1Lxbw/s320/Div%2B3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5549796478958943794" /></a><br />Good luck D team for an upturn in your fortunes !<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1130145337485498515?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-25558115183397227762010-12-10T15:09:00.006Z2010-12-13T15:04:30.592ZHere is yet another Dutch defence with a twist as I was on the receiving side of it for once. It is also the game in which contains one of my best combinations spanning the entire board. From the Bh6 to the Ra8.<br /><br />I have also tried to include a lot of comments so that hopefully players of any range can benefit.<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1291998667" name="cwvif_1291998667" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1291998667" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1291998667"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1291998667" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1291998667" style="display:none">[Event "Div Cup, Nuneaton B vs Rugby A"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2010.9.28"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "N Kadodwala"]<br />[Black "O Cosham"]<br />[Result "1-0"]<br />[WhiteELO "157"]<br />[BlackELO "144"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 {An unusual move for me lol} 1... e6 {and he plays my favourite move<br />against me!} 2. Nf3 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 d6 7. Nc3 {so we<br />have a Classical Dutch position but with me conducting the white pieces<br />instead of the black pieces. } 7... Ne4 {A move I've never played myself but<br />white has to do something about that annoying knight.} 8. Qc2 {Applying more<br />pressure to the knight and trying to find out what he is going to do about<br />it.} 8... Nxc3 9. Qxc3 Bf6 {A good move by which I was 'out of book'. Black's<br />plan is simple... to play ...e5. I can't stop it but can counter with my own<br />pawn break - namely e4.} 10. Qc2 {To get out of the pin of the Bf6 and to<br />support my own e4 break.} 10... e5 11. dxe5 dxe5 12. e4 {And here it is. Both<br />sides have completed what they have set out to do but what now?} 12... fxe4!?<br />{More in spirit of Black's defence would have been 12...f4 with a pawn sac to<br />which he gets good attacking chances against my king.} 13. Nd2 e3?! {Fritz<br />likes this move but one which I cannot recommend as the e3 pawn keeps a black<br />knight out of d4. The reason black played it was to try and make his weakness<br />on e5 less vunerable.} 14. fxe3 Bg5? {This is a common idea in the classical<br />dutch but wrong in this position as white can can develop and protect the weak<br />e3 pawn easily.} 15. Rxf8+ {Trading rooks first is important as I can lure his<br />queen to a tempo development as we shall see.} 15... Qxf8 16. Ne4 {The knight<br />comes to a good outpost and uncovers the Bc1 to defend e3} 16... Bh6!? {Black<br />prefers to keep the pressure on the e3 pawn with the bishop but his only<br />developed piece (Bh6) cannot really do anything else as the rest of the game<br />shows.} 17. Bd2 {Developing not the Bc1 but the Ra1.} 17... Nc6 {A natural<br />square for the knight but as you can see its only sqaure it can go to is b4 so<br />as long as I keep an eye on that it shouldn't be a problem.} 18. Rf1<br />{Developing again with tempo against the queen.} 18... Qe7 19. Nc3! {The<br />knight was placed well on e4 but I thought it would be even better on d5.<br />Notice how weak black's center light squares are namely e4 and d5 and my<br />knight is taking massive advantage of this. This is a typical idea when<br />playing against an isolated pawn (e5).} 19... Be6 {Finally developing the Bc8<br />that is the only piece to defend these light squares.} 20. Nd5 Qd7? {A mistake<br />which is understandable because putting the queen on a light square can only<br />be a good thing to defend them? Right?} 21. Rf6!! {WRONG!! The only thing<br />wrong with the Qd7 is this. This is probably the best move I've ever come out<br />with yet I found it within 30 secs. The point is that it cannot be taken<br />without allowing a deadly knight fork at f6 and the threat is 22.Rxh6 gxh6<br />23.Nf6+ again winning the queen. } 21... Kh8 {However I did have to calculate<br />the follow up otherwise I would be forced to retreat my rook and would not have achieved anything<br />anything.} 22. Rxe6! {This is part of the combination to win a pawn. } 22...<br />Qxe6 23. Nxc7 {Notice how effective how annoying a centrally placed knight is.<br />From threantening to jump into f6 to striking c7.} 23... Qc8 24. Nxa8 {And<br />finally trading its life for the enemy rook.} 24... Qxa8 {So white has won a<br />pawn after all that. So what? You might ask. White's advantage is much more.<br />Blacks light squares are still weak and he has lost his light squared bishop.<br />Black's queen is on the worst square possible. So how to capitalise?<br />Infiltrate is the name of the game. Both whites bishops are nicely placed so I<br />need to improve my queen.} 25. Qf5 g6 26. Qd7 {Notice how whites queen has<br />imfiltrated beautifully using the weak light squares. } 26... Nd4 {Black is<br />desperate to get some play going for him however white does not have to<br />oblige.} 27. Qxb7 {Why not take another pawn and threatnen to trade queens,<br />without black will have no play whatsoever.} 27... Qf8 28. Qa8! {Forcing the<br />trade with which Oliver sighed with frustration at the sight of this move.}<br />28... Nc2?? {This does not help him at all and this bad move is a product of<br />the psychological blow he received from 27.Qa8.} 29. Qxf8+ {Trading queens<br />like planned.} 29... Bxf8 30. a3! {An important move to make to trap the<br />knight.} 30... Bc5 {Makes a threat.} 31. Kf2 {Defends the threat.} 31... Kg7<br />{They say in a bad position is impossible to make a good move.} 32. Be4 {And<br />Oliver resigns as he loses his knight. The game ends with the light squared<br />bishop taking advantage of weak light squares... the story of blacks life in<br />this game.} 1-0</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1291998667").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1291998667").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1291998667").submit();</script><br /><br />If your wondering how the knight gets trapped then the analysis should help. It isn't hard but the key aspect is to keep taking squares away from the knight and drive it towards the edge of the board.<br /><br />So after 32...Nc1 33. Bc3 with the threat of b4 winning a piece. A bishop move loses for example 33...Bd6 34.b4 Nb3 35.Bc2 trapping the knight. So black has to play 33...Nb3 34.Bc2 Nc1 35.Bd2 winning the knight so black has 2 possible knight moves which both lose. <br /><br />The 1st is 35...Na1 (not a good place for a knight anyway) 36. Bd1 (or Ba4) followed by 37.b4 winning the knight.<br /><br />The 2nd is 35...Nc1 36.Bd2 Na2 37. Bb1 (or Bb3) again winning the knight.<br /><br />I hope everyone enjoyed the game in which I demonstrated, mainly to myself, that I can play main line openings and still get a good position. Please leave comments good or bad, unless your name is John Naylor lol.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2555811518339722776?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12313198963195156913noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-69610712748183505942010-12-06T15:16:00.002Z2010-12-06T15:23:18.101ZOur final First division game of the first half of the season ended in a good win for the A team and the following happened in the game between Bob Wildig and Ed Goodwin. <br />(Get it ?? Goodwin, Good win ...... Oh well...)<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1291648446" name="cwvif_1291648446" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1291648446" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1291648446"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1291648446" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1291648446" style="display:none">[Event "Cov League "]<br />[Site "Div 1"]<br />[Date "2010.11.23"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Ed Goodwin"]<br />[Black "Bob Wildig"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nge2 Nbd7 6. Ng3 c5 7. d5 h5!? {I<br />have no idea whether or not this is a good or a bad move} 8. h4 Ne5 {But at<br />least e5 is now a secure square for the knight.} 9. Be2 a6 10. a3 Bg4 11. f3<br />Bd7 12. Be3 Qa5 13. Qd2 b5? {A bad move.} 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Rc1 {Instead White<br />should have played 15 Nxb5 Bxb5 16 Qxa5 Rxa5 17 Bd2 and Black will lose the<br />exchange for a pawn. However after 15 ... O-O 16 Qxa5 Rxa5 Black would have<br />had reasonable compensation for the pawn.} 15... b4 16. axb4 Qxb4 17. f4 Nc4<br />18. Bxc4 Qxc4 19. Nce2 Qb3 20. e5 Ng4 21. Bg1 O-O 22. Ne4 Ra6 23. Rh3 Qb8 24.<br />Rg3 Bf5 25. N2c3 Rb6 26. Na4 Bxe4 27. Nxb6 Qxb6 28. Qe2 Bxd5 29. Qd2 Be6 30.<br />exd6 exd6 31. Rd3 Re8 0-1</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1291648446").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1291648446").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1291648446").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6961071274818350594?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-76318579216173011882010-12-03T12:28:00.001Z2010-12-03T12:28:15.501ZI look forward to Nalin playing better games in chess competition<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7631857921617301188?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Simon Turnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11069416512606316267noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-23220903916602603152010-12-01T18:38:00.005Z2010-12-01T18:50:52.448ZNow that Jamie is the joint under 12 Warwickshire Closed Champion there is even more reason to challenge him on the Rugby Junior Chess Club ladder, then after Christmas we should do well as a club when we enter the UK Chess Challenge.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2322090391660260315?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sue Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05546160399219949145noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-45968196230213811572010-11-29T18:15:00.002Z2010-11-29T18:19:02.036ZI look forward to playing better games in chess competition<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4596819623021381157?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>olushola borisadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118763516932617463noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-63215149073773978192010-11-21T14:52:00.001Z2010-11-21T14:53:39.133ZThis sounds like something Harry Potter might be interested in. Can anyone tell me more about this? Do I need to bring my wand?<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6321514907377397819?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Andrew Turkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09386067449680726045noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-76295491337677737132010-11-20T13:32:00.002Z2010-11-20T13:40:31.018ZWhat a lovely week-end!!<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7629549133767773713?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>olushola borisadehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02118763516932617463noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-66285695614493394692010-11-19T17:59:00.004Z2010-11-19T18:27:25.141ZJohn Naylor was pointing out a while ago that the number in the counter on the bottom page of this site is getting bigger and bigger. Its now over 7500. First of all this does NOT mean that we have 7500 users (unique users to use the jargon). Its counting page views, which may be repeat visits by the same people, and count several page views in one visit.<br /><br />Last August I added some script to start collecting stats on site visits in a Google Analytics account. This is more detailed and accurate. Since then we have apparently had 242 'absolute unique visitors'. Which is many more than we have in our club. GA also shows where the 'traffic' comes from, and one of the spikes was caused by a reference from ecforum (English Chess Forum) where they were talking about setting up chess blogs and trading links (<a href="http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2279">see here</a>). WE GOT A MENTION ALONGSIDE SUSAN POLGAR'S BLOG. Thank you Michael Jones.<br /><br />Want to know what he said about us? 'Rugby: http://rugbychessclub.blogspot.com/ Works pretty well, with several players making regular contributions.'<br /><br />So ... besides being dead chuffed, I would like to see some contributions chaps. C'mon, I know that you can do it. If you are rusty meet me at the next social chess (6 December) and I will show you/remind you what you need to do.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6628569561449339469?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-57461173149908332812010-11-19T17:39:00.002Z2010-11-19T17:43:14.968ZYes - the first team beat University A.<br />John Naylor won, Bob Wildig drew and Jonathan Cox won. Late replacement Paul Hardstaff fell victim to a fairly vicious attack but the fact he was deputising for Nalin was a help to the rest of us! Thanks Paul.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5746117314990833281?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-81995924271147430632010-11-10T09:31:00.002Z2010-11-10T09:36:01.501ZAll right then - hooray.<div><br /></div><div>At last after a succession of losses the first team managed to get a point v Cov B in this weeks match. Nalin and Bob both drew and it was left to Jonathan to get a win against Mike Johnson which happened when a tricky attack finally undermined Mike's defences. </div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-8199592427114743063?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-24863405124992392622010-10-27T00:12:00.000+01:002010-10-27T00:13:04.722+01:00The D Team did well, with no losses. Jim won as Board 1, Chris won by default in Board 2 from a no show (she did some homework instead), Joe had a good draw on Board 3 and Rhys won his first ever match as Board 4.<br /><br />I've noted this below. It was his longest ever match he says and although he was chewing his pen a time or two I think he did better than I would have. To prove it I played Gordon immediately afterwards and he thrashed me convincingly. A good win by the D team against a strong side. <br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1288134427" name="cwvif_1288134427" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1288134427" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1288134427"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1288134427" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1288134427" style="display:none">[Event "CDCL Div 3 Match"]<br />[Site "Nuneaton"]<br />[Date "2010.10.26"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Gordan Crump"]<br />[Black "Rhys Davies"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[WhiteELO "70"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 c5 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. dxc5 Bxc5 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. Bb5 Bd7 8.<br />O-O Nxe5 9. Bxd7+ Kxd7 10. Nb5 Qb6 11. Nbd4 Nxf3+ 12. Nxf3 Rd8 13. Ne5+ Kc8<br />14. Nxf7 Nf6 15. Nxh8 Rxh8 16. c3 Rd8 17. b4 Bd6 18. Rb1 Bc7 19. Bg5 h6 20.<br />Bxf6 gxf6 21. Qf3 Qd6 22. g3 f5 23. Qe3 h5 24. h4 Bb6 25. Qg5 Rh8 26. Qf6 Bd8<br />27. Qxh8 f4 28. Kg2 Kb8 {Trying to get the King safe so not to worry about<br />him. } 29. Qxh5 a6 30. Qh6 Bc7 31. Kh3 fxg3 {Threatening mate if fxg} 32.<br />Qf8+?? {This was the big mistake move. } 32... Qxf8 33. fxg3 Qg8 34. Rf3 Ka7<br />35. b5 Qg6 36. Rb4 a5 37. Rg4 Qb1 38. Rg7 Qh1+ 39. Kg4 Bb6 40. Rff7 d4 41.<br />cxd4 Bxd4 42. Rg8 Qe4+ 43. Rf4 Qe5 44. Rc8 Qd5 45. a4 e5 46. Rff8 Qe6+ 47.<br />Kh5 Be3 48. Ra8+ Kb6 49. g4?? {This was an unfortunate move ...} 49... Qh6#<br />0-1</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1288134427").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1288134427").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1288134427").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2486340512499239262?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-68207652979979307002010-10-16T17:44:00.002+01:002010-10-16T17:49:07.857+01:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; line-height: 17px; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(42, 42, 42); "><div style="line-height: 17px; ">In the C team match Nigel Malka drew, Paul Hardstaff won and Malcolm Harding won ! Default on bottom due to late withdrawal. </div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></div><div style="line-height: 17px; ">So the C team won 2.5 - 1.5</div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></div><div style="line-height: 17px; ">In the A team match we lost to University B 1.5 - 2.5</div><div style="line-height: 17px; "><br /></div><div style="line-height: 17px; ">Bob Wildig won, Jonathan Cox lost (trying too hard Jonathan !) Simon Turner drew, Olushola Borisade lost.</div></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6820765297997930700?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04429843977463718162noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-47740473604996429452010-10-15T10:05:00.003+01:002010-10-15T10:15:27.353+01:00The Rugby team made the long trip down to Chipping Camden on Monday (11th Oct). We lost the match despite strong games on all 3 boards. However the venue was quaint - a cottage belonging to the local church. The hosts were also hospitable; pouring us a cup of tea at the start of play. I like that!<br /><br />A. Grimes 0.5 vs Roy Talbot 0.5<br />W. Langley 1 vs Jim MacDonald 0<br />W. Nash 1 vs Joe Oswell 0<br /><br />Chipping Camden won 2.5 to 0.5<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4774047360499642945?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08622119644093186595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-58756191480012161342010-10-07T08:36:00.002+01:002010-10-07T08:43:02.417+01:00The result between our 2 division 2 sides was as below :<br /><br />Board 1. Jonathan Cox 0.5 - Nalin Kadodwala 0.5<br />Board 2. Simon Turner 1 Nigel Malka 0<br />Board 3. John Hall 1 Darius 0 <br />Board 4. Josh Stehr 1 Andrew Turk 0<br /><br />So the B team beat the C team 2.5 - 1.5<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5875619148001216134?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00398494724163129858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-69087093013692093742010-10-05T22:33:00.003+01:002010-10-05T22:37:18.215+01:00A triumph for new player Olushola Borusade (who won as Board 2), and a good night for Roy Talbot who drew (on Board 1). Not so pretty for Joe and Chris who both lost. Chris's loss is shown below. Advice on where she went wrong and how to avoid in future would be appreciated. It started so well ...<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1286314318" name="cwvif_1286314318" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1286314318" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1286314318"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1286314318" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1286314318" style="display:none">[Event "CDCL Division 3"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2010.10.5"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Pegler (Rugby D)"]<br />[Black "Blunden (Coventry E)"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[WhiteELO "64"]<br />[BlackELO "46"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 Nc6 2. Nf3 d6 3. g3 Bg4 4. Bg2 g6 5. O-O Bg7 {Feeling exposed so move to<br />protect centre pawn} 6. c3 Bxf3 {Well I am happy to exchange here.} 7. Bxf3<br />Qd7 {I can see that the queen could move in on me but had no idea of what<br />would happen ...} 8. Bf4 {Just to develop.} 8... Qf5 {Still can't work out the<br />plan. But I now have one of my own ...} 9. Qb3 b6 {Which he thwarts (sort<br />of).} 10. Bxc6+ {:-)} 10... Kd8 {Now, I can take the Rook but took a long time<br />contemplating e4 and that was probably a better move. Opnions please.} 11.<br />Bxa8 e6 12. e4 {What should I have done instead? Maybe Nd2 and then Nf3? }<br />12... Qh3 13. Nd2 Nf6 14. d5 Ng4 {That's it. I really am in touble now. } 15.<br />Nf3 {The only way to save myself from Qxh2++} 15... exd5 {He's closing in<br />...} 16. Bg5+ f6 17. Be3 h6 18. Qb5 dxe4 {How to stop him taking my<br />life-saving knight?} 19. Bxb6 {Desparate measures now, but still can't make<br />this work for me.} 19... axb6 20. Rfe1 exf3 {Okay, that's it. I resign.} 0-1</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1286314318").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1286314318").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1286314318").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6908709301369209374?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-10096629101049463862010-10-04T14:57:00.018+01:002010-10-04T21:56:08.532+01:00... including the group pics and various others that they did not use in spread.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TKnhTVTbQcI/AAAAAAAAAKA/GF74egQj0lE/s1600/MHRA+20-09-10+chess+Sep23+012.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524194140199010754" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 198px; cursor: pointer; height: 126px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TKnhTVTbQcI/AAAAAAAAAKA/GF74egQj0lE/s400/MHRA+20-09-10+chess+Sep23+012.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.photostoday.co.uk/photoDetails.aspx?ID=2336399"><br />group pic that they used on the inside page </a><br /><p><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TKnheog-V0I/AAAAAAAAAKI/WwnxPJ5unv8/s1600/MHRA+20-09-10+chess+Sep23+016.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5524194334334670658" style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; width: 198px; cursor: pointer; height: 128px;" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TKnheog-V0I/AAAAAAAAAKI/WwnxPJ5unv8/s400/MHRA+20-09-10+chess+Sep23+016.jpg" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.photostoday.co.uk/photoDetails.aspx?ID=2336403">group picture which they stuck on the back</a> (Nalin suffers from an optical illusion here. He looks much taller in the other shots :-)).<br /></p><br />How to find the others? Try <a href="http://www.photostoday.co.uk/searchresults.aspx?advSearch=1">this link</a> (which takes you to the Search, put in 'chess Sep23' - without the quotes, to view our set). Worth doing as there are others there which show some chess in action and some nice individual shots.<br /><br />If you _really_ like any you can order T-shirts and mugs for Christmas. For those who did not make it to the official photo shoot, the opportunity for online immortality is not lost. I plan on doing some player profiles for the new season, starting with some of those not pictured here. You have been warned ...<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1009662910104946386?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-89093774909795619372010-10-01T10:54:00.002+01:002010-10-01T11:03:23.393+01:00Rugby hosted the match vs Leamington C on Monday night (27 Sep):<br /><br />Simon Turner 0.5 vs Jason Madden 0.5<br />Jon Hall 1 vs Guy Greenland 0<br />Joe Oswell 0 vs Peter Leggit 1 <br /><br />Match drawn: 1.5 to 1.5. A solid start to the season with a win &amp; a draw in the first 2 ties - well done!<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-8909377490979561937?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08622119644093186595noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-65085099655809027572010-09-30T20:05:00.002+01:002010-09-30T20:08:06.350+01:00Well done Chris for the fantastic coverage of Rugby Chess Club in the Rugby Advertiser today. We may need to change venue to the Benn Hall soon :-)<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6508509965580902757?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Sue Sandershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05546160399219949145noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-13061064646644556022010-09-27T21:20:00.002+01:002010-09-27T21:22:33.362+01:00Thanks to those of you who came along last week to be photographed for a peice about the Club in the Rugby Advertiser. Not everyone could make it, but we managed to field 16 players (past season and this season's hopefuls). Look out for the Rugby Advertiser on 30th Sept and you may well see someone you recognise :-)<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1306106464664455602?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-16951918157731959522010-09-27T14:09:00.002+01:002010-09-27T14:15:49.775+01:00The first match of the season, on Sep 13th, produced a win for the travelling Rugby team. The home team were Kenilworth D:<br /><br />Tony Pickering vs Nigel Malka 0-1<br />Chris Aldridge vs Simon Turner 0-1<br />Mike Whatson vs Jim MacDonald 1-0<br /><br />Rugby won 2-1.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1695191815773195952?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Jim MacDonaldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08622119644093186595noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-47759218888317059292010-09-22T21:42:00.003+01:002010-09-29T19:36:00.522+01:00<div>The 2nd London Chess Classic will be the strongest chess tournament ever to be held in Britain, with eight of the world’s best players playing from 8-15 December 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre. Junior attendance is free, adults are £10 for weekdays and £15 for weekend) - see <a href="http://www.londonchessclassic.com/">http://www.londonchessclassic.com</a> for schedule and info. </div><div> </div><br /><div>I went with Rhys last year and in addition to being SO CLOSE to the world champion players there were all sorts of demonstrations, commentaries and an open contest. Quite an experience and you got a neat lanyard thrown in :-) </div><div> </div><br /><div>John Hall is intending to attend this year and would be interested in knowing of others who intend to go along. Email him at <span><span style="font-size:85%;">johnhall@carricktravel.com.<br /></span></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4775921888831705929?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-48073994198380511502010-09-04T13:53:00.003+01:002010-09-04T14:06:05.779+01:00Because we have had difficulty with space at the LMRCA on Monday nights (we haven't been able to sue the main hall anymore) the junior chess club is moving to the Rugby Workers Club in Oliver Street.<br /><br />As you know the social chess nights we have had on Mondays at the LMRCA have fitted in very nicely with this. But it would be a shame not to continue linking the social chess nights with the junior chess night.<br /><br />So I am suggesting to club members that for the benefit of us all we start using the Rugby Workers Club for our social chess in future starting from Monday 6 Sept. The start time is 7pm which is earlier than we could get at the LMRCA. (I am not masking any bookings for social chess at the LMRCA from hereon).<br /><br /><strong><em>Please note that Cov League matches and Leamington League matches are all still at the LMRCA as before.</em></strong><br /><br />Here is a map which has already been set up elsewhere for the Rugby Workers club:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thomsonlocal.com/Rugby-Workers-Club/0329106408401947010/map/companyinfo.html">Map for the Rugby Workers club</a><br /><br />(Beware : there is a slight error on their map - the club is on the other side of the road to that shown, on Oliver Street between Parnell Close and Bridget Street)<br /><br />Essential information:<br />- The street is called Oliver Street and the postcode is CV21 2ET<br />- There is good parking all round the venue on its own ground.<br />- The door entry system is just like the LMRCA so you will need to press the bell and wait. (We are sorting out individual cards with the club staff at the moment)<br />if they wish.<br />- Nominal times are from 7.00 pm until 8.30 pm but the idea is for you to come and go at whatever time suits you.<br /><br />And thats about it!<br />Looking forward to seeing you on Monday<br /><br />Bob Wildig<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4807399419838051150?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00398494724163129858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-25441718702281992782010-09-03T17:12:00.003+01:002010-09-03T17:16:56.322+01:00There have been some minor changes to venues we go to (as away teams). I think these are just Kenilworth and Nuneaton (in the Leamington League)but have a look through the Leamington league website details provided on their website which is linked in.<br /><br /><a href="http://rugbychessclub.blogspot.com/2009/07/postcodes-of-clubs-we-visit.html">Clubs we visit</a><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-2544171870228199278?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00398494724163129858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-17710174844100422042010-08-15T17:13:00.002+01:002010-08-15T17:18:58.301+01:00I have now added a new function - the Calendar (see right hand colum). This is a Google public calendar and will allow any editor (captains, Bob, Sue and me for now) to add an event. I've added the first two of the ones from the Leamington League. I propose that we put all of the Rugby games up here and any tournaments or competitions that affects RCC. For now it includes RCC junior socials although Sue might like her own calendar on their blog.<br /><br />If you use Google calendars for day to day scheduling this means that you can amalgamate these events into yours. Feedback and requests to become editors are welcome.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1771017484410042204?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-53289331356830270272010-08-15T15:21:00.006+01:002010-08-15T20:33:37.038+01:00<div>From Jim, here are the 2010/2011 </div><div>Division 3: Rugby team fixtures: <a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TGhA8l9x53I/AAAAAAAAAJo/61IZ0kKeVLc/s1600/001_ldcl_big.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5505721954187994994" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 189px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/TGhA8l9x53I/AAAAAAAAAJo/61IZ0kKeVLc/s400/001_ldcl_big.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Mon Sep 13 - Kenilworth D v Rugby<br />Mon Sep 27 - Rugby v Leamington C<br />Thu Oct 21 - Chipping Campden B v Rugby<br />Mon Oct 25 - Rugby v Solihull C<br />Mon Nov 08 - Rugby v Kenilworth C<br />Mon Nov 22 - Nuneaton v Rugby<br />Thu Dec 02 - Stratford B v Rugby<br />Mon Dec 06 - Rugby v Banbury C<br />Mon Jan 10 - Rugby v Nuneaton<br />Mon Jan 31 - Rugby v Stratford B<br />Mon Feb 07 - Rugby v Kenilworth D<br />Wed Mar 02 - Solihull C v Rugby<br />Mon Mar 21 - Kenilworth C v Rugby<br />Mon Mar 28 - Rugby v Chipping Campden B<br />Tue Apr 05 - Leamington C v Rugby<br />Tue Apr 12 - Banbury C v Rugby<br /><br />Sorry its not a table, but when I have a mo I will look at doing a calendar for the site so we can show all things together.<br /><br />Chris</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5328933135683027027?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-18246116852974831952010-07-29T21:53:00.003+01:002010-08-01T17:28:25.621+01:00The gradings for Coventry and District Chess League are in. <a href="http://www.coventrychess.co.uk/0029.htm">Check them out here.</a><br /><br />And for a more complete view (Leamington and District and others too) check out the English Chess Federation site at <a href="http://grading.bcfservices.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://grading.bcfservices.org.uk/</a> to search on individuals at our club or others. You can see all current Rugby Club ratings there using <a href="http://grading.bcfservices.org.uk/getclub.php?club=Rugby">this link.<br /></a><br />Updating my personal congrats on the basis of this:<br /><br /><strong>Most promising newcomer</strong>, James Mendes - entering the CDL chart at #8 with 128 (0r 134 on the ECF site).<br /><br /><strong>Most improved</strong> <strong>ratings (ECF site): </strong>Jon Cox (+13 pts), Malcolm Harding (+11 pts) and Roy Talbot (+10 pts).<br /><strong></strong><br /><strong>Most improved (CDCL site):</strong> Simon Turner CDCL #7 (+50 pts), Jon Cox #3 and Nigel Malka #5 (+38 pts each) and Jo Oswell (+32 pts)<br /><br />Apologies if I got any of this wrong, but looking like good news all round. Well done guys.<br /><br />Chris<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1824611685297483195?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-18883182057373639482010-04-29T11:11:00.002+01:002010-04-29T11:19:36.090+01:00Its too much - the night before last we won the Cov League Cup - a magnificent game by John against Dave Ireland - you really have to post it John on here - it was quality chess. Nalin had a good game with Ed Goodwin which ended in a draw and I think Jonathan had the upper hand most of the way against Mike Johnson and took a draw to secure us the win on board count. I am not sure what to say about my game with Mark Page - I lost is the safe thing to say. (If I think its the right thing to do I might post it - its full of difficult awkward chess but I don't feel that it is a great game).<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-1888318205737363948?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00398494724163129858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-45328670885460134332010-04-22T15:35:00.012+01:002010-04-23T21:47:15.334+01:00Rugby A won there match 3-1 against Newdigate. Bob, Jonny and myself all won but unfortunately Martin had a winning position and then blundered. So Rugby A are through to the finals of the KO Cup against Coventry A who also got through I hear beating Rugby B. Not good news for us as we were looking forward to an all Rugby final.<br /><br />I don't really know how Rugby C got on in the plate match so I will leave that post to someone else.<br /><br />I'm going to do something different in my analysis in my game. Instead of giving lots of boring variations, I'm going to say what I was thinking in my head psychologically. I'm trying this new approach to see if people like it and also to demonstrate what went on in my head to make the game that bit more enjoyable. I will only know what you thought if you post comments so please do so.<br /><br />Before I start with the game I know players never really know what to play or how to play against weak or weaker players than themselves. My advice is just to keep playing your moves because even if you know that they have made bad moves they don't need punishing straight away usually. Anyway I hope you enjoy the game.<br /><br />If you flip the game twice then it will put the players on the right colours that they were playing.<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1271972498" name="cwvif_1271972498" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1271972498" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1271972498"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1271972498" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1271972498" style="display:none">[Event "Newdigate VS Rugby A (KO S/Finals)"]<br />[Site "Newdigate"]<br />[Date "2010.4.21"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "C Burton"]<br />[Black "N Kadodwala"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[WhiteELO "U"]<br />[BlackELO "152"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />%Orient=B<br />1. d4 {Very unusual to see this move at this level of play. Also he might be<br />an ok player because his ungrated rating could mean anything so just play my<br />moves.} 1... e6 2. Nf3 {Already doesn't know what to do because he doesn't<br />know what I'm going to do. Things are already going well in the fact that I'm<br />making him uncomfortable.} 2... f5 3. e3 {He is afraid of playing c4.} 3...<br />Nf6 4. Nbd2 {Ok. He's a colle player who plays solid non-aggressive chess...<br />excellent for me. If he doesn't want a fight then I'm going to force a fight.<br />Hence my next move.} 4... c5 {Strikes out against the centre and also exposes<br />what he is going to do about it.} 5. c3 {What a surprise. He defends.} 5...<br />Nc6 6. b3 {He's read something about this setup and hasn't read it very well<br />so lets gain more space in the centre.} 6... d5 7. Ba3 {The first active move<br />from him. Maybe he has realised that I'm just going to gain space. He is now<br />trying to stop my pieces from finding good posts.} 7... Qa5 8. Qc1?! {? Just<br />defending the bishop and hoping for a possible pawn fork on b4. It does<br />nothing this move. So lets carry on my my moves.} 8... Ne4 {I go active<br />myself stoping his threat with a counter threat on c3. My threat is more<br />dangerous as if the centre breaks open his badly placed pieces namely Ba3 and<br />Qc1 will become even more apparent. So he stops the threat...} 9. Nxe4 fxe4<br />{The f file opens for possible assaulting. Notice my position is just getting<br />better.} 10. Nd2 {Not a bad move as such but he is always going backwards and<br />never forwards. It is easy to see that the knight has no prospects. Time to<br />address my problems. The Ba3 is annoying but how to get rid of it. An easy<br />answer... don't castle kingside, lets go to the queenside with my king.}<br />10... cxd4 11. Bxf8 {He takes this chance to disrupt kingside castling.}<br />11... Rxf8 {My rook is obviosly nicely placed here on the semi open f file.}<br />12. cxd4? {Oh dear. It's only move 12 and look at white's position. No chance<br />for any activity. The Qc1 doesn't look right. The Nd2 is going nowhere. How<br />to add to my opponents misery? Time to activate my own pieces (Bc8 and<br />Ra8).} 12... e5! 13. dxe5 {What else can he do?} 13... Bg4! {DONT FORGET YOUR<br />PLANS. The idea of the e pawn push was to ACTIVATE my pieces remember not<br />give him counter play with 13...Nxe5 14 Qb2! This would clear the way for his<br />rook to come to c1 as well as threats down the a1-h8 diagonal.} 14. h3 {He is<br />desperate to castle and so wants his bishop on e2. But my previous move<br />stopped that. Hence he is trying to kick it away.} 14... Bh5 {Keeping up the<br />pressure on e2.} 15. g3? {I think this though is worse than a mistake. Just<br />look at that juicy hole on f3. Time to exploit.} 15... Bf3 16. Rh2 {If I'm<br />able to force my opponent to do this then clearly he's gone terribly wrong.}<br />16... O-O-O {The pin down the c file is only temporary but I do get my other<br />rook in to the game.} 17. Bg2 {He is weak on the light squares and to exploit<br />this it best to get rid of his main light squared defender... his bishop,<br />so...} 17... Bxg2 18. Rxg2 d4 {I push in the center now instead of ...Kb8 to<br />stop a possible Qb2 as before.} 19. Kf1 {He does need to get out of the<br />knight pin but my Rf8 is secretly smiling.} 19... Qxe5 20. Nc4 {His only good<br />piece is his knight but that is about the only good thing I can say for his<br />whole position.} 20... Qf5 {Remember the light squared weaknesses. What is he<br />trying to do? I have a centralised position against a randomly scattered<br />defence} 21. Qc2? {I really don't get this move at all. Maybe hoping for a<br />Queen exchange after a possible f4? My opponent is starting to dream.} 21...<br />Kb8 {Gets out of the pin so all my pieces are involved in the killing, sorry<br />I meant assault.} 22. Rd1 {Oh dear. I've given up putting question marks on<br />his moves now... I could either push the d pawn to get a passed pawn are go<br />for active piece play. I chose the latter.} 22... Nb4 23. Qd2 Nd3 {The Nd3 is<br />a monster and looking at the co-ordination of blacks pieces against f2, this<br />game might well be over soon. } 24. exd4 {What else can he do? Time to create<br />massive threats.} 24... Qxh3 {Only now do I take when all my pieces are<br />involved. Not before then.} 25. Ne3?? {He is still dreaming because he doesn't<br />see how I am to break through.} 25... Rxf2+ {But I do. He missed the fact<br />that the Rg2 is pinned so cannot help in protecting f2.} 26. Qxf2 Nxf2 27.<br />Kxf2 Rf8+ 28. Kg1 {Ok. So I have a won position but how to go about winning<br />it? I do not want to swap rooks off. I have to co-ordinate attacks on both<br />wings. The reason the queen is a powerful piece is her ability to double<br />attack and that is what I need to do. Also my e pawn could be come quite<br />strong if I get rid of a blockade on e3. } 28... Qh6 {Trying to centralise<br />her majesty as well as clear e3} 29. Re1 {He is still trying to cling on. The<br />d pawn looks like a nice target.} 29... Qd6 30. d5?? {Nc2 was much better but<br />I wasn't surprised by this move. } 30... Rf3 {Possible threats on g3 and e3<br />followed by a pin on c5 maybe?} 31. Kh2?? {Motivated by trying to protect<br />weaknesses. The ones I pointed out were g3 and e3. Two targets means a double<br />attack so here goes.} 31... Rxe3 32. Rxe3 Qh6+ {A lethel double attack which<br />wins the game as he resigns. } 0-1</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1271972498").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1271972498").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1271972498").submit();</script><br /><br />As he resigned he said 'I think that's enough' which really shows the psychological stress he was under during the game.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4532867088546013433?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Nalinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12313198963195156913noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-68095929536567921222010-04-20T07:14:00.003+01:002010-04-20T07:19:09.464+01:00<a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/S81G10c9_RI/AAAAAAAAAJg/Brykl2nG1b4/s1600/clover.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 266px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_qy-WfneiaRU/S81G10c9_RI/AAAAAAAAAJg/Brykl2nG1b4/s400/clover.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5462099813497437458" /></a><br />Adding my good luck wishes to Bob's and a little four leafed (virtual) token to help. <br /><br />See the C team later.<br /><br />Chris<br /><br />(Pic from Flick, by cygnus921)<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6809592953656792122?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-70698673906833437632010-04-19T17:35:00.001+01:002010-04-19T17:35:59.962+01:00Good luck to A and B teams in the cup and to the C team in the plate<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-7069867390683343763?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00398494724163129858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-1368620334861672582010-04-08T08:27:00.003+01:002010-04-08T08:57:27.632+01:00Well there could be two reasons ...<br /><br />a) You don't know the first thing about chess, or (more likely at the moment)<br /><br />b) You've hit a cross scripting modification error - effectively a barrier has been put in place to prevent a security risk. I can - it seems - re-post games to overcome this if I use a less recent IE browser on a different computer. But while I search for a more sustainable solution (and a way to get James' Lost Win to show properly) here is how to play through games that look like random code and won't play. <br /><br />1. Click the VIEW PGN button - this displays the code, which is still there and still correct.<br />2. Select/copy the code.<br />3. Open <a href="http://www.caissa.com/chess-tools/pgn-editor.php">the PGN viewer on the Cassia site</a> <br />4. Click IMPORT PGN.<br />5. Paste the code into the window that appears and then IMPORT.<br /><br />This works for everything _but_ that games of James' (which I am working on). I hope that this will sort itself out as this 'security fix' will cause grief for all sorts of sites. It will either get better or worse over the next few weeks and I will look for a different way of showing games when I have time. But Cassia has served us well, so hoping any new solution will be at least as good as that one.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-136862033486167258?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Chris Peglernoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-34263602126048538382010-04-07T18:43:00.004+01:002010-04-08T08:06:23.343+01:00Hi everyone - This is nothing to do with rugby Chess Club. There is a problem over a postal game I'm playing and this is to help show it to my opponent. I will delete as soon as I can.<br />Bob<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1270713439" name="cwvif_1270713439" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1270713439" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1270713439"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1270713439" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1270713439" style="display:none">[Event "?"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "????.??.??"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Bradney"]<br />[Black "Wildig"]<br />[Result "*"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3<br />Bxc3 9. bxc3 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Qc7 11. Bd3 e5 12. Qc2 Rd8 13. Nxe5 Nxe5 14. dxe5<br />Qxe5 15. f3 Bd7 16. a4 Rac8 17. Re1 c4 18. Bf1 Qa5 19. e4 b5 20. Be3 bxa4 21.<br />Bd4 Bb5 22. Qd2 Rc6 23. Qg5 h6 24. Qf5 Ne8</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1270713439").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1270713439").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1270713439").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-3426360212604853838?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00398494724163129858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-35283531952908155692010-03-29T18:58:00.005+01:002010-04-04T15:15:17.323+01:00Having previously thrown away a win against this opponent, it was satisfying to get revenge.<br /><br /><div style="BORDER-BOTTOM: black 1px solid; POSITION: relative; BORDER-LEFT: black 1px solid; WIDTH: 590px; HEIGHT: 420px; BORDER-TOP: black 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: black 1px solid"><a style="POSITION: absolute; FONT: 8pt arial, helvetica, sans-serif; COLOR: white; TOP: 2px; RIGHT: 4px; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1269885468" height="100%" frameborder="0" width="100%" name="cwvif_1269885468" scrolling="no"></iframe> <form id="cwvfm_1269885468" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1269885468"><input id="cwvpd_1269885468" type="hidden" name="data"></form></div><div style="DISPLAY: none" id="cwvpg_1269885468">[Event "Plate Quarter-Final"]<br /><br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 d5 2. e3 c5 {I think I should have played Nf6 first.} 3. c3 Nc6 4. f4<br />{Good, bad, or merely OK? Looks wrong to me.} 4... Nf6 5. Bd3 cxd4 {Giving up<br />the tension...} 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Nf3 Ne4 {Wanted to play f6 to support e5.} 8.<br />Nbd2 Nxd2 9. Bxd2 e6 {Didn't think I could play f6 as White responds f5.} 10.<br />O-O Bd6 11. Qe1 O-O 12. Ne5 Bf5 13. Be2 {Bxf5 was much better.} 13... Qb6<br />{Sacrificing the exchange, accidentally. Although it actually works in my<br />favour.} 14. Nd7 Qxb2 15. Nxf8 Kxf8 {Even though I'm down the exchange, I<br />prefer my position. I have a pawn advantage, and his backward c-pawn on my<br />semi-open file is almost worthless. Both my good and bad bishops are active,<br />his bad bishop is inactive, his good bishop has no useful squares. His extra<br />rook isn't doing much, and my knight could be useful... } 16. Qc1 Qb6 17.<br />Be3 Rc8 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Bd3 {Misses...} 19... Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4 21. Rf2 {?}<br />21... Qa5 22. Qb2 Qxc3 23. Qxc3 Rxc3 24. Re1 Rd3 {Slight mistake. Stronger<br />was 24...Ba3 as my bishops then prevent White's rooks from using the b and c<br />files at all.} 25. Rb2 b6 26. Rb3 {Drops another pawn.} 26... Rxb3 27. axb3<br />Bc2 28. Ra1 a5 29. g3 {?} 29... Bxb3 30. Rb1 a4 31. Bd2 b5 32. Bc3 Bc4 33.<br />Rb4 {After this move, my opponent says 'This will either be a great move, or<br />not'. It doesn't work. 33.Bb4 is better, but it loses too, I suppose.}<br />33... Bxb4 {I considered 33...a3, which is better, but I just wanted the<br />rook.} 34. Bxb4+ Ke8 35. Kf2 f6 36. Ke3 Kf7 37. h4 h6 38. h5 {Instead of this,<br />my opponent actually tries to play 38.g5. Moving a pawn from the 3rd rank to<br />the 5th rank is almost as good as trying to claim a stalemate when you're<br />about to get checkmated next move, which happened the last time we played this<br />team.} 38... f5 39. Kf3 Bb3 40. Ke2 Bc2 41. Ba3 Be4 42. Kf2 g6 43. hxg6+ Kxg6<br />44. Bb4 h5 {Making it hard for myself...} 45. Ba3 Kf7 46. Bb4 Ke8 47. Ba3 Kd7<br />48. Bb4 Kc6 49. Kg1 Kb6 50. Kh2 a3 51. Bxa3 Ka5 52. Bc1 b4 53. Kh3 b3 54. Kh4<br />Bf3 {Kb4 is better.} 55. Kg5 Kb4 56. Bb2 Kc4 57. Kf6 Kd3 58. Kxe6 Be4 59. Kf6<br />Kc2 60. Ba1 b2 61. Bxb2 Kxb2 62. Kg5 Kc3 63. Kxh5 Bf3+ 64. Kg5 Bg4 65. Kf6<br />Kxd4 66. Ke6 Ke4 67. Kf6 d4 68. Ke6 d3 69. Kf6 d2 70. Ke6 d1=Q 71. Kf6 Qd4+<br />72. Kg5 Qg7+ 73. Kh4 Qh6# 0-1</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1269885468").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1269885468").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1269885468").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. 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You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-4801811070069319179?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00398494724163129858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-63641141807131465082010-03-20T11:39:00.002Z2010-03-20T11:51:48.985ZResults of Tuesday 16/03/10 League Match - Nuneaton "D"<br /><br />Board 1 James - Lost<br />Board 2 Roy - Win<br />Board 3 - Chris - Draw<br />Board 4 - Joe - Win<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6364114180713146508?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266084228553734247noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-36172862994787433592010-03-17T09:38:00.003Z2010-03-19T19:16:50.845ZAmazing but true - Rugby won the Div 1 title last night for the first time in about 12/13 years. All the team played well. John - who may have had a win against Maurice Staples but agrred a draw, Jonathon Cox showed how strong he ahs become by beating Colin Green. And Nalin having played very well,slipped up but drew dispite being a Q for R down. My game is given below - I hope we get the other games on here lads, Bob<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1269017752" name="cwvif_1269017752" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1269017752" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1269017752"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1269017752" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1269017752" style="display:none">[Event "?"]<br />[Site "Nuneaton A v Rugby A"]<br />[Date "2010.3.16"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "A Patterson"]<br />[Black "R Wildig"]<br />[Result "0-1"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Bc4 Bc5 5. d3 d6 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 Nd4 {I've<br />been told that I should have played g5 here but I couldn't figure what to do<br />about Nxg5 followed by Bxg5 and Qf3 or Nd5} 8. Nd5 g5 9. Nxd4 Bxd4 10. c3<br />Nxd5 11. Bxd5 Bb6 12. Bg3 Qf6?! {After his next move I felt I should have<br />played c6} 13. a4! c6 14. Bb3 {14 a5 might have had Black in difficulties}<br />14... Be6 15. a5 Bc7 16. h4 O-O-O 17. c4 {17 a6 looked strong} 17... a6 18.<br />Qd2 Kb8 19. Bd1 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. Qe3 dxe4 22. dxe4 Qe7 23. Qc3 f6 24. f3<br />Bd6 25. O-O Bb4 26. Qc1 Rc8 {Obvious but may be better was 26...Rd2} 27. Qb1<br />Bc4 28. Rf2 Bc5 29. Kh2 Bxf2 {Rightly or wrongly Black spent the next few<br />moves worrying about parting with this Bishop} 30. Bxf2 gxh4? {A bad move -<br />the idea was to lure the bishop off the g1-a7 diagonal but all it does is<br />weaken the K side pawns} 31. Bxh4 Qd6 32. Ba4! Rhg8 33. Qg1 Be2 34. Qe3 Bb5<br />35. Bf2 Qd4 {Forced} 36. Qe1 Qxb2 37. Rb1 Qe2 38. Bxb5 Qxe1 39. Bxe1 axb5 40.<br />g4 h5 41. Kg3 hxg4 42. fxg4 Rc5 43. Bf2 Rc3+ 44. Kg2 Rxg4+ 45. Kf1 Rf3 46.<br />Rxb5 Rgf4 47. Rb2 Rxf2+ {After the Rooks came off Black won} 0-1</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1269017752").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1269017752").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1269017752").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-3617286299478743359?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Bob Wildighttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00398494724163129858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-14018334286663582962010-03-16T23:49:00.003Z2010-03-16T23:51:20.085ZNever been offered a draw before. Perhaps I could have played through and done better, but then again perhaps I could have played through and done worse. An unusually thoughtful game for me ...<br /><br /><div style="width:590px;height:420px;border:1px solid black;position:relative"><a style="position:absolute;top:2px;right:4px;font:normal normal normal 8pt arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:white" href="http://www.caissa.com/" target="_blank">Play Online Chess</a><iframe id="cwvif_1268782935" name="cwvif_1268782935" width="100%" height="100%" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><form id="cwvfm_1268782935" method="post" action="http://www.caissa.com/htbin/chessview" target="cwvif_1268782935"><input type="hidden" id="cwvpd_1268782935" name="data" value="" /></form></div><div id="cwvpg_1268782935" style="display:none">[Event "CDCL League: Division 3"]<br />[Site "?"]<br />[Date "2010.3.16"]<br />[Round "?"]<br />[White "Chris Pegler"]<br />[Black "Gordon Opie"]<br />[Result "1/2-1/2"]<br />[WhiteELO "?"]<br />[BlackELO "?"]<br /><br />%Created by Caissa's Web PGN Editor<br />1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 h6 3. g3 e6 4. Bg2 c6 5. O-O Be7 6. c3 {Starting to think of<br />how to develop the other side.} 6... Bd7 7. b4 {Wishing to deter his black<br />bishop. Did consider Ne5 instead. This continued to be an option for quite a<br />while} 7... b6 8. Qd3 Nf6 9. Nbd2 {Thinking to protect e-pawn in advance to<br />e4.} 9... O-O 10. e4 Nh7 11. a4 {Aiming to threaten black bishop while<br />developing my bishop and linking the rooks.} 11... Ng5 {Not worried about an<br />exchange as there are lots of options to take back. } 12. b5 Nxf3+ {Could tske<br />back with any of three. Decide to use Knight.} 13. Nxf3 g5 14. e5 {Thinking to<br />deter the advance of his f-pawn but not anticipating ...} 14... f5 {So could<br />take him en passant which really helps him with mobilising black bishop and<br />helps me not at all.} 15. Ba3 {Threatening his black bishop and backed with a<br />rook.} 15... Bxa3 16. Rxa3 {Now I start thinking of advancing the c-pawn to<br />allow rook and queen to work together. But how to protect the c-pawn? Let's<br />see ...} 16... Be8 17. Nd2 {So c-pawn protected by knight.} 17... h5 {Thinking<br />through the comibinations I would really like to break this wall on at g5 to<br />allow access to black king.} 18. f4 {If he does not take plan is to reinforce<br />with the knight.} 18... gxf4 19. gxf4 {That creates a nice view for me. But I<br />have to be careful because he's eyeing me up too.} 19... Qe7 {Precautionary.}<br />20. c4 {To link up rook and queen as per the earlier plan.} 20... Qg7 21. Qg3<br />{Happy with a queen exchange. He offers a draw which I accept. Its been a nice<br />game and for me that is a fine result. My plan had I continued would be to<br />retake with rook after queen exchange and then move the knight to g5 and start<br />threatening some damage. } 1/2-1/2</div><script type="text/javascript">document.getElementById("cwvpd_1268782935").value=document.getElementById("cwvpg_1268782935").innerHTML;document.getElementById("cwvfm_1268782935").submit();</script><div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. 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You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-5321571595758696310?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266084228553734247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-68422877011485895702010-02-25T11:45:00.003Z2010-02-25T11:57:15.807ZResults of Tuesday 23/02/10 League Match - Away to Cov E<br />Board 1 - James - Lost<br />Board 2 - Roy - Win<br />Board 3 - Chris - Lost<br />board 4 - Joe - Draw<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. You need to be a RCC blog member to contribute, so if you would like an invitation please contact the secretary (see About Rugby Chess Club)<img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4081143489947196786-6842287701148589570?l=rugbychessclub.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02266084228553734247noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4081143489947196786.post-79106095656542269072010-02-25T10:18:00.005Z2010-02-25T10:31:50.466ZA good night for the first team on Tuesday!<br />There are/were 3 teams fighting for the Div 1 title Cov A, Nuneaton A and us. By beating Cov A 2.5 - 1.5 we put them out of the running and now we have a title decider against Nuneaton on March 16 at Nuneaton.<br /><br />With 11 games played the points are<br />Nuneaton A 16<br />Rugby A 15<br />Cov A 14<br /><br />So goal difference is irrelevant - we have to win, anything else and Nuneaton A win.<br /><br />Well done on Tuesday to John - win v Dave Ireland, Jonathan win v Ed Goodwin, Nalin draw (after being on the back foot) v Bob Holmes. I lost again to Mark Page who is definitely my current nemesis, but I have to say he played well.<br /><br />In the Div Cup Uni B are claiming the default but it doesn't make too much difference because again if we beat Uni A next week we win the Div cup award again.<div class="blogger-post-footer">This auromated digest has come to you from the Rugby Chess Club blog. Please visit the blog to comment or post your own message if you have something to add. 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