MALONE V MAGHERAFELT 30/11/2011

The result of tonight`s match was Malone 3 Magherafelt 2.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

ANDREW MARTIN VIDEO TUTORIAL Winning Ugly

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

FISHERWICK TOURNAMENT ROUND THREE

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

BCM VIDEO ONE

This is a video tutorial from the British Chess Magazine youtube channel.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

MALONE V FISHERWICK VIDEO CLIP

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

ULSTER CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 ROUND 5

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES 3

Michael will be pleased to know there are three training questions contained in the Rybka analysis from our game last night. One lesson from last night`s is; "Complacency is not good!"

League, BELFAST
Waters, Michael vs. Flanagan, Sam

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. c4 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nf6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Be2 Bg7 8. Be3 O-O 9. O-O Bd7 10. Rc1 a6 11. b3 Qa5 12. Kh1 Rfe8 13. f3 Rad8 14. Qd2 Nxd4 15. Bxd4 Bc6 16. Qe3 Rc8 17. Rfd1 Nd7 18. Bxg7 Kxg7 19. f4 Qc5 20. Qg3 Nf6 21. Bf3 Qe3 22. Re1 Qc5 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Ng8 25. e6 f6 26. Bd5 f5 27. Re5 Qa3 28. Rf1 Kh8 29. Re3 Nf6 30. Qe5 Kg8 31. h3 Qc5 32. Rg3 Nh5 33. Rg5 Ng7 34. Ne4 Qa5 35. Ng3 Bxd5 36. cxd5 Qc3 37. Nxf5 Qxe5 38. Nh6+ Kh8 39. Nf7+ Kg8 40. Nxe5 Rc5 41. Nd7 Ra5 42. Re5 Nf5 43. Rf2 Rc8 44. Kh2 Rc3 45. g4 Ne3 46. d6 Rxe5 47. Nxe5 exd6 48. e7 Rc8

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Proverbs 24:33
Yet a little sleep, a little slumber, a little folding of the hands to sleep:

MALONE V FISHERWICK 23/11/2011

The result of tonight`s match was Malone 1 Fisherwick 3
One remaining game will have to be adjudicated.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

ANDREW MARTIN VIDEO TUTORIAL No short cuts

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

FISHERWICK CHESS TOURNAMENT ROUND 2

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

ANDREW MARTIN VIDEO TUTORIAL Brilliancy Prize

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

STUDY POSITION 1

This is the first training position taken from Dvoretsky`s Analytical Manual.  He urges his readers to try playing this initial position from both sides against strong players, presumably a computer programme would do nicely. First as white then as black. 

He supplies about 12 pages of analysis on this position alone.  It is white to move.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

ANDREW MARTIN VIDEO TUTORIAL Not for scholars

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES 2

Move 14 White to play. Which is the best policy? prudence or over confidence? Is Rb1 better than Bh6? What does your chess engine say?

League, BELFAST
Flanagan, Sam vs. Annesley, Gareth

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -1

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Bc5 13. Qg4 g6 14. Bh6 Qxb2 15. Rab1 Qxa2 16. Bb5 a6 17. Bxd7+ Bxd7 18. Rxb7 Qc4 19. Qxc4 dxc4 20. Ng5 O-O-O 21. Rfb1 Bc6 22. Rxf7 Rd7 23. Rf6 Rhd8 24. h3 Rd1+ 25. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 26. Kh2 Bd4 27. Rxe6 Bd5 28. Re8+ Kd7 29. Rf8 Bxe5+ 30. f4 Bd6 31. Rf6 Rd2 32. Kg3 Rxg2+ 33. Kh4 Bb4

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Can we deduce from this being prudent is sometimes the best form of attack?

Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished

 

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LEARN FROM YOUR MISTAKES 1

This is a game at Sparring level against Rybka.  At move 22 the light started flashing for black. I could not find the correct move! Can you?

Sparring, BELFAST
Rybka 3 Human 1-cpu vs. FLANAGAN, SAM.

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +3

(black to move) 1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bg2 Nb6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. b4 a6 10. d3 Be6 11. Bd2 Qd7 12. Rc1 Bh3 13. Bxh3 Qxh3 14. Qb3 Rad8 15. Ne4 h6 16. Rxc6 bxc6 17. Rc1 Kh8 18. Nxe5 Nd5 19. Nxc6 f5 20. Nxd8 Rxd8 21. Nc5 f4 22. Nxa6 fxg3 23. fxg3 Bf6 24. e4 Bd4+ 25. Kh1 Rf8 26. Qd1 Rf2 27. Qg1 Rxd2 28. Rd1 Rxd1 29. Qxd1 Ne3 30. Qf3 Nf1 31. Qf8+ Kh7 32. Qf5+ Qxf5 33. exf5 Be5 34. a4 Ne3 35. b5 Nxf5 36. a5 Nd4 37. b6 cxb6 38. axb6 Nc6 39. b7 Nb8 40. Nxb8 Bxb8 41. d4 Kg6 42. Kg2 Kf5 43. Kf3 g5 44. Ke3 h5 45. Kd3 Bd6 46. Ke3 h4 47. gxh4 gxh4 48. h3 Bb8 49. Kd3 Kf4 50. Kc4 Kg3 51. Kc5 Kxh3 52. d5 Kg4 53. d6 h3 54. d7 Bc7 55. d8=Q Bxd8 56. b8=Q Be7+ 57. Kd5 Bh4 58. Ke4 Bg3 59. Qg8+ Kh4 60. Kf5 h2 61. Qh7#

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The first lesson you learn, is how to resist the temptation to smash your computer when you see what you have missed?

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

 

Options:
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Pawn promotion:
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	- Knight

ANDREW MARTIN VIDEO TUTORIAL King`s Indian

I will post these videos in the order they appeared on the YMChessmaster`s Channel.



Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

DANNY KING GAME LECTURE

This was a game Danny King used to illustrate the theme of one of his lectures on Playchess.com You had to find how black played from move 40.

2nd WTeam w, Ningbo CHN
Javakhishvili, L. (2472) vs. Wang Yu A (2380)

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h +5

Result: black won 1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. Bg2 Nb6 7. O-O Be7 8. d3 O-O 9. b3 Bg4 10. Bb2 Re8 11. Rc1 Bf8 12. Nd2 Qd7 13. Re1 Bh3 14. Bh1 Rab8 15. Nce4 f6 16. Nc5 Bxc5 17. Rxc5 Nd4 18. Rc1 c6 19. Ne4 Ne6 20. b4 Rbd8 21. a4 Nd5 22. Qb3 Kh8 23. b5 cxb5 24. axb5 f5 25. Nd2 Nd4 26. Bxd4 exd4 27. Nf3 Bg4 28. Nxd4 Nf4 29. e3 Nh3+ 30. Kf1 f4 31. gxf4 Nxf4 32. exf4 Qxd4 33. Re4 Bh3+ 34. Kg1 Qf6 35. Qd5 h6 36. Rxe8+ Rxe8 37. Qh5 Bd7 38. Be4 Qxf4 39. Rc2 g6 40. Qc5 Rxe4 41. dxe4 Qg4+ 42. Kf1 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Bh3+ 44. Kxh3 Qf3+ 45. Kh4 g5+ CHECK!

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Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

 

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Pawn promotion:
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FISHERWICK CHESS TOURNAMENT ROUND 1

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

LAST NIGHT`S GAME AGAINST GARETH; Where I went wrong!

Over confidence overtook me on move 14. It is too embarassing to show any more of the game!

http://gameknot.com/

8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h -1

(white to move) 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Ngf3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Bd3 Qb6 8. O-O cxd4 9. cxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 Qxd4 11. Nf3 Qb6 12. Qa4 Bc5 13. Qg4 g6

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Ecclesiastes 12:12 (1611 King James Bible)
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.

 

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Pawn promotion:
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TEST POST FOR GAME VIEWER

What do you think of this Michael?

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8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 a b c d e f g h 0

(black to move) 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5

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ANDREW MARTIN VIDEO TUTORIAL Spassky v Karpov

Ecclesiastes 12:12 (1611 King James Bible)
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.

ULSTER CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 ROUND 1

Ecclesiastes 12:12 (1611 King James Bible)
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.

UNOFFICIAL UCU LEAGUE TABLE

This is an UNOFFICIAL Ulster Chess League table 16/11/2011

Accuracy is not guaranteed. 

 Check the UCU website or Ballynafeigh site for official results and table.

Ecclesiastes 12:12 (1611 King James Bible)
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.

RVH RAVENS V MALONE RESULTS 15/11/2011

RVH  RAVENS 1.5         MALONE       3.5

G.ANNESLEY  1.0       S. FLANAGAN   0.0
S. LINTON        0.5       D. REUBEN        0.5
P.MORRISON   0.0       N. GREEN          1.0
M. TOAL           0.0       B. JAFFA            1.0
S.C. LOGAN     0.0       M. KELLY          1.0

Ecclesiastes 12:12 (1611 King James Bible)
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.

CHESS PUZZLE TEST POST

This was posted to see if it works or not. It is supposed to automatically load a new puzzle every day. It seems if you click on the board you will see it in a bigger window.

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Ecclesiastes 12:12 (1611 King James Bible)
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.

USEFUL TOOL FOR CHESS BLOGS AND ULSTER CHAMPIONS!

Here is how it is done! The difficult part is doing it!

iCHESS VIEWER

ARMENIAN CHESS STORY

From the Guardian
Armenia makes chess compulsory in schools

ANDREW MARTIN VIDEO TUTORIAL Staunton Gambit

Ecclesiastes 12:12 (1611 King James Bible)
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.

MALONE 0.5 BALLYNAFEIGH ANGELS 4.5

ULSTER CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 ROUND 2

Ecclesiastes 12:12 (1611 King James Bible)
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.

MALONE CHESS TEAM

The purpose of the site is to record the games and results of Malone Chess Team and Ulster Chess in general.

ULSTER CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2011 ROUND 1

Ecclesiastes 12:12 (1611 King James Bible)
And further, by these, my sonne, be admonished: of making many bookes there is no end, and much studie is a wearinesse of the flesh.