HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE

SHORT VIDEO OF TODAY`S BLITZ TOURNAMENT

BALLYNAFEIGH BLITZ

Don`t forget the Blitz tournament at Ballynafeigh tomorrow.  It is due to start at 12 noon.
Who will turn out to be the Ulster Blitz Champion?

Ecc 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.

SHE COULD HAVE MADE IT FOR FREE

What about this wee girl making a "music video" and paying chess players to take part in it?
Here is the appeal for chess players.

She could have come to the Ulster Bank Club, which is the venue of BSI or she could have come to Ballynafeigh Chess Club and the video would have bee made for free!

There is one born very minute.

Here is her video.

These women drove King Saul insane with jealousy with their music and singing. 
1 Samuel 18:6+7
6. And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of musick.
7. And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.

THE PLAN FOR ROOKIE`S RETURN

Suggestions, hints, pleas and gentle coaxing have been given to "Rookie" AKA Martin Kelly to take over the running of the BSI website.  It is well known Martin has a treasure trove of archives from old Irish News Columns which would be interesting to see published.

Hopefully Rookie will set about the task in 2014.

Ecc 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.

ABBRIEVIATION

From now on I will be using the term BSI 1 to describe "Belfast South International."  

Any subsequent teams will be designated BSI 2 and so on.
It saves time doing it this way.

1 Cor 7:29 But this I say, brethren, the time is short:

THE NAIVE WORLD OF ULSTER CHESS

Quite a lot of heated and amusing discussion is talking place on various Ulster Chess websites about the league format and other related matters.

However a quick perusal of a few of the latest news items regarding government funding sheds a whole new light on the Ulster Chess scene.  As you can see from the two news reports below, millions of pounds of government funding has been lavished on certain sporting set-ups, yet Ulster Chess gets nothing!

Irish Football Association gets £31 million. ????????
There is more!
Gaelic Athletic Association gets £61 million. ????????

Ulster Chess gets ZERO ??????????????????????

For the benefit of overseas readers I must point out that the local N.Ireland government is well known for lavishing large sums of money on undeserving and useless enterprises.  

Even worse, there are a large number of useless individuals who are termed "Community Representatives,"  or "Community Activists," or even "Community Workers" who are plied with large sums of money just to keep them happy.

Most of these "Community Representatives" are too daft to play chess and have no interest in playing chess.  What they do have is the expertise to intimidate and shakedown the government into providing them with cash.

The video clip below provides a satirical snapshot of the character exhibited by some of these "Community Activists."
Luke Back In Anger.

If "Uncle Andy" started "The Knee-breakers Chess Club,"  "Red Hand Luke" started "The Red Hand Chess Club" and "Pastor Begbie" started the "Begbie Bishops Chess Club,"  they would be receiving government funding from all sources.

Pastor Begbie

Within a short space of time they would be the most well funded chess clubs in the whole of the UK.  Within a couple of years the Ulster Chess Union would be the most prosperous Chess Union in the whole of the UK or even the whole of Europe!

The whole matter can be summed up like this;

The people who know how to shake down the government do not know how to play chess and furthermore have no interest in playing chess BUT the people who do know how to play chess do not know how to shake down the government!

2 Samuel 13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

BANGOR

Just found out last night that Bangor Chess Club has a Facebook page. Here is the link to it. 

For those who are not from N.Ireland, you may like to know that Bangor is classified as one of  those, "British picturesque sea-side towns."

It is situated in North Down which is one of the most desirable areas of the country.

Being N.Ireland, it will come as no surprise to find out Bangor Chess Club is not situated in Bangor, it is actually situated in Groomsport, a slightly smaller, "British picturesque sea-side town."

Ecc 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.

TONIGHT`S RESULT

Here is a short video clip taken just before the match started. My game with Paul was last finished so I never had the chance to film anymore.

The result of tonight`s postponed match was;
South Belfast 2  Bangor 3

South Belfast were fortunate to scrape two points, the defeat could have been heavier. Paul McLaughlin graciously offered me a draw when I had only seconds left on the clock.

Still two hard matches left to play, the first against Ballynafeigh 1 and the second is a re-arranged game against Lindores.  Both matches are at home so Belfast South face 6 whites against four whites to finish the first half of the season.

Rookie will be publishing  a full report of tonight`s match some time tomorrow.

Ecc 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.

LOOKING FOR A PRESENT FOR SOMEONE OR YOURSELF?

If you want to buy a present for Danny Mallaghan or Cahal Murphy you could try this. They both have been playing the Accelerated Dragon, I came across Cahal playing it last night during the South Belfast Monday tournament.

Personally speaking I have found this series by Victor Bologan very useful for learning to play the Open Sicilian as white.  There is a lot of work involved you should be warned but the three videos probably lessens the workload considerably.

Ecc 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.

FAMOUS CHESSPLAYING MOTHER

His Ma is now more famous than he is, thanks to the Ballynafeigh blog.  She plays for Ballynafeigh 3.

Ecc 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.

BEST GAME PRIZE

It has now been decided to award a "best game" prize to one of the players in the Monday night tournament.

1 Cor 9:25 And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.

NAME CHANGE

Belfast South has now changed it`s name. The new name is "Belfast South International", or "BS Inter."

Rev 7:9 After this I beheld, and, lo, a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues, stood before the throne, and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes, and palms in their hands;

BELFAST SOUTH V BANGOR

Last night`s scheduled match against Bangor was cancelled.

Nh4 OR Nxe5 ???????????????

Danny King is now up to number 17 in his, "What happens next?" series. 
He could make it harder by not giving any options.
What would you decide here?

Joel 3:14 Multitudes, multitudes in the valley of decision: for the day of the Lord is near in the valley of decision.

PAGE STATS FOR THE LAST MONTH

This is the page statistics for the last month taken from the Google template dashboard.

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.

TONIGHT`S MATCH WAS DRAWN

The match between Lagan and S.Belfast ended in a draw.

Bd1 J Nicholson           R Devenney     Draw 
Bd2 S Moore               S Flanagan       Draw 
Bd3 G Harvey              B McClean       1   0 
Bd4 D Jackson             J  Bryars           0  1
Bd5 W Storey              B Jaffa              Draw

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.

BELFAST S. V CIVIL SERVICE 24/10/2013

Tonight`s match result was;
Belfast South 3 Civil Service 2

Bd1 R Devenny     M Newman      Draw
Bd2 S Flanagan     D McCallister 1- 0
Bd3 J McKenna    A Burns            0-1
Bd4 D Reuben      D Ferguson       Draw
Bd5 N Green        G Hindley         1-0

Friendly Rated Games.
Bd6 J Bryars  A Dornford- Smith  1-0
Bd7 M Kelly  P Storey                  1-0

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 HAVE A WEBSITE

Fisherwick Chess Club now have a website.  
Here is the link.

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.

FIRST LEAGUE MATCH

Tonight`s result. A very exciting finish on board 3 decided the match, both players fought until the end, sadly one had to loose. 
Ballynafeigh/B 2 Belfast South 3 

This is the position from my game with Damien.  Black to move, sadly black missed Cunning Plan A and had to settle for Cunning Plan D, according to Rybka analysis.

Samuel 20:3 And David sware moreover, and said, Thy father certainly knoweth that I have found grace in thine eyes; and he saith, Let not Jonathan know this, lest he be grieved: but truly as the Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, there is but a step between me and death.

AUTUMN TOURNAMENT COMMENCES 21st OCTOBER

The S.Belfast Autumn tournament will commence on Monday 21st October 2013.

This is a weekly flexible tournament similar to that of the Civil Service Summer Tournament. Players may play up to  a maximum of 20  but a minimum  of 10 games is required to qualify for a prize.

Regardless of the overall number of games 2 must be played within the last 3 weeks to be considered for prizes.   Players will be grouped into grading bands according to the latest UCU ratings list.  As far as practicable but not exclusively, pairings will be made within grading bands.

There will be a first prize of £60 and £40 to the runner up based on players overall % score. There will also a grading prize for each band to the player with the best percentage score.

Venue:             The Bankers Club 29- 31 Malone Road Belfast

Dates:            Monday 21 October  - 16 December 2013 
                      Monday 6 January  - 17 March 2014
   
Time:            7.30pm – 10.30pm ( 1 hr 30 mins per clock)

Entry Fee:    £25 to non-club members and those club members only wishing to play in the tournament .
Cheques made payable to Belfast South Chess Club and given to the Controller or David Ruben.

Further information and entries  to the Controller Neil Green  Mobile : 07977216868  or  Email: neildonard@yahoo.co.uk

Players are advised that in the event of a dispute games will be adjourned for adjudication and may be referred to the UCU for arbitration.

Proverbs 25:8 Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.

HOW TO DESTROY THE CARO KAN?

This was just posted on Chess Club Live. Very  useful for e4 players.

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.

LINDORES CHESS CLUB

Lindores Chess Club have an impressive new website.

I suspect it is run by a REAL Journalist.

DO YOU WANT AN AMBUSH FOR THE NEW CHESS SEASON?

The Albin Counter-gambit, this is a great video well worth watching.

Joshua 8:9 Joshua therefore sent them forth: and they went to lie in ambush, and abode between Bethel and Ai, on the west side of Ai: but Joshua lodged that night among the people.

NEW LOCATION

The South Belfast Chess Club has now officially re-located to the  Ulster Bank Club on the Malone Road.

The club is very grateful to the Agape center for providing their superb facilities for the last season.

It is intended to commence the Monday Night Tournament on 21st October.

The fixture list for the coming season is available on the Ballynafeigh site.
An overview of the league teams is also available on the Gossip page.
Gossip Page.

David McCalister has provided an in-depth analysis of the coming season on the NI Chess blog.

2 Sam 13:3 But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.

PRIZE GIVING AND HANDICAP FUN TOURNAMENT

Tonight will finish off the Summer tournament with a Handicap Fun Tournament and the prizes will be presented at the end of the night.

Here is the video clip of some of the night`s events.

It has been a very enjoyable and well run tournament at a very appropriate venue.

The results can be found on the UCU site via this link.

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.

JUST WHAT I AM LOOKING FOR

Must buy this soon, looks very useful. Here is a sample.

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.

FIRST MEETING 2013/14

The first meeting of the 2013/14 season took place last night in the Ulster Bank Club.
A number of matters were raised and speedily dealt with, the whole meeting was completed in less than 30 minutes.
The agreed future developments will be publicized when accomplished.

The next meeting will be Monday 30th September at the Ulster Bank Club. This should also commence the club season.

Non members and associates are welcome.

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.

TACTICS

Chessbase are using this video clip to promote one of their latest Chess DVD`s.  It is pretty impressive.

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.

SHORT VIDEO CLIP OF UCU 2013 CHAMPIONSHIP

Here is a video clip of the last round of the 2013 tournament at the Europa Hotel.
Congratulations to all prizewinners.
I will post the names of the winners when they are officially published.

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.

VERY SAD STORY

The details are found on Chessbase.com

Heb 9:27 And as it is appointed unto men once to die,

LOL

I WAS CONNED

This is my game against my Fisherwick team mate Ian Woodfield. It was played on Wednesday night.
My opponent did not play his usual KIA commencing 1.Nf3.
I expected an open Sicilian with 3.d4
On move 23 I made a mistake which my opponent seized upon.

During the whole game I felt very uneasy as I had been lured into a setup I was unfamilar with.  As a result I used up a lot of time. The last few moves are not recorded as I was in the last 5 minutes.

A nice win for Ian Woodfield, well played Ian.
Now I will have to ask Andrew Martin to bring out a DVD showing the best way to combat the King`s Indian Attack via an unexpected move order.

The moral of the story is; Beware of Ian Woodfield!

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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.

ULSTER CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 2013

The Ulster Chess Championships will be stage in just a few weeks time at the Europa Hotel. 24th, 25th, 26th August.

No doubt George Clooney and Jessica Alba are hard at work preparing for the event.

 Here is a picture of the venue.

Here is a video from Ulster Chess Championships 2011
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.

LATEST RAPID PLAY

Here is a short video clip of the latest Ballynafeigh Rapid Play.

CHESS FEATURE ARCHIVE FROM GERMAN TV

Think this was made a few years ago.

Proverbs 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

FIDE RATING LIST?

What is going on with the FIDE rating list? My rating has been removed and so has a couple of others.
Michael has just informed me they no longer have Ireland listed as a country? Anyone know? lol lol lol

Ecc 10:19 A feast is made for laughter, and wine maketh merry: but money answereth all things.

MORE ON CHEATING AND DUTCH DEFENCE

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.

BIT OF A USEFUL COINCIDENCE

This is very convenient video, I have just started looking at this defence using the book by Nigel Davies.

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.

BALLYNAFEIGH RAPID PLAY 25/6/2013

A short video clip of  Tuesday`s Rapid Play tournament. Congratulations to all the prize winners.

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.

SUMMER TOURNAMENT VIDEO CLIP

Here is a short video clip of the ongoing 2013 UCU Summer Tournament at the Ulster Bank club.

WHAT WOULD SOLOMON DO?

This matter seems to be causing great perplexity in the chess world.  Here is Andrew Martin`s view on the matter.

How do you think Solomon would sort this problem out?

1 Kings 3:25 And the king said, Divide the living child in two, and give half to the one, and half to the other.

A. MARTIN TRIBUTE TO LOTHER SCHMID

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.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO TRY THIS?

This is a very entertaining video tutorial. Someone may find it useful.

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.

SUMMER TOURNAMENT COMMENCES THIS WEEK

The 2013 summer tournament commences on Wednesday 15th May.  It will be at a new venue, the Bankers Club at 31 Malone Road.

All the details are on the UCU site.

GAME OF THE MONTH FOR MAY

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.

FRONT PAGE STORY

A chess story has made the front page of the Limerick Chronicle. Unfortunately it is about suspected "chess cheating."
It will be interesting to see how this unfolds.

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 GAME OF THE SEASON

Fisherwick 3 BSCC 2

And so the curtain comes down on the UCU 2012/13 season with a win for Fisherwick against their former sister club Malone, now BSCC.

For the second match in a row, Fisherwick stumble over the winning line against an understrength BSCC,having previously had a scare v Ballynafeigh 2 weeks ago. Martin Kelly remains undefeated against Fisherwick drawing again for the 3rd time.

John Masterson blunders a whole rook when he looked like winning his game and resigns immediately,  Gavin Fong, the exchange up, gambles by giving the exchange back again in an attempt to push his passed pawn but miscalculates and cedes the draw.  

The umbrella man, Ian Woodfield has a comfortable win and so to the final game on 1,with the match tied at 2-2 John Cairns isn't having it easy but finally crashes thru his opponents stubborn resistance by sac,ing a rook for a troublesome bishop thus securing the win and completing an undefeated season for Fisherwicks Invincibles.

Bd1 J.Cairns 1 D.Ruben 0
Bd2 J.Masterson 0 B.Jaffa 1 
Bd3 G.Fong 0.5 J.Bryars 0.5 
Bd4 J.Bradley 0.5 M.Kelly 0.5 
Bd5 I.Woodfield 1 S.Critchlow 0

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.

GENUINE DRAW WITH RYBKA

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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.

WORTH WATCHING

Andrew Martin  has posted these two videos as a tribute to Robert Byrne who has recently died.  They are both worth watching.

 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.

DVD SAMPLE

Here is a sample tutorial from the English Opening by Nigel Davies. It is a Chessbase DVD.

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.

BSCC LATEST RESULT 11/3/2013

Dennis provides the details.
The latest result was;  BSCC 3  GROOMSPORT 2
Last three games produced exciting finishes.

Bd1 R.Devenney 1 A.McConnell 0

Bd2 G.McCormick 0.5 P.McGuigan 0.5

Bd3 D.Ruben 0 P.McLoughlin 1

Bd4 N.Green 0.5 W.McGrattan 0.5

Bd5 M.Kelly 1 W.Wilson 0

Tied at 2-2, with just Rays game to finish,,Ray has a small material advantage, but 'blunders' a piece, then engineers a lovely swindle to turn the tables again, delivering a crushing win with less than 2 minutes on both clocks
Here is the first video clip showing the clocks being started before the Groomsport team arrived.

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.

THIS IS IN RESPONSE TO A BEGGING LETTER

The following report is in response to a begging email I received earlier in the week. It relates to the recent E2E4 tournament in Dublin.

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THE "JOYCE"OF SPRING

At Easter in Dublin, Martin Kelly(Belfast South) followed up his 4/6 in the Gonzaga Under-1800s with 5/6 in the e2e4 Under-1750 Major.
He was unbeaten in the 9 round event.After a first round travelling bye, Kelly was full of the "joyce"of spring after a difficult draw with
Stephen Joyce.After a win and draw in the next two rounds,he was able to "waltz"past Cathal Walsh in Round Five in the game below:

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In Round Six on Board Two,joint leader Ronan Murphy was "groanin' " after losing to Kelly in a swashbuckling,sacrificial game, not for the fainthearted.

The final round saw Kelly on Board One face last year's winner,Bulgarian Atanis Kouthev, nicknamed "Attack"or "Attila the Hun",who was a half point clear and needed only a draw to win. 

Kelly remembered losing on Board Two in the last round at Gonzaga but knew a win this time would get him a first prize of 400 Euros. Instead,he chickened out with a Grandmaster draw to finish second.

What would you have done in the position below? 

Answers on a postcard to……………………….ROOKIE. 

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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.

LATEST REULTS 4/3/2013

BS had a good win against Shorts. There are now 2 games left and it looks like BS and Lagan are fighting it out for 3rd place.

Shorts 1.5 BSCC 3.5

Bd1 M.Newman 0.5 S.Morgan 0.5
Bd2 R.Harris 0.5 R.Devenney 0.5
Bd3 P.McNaughton 0.5 G.McCormick 0.5
Bd4 S.McConaghy 0 J.Bryars 1
Bd5 R.Stafford 0 D.Ruben 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.

4 KNIGHTS VIDEO TUTORIAL

Here is a sample video of  a latest Chessbase release.

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.

ANOTHER CHESS BLOG AND REPORT ON MONDAY`S TOURNAMENT

Here is a link to David McCallister`s chess blog.  It has a detailed report of Monday`s Rapid play tournament.

David also reveals the story about George Clooney and Jessica Alba was an "April Fool" hoax.

I did suspect quite a few MSM people were fooled, but they will never admit it.  The information on the Ballynafeigh site seems to confirm this, if you can believe all it says??

Guess what? George Clooney has made it abundantly clear he will be nowhere near N.Ireland in August, he will be in Canada instead.

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.

UCU RAPIDPLAY RESULTS

Yesterday`s Rapid play results are now available on the UCU website. The winner was my Fisherwick team mate John Masterson. 

The runner up was my fellow Carl Frampton fan, Danny Mallaghan. Looks like there was a good turn out of 31 competitors for the event.

Here is the link to the UCU site.

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.

SBCC UPDATE

Neil Green has just circulated this email for SBCC members and supporters.
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Hi Everyone

Wishing you a happy Easter and my congratulations to the inaugural Club Tournament winners : Sam Flanagan ,Cathal Murphy and Philip Morrison on their performance. Also thanks to all those players ( 21 in total) who participated in the event and to Drew Ferguson from the Ulster Chess Union who kept the results updated on-line.

As a number of players are interested in continuing the spirit of the event during April (and while the Club is in contention for the Silver Kings Trophy) the Club will open at 7.30pm on Monday nights from 8 − 29 April for anyone wishing to play.

As April will end Belfast South Chess Club's calendar for 2012-2013 I would especially like to thank Martin Kelly for organising the Club's team and David Ruben for managing our finances. 

I would also like to propose a meeting for  members and supporters on Tuesday 30 April at 8pm in the Wellington Park Hotel. This will give an opportunity to hear how the the Club has progressed and help shape its future development. If you are unable to attend but would like your views included please let me know by email.

Regards

Neil Green

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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.

WHAT AN AMAZING COINCIDENCE

One of my "dog walking friends" has lately taken to playing chess.  He just happens to be a local actor!  I thought he must have ulterior motives, perhaps he had been offered a role in a drama or a movie involving chess? He insists there is no ulterior motive he just finds it interesting.

This is the drama series in which he plays the role of  "The Stranger."  It was made by BBC but has not been shown yet. COAST

He and his wife were thrilled when I told them George Clooney and yer woman was wanting to play chess in Belfast. Though they found it hard to believe the rules cannot be changed just for some movie stars.

Matt is a Manchester United fanatic.

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.

UCU RAPID PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Ballynafeigh will be the host for The Ulster Chess Union who will hold its annual rapid play championships this year on Monday.

The clock time of the event is 25 minutes a player, when your time is gone so are you! 

Start time will be 12 noon entry fee £10 as an official UCU one day tournament entry is half price to any UCU members that are either female or under the age of 18.

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Looks like Damien has not yet posted the details of the Emergency meeting to resolve the "Celebrity problem." I am sure he will do so before Monday.

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I have just discovered a video clip of a Rapid play game from 2009

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.

LATEST RESULT 28/03/2013

Last night`s home game against Lagan was a 4 1 defeat.  

A weakened SBCC team saw their hopes of runner up position severely damaged.

 

G McCormick  1 J Nicholson 0

J Bryars 0 T Esmonde 1 

N Green 0 P May 1

C Murphy 0 S Moore 1

S Critchlow 0 C Kelly 1

 

At Groomsport Fisherwick won 3.5  against Groomsport`s 1.5

 

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.

BIG DEAL?

Apparently a couple of  "movie actors" want to play chess in the 2013 Ulster Championship, according to the Ballynafiegh website.

Overseas readers should  note it is not a big deal for "movie stars" to  be in N.Ireland, they make movies here continually so nobody is very impressed when they see any of these characters.

The Ulster Championship usually takes place in the Europa Hotel in August.  I cannot really see the UCU changing the rules to let a couple of "actors" take part, can you?  After all, "actors" spend their lives appearing to be what they are not, they are the experts at "deception."  Potential candidates for chess cheating I would  have thought?

Nevertheless here is as video clip of the Ulster Chess Championship from 2011 staged in the Europa Hotel, it will give you a flavour of the annual event.  I have to apologize for the shaky camera at the start, I had only just got the thing and was learning how to work it.

UPDATE, I have just informed Nuala McKeever about this, she was talking about some guy called George Clooney a few weeks ago.

Matt 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

The final round of SBCC Monday night tournament was played tonight.  It was decided part of the prize fund should be donated to this worthy cause.

"A PLAYER IN NEED"

The prizewinners were;
1st Sam Flanagan
2nd Cahal Murphy
3rd Phillip Morrison

SBBC would like to thank all those who took part in the tournament and a particular thanks to Neil Green for organizing everything so well.

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.
 

LATEST RESULT FROM 19/3/2013

Ballynafeigh International 2.5 BSCC 2.5

Honours even at B/nafeigh, a very creditable result for BSCC who were outrated overall, just a pity David Ruben couldn't get the draw in the final game to finish which would have secured the win for BSCC

 
Bd1 D.Houston 0.5 S.Morgan 0.5 

Bd2 D.Cunningham 0.5 G.McCormick 0.5

Bd3 K.Kruk 1 D.Ruben 0

Bd4 I.Bujak 0.5 M.Kelly 0.5, 

Bd5 I.Kilpatrick 0 CJ.Murphy 1

A GAME FROM THE RECENT NIGEL SHORT SIMUL

Here is William Storey`s game against Nigel Short. William is a member of the Lagan chess club.  The game was published on their website.

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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.

EDDIE WHITESIDE TRIBUTE

The UCU website has a tribute to Eddie Whiteside who sadly passed away in the past week.  

BSCC extend deepest sympathy to Eddie`s family and Bangor Chess Club at their sad loss.

Eddie Whiteside in a recent photo

Eddie Whiteside 1961

Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

LATEST RESULT 14/03/2013

The latest BSCC result was;

 BSCC 0.5 Fisherwick 4.5 

Dennis provided the details.

A seriously understrength home team were no match for the runaway league leaders Fisherwick.  Once again,Martin Kelly saved the whitewash for the second time against Fisherwick with a spirited draw and Dennis put up brave resistance against a much stronger opponent but alas couldn`t hold out in the face of superior technique.

Bd1 John Bryars 0 M.Waters 1
Bd2 David Ruben 0 J.Cairns 1
Bd3 Bernard Jaffa 0 C.Ormerod 1
Bd4 Martin Kelly 0.5 S.Flanagan 0.5
Bd5 Dennis Wilkinson 0 J.Bradley 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.

FURTHER COVERAGE OF NIGEL SHORT`S CHESS EVENT

Further coverage of Nigel Short`s chess event can be found at the following links.

Ballynafeigh Chess Club

Ulster Chess Union

Proverbs 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

GAME FROM A SIMUL DISPLAY

Andrew Martin has just uploaded a game from a simul display featuring Mikhal Tal.

NIGEL SHORT; BELFAST CITY CENTER 6/3/2013

A big thank you and congratulations to the UCU and Nigel Short for arranging this splendid chess exhibition last night.  

Well done also to INST for providing the venue and  BBC N.Ireland for providing a short live coverage of the event.

Interestingly the local BBC covered the chess simul as both a news item AND a sports item!

Here is the video footage which I filmed.  
The result was; Nigel Short 28  UCU 0

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.

DON`T FORGET NIGEL SHORT TOMORROW NIGHT

The Nigel Short simulatneous exhibition will take place tomorrow night at Inst in Belfast City Center.  I am looking forward to seeing this, as I have never saw a simultaneous display before.

Wonder if there will be any controversies??
Hopefully the MSM will cover the event.   Must let Nuala McKeever know, maybe she could come along and cover it for the Belfast Telegraph??

It will be in the Common room and starts at 6.45 pm. Should be over by about 7.30 pm lol lol

I have just informed Nuala via the comment section on her Belfast Telegraph column, no doubt she will be there!

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/nuala-mckeever/pope-george-has-my-blessing-29106589.html

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.

AN UNEXPECTED TURN OF EVENTS

BSCC is presently second place in the first division. This is most unexpected development for a new Chess club which is less than a year old.
The latest result was a win against Bombardier in last night`s game.  Dennis has provided the result, details and pictures.

BSCC 3.5 Shorts 1.5

BSCC make 'short' work of their opponents and have now won their first 3 matches in the second half of their campaign in Division 1 Can they maintain this form to mount a serious challenge to the runaway leaders Fisherwick?? 

Time will tell with 2 head to head matches between them to come,although it would seem that Fisherwick have such a huge points lead that it may be impossible to haul them in.

Bd1 Stephen Morgan 1 M.Newman 0

Bd2 Ray Devenney 0.5 R.Harris 0.5

Bd3 Graham McCormick 0.5 P.McNaughton 0.5

Bd4 David Ruben 1 S.McConaghy 0

Bd5 Neil Green 0.5 R.Stafford 0.5

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.

LAGAN v BSCC

The result of tonight`s match was a surprising win for BSCC.
LAGAN 1.5   BSCC  3.5  Dennis provides the details and comments.


BSCC sink Lagan CC at Belfast Boat Club ..... Lagan 1.5 BSCC 3.5

Bd1 J.Nicholson 0.5 Ray Devenney 0.5

Bd2 G. Heathwood 0 G McCormick 1

Bd3 C.Kelly 0.5 J.Bryars 0.5

Bd4 C.Armstrong 0 D.Ruben 1

Bd5 W.Storey 0.5 B.Jaffa 0.5
Interesting stats, there were 4 Doctors,1 dentist and 1 church minister among both teams...the rule re; all mobile phones must be switched off during play was breached wen Dr. Armstrong`s phone rang,,normally that game would be forfeited,,but Dr.C.Kelly, Lagans captain, requested BSCC to waive that rule as Dr.Armstrong was on call..no problem,,,waived.

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.