Wednesday 29 February 2012

BALLYNAFEIGH ANGELS V MALONE

The result of tonight`s match was Ballynafeigh 4 Malone 0 with one game to be adjudicated.


This result was initially reported as 4 1, it was  a mistake on my behalf, it has now been corrected.  Some of the board orders are wrong too, I will correct them later. My team captain has just phoned me to put things in order!




D.Houston   S.Flanagan  1 0
S.Scannell   D.Reuben To be adjudicated
Calum Leitch  N.Green  1 0
D.Mallaghan   B.Jaffa    1 0
D. Cunningham  J.Bryars 1 0


Ballynafeigh Rascals were also playing Lagan at the same venue, Ballynafeigh Community Development Center. I never found out result of that match.



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.

Monday 27 February 2012

E2E4 CHESS

Martin Kelly was talking about his lately. Now Chessbase has publicized the enterprise and highlighted the E2E4 website. Looks like there is lots of interesting tournaments.


It means N.Ireland players can obtain a FIDE grading without being members of FIDE lol lol lol lol.


Does not help me much as I do not play on Sundays, which means I am 2 games down right away! Still, a few days in London or Dublin with cheap accomodation may be nice!


Crown Plaza London


Here is the details of the Dublin event.


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.

CHESS KING

Just downloaded and installed this programme after reading about it on Alexandra Kosteniuk`s site. 


There was no problems with the download or install.  A Facebook page is available.  It will take me a few days to get used to this new game.




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.

Saturday 25 February 2012

YOU GET MURDERED IN YOUR BED?

Andrew Martin seems to use a Shipyard type of black humour in this DVD tutorial when describing the need for quick development.  


The consequences of not doing so could lead you,  "to be murdered in your bed!"

He is looking at this opening.  I have this book on it.





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.

Thursday 23 February 2012

BEATING THE SICILIAN 3 PART DVD SERIES

Chessbase has a review article on a 3 part DVD series by Viktor Bologan.  As I already have these DVD`s I can assure you they are very instructive and enjoyable.



This describes the basic premise for all profitable education and learning.

Isaiah 28:9,10
9 Whom shall he teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breasts.
10 For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:

Wednesday 22 February 2012

MALONE V BOMBARDIER 22/02/2012

Both these games will be taking place at the same venue tonight.

Malone 4 V Bombardier 1
S. Flanagan        M. Newman 1-0
G.McCormick   P. McNaughton 1/2 1/2
D.Reuben          R. Harris   1-0
N.Green            S. McConaghy 1/2  1/2
J.Bryars             R.Stafford  1-0


Fisherwick 3 V Ballynafeigh Angels 2
Ballynafeigh`s first defeat of the season.



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.

Tuesday 21 February 2012

STUDY POSITION 2

This is from a game I played earlier against Rybka Sparring. Black has just played Kh7 then the light started flashing for white. I failed to find the recommended move and the received the,  "Rybka missed something award!" 



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.

FRENCH DEFENCE

Over the last few days I have watched a very interesting lecture on Playchess by Merijan Van Delft on the French Defence 3.Nc3


Here is a lecture by Nigel Davies on the French 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.


Thursday 16 February 2012

VIDEO CLIP OF WEDNESDAY`S FISHERWICK v MALONE MATCH


XTREME CHESS

This is on the Chessbase 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.

Wednesday 15 February 2012

FISHERWICK V MALONE 15/02/2012

The result of tonight`s match is Fisherwick 4.5   Malone 0.5
Malone only managed to field 3 players, consequently it was a very bad result.


FISHERWICK  v  MALONE
M.Waters              S.Flanagan  1/2   1/2
J.Cairns                 D.Reuben    1      0
R.Devenney          M.Kelly       1      0
Board 4                                     1      0
Board 5                                     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.

Friday 10 February 2012

BIG CHESS NEWS

This is from Chessbase. Apparently it is breaking news.


This is the guy featured in the article. He sounds like a very interesting person?




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.

Thursday 9 February 2012

ULSTER CHESS UNION ARCHIVES

I have just been looking at the Ulster Chess Union Archives on the re-vamped site. 
It is very interesting.



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.

VIDEO CLIP OF LAST NIGHT`S MATCH



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.

LOL




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.

Wednesday 8 February 2012

SECOND STAGE OF CHESS LEAGUE STARTS TONIGHT

The result of tonight`s match is below.


MALONE  1/2   Vs  B/FEIGH ANGELS 4 1/2


S. Flanagan               D.Houston   0-1 (I self destructed in a brief moment of insanity)


G.McCormick            S.Scannell  0-1
D.Reuben                   C.Leitch     0-1
N.Green                     D.Malahgan 1/2 1/2
J.Bryars                      D.Cunningham 0-1


Chessbase.com are now advertising this particular book. Pity I had not seen it before the game!



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

Wednesday 1 February 2012

ALI BABBA AND THE 40 THIEVES HAVE A FACEBOOK PAGE

Brian "ALI BABBA" Callaghan owes me the price of 6 nights accomadation. He is a blatant thief, don`t be fooled by the OBE.


Here is a link to his Facebook page. They seem to have removed my comments.
ALI BABBA OBE


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.

A PROVIDENTIAL RESPITE

Fortunately for me there are no games scheduled at the moment.  


I have been driven up the walls with repair work taking place around my house. 


This video clip was taken on Sunday when the work was left off. Hopefully it is finished today. A very careful study of providence shows timing is everything!


It is difficult to study or concentrate with all the racket going on.


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.