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

Play chess online

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.