W/C 14/10/24 – Week 3 of the league season

Week 3 saw the debut of the first team on Wednesday 16th, having had their first game rearranged. The 1st team captain Matt, has provided an excellent overview of proceedings in a good win over Loughborough 1:
https://ansteychessclub.co.uk/2024/10/17/loughborough-1-2-3-anstey-1/

On the same night, Anstey’s 5th team travelled to Market Harborough’s 4th team in division 5. There was a debut for Glynn Jehu, who scored a win, alongside Ted, Curtis and captain Oskar scoring some excellent wins. The blemishes on the night were Ken and Swetark – Ken, in his own words, ran in to time trouble in a complicated position where tactics were possible but he didn’t believe they were on.

Thursday’s events led to another debut – this time young Sophie made her debut for the club for the 3rd team at home to the University’s 1st team. Expecting a strong line-up, El Presidente was surprised to receive a call from the visiting captain that they only had 3 players. Opting to sit out, El Presidente watched over Mick play well but got one move wrong and ultimately lost out to their star player – a 1900 on board 1. Sophie on board two scored a solid draw against their captain (winning us the match), and with board 3 defaulted, Dami on board 4 effectively secured the points for the 3rd team with a good win against a debutant for the University.