W/C 4/11/24 – Week 6

In another busy week for the club (and the captains!), 3 teams were in action – the 2nd team, the 6th team (both at Market Harborough!), and the 4th team.

The second team paid a visit to Market Harborough’s second team, and non-playing captain on the night Boris has written an excellent report:
https://ansteychessclub.co.uk/2024/11/06/anstey-2-prevails-in-decisive-4-1-victory-over-market-harborough-2/

The next night, the 6th team visited Market Harborough’s 4th team in division 5. Anstey fielded a young, but very capable team but ultimately narrowly lost 2.5-1.5. Some good results were achieved, notably a good win for Swetark on board 4, and an excellent draw achieved by William on board 3. Captain Rudy lost to Rene Butler, and Alfie lost to the evergreen and ever-nice-bloke Robert Mills.

Finally, the 4th team rounded off the week with a home match at Wigston 6. Having stood aside for others to play the week before, El Presidente was looking forward to playing a game. His hopes were dashed when the visiting captain revealed that they were a player short, and, unselfishly, allowed the others to play. Already one up, Theo won quickly against his opponent who seemed new to OTB chess, and couldn’t notate. In a good game, Theo executed a couple of plans winning material then checkmated his opponent’s King in the middle of the board. 2-0 up and 2 to play, Mike had an interesting game against his opponent – the young Wigston 6th team captain. Mike seemingly had an advantage all the way through, but it was very double-edged. Mike, acknowledging the team score and knowing that half a point would secure a win, went for the forced sacrificial drawing line where all that would be left on the board would be his opponent’s minor piece. Good work by Mike securing the win. Another Wigston new recruit was Amandeep Singh, who jointly won the Atkins’ U1300 Improvers event with Theo (would have been interesting for those two to play again). Ted played an excellent game, calmly developing, slow advantages accruing until the win of a piece, and then pinning a Rook to his opponents King with a Bishop forced a resignation. An excellent 3.5-0.5 win for Anstey.