W/C 30/12/24 – Week 12

2/1/25
After a week’s break from chess after the Christmas blitz and festivities, Anstey’s 3rd team shook off the mince pies and turkey, and headed over to Wigston to face their 3rd team. In the previous battle, Wigston had brought a strong side to Anstey and left with a 3.5-0.5 victory. Anstey’s team of Ted (newly promoted to board 1 after his outstanding year), ‘Just Mick’, Sophie and Noor ‘Le Prodigé’ took on the challenge. El Presidente was back at base opening up for the club night. Not surprisingly, Wigston had a strong side and out graded Anstey on every board by a minimum of 100 points per board. But, showing the true fighting spirit that we have, Anstey took away a 2.5-1.5 victory, with impressive draws from Ted, Mick, and Sophie, which meant Noor was the one to to bring home the match winning point, which your author hears was completed in style, showing composure and accuracy. Well done Noor! In truth, each individual result was impressive.

This was the only match to take place this week due to how the seasonal break has fallen, so I’ll take this opportunity to wish all of our fans, followers, and our players and their families all the very best for 2025!