Sheffield Woodseats Chess Club

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Woodseats A v. Chesterfield A (Sheffield and District Chess League Div 1)

Tuesday, 13 December 2011 16:50 Peter Hulse
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1. Andrew Ledger (W)  1-0 D.Latham
2. Allan Potts 1-0 M.Howard
3. Paul Fletcher 0-1 M.Johnson
4. Mark Allison  0-1 A.Mort
5. John Trafford ½-½ G.Halfpenny
6. Stuart Jones  0-1 S.Housley
7. Peter Hulse 0-1 S.Bracey
8. Bill Ward  0-1 G.Peters
Ouch! is I suppose one possible reaction to this.  However, having read the sport pages of various quality newspapers for a number of years, my second reaction is that we can take a lot of positives away from this encounter!?  We got a very generous write up from Dave Latham on the Chesterfield site.  I really don't understand how he could manage very nearly to  beat Andrew and, also, keep an eye on everybody else's games.  I can't think of very much to add to what he says in his report, except to say that George's expression on meeting the Woodseats variation (I suspect for the first time) was a study to watch-almost as good as the youtube clip of Kasparov nearly falling off his chair playing Anand a very long time ago. It's worth searching for, if you've never seen it.  After having fought , nobly, but in vain against Martin Howard's English Opening when we played Chesterfield the other week, I thought Mark was a trife unlucky to come up against Andy Mort.  They play exactly the same openings!  Paul played very nobly for the team in turning down a draw, after the bottom boards had gone down.  I was a bit worried when my opponent said 'tasty' after I had made what I thought, for a while, was a good move.  I didn't know whether he wanted to eat me or play chess against me.  It could have worse but it could have been closer.  I missed chances of at least a draw and I'm sure there were similar opportunities on other boards.  So, the room was warm again this week, perhaps we ought to go back to being cold. Better for the intellect and all that stuff!  The match was played in an excellent spirit and the best team won.  Merry Christmas! 
 

BREAKING NEWS

3rd May +++ The season ends on a high as Woodseats C win the Sheffield Chess League Div 3 title by beating Stannington B +++ Woodseats D close their season with a draw at Nomads E to cement 2nd place and promotion from Sheffield Chess League Div 5 at the first time of asking. +++ Woodseats B lose out in a close match with Stannington A although league positions were already decided. +++ Bill and Shane score well in the Huddersfield Rapidplay, Shane winning a grading prize. +++ Woodseats are confirmed entrants for the Summer League with Shane captaining a side in Div 2 +++ Woodseats A complete their season in style with a 5-3 win over Ecclesall A to secure 3rd place in Sheffield Chess League Div 1 ('the best of the rest!' +++ After a wonderful event last summer, the Sheffield Congress takes place from 29th June - 1st July. Info and entry forms available from Paul Bailey 078 12 49 49 57 or email sheffieldcongress@rocketmail.com or speak to Jon Sparkes. +++ A Woodseats Fundraising event involving a bar-b-que, chess quiz and Giant Chess is being organised by Shane for August. More details later. +++ More dates for your diary are confirmed: 14/5 Hope Valley Quickplay at Laycocks, 21/5 Woodseats AGM, 21/7 Crabbe Shield (Woodseats Workingmens Club) +++ Woodseats entered 4 teams in league competitions this season, playing a total of 63 matches on 410 boards and defaulted only once! +++ READ ALL ABOUT IT-NEXT CHAPTER OF CLUB HISTORY on the History page: Bill meets Nicola! Chess Love story!
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Welcome To Woodseats Chess Club, Sheffield

We love Chess in Sheffield!

We aim to be the friendliest, biggest and most successful chess club in the region and we want to promote chess in Sheffield and its schools.

We meet on Monday evenings at Laycocks Sports Club, Archer Road, Sheffield S8 0JZ

Whether you are an IM or beginner (we have both), and are looking for a friendly or competitive game, you are very welcome to join us!

Two of our members run chess clubs in Sheffield Schools.

We currently have 4 teams in separate division of the Sheffield and District Chess Association League.

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This gives us the widest spread of games of all Sheffield Chess Clubs.  You can see how each of the teams are doing and which players are representing them by using the following links:

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