Frank Grimes Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 And of course when I try to upload the rest of the fixtures the site seems to have crashed Will post Div B & C games ASAP 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 And just out of time for the update.... League A Round 3 Ziggy_The_Spider beats GordonEF by resignation Very tough game, there were large sections of the middle and end game where I had no real idea what I should be doing. Lots of exchanges in the opening but we got to a point where we each had two Rooks and six pawns left and it became a bit of a grind from that point. I offered a draw, which was probably a bit cheeky seeing as @Ziggy had a bit of an advantage in pawn structure but I didn't really see a way to win and thought I might be able to grind him down to a long drawn out series of piece exchanges. But he declined and then played a very solid game to pick off a couple of my pawns and bring it down to just the pawns where he had an insurmountable advantage. I'm sure I made a few mistakes at least during the end game there but haven't checked back yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Division B P W L D Pts GCarlos9 4 4 0 0 12 Cardinalrichie 3 2 1 0 6 Board_Stupid 2 2 0 0 6 Strachanovski 3 2 1 0 6 Arabjoe 3 2 1 0 6 eindhovendee 1 1 0 0 3 topcateh3 2 0 2 0 0 Gparsfan 0 0 0 0 0 RicheyEdwards 3 0 3 0 0 NotThePars 3 0 3 0 0 hammysgp 2 0 2 0 0 Round 5 topcateh3 v GCarlos9 Arabjoe v eindhovendee hammysgetinpumped v RicheyEdwards Strachanovski v NotThePars Cardinalrichie v GParsfan Round 6 Board_Stupid v Arabjoe RicheyEdwards v topcateh3 eindhovendee v Strachanovski GParsfan v hammysgetinpumped NotThePars v CardinalRichie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Division C P W L D Pts GordonS496 4 4 0 0 12 mackieboz 4 4 0 0 12 AimHere 4 4 0 0 12 markf268 4 3 1 0 9 invergowrie 4 2 2 0 6 Johnnydun418 3 1 2 0 3 DieHardDoonhamer 3 1 2 0 3 RBWatson 4 1 3 0 3 pleslie999 4 0 4 0 0 Dandies1983 3 0 3 0 0 cols407 3 0 3 0 0 Round 5 cols407 v RBWatson markf268 v Johnnydun418 DieHardDoonhamer v pleslie999 GordonS496 v Dandies1983 mackieboz v invergowrie Round 6 AimHere v markf268 pleslie999 v cols407 Johnnydun418 v GordonS496 invergowrie v DieHardDoonhamer Dandies1983 v mackieboz 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 Got there in the end 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ziggy Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 15 minutes ago, Gordon EF said: And just out of time for the update.... League A Round 3 Ziggy_The_Spider beats GordonEF by resignation Very tough game, there were large sections of the middle and end game where I had no real idea what I should be doing. Lots of exchanges in the opening but we got to a point where we each had two Rooks and six pawns left and it became a bit of a grind from that point. I offered a draw, which was probably a bit cheeky seeing as @Ziggy had a bit of an advantage in pawn structure but I didn't really see a way to win and thought I might be able to grind him down to a long drawn out series of piece exchanges. But he declined and then played a very solid game to pick off a couple of my pawns and bring it down to just the pawns where he had an insurmountable advantage. I'm sure I made a few mistakes at least during the end game there but haven't checked back yet. Thanks Gordon, I thought you played the opening really well and had a small advantage in terms of space and activity. I couldn’t believe my luck when you voluntarily exchanged queens because I it just led to an endgame that I had a much better pawn structure and more active rooks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gordon EF Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 4 minutes ago, Ziggy said: Thanks Gordon, I thought you played the opening really well and had a small advantage in terms of space and activity. I couldn’t believe my luck when you voluntarily exchanged queens because I it just led to an endgame that I had a much better pawn structure and more active rooks. Aye, the engine had me a bit ahead until the Queen exchange. I knew it wasn't great but I think I over-estimated how much of an advantage my quicker development gave me and thought getting your Queen off the board would give me a better chance to press that. The passed pawns came back to bite me in the arse though. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) While I’m on Chess Admin duty now is the time to say if you DON’T want to be involved in the Scottish Cup Edited April 30, 2021 by Frank Grimes 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Frank Grimes said: Round 5 Dearyme v madwullie Edited April 30, 2021 by Trogdor 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madwullie Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Sorry dearyme, I just accident dinghyed your challenge. Still playing craigkillie but I'll take you up once that game is done 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trogdor Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 2 minutes ago, madwullie said: Sorry dearyme, I just accident dinghyed your challenge. Still playing craigkillie but I'll take you up once that game is done No probs, I will start my match against Elrohana. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Is there a league for absolute beginners? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellaboz Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 You could apply for division C next season if you wish. We need a majority vote to approve mind. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Just now, Stellaboz said: You could apply for division C next season if you wish. We need a majority vote to approve mind. I’m no a ***! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigmouth Strikes Again Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 hour ago, Frank Grimes said: Division B P W L D Pts GCarlos9 4 4 0 0 12 Cardinalrichie 3 2 1 0 6 Board_Stupid 2 2 0 0 6 Strachanovski 3 2 1 0 6 Arabjoe 3 2 1 0 6 eindhovendee 1 1 0 0 3 topcateh3 2 0 2 0 0 Gparsfan 0 0 0 0 0 RicheyEdwards 3 0 3 0 0 NotThePars 3 0 3 0 0 hammysgp 2 0 2 0 0 Round 5 topcateh3 v GCarlos9 Arabjoe v eindhovendee hammysgetinpumped v RicheyEdwards Strachanovski v NotThePars Cardinalrichie v GParsfan Round 6 Board_Stupid v Arabjoe RicheyEdwards v topcateh3 eindhovendee v Strachanovski GParsfan v hammysgetinpumped NotThePars v CardinalRichie Is GParsfan still in the tournament/going to play any games? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 While I’m on Chess Admin duty now is the time to say if you DON’T want to be involved in the Scottish CupCount me in - I'm not going to run away like that big chicken Ludo.[emoji6] 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeTillEhDeh Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 Is there a league for absolute beginners?You could always ask someone here to play a friendly - there are a few here who could give you a game without necessarily ripping you a new one. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 48 minutes ago, DeeTillEhDeh said: 3 hours ago, mathematics said: Is there a league for absolute beginners? You could always ask someone here to play a friendly - there are a few here who could give you a game without necessarily ripping you a new one. That would be nice. Anyone want a free shot? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Grimes Posted April 30, 2021 Author Share Posted April 30, 2021 1 minute ago, mathematics said: That would be nice. Anyone want a free shot? Would be happy to What’s your chess.com username? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathematics Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, Frank Grimes said: Would be happy to What’s your chess.com username? PnBMathematics thanks! Edited April 30, 2021 by mathematics 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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