Hand and Brain Chess Tournament

 We are going to hold another of our now regular fun tournaments next week! - Tuesday 2nd August.

It is going to be a "hand and brain" mini-tournament. I know you are saying "what the heck is hand and brain chess, Simon!" Come along Tuesday and find out! but it is sure to be another unusual evening with some fun entertainment. A full explanation will be given next Tuesday, but briefly

Two players play together against another two players, one says the piece name to move (BRAIN) and the other must move it (HAND).

As normal, we start at 7.30pm and select teams early so get to the venue on time to find out who your team member is going to be. !

Will the dynamic team of Jonathan Fowler and Rhys Edwards prevail again - who knows ! Find out next Tuesday.

Bughouse Blowout!

 Continuing our events during the Summer Break, next Tuesday 12th July we are going to run a Bughouse event. You may say "what the heck is bughouse" and that would be a very good question!

Briefly, Bughouse is a chess variant that is played by four players divided into two teams of two players each. Allied players work together to checkmate someone from the other side or make them run out of time. There are a few other rules which we will explain next Tuesday however it is exciting, fun and also chaotic at times with pieces, clocks and team members trying to discuss tactics!.

Unlike most chess games talking is encouraged between team members so expect a noisy evening!

All welcome. Start about 7.30pm.
Probably be 5 rounds depending on numbers

Chess 960 Evening Fun Event

 Twelve players took part in our Chess 960 tournament, one of our special events being held every few weeks from now to September. Results were as follows. Apologies for any inaccuracies these are due to players not recording all their results. No of the games played are 5 unless stated otherwise.

Tom 5

Wesley 5

Dave 4 ½

Ed 3 /4

Simon 3 /4

Phil 2/4

Rhys 1 ½ /4

Philip 1 ½ /4

John Conway ½

Pablo 0/2

John Kelly 0/3

Adam 0/3

A really fun Evening. Chess 960 really makes you think ! Thanks to Ed for organising this evening.

Next Fun event 12th July. Format to be decided.

Ed also found a car key at the club so if anyone has lost their car key do let me know.

Chess Library

 At the AGM yesterday evening it was proposed that we start a chess library. This was approved by the members and Phil Dean has kindly agreed to run the library. So, if you have any spare chess books lying around the house could you bring them into the Club over the next few weeks and pass them onto Phil who will catalogue them for the library. This is a great way to read new chess books without paying for brand new chess books.! and will be a real benefit to members. My thanks to Phil for agreeing to take this on.

AGM Tuesday 17th May 2022

Final Reminder AGM this Tuesday 17th May. Start 7.45pm.

Massey Ferguson Social Club

All members welcome

Summer Cup Results

 The final round of the Summer Cup was completed last Tuesday. My Thanks to Dave Filer for once again stepping in to run the evening as I was unfortunately unwell.

The competition has been a close contest but Josh Pink is the Winner of the Tournament and the Runner Up is Mike Donnelly.

The winner of the U120 is Margarita Nasibova

Congratulations to all the winners and the presentation will take place at the AGM on the 17th May.

I hope all players enjoyed this fun tournament and we look forward to next year's competition now Covid is hopefully y behind us.

Results for 6th Round of Summer Cup

Margarita Nasibova .5 .5 M.Donnelly

J.Pink 1 0 W.Beeston

C.Badley 0 1 E.Goodwin

A.Vickers 0 1 P.Dean

T.Stamper 1 0 H.Jones

P.Smith 1 0 B.Read

J.Conway 1 0 D.Copson

M.Johnson 1 0 P.Kelly

D.Adams 0 A.Breeden

Points so far

J.Pink 5.5

M.Donnelly 4.5

Margarita Nasibova 4

T.Stamper 4

J.Conway 4

W.Beeston 3.5

W.Scaife 3.5

M.Johnson 3

P.Smith 3

H.Jones 2.5

C.Badley 2.5

Ed Goodwin 2.5

D.Copson 2.5

P.Dean 2.5

Bava 2

B.Read 2

Pablo 2

S.Whitmore 1.5

A.Vickers 1.5

A.Breeden 1.5

David Filer 1.5

A.Bemi 1

J.Rivett 0