Internal contest
Monday was round 1 of the new Guildford Internal Team Tournament. This brings together 16 players in four evenly-matched teams of four players each. Teams play each other twice over the season, making six rounds in all. It provides competitive chess (ECF-rated) with a standardplay time control at the Guildford home venue on Monday nights.
Last night's results:
• Juniors 2–2 Tigers
• Eagles 3–1 Lions.
Well done to Mike Gunn, who successfully delivered mate with king, bishop and knight v king within the 50-move time limit. This material balance is a theoretical win but is not easy to achieve in practice.
Also last night, Guildford 2 lost 4.5–2.5 to Kingston 2 in a Surrey League Division 2 match at the club. Guildford 2 fielded a strong team but it wasn't quite enough on the night.
We did not organise an internal rapidplay event but there were several players engaged in friendly games in the room upstairs.
Last night's results:
• Juniors 2–2 Tigers
• Eagles 3–1 Lions.
Well done to Mike Gunn, who successfully delivered mate with king, bishop and knight v king within the 50-move time limit. This material balance is a theoretical win but is not easy to achieve in practice.
Also last night, Guildford 2 lost 4.5–2.5 to Kingston 2 in a Surrey League Division 2 match at the club. Guildford 2 fielded a strong team but it wasn't quite enough on the night.
We did not organise an internal rapidplay event but there were several players engaged in friendly games in the room upstairs.