This time its a match for the U1000 against Columbia and we have a fair few to sign up yet. @Kyle_Horton, @MatthRyan2004, @IeuanBrew, @goe423152, @joshmogs17, @usernamecheckmateking, @reesylj, @AledT93, @dadchessq2 jump on board! At the moment we ...
We have a new U1800 match against Paraguay - been quite some time! Most have signed up now, just @Luna-Sabah and @SputnikLizard to go! Match is definitely on but they out grade us on bottom board so some of our strongest players would be grateful ...
Another match for the U1800s but this one was a wallop to our our reputations. Out-grading our opponents on every board, we still took a some what quick hammering by this Asian team. Better luck next time guys!
An under 1800 match where one of our U900s filled in on bottom board, we took this match in style. Losing one game on time, it was a fantastic result for the club.
One last announcement, this time we have an up and coming match against Portugal for our U1800 - time to strike back after our current hammering! Our strongest team would be @James_Silk, @Luna-Sabah, @SputnikLizard, myself and @Mjrbeck https://www...
Another one that's already starts, our U1600 team is up against Japan. Always a tougher match for our U1600s, somehow we're already down by two points! Good luck all and give it your best!
Too late for people to join in now but we have the Open v Austria going with a somewhat weaker team than usual! This was my bad as I must have set the starting date as when the team is full (i.e. has 5 players) rather than when the start date arri...
Cameron's skill has made sure we get the draw against Isle of Man, 4 - 2 down being brought back by a checkmate and trapped rook giving him significant material for his opponent to resign. Congratulations!
An update to our map, more victories, a couple of losses, and new draws! Note that French Polynesia is too small to be on the map!
Another match where our open team hammered the opponents, though it has to be said we outgraded them on every board. I was the one who 'let down' the team, getting a draw against my weaker opponent and preventing the slam dunk we could have had.
Ok so I think we should consider this one a victory! Two sound victories were coming from Emyr (enough to seal us the victory) and then resign was accidentally pressed - with a 17 point lead! Noooo! Still, these things do happen and it was impress...
Another similar hard one, our U1600 slogged away against Armenia. Once again we were outweighed by 100 or more points on every board (300 one one) and became a very difficult fight. A hats off should be given to Greg, probably the game of the matc...
Ok we have to have some losses and our U1600s do have the hardest time with our strongest player being 1500 and the next just creeping over the 1400 mark. On three of the boards we were 300 point or more lower in grade and even board two we were 1...
Gutting to some extent, there were four games that timed out, but our U1000 did well and managed to get the draw against the Bulgarian team. Emyr was probably the star of this match, fighting to make sure we didn't lost and achieving 2 ofthe 5 poi...
David B, David L, Jordan and Cameron drove the victory home (about a fortnight ago but I have been madly busy!) with Cameron the last to hammer his opponent to pieces and find them running off to a timing out - boo! Well done guys, a good victory ...
A fantastic result for our U1400s, soundly defeating Finland with an 8 - 2 win and some beautiful mates. Sadly, our U1400 says goodbye to @carloshalpinos as he speeds past 1400, but its a lovely win to end on. Also, well done to @greg-griffiths, @...
Most people are signed up now but if there's anybody missing from our top team, the match is https://www.chess.com/club/matches/castell-nedd/1525665 Good luck against this French overseas territory!
Our Algeria U1800 slowly comes closer to an end with my opponent timing out in one game and finally falling behind a pawn in the other. With a past pawn and double rooks targeting and isolated pawn, I should be able to grind them down – definitely...
It might not be a different country but its a self governing dependency so I sent these guys a challenge, and they accepted! https://www.chess.com/club/matches/castell-nedd/1526337 If we have enough players eager to play we'll probably be going ah...
Next match is up and ready for our U1600 and its definitely going ahead! https://www.chess.com/club/matches/castell-nedd/1524793Â They also have a tough team set up so lets get our best out. @bigbeck85 @Obsscuremelon @Andrew4949 @DaleW7694 @carlos...
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/castell-nedd/1524703 We have two possible matches for our U1000s, this one is up against Bulgaria, home of the Black Sea beaches and ski resorts (apparently).
David's games skidded to a halt with his opponent closing their account (and losing 30 games as a result!), leading us to the end of a well fought match for our U1400 team. Everyone played well and it has definitely showed in the results.
Unfortunately, Jakata beat us in our first (and only) round of the TMCL, where most of us didn't play at our best. Because I put up a post asking players not to join a match unless they were in the top U1700 admin decided to remove us. Unfortunate...
A match I've been hunting down for a while, let's see if our Open team can beat one of the largest countries in Europe. https://www.chess.com/club/matches/castell-nedd/1522685
Ok an important one for us all. The league we're in has, quite frankly, the most absurd rule ever. We're not actually allowed to remove players from a team once they sign up! Basically, this means if a weaker player accidentally signs up they have...
