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AND I HAD OVER A HOUR LEFT ON THE CLOCK.
What really -issed me off was I declined a draw on move 48, thinking the match depended on my game. After move 53.... Kc3, I got up, threw out my chest and strutted around, Nick informed me we had lost the match.
I went back to the board thinking, let's get finished and go home. As far as this game goes, the rest is history. Nick and Gary were analysing, I asked Gary his result, asked how Pete had done "he's still playing". Then it hit me!
The sccore was 5-2, if I had won it would have been 4-3. Guess what Pete won with a brilliant exchange sacrifice(wish I was that ill). Should have heard the shit I had to listen to in that car and I've got a bus pass.
Dec 11, 2011
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This is my first season ever being the captain of a team, the College Graduates. Its a real pain having to set the tables up, sort out the team sheet, sign the scorecard, hang about to the final game. Its been a massive distraction for me and has resulted in some rather poor Chess by me too.
I hope you don't tell your players the match is lost when it isn't . May I suggest you play for Central and watch someone else set up(usually the away team).
It amazes me that chess players walk into a room, sit down and play chess without ever considering how all this came about! Let us consider: first we head towards a venue (on most occaisons the venue is a business like a pub or a club that expects something in return from it's patrons, like buying a drink or a bag of crisps and yet chess players save money by bringing their own without think they may lose the venue; and then will leave their emptiess for the cleaner to discover); second there are tables chairs, boards, sets, clocks, scoresheets, etc; third an opponent! Who on earth organised this event? How much work goes into a chess competition is rarely thought of by chess players. These days I am now like the rest of the chess playing fraternity, just a foot soldier who expects everything on a plate. What's the point in doing all the hard work for a bunch of ingrates?
Here Here Adrian! I remember captaining Calderdale C a few years ago when we played in an upstairs room without enough chairs. So I used to carry chairs upstairs so my team had somewhere to sit while they played on the boards I set up and what were my team mates doing? Drinking beer and chatting and watching me! At least Eddie Michalek - God rest his soul - set up some of the sets - he was excused from carrying chairs as he had a false leg and was 80.
The title actually refered to my game, funny how apt it has proved. Adrian is spot on!
The strange thing is; when the decline of chess is mentioned the topic of youth raises its ugly head, anyone mentioning maintaing venues is ignored and God forbid organising for the benefit of the majority.
But forget all that let's have a whinge on specific instances of our enjoyment being spoilt, see what name is mentioned most. I am taking bets but J Brooke is no offers.
Dec 11, 2011
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We played Undercliffe C at their venue on the 6th December. Graham & me were the first people there(from 8 miles away), closely followed by Tony Slinger (from Garforth, which is further than 8 miles). Our opponents (the home team) didn't turn up until 7.35. We contemplated helping Tony set the venue up but then I remembered why I loath going to Undercliffe. I must have complained about Undercliffe countless times in the past for not setting up for 7.30 and yet still it continues to happen.
Nothing to do with chess but Adrian's comment about cleaners finding empties brought back memories.
Years ago my father was Secretary of a Working Men's Club. He got a letter from the brewery saying the club was sending back more empty Jubilee bottles than they were receiving.
My dad investigated and noticed every Saturday a woman came in( not alone) and bought one bottle of Jubilee, never bought another all night but went home drunk.
Her husband would take the empties to the bar when he got another drink. She had full ones in a shopping bag.
One week my father challenged the couple, showing them the label showed a different bottling plant to that used by the club. "It's not our bottle".
The following week my dad walked past their table and noticed a bottle of Mackeson(full), he picked it up, the woman said"Hey, that's mine!"
"We don't sell Mackeson"
"They'd run out of Jubilee"
My mention of John Brooke on the previous link does not count here. I am that upset I am tempted to offer to play for Legion tomorrow, just to give him a drubbing. They'd probably shove him in the first team out of the way.
First points for Clayton Lane, well done! No second team result, was there some trouble?
Mitchell turned up dressed as a clown and won so I think he has to wear the lucky costume every match now
