Author: Borehamwood Chess Club

BOREHAMWOOD                                HERTFORD 3   16 October 2012

Board Home team        Grade Score Away team               Grade Score
1 Anthony Kent               162       ½        Nick Wooster           149    ½
2 Malcolm Gesthuysen 158        1         Steve Zsibrita          120     0
3 Leon Glouzman            138       ½       David Green              117     ½
4 Terry O’Sullivan            138      ½       Corrine Mountford 117    ½
5 Dan Marcos                    130        1        Alan Brewis                 92     0
TOTAL – Home                   3½       Away                         1½

Hertford won the toss and elected to have White on Board 1.

Anthony did not play the Benko-Half accepted very well, and had to settle
the half point offered. Leon drew, then Terry drew in what was a difficult
position if his opponent had been more enterprising. Malcolm had a
comfortable win, and Dan, on his debut was a bit fortunate his opponent
played a winning endgame far too passively, but to his credit took full
advantage. Played one, one one.

Queen’s Jubilee, Wimbledon, Olympics, yacht moored at St Tropez…..

Borehamwood Chess Club re-opens on Tuesday 11th September at 7.30pm, See you there!

As part of the Elstree and Borehamwood Town Council Civic Festival, we are hosting a evening of chess at Fairway Hall, Brook Close,  WD6 5BT starting around 7.30pm.

We are planning to have a friendly  chess tournament with free light refreshments and a prize for the winner. The format is likely to be ten minutes each per game.

All ages and abilities welcome.

If you like football as well as chess, this is the first day after the Euro 2012 Group stages, and the quarter finals only start the next day. So no excuses!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Another dry clear April evening. We undertook the 25 mile trek up the A1 to the delightful Three Horseshoes in Willian, Letchworth. A traditional country pub – perfect venue for last match of the league season (or indeed any match). No prospect of promotion or relegation, so no pressure other than pride.

I mused over the Three/Three heading above upon entering the pub, but the way the games were going after about an hour and a half, such a result was looking highly unlikely. On Board 2, Malcolm got a good game with the Benk0 Gambit Half Accepted  as White, and won quite comfortably. An Alapin Sicilian caused Black problems on Board 1, but a surprise pin won material to emerge successfully from a difficult position.  An oversight in a better position allowed a win for us on Board 3, giving us the match.

Letchworth 2                                          Borehamwood

1                        P Gardiner 153           0  – 1                 A Kent 160          (Black)

2                        M Harris 145              0  –  1                 M Gesthuysen 149

3                        A Burrows 166          0  –  1                  K Sear 148

4                        J Barnes 145           0.5 –  0.5              L Glouzman 141

5                         S Turner                      1  –   0                 T O’Sullivan  129

 1.5  –   3.5   

Played 12, Won 7, Drawn 1, Lost 4 makes for a good season. The Club is planning to host a free tournament on the Evening of Wednesday 20 June as part of the Town Council’s civic week. England football team are playing the night before,  so you won’t have to miss that. More information to follow.

An Away match in Hertford on the first dry night since the hosepipe ban was imposed.  Big help having Adam Raoof (President: Middlesex County Chess Association) as our Guest Board 1 (maybe we should auction off this prestigious position on ebay in future). The Hertford Club in Bull Plain is a delightful establishment with appropriate beverages. The match was a 4-1 away win to Borehamwood which gives us 13 points from 11 games. One more match to go at  Letchworth next week (At The Three Horseshoes public house – more amber nectar)

Some photos  from last night available on   http://www.flickr.com/photos/adamraoof/sets/72157629895937961/  – not recommended if you have just had a heavy meal.

On the journey home traversing the unlit country road, a deer was sighted as well as the other delights in the title (except the beer).

Hertford 3                                                            Borehamwood 1
Board 1 : Hutton, Allan 149           0-1        Raoof, Adam N 180
Board 2 : Zsibrita, Steve 122         0-1        Kent, Anthony R 160
Board 3 : Craddock, Paul 129       0-1         Gesthuysen, Malcolm 149
Board 4 : Marshall, Duncan 120  1-0        Glouzman, Leon 141
Board 5 : Lynch, Mark 115            0-1        O’Sullivan, Terry J 129
Match Score :                                       1 – 4

Having lost 0-5 at Watford in January, a modicum of  local pride was at stake. Watford turned up with their secret weapons, a 5 year-old on board 4, and an 8 year-old on board 5.   As it turned out, we had a good evening, with 3 wins and 2 draws, to finish off the home campaign on a positive note.

2 away matches to come, then the Town Council chess event in June (watch this space).

 

Borehamwood 1                                            Watford 4
Board 1 :   Kent, Anthony R 160                1/2    Kalerwa, Edwin 153
Board 2 :   Gesthuysen, Malcolm 149      1-0     Byrne, Chris J 139
Board 3 :   Sear, Kevin 148                          1/2      Russell, Chris 136
Board 4 :   Glouzman, Leon 141                 1-0      Kavumkal, Jeff 0
Board 5 :   O’Sullivan, Terry J 129            1-0      Han, Yueyang 43
Match Score :                                                   4 – 1

Hi All,

Last home match of the season coming up. We lost 5-0 at Watford, a rare bagel for us. So, revenge is in the air.

Everyone welcome for club night, and a nice cup of tea or coffee.

Watch this space for further chess evenings, including hopefully a tournament during the local civic festival in June!

 

 

 

I drew a couple of games this week that I really should have won. In the first, I was a pawn down and facing likely defeat. I spotted a way of getting the pawn back, and was so elated after doing so that I missed winning a piece the next move.

The second game was against a stronger opponent. I was black defending mating threats in a fiery Chinese Dragon. With about ten minutes to go in a quickplay finish, I found myself chasing the opponent’s King into the middle of the board, and had to keep checking him or would be checkmated myself. I missed a pawn check that would have facilitated this and had to agree a draw with 2 minutes left.

Conclusions?

1)      If your circumstances in a poor position suddenly improve, don’t get over euphoric – they may be able to  improve even more

2)      If you have at least a draw by perpetual check after a tough game, and a few minutes to spare, keep calm and look at the wider picture to see if you have something better.

AK

Getting a bit twitchy with team only winning 3 and drawing 1 out of 8  league matches, but we did the ‘double’ over Stevenage 3 to banish all fears of relegation. Board 1 saw white misplay a Grand Prix Attack, and try a double piece sacrifice to open Black up. It did not work. A nifty Queens Gambit Declined on board 2 led to a won endgame, with White’s a and b pawns trundling like a juggernaut towards the 8th rank. A couple of other good wins, and it is all smiles again.

HCA : Herts League – Division 4 Monday 12-March-2012

Stevenage 3 Borehamwood 1 (Stevenage White on odds)
Board 1 : Trethewey, Frank 137 0-1 Kent, Anthony R 160
Board 2 : Bogucki,Andrzey 126 0-1 Gesthuysen, Malcolm 149
Board 3 : Bogucki,Michal 137 1-0 Sear, Kevin 148
Board 4 : Lean, Chris 138 0-1 Glouzman, Leon 141
Board 5 : Belton, David J 132 0-1 O’Sullivan, Terry J 129
Match Score : 1 – 4