Our Armstrong Cup side lost 5-3 to Dublin Chess Club. Wins for David and Conor, and draws for Irek and Dario. Lucasz was unfortunate to lose in a time scramble. Thanks to Tony and Irek who was playing as substitued for us. We are in a real relagation battle, and every point counts, so the next battle is away to Dun Laoghaire in a few weeks on March 9th.
Excellent win for our Heidenfeld team away to Celbridge
Our Heidenfeld Trophy side won 5.5 to 2.5 away to Celbridge last night. Excellent wins for Marius, Fergal, Bogdan, Tony and Tom, and a draw for Michael, hard luck to Ogantis and Mohamad who lost.
Celbridge are a good side and have be between the Armstrong and Heidenfeld divisions over the past couple of years, and would have out rated us on most boards especially the higher ones.
League Table
The league table will look a little better, and we have some crucial games coming up against Rathmines A and Lucan who with us are in a dog fight to stay in the division and our last game is against the league leaders Rathmines B in our last game of the season.
Heidenfeld Result – 3.5-4.5 v Ballinsaloe
Narrow loss by Heidenfeld team 3.5-4.5 vs ballinsaloe, wins for Kristof, Marius and draws for Art, Fergal and Tom. Tom, Fergal and Micheal were unlucky, and a narrow loss is a great result.
Our next game is a tough away match against Celbridge, who have been in the armstrong in recent years, so every point counts.
Armstrong Cup lost 5-3 to Bray
A depleted Armstrong Cup team lost 5-3 to Bray last night. Excellent wins for subs Bogdan and Mohammad, draws for Kevin and Conor. Thanks to the subs Bogdan, Mohammad, Tom and Micheal for playing.
On a funny note our two victor on the night and one of our draws came from the guys who were late due to the traffic being so bad, but they made up for the 40+ minutes or so they were down on time and contributed to a great result.
Draw for Heidenfeld Team v Inchicore A
Our Heidenfeld side drew 4-4 with Inchicore A last night, draws for Art and Tony, and wins for Fergal, Mohamad and Marius.
Armstrong Cup match v St. Benildus B
Armstrong cup team won 4.5-3.5 v St. Benildus B – good wins for Dave, and Luca – draws for Kevin, Dario, Conor, Mohamad and Marius.
Ladder Competition 2016
All
Welcome to the Phibsborough Chess Club Ladder Competition 2016
The ladder competition will run all the way through without interrupting the leagues, club championships and the summer competition.
Attached are the rules and the initial randomised ladder for the competition. New players will be added to the bottom of the ladder.
The list was prepared from the team lists. I have already spotted two people not on the list. I will add them on the next email.
If there are any others missing please forward an email to me. I will also be calling a couple of players who do not have emails.
The games begin in January. Forward me an email for contact details if you want to arrange a match on the 4th January or email/phone them yourself.
The €5 entry will pay for the prizes to be given out on the night of
the Christmas Blitz next year.
Regards
Fergal
Club Ladder Competition 2016
Christmas blitz won by Kevin and Mick
Win for the Heidenfeld team
The heidenfeld them had a narrow (4.5-3.5) but much needed win v Inchicore B on thursday. Wins for Michael, Tony and Fergal, and draws for Art, Mohamad and Marius.
Armstrong loss to Elm Mount
The Armstrong Cup team lost 6.5-1.5 to Elm Mount on Monday (the fixture was rearranged due to a clash with the international soccer play-offs). A tough match where we were out rated on all boards. An excellent win for Dario, and a draw for Conor prevented a whitewash.