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The Wolves League team lost 4-2 to Bushbury. We had no wins but draws came from Trevor, Dave, Colin and Iain. Bushbury are a useful side, probably outgrading us on most boards but, even so, that is the first occasion this season when the team has lost to a team whose name does not start with a 'W',
Good luck to the D team, playing away to Oswestry B tomorrow. We have a full team, I believe, and only narrowly lost to Oswestry early in the season, mainly through inexperience,
Good luck to the A team, at home to Telepost B on Wednesday,
The B team's match against Wellington has been postponed again. Stefan told me the revised date earlier this evening, but I've forgotten it,
The end to my game against Graham Shepherd has aroused a lot of interest, with many comments both by email and over the phone following the Shropshire Star coverage last week. On the night, we adopted the most sensible approach, in that both players wrote down the position at the point Graham claimed a draw, before resuming with an observer from each team. Indeed that approach was encouraged by Colin, who was League Controller when this type of situation was first envisaged. However, although FIDE rules cover the circumstances their solution is impractical as it invoves post-match arbitration and our Shropshire League rules provide no guidance whatsoever. Colin is right in saying that the League decided captains or competent players should act as arbiters on the night but maybe we should have something in the League rules. As for the game, a number of people have asked for a note of the position when Graham stopped the clocks. Unfortunately I didn't take my note of it away with me and am trying to reconstruct it from my scoresheet,
Iain
Wednesday 21 January 2009
Wednesday 14 January 2009
Wrekin Congress
Thanks to everyone who entered. With a total entry of 107 the trend of reducing numbers has been turned around and made for a successful weekend. Thanks to Richard Gillespie and Stefan Tennant for helping on the friday night at short notice and to Iain, Windsor and Dave Gostelow (late entries) for their help on the Saturday morning and to anyone who helped set up boards tidied up etc during the event.
In the Premier Trevor Brotherton shared 2nd place with 3.5 points, In the major Geoff Lee shared 2nd with 4 points. Other entries were John Footner, Dave Gostelow, Iain Wilson, Windsor Peck, Stefan Tennant, Paul Broderick, Roger Brown, Jason Kenderdine, Andy Jones, Richard Gillespie. An excellent turnout from the club.
In the Premier Trevor Brotherton shared 2nd place with 3.5 points, In the major Geoff Lee shared 2nd with 4 points. Other entries were John Footner, Dave Gostelow, Iain Wilson, Windsor Peck, Stefan Tennant, Paul Broderick, Roger Brown, Jason Kenderdine, Andy Jones, Richard Gillespie. An excellent turnout from the club.
Club News 11th January
I'm very pleased to report that, despite missing 2 regulars, our A team beat Church Stretton A by 4.5 to 0.5. We were helped by our opponents defaulting on board 5 (Sorry, Geoff, for your wasted efforts travelling from work in Shrewsbury to your home near Bridgnorth and back in the fog to Church Stretton). We had no problem fielding a full five, thanks to plenty of volunteers to stand-in (thanks Stefan, Geoff, Windsor and (prior to flu) Gareth).
Details:
Karl Wakefield 0 - 1 Trevor
Steve Rooney 1/2 - 1/2 Colin
Graham Shepherd 0 - 1 Iain
John Whittaker 0 - 1 Stefan
Default 0 - 1 Geoff
An interesting situation arose in my game against Graham Shepherd. I was a pawn up and with plenty of time in hand when Graham, down to his last 2 minutes, stopped the clocks and claimed a draw, alleging that I would be unable to force a pawn through to Queen and win. In a tournament we would have been able to call upon a controller to watch the rest of the game and decide whether I was making progress towards a win. Without a controller, the best we could do was to note the board position and for me to record moves meticulously. As a bonus, Colin and Steve agreed a draw so that they could observe the game. The game was resumed, with me quickly capturing a second pawn. Graham's flag fell with the arrival of my new Queen only a few moves away and he duly resigned. But what would have happened if such a clearcut position had not been reached? I think it is only a matter of time before a situation like this is referred to the League Controller.
I won't see most of you this coming Wednesday as I shall probably be in the team playing away to Bushbury,
Iain
Details:
Karl Wakefield 0 - 1 Trevor
Steve Rooney 1/2 - 1/2 Colin
Graham Shepherd 0 - 1 Iain
John Whittaker 0 - 1 Stefan
Default 0 - 1 Geoff
An interesting situation arose in my game against Graham Shepherd. I was a pawn up and with plenty of time in hand when Graham, down to his last 2 minutes, stopped the clocks and claimed a draw, alleging that I would be unable to force a pawn through to Queen and win. In a tournament we would have been able to call upon a controller to watch the rest of the game and decide whether I was making progress towards a win. Without a controller, the best we could do was to note the board position and for me to record moves meticulously. As a bonus, Colin and Steve agreed a draw so that they could observe the game. The game was resumed, with me quickly capturing a second pawn. Graham's flag fell with the arrival of my new Queen only a few moves away and he duly resigned. But what would have happened if such a clearcut position had not been reached? I think it is only a matter of time before a situation like this is referred to the League Controller.
I won't see most of you this coming Wednesday as I shall probably be in the team playing away to Bushbury,
Iain
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