National Club Championship Semi-Final

Well, you can't win them all!

Snodland travelled up to Oxford to play in the Semi-Final of the National Chess Club Championship U100 section, but unfortunately we lost to Magdalen College School by the narrow margin of 2.5 to 1.5.

Matt Bunn scored a nice win and Henry Williams had a hard-fought draw, but unfortunately we lost on the bottom two boards (sorry, team mates!).



There is always next year!

Bob wins A-league title

Bob Fenn has won the chess club A-league title, with a perfect 10/10.

Bob scored an excellent win with the white pieces over his closest challenger Matt Bunn.

Matt played a Pirc Defence and seemed to get a slight advantage, but misplayed slightly and allowed Bob back into the game. Matt could probably retain an advantage by playing 23... Bg4, instead of Kxf8. After this, Bob then played very strongly and combined his Queen and Rook to give a neat checkmate.

Well played Bob, a perfect 100% score in the league!

Game below: