Friendly match against the University

Earlier in the month there was a 7-board friendly match against the University of Essex - though with three of the University players being regulars for the Colchester team it did feel a bit like a Colchester vs Colchester match.

FIDE ratings (in italics) or ECF grades (in normal font) have been added where players have these.

Date: 04-Dec-2013
Friendly match
Brd	Col	COLCHESTER	Result		UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX	Col
1	w	Javier Ruano Marco (2159)	0	1	Dimitrios Kolomvas (1902)	b
2	b	Nathan Barnes	½	½	Aleksander Orava (1904)	w
3	w	Clive Bellinger (143)	0	1	Eldar Lachinov	b
4	b	Phil Daley (124)	0	1	Shakhrad Gajurov	w
5	w	Martin Harris	0	1	Jake Stones	b
6	b	Ed Goodman (82)	1	0	Denzel Gonzales	w
7	w	John King (26)	0	1	Marvin Teveldal	b
			1.5	5.5

NECL matches

The A team lost their match against a strong Chelmsford B team - but the C team won their matches against both Chelmsford C and Chelmsford D. The A team then returned to winning ways by beating Wethersfield 3-1.

Date: 03-Dec-2013
NECL Division 2
Brd	Col	WETHERSFIELD	Result		COLCHESTER A	Col
1	b	Stefaan Van Poucke (137)	1	0	Dimitrios Kolomvas (e160)	w
2	w	Bill Norman (127)	0	1	Eldar Lachinov (e155)	b
3	b	Sid MacDonald (75)	0	1	Nathan Barnes (e145)	w
4	w	Ronald Vallance (85)	0	1	Mike Wagstaff (142)	b
		(avg=106)	1	3	(avg=150)

 

 

Date: 28-Nov-2013
NECL Division 3
Brd	Col	CHELMSFORD D	Result		COLCHESTER C	Col
1	w	James House (115)	0	1	Pete Smith (111)	b
2	b	Angelo Cassar (105)	0	1	John Duff-Cole (91)	w
3	w	Alan Reynolds (99)	1	0	Ed Goodman (82)	b
4	b	Mario Cassar (87)	½	½	Jake Stones (e75)	w
		(avg=102)	1.5	2.5	(avg=90)

 

 

Date: 20-Nov-2013
NECL Division 3
Brd	Col	COLCHESTER C	Result		CHELMSFORD C	Col
1	w	Phil Daley (124)	0	1	John Constantine (115)	b
2	b	Martin Harris (e115)	1	0	John Porter (109)	w
3	w	Brian Remmer (116)	1	0	Mario Cassar (87)	b
4	b	Pete Smith (111)	1	0	Jagmohan Singh (37)	w
		(avg=117)	3	1	(avg=87)

 

 

Date: 20-Nov-2013
NECL Division 2
Brd	Col	COLCHESTER A	Result		CHELMSFORD B	Col
1	b	Ian Gooding (167)	0	1	Malcolm Bucknell (179)	w
2	w	Dimitrios Kolomvas (e160)	0	1	David Chandler (182)	b
3	b	Eldar Lachinov (e155)	1	0	Ed Porter (140)	w
4	w	Nathan Barnes (e145)	0	1	Peter Brander (119)	b
		(avg=157)	1	3	(avg=155)

Colchester v Chelmsford

This month there are no less than four matches between Colchester and Chelmsford. The C team have league matches against Chelmsford C and Chelmsford D; the A team have a league match against Chelmsford B and earlier this week had a knockout match against Chelmsford A. The A team narrowly lost to Chelmsford A (who won Division 1 last season).

Eldar Lachinov played his first game for Colchester, picking up a good win in a very sharp Modern Benoni - Mikenas Attack (8.e5). His analysis of the game can be found below.

Date: 13-Nov-2013
NECL Knockout: Round 2
Brd	Col	COLCHESTER A	Result		CHELMSFORD A	Col
1	w	Ian Gooding (167)	0	1	Russell White (196)	b
2	b	Dimitrios Kolomvas (e160)	½	½	Ivan Myall (185)	w
3	w	Eldar Lachinov (e155)	1	0	David Chandler (182)	b
4	b	Mike Wagstaff (142)	0	1	Malcolm Bucknell (179)	w
		(avg=156)	1.5	2.5	(avg=186)

Galleywood Knights v Colchester C

The C team narrowly lost their match against Galleywood Knights. They were out-graded on three of the four boards. The C team remain top of Division 3 but have played more games than the other teams in the league. Mark Johnson made his debut for the club with a draw against a higher-graded player.

Date: 06-Nov-2013
NECL League: Division 3
Brd	Col	GALLEYWOOD KNIGHTS	Result		COLCHESTER C	Col
1	b	Rory Coughlan (130)	1	0	Sam Glenn (118)	w
2	w	Pablo Garcia-Galan Ruiz (130)	1	0	Martin Harris (e115)	b
3	b	Michael Coughlan (110)	0	1	Pete Smith (111)	w
4	w	Ray Algar (110)	½	½	Mark Johnson (e71)	b
		(avg=120)	2.5	1.5	(avg=103)

October summary

The current top ten players in the club grand prix are:

		Points	Percentage
1st	Pete Smith	4	80
2nd	Brian Remmer	3	75
3rd=	Nathan Barnes	2.5	83
	Martin Harris	2.5	83
	Dimitrios Kolomvas	2.5	83
	Mike Wagstaff	2.5	83
7th=	Phil Daley	2	100
	Sam Glenn	2	50
9th=	Clive Bellinger	1.5	75
	Mark Johnson	1.5	50

Games played in the club championship, Tony Locke rapidplay and the NECL league/knockout count for points in the grand prix. Wins by default in NECL matches do count for points.

Only a few games have been played in the club championship but the early leaders are: Eldar Lachinov (group 1), Pete Smith (group 2), Nathan Barnes (group 3) and Phil Daley/Brian Remmer (group 4).

In the NECL knockout Colchester A are through to round 2. In Division 2, Colchester A have won their only game and are in 3rd place in the table. In Division 3, Colchester C are top of the table with Colchester B in 2nd place.

Two league matches - two wins

The A team and the C team were both in action on Wednesday night. The A team's first league match of the season was a whitewashing of Brentwood C and an inexperienced C team beat Billericay C in a close match. The C team have overtaken the B team and are top of Division 3.

There are a number of new players for Colchester this season - Nathan Barnes played his second match for Colchester with Martin Harris, Rob Smith and Jake Stones all playing their first matches as Colchester players. Rob and Jake have never played league chess before.

Date: 30-Oct-2013
NECL League: Division 2
Brd	Col	COLCHESTER A	Result		BRENTWOOD C	Col
1	b	Ian Gooding (167)	1	0	Rod Johnson (152)	w
2	w	Dimitrios Kolomvas (e160)	1	0	Chris Darbon (148)	b
3	b	Nathan Barnes (e145)	1	0	Ben Smith (117)	w
4	w	Clive Bellinger (143)	1	0	Colin Ellis (86)	b
		(avg=154)	4	0	(avg=125)

 

Date: 30-Oct-2013
NECL League: Division 3
Brd	Col	COLCHESTER C	Result		BILLERICAY C	Col
1	b	Brian Remmer (116)	1	0	Ken Young (115)	w
2	w	Martin Harris (e115)	1	0	Charles Newman (109)	b
3	b	Rob Smith (e78)	½	½	Ian Fuller (93)	w
4	w	Jake Stones (e75)	0	1	Hugh Tanton (74)	b
		(avg=96)	2.5	1.5	(avg=97)

The position below is from the match on Board 3 of Colchester A v Brentwood C. White has just played 12.Re1, how can Black now obtain a winning advantage? Answer in the comments.

Clacton C v Colchester B

The B team picked up their first win of the season against Clacton C, moving them to the top of Division 3. The way the fixture list has fallen means that this is the last league match for the B team until January.

Date: 22-Oct-2013
NECL League: Division 3
Brd	Col	CLACTON C	Result		COLCHESTER B	Col
1	b	Melvin Steele (126)	0	1	Michael Wagstaff (142)	w
2	w	Andrew Todd (112)	0	1	Sam Glenn (118)	b
3	b	Nigel Lake (99)	0	1	Pete Smith (111)	w
4	w	Alan Story (63)	1	0	Ed Goodman (82)	b
		(avg=100)	1	3	(avg=113)