The Pollard Cup Quickplay competition is back this week, on Monday 18th December at 7:30pm. The entrance fee is £2 and the fees will be returned to the top scoring participants in the form of prizes. Dan Barnes took a spectacular 4.5 points last time around and leads the competition, with Joachim one point behind, and a whole host of players sat on three points. Will Dan be able to maintain his lead?
More information is available on the Quickplay Championship page, along with details of how the time odds handicap is operated. All are welcome, if necessary Denzil will assign you an estimated grade before the start of the competition.
This will be the final club night of the year, with the club re-opening on Monday 8th January 2024.
Leagues
The Macclesfield B team scored an unlikely tie this week to put their first points on the table in the SDCL second division. Unfortunately Denzil's opponent in time trouble forgot to press his clock after offering a draw which gifted Macclesfield a well needed point. It serves as a timely reminder of the draw offer procedure - make your move, ask your opponent if they would like a draw, then hit the clock. After which they can spend as long as they like (on their time) to consider your benevolent offer!
Meanwhile in the NSDCA we were kindly joined by Gary Smith for the first time, who quickly and deftly dispatched his opponent on Friday night.
This result and others are listed below.
NSDCA Division 1 - 4th December 2023
Macclesfield | 1 - 3 | Crewe A |
Carl Gartside | 0 - 1 | Martin Burns |
Joachim Trier | ½ - ½ | Harry Gardiner |
Anthony Brough | 0 - 1 | Andrew Raeburn |
Geoff Laurence | ½ - ½ | Karl Lockett |
SDCL Division 2 - 11th December 2023
Macclesfield B | 2.5 - 2.5 | Altrincham |
Tom Moitié | 0 - 1 | Anthony Lane |
Denzil Lobo | 1 - 0 | Richard White |
Jake Darlington | 1 - 0 | Thomas Hague |
Marcus Fothergill | 0 - 1 | William McCartney |
Brian Woodhall | ½ - ½ | Alan Tyson |
NSDCA Division 1 - 15th December 2023
Cheddleton A | 3 - 1 | Macclesfield |
Simon Edwards | 0 - 1 | Gary Smith |
Philip Birks | 1 - 0 | Anthony Brough |
Karol Grzybowski | 1 - 0 | Geoff Laurence |
Roger Edwards | 1 - 0 | Tom Moitié |
Club Competitions
Ant has now climbed to the top of the Club Championship leaderboard, with a win against Joachim with the black pieces, and one game to go. With three games yet to play, Carl remains the most likely to overhaul that lead as he is yet to lose a game.
Marcus holds the lead of the Pomeroy Cup and is also yet to lose. Could his match against Denzil be a crucial decider?