Category: Ilford Chess

PLAYED 2 JULY 2018, AT ILFORD

	Ilford	R1	R2	Wanstead C
1	Neville Twitchell 162D r (B, W)	0-1	½-½	Kyan Bui 139A r (W, B)
2	Tom Barton 154E r	1-0	1-0	Peter Nickals 137B r
3	Anthony Kent 144E r	½-½	1-0	Keith Jones 137C r
4	Syd Kalinsky 147E r	1-0	1-0	Ben Harte 135D r
5	Jef Page 138F r (146B s)	1-0	0-1	Paul Haddock 129A r
		3½-1½	3½-1½
	Ilford	7-3		Wanstead C

A solid win for Ilford with 2 of our players, Tom and Syd, convincingly winning both games. In the first round top junior prospect Bui gave Neville a hard time on board 1, going 2 pawns up and thwarting every tactic Neville tried.  But fortunately, by then, Ilford had taken a 2.5-0.5 lead.

At 2.5 -1.5 up, Jef was struggling to win his first game. He went from a comfortable pawn up to losing pawns in the endgame. However, the clock saved him, and he won on time with just 14 seconds left! That gave a vital 3.5-1.5 lead at the turn round.

Anthony and Syd then won their second games in under half an hour, and the match was effectively over with 5.5 points in the bag.

We play Thurrock at home in the Semi-Final.

 

 

 

2018 Essex Rapidplay Knockout

PLAYED 12 JUNE 2018 AT UPMINSTER

	UPMINSTER A	R1	R2	Ilford
1	Martin McCall 171E r (B, W)	1-0	1-0	Neville Twitchell 162D r (W, B)
2	Les Crane 177D r	1-0	1-0	Anthony Kent 144E r
3	Paul Rosenfeld 169D r	0-1	0-1	Syd Kalinsky 147E r
4	Robert Gill 167Er	1-0	0-1	Jef Page 138F r (146B s)
5	John Davenport 166D r	1-0	1-0	Anurag Singh Chauhan 116D r
		4-1	3-2
		7-3

30 minutes each on the clock, 2 games as black and white.

Not an unexpected result in a  tough 1^st round draw against a strong Upminster Rapidplay A team. No disgrace in losing, though we should have run them a bit closer.  Neville returning to play a match for us on board 1, and Syd’s double wins over Rosenfeld were the highlights. Syd always had control in stopping Rosenfeld developing his pieces and he won a piece in both games leading to secure endgame wins. Jef had good play in both of his games. He could not quite work it out in the first game, but made no mistake in the 2^nd.

Traffic problems on the A12 (bad accident closed 1 lane- police in attendance) meant that we arrived late but at least Upminster delayed the start.  we will now go into the 1^st round Plate Competition with a home draw against Wanstead C on Monday 2nd July.

 

 

East Ham 1 v Ilford 1
Wednesday 16 May 2018

For the second match in a row Ilford were never at the races. We started with a default and registered another to make it hard to get anything from the match but some of the games went away from us early. Steve Abbott registered the only win. Both Julian and Anthony had chances but both over-pressed.

Ilford are safe to return to the fray in Division 2 next season.

	East Ham 1	GRADE	SCORE	Ilford 1	GRADE
1	Nigel Fleming	179	½ – ½	Tom Barton	168
2	Peter Jaszkiwskyj         (b)	174	1 – 0	Default
3	John  Davenport	169	½ – ½	David Millward	167
4	Edison Figueroa	168	1 – 0	Julian Hudson	169
5	Martin Baker	159	1 – 0	Aidan Corish	148
6	Mike Wickham	152	1 – 0	Anthony Kent	150
7	Peter Rose	148	1 – 0	Jason W Klimach	146
8	Roland Glotzer	e145	1 – 0	Jeffrey Page	144
9	Matthew Baker	144	0 – 1	Stephen J Abbott	141
10	Walkover		1 – 0	Forfeit
	Total		8 – 2

Another defeat in the Essex league (starting to sound like an old vinyl record with a jumping needle) to finish off the season.  Loughton have become a bit of a bogey team for Ilford, even in our good seasons, and we have not taken points off them in quite a while.

Essex Chess League 2017/2018   Division 2
Date: Monday 30 April 2018  Venue: Redbridge Social Centre

Board		Ilford		Loughton
1	154	Mugalu, Hassan	½-½	Bowmer, Kevin	180
2	151	Kent, Anthony R	0-1	Stirling, William J	177
3	149	Kalinsky, Syd	d-1	Faulkner, David J	156
4	143	Klimach, Jason W	1–0	Kershaw, Graham J	140
5	146	Page, Jeffrey	½-½	Van Tol, Martin	137
6	132	Gericke, Grant	0-1	Moth, Simon C	131
7	126	Chauhan, Anurag Singh	0-1	Groce, Ken	121
8	93	Tutu, Marshall	1–0	Newby, Jonathan	114
			3-5

(From Jef’s notes) Bill Stirling got the better of Anthony Kent with pressure down the h-file and central control. Bill was a pawn up and the Rook and Pawn endgame win for him was never in doubt. Grant got Simon Moth in an early tangle but slowly Moth managed to free and develop his pieces, force Grant back and he too couldn’t hold the ending being pawns down. Chauhan found Groce too tough and with his control of the open board, Anurag’s queenside defences became overloaded and he lost a Bishop.

The other games were more pleasant to watch. Mugalu had a tough time on board 1 controlling Bowmer’s attack ,but Hassan calmly held a level Rooks, N & pawns endgame.

Klimach had his pieces pinned down close to his back rank and seemed to be having difficulty developing them properly but Kershaw was in a similar problem. When Jason finally won control of the c-file and the white squares around Kershaw’s uncastled King the win was assured.

Our final winner, long overdue after many defeats, was Marshall. Even though he arrived 30 minutes late,  did well to beat Newby by crippling his kingside and winning pawns to secure a won endgame.

 

A disappointing end to a dismal season in the Essex League where our cumulative defaults have been highly damaging, and this match was no better. We can only hope for better things next season, particularly with some new players on board.

Ilford 1 v Dulwich 1
London League – Wednesday 25 April 2018

Ilford weren’t at the races for this match suffering a heavy defeat against the division’s bottom team 1.5 – 8.5. Dulwich had turned out a strong team but even so this was an evening that didn’t go right from the moment the toss was lost. Anthony Kents’s game was probably the only one where we had winning chances but in the end we only scored through three draws.

	Ilford 1	GRADE	SCORE	Dulwich 1	GRADE
1	Paolo Casaschi             (b)	174	0 – 1	Ryan Randall	211
2	Julian Hudson	169	0 – 1	Andrew Pridding	197
3	David Millward	167	0 – 1	John Mackinnon	195
4	Tom Barton	168	0 – 1	Peter Andrews	176
5	Les Crane	164	0 – 1	Haran Rasalingam	168
6	Anthony Kent	150	½ – ½	Gerry Peebles-Brown	159
7	Aidan Corish	148	½ – ½	Vincent Homolka	158
8	Jason W Klimach	146	½ – ½	Marlon Andre Seton	147
9	Jeffrey Page	144	0 – 1	Oliver Morley	141
10	Grant Gericke	139	0 – 1	Slobodan Svircevic	e140
	Total		1½ – 8½

This season, we have performed creditably in London League Division 2 and North Circular ‘A’ division. But, no escaping the fact that this is probably our worst ever season in the Essex League, as we head towards relegation to the third tier. In the world of football, the likes of Manchester City and Wolves have recovered from double relegation and prospered, as we will again. We are attracting new players, and squad availability, depth and strength should improve going forward. New members are very welcome to join us in this journey.

Essex Chess League 2017/2018

Division 2 Date: Thursday 19 April 2018 Venue: Wanstead House

Wanstead White on odds

Board		Wanstead III	5½-2½	Ilford
1		Chirea-Florica, Tedor-Alin	1 – 0	Barton, Tom	165A
2	134A	Bui, Kyan	½-½	Mugalu, Hassan	154A
3	138A	Collyer, Alex	½-½	Kent, Anthony	151A
4	130A	Siddo, Charlton	1 – 0	Kalinsky, Syd	149A
5	142C	Lu, Andy W H	0-1	Page, Jeffrey	146B
6	130A	Haddock, Paul	½-½	Chauhan, Anurag Singh	126E
7	120B	Sharman, Jay	1 – 0	Tutu, Marshall	093F
8	126B	Sweeney, Kevin M	1-d	(default)

(Edited from Jef’s notes) Tom Barton was always under pressure on top board, as 2 central pawns came his way. Marshall, although he nicked a pawn, never had good development against Sharman. Syd lost early control against Siddo, and the decision to castle queen side did not go well, as black’s supported a and b pawns led the victory charge to an unstoppable checkmate.

Jef was our only winner taking advantage of Lu’s weak opening. When he couldn’t make progress on the king-side, Jef switched wings, and won the c-pawn backed up by two deadly raking Bishops and centered Rooks.

Our remaining bright spots included Anurag holding his position against Haddock’s Sicilian opening. Anthony Kent had some initiative in a closed Sicilian opening, but did not follow it up. Newcomer Hassan Mugalu forced a draw by repeating rook moves against Bui,  who is clearly a rising star. Black’s has 2 extra pawns, but his queen needs to remain on the d file (final position below).

One more match to go in the Essex League: Monday 30^th April, 7.30pm: Ilford v Loughton

After being stuffed 5 1/2 – 1/2 when we went to their place last month, a 3-3 tie in the return match was a good result, particularly as our average grade was 133 versus 146.

North Circular Chess League Division A    Redbridge Social Centre, 16th April 2018

Ilford	GRADE	SCORE	Chingford 1	GRADE
1	Anthony Kent	151	½ – ½	Gavin Hughes	164
2	Syd Kalinsky	149	½ – ½	Peter Rose	154
3	Jef Page	146	½ – ½	David Brady	149
4	Malcolm Gesthuysen	132	1 – 0	Robin Oakley	149
5	Anurag Chauhan	126	½ – ½	Brian Spear	143
6	Marshall Tutu	93	0 – 1	John Stevens	117
	Total		3– 3

(Edited from Jef’s notes) A good way to finish our final match of the season which should ensure our safety from relegation and the drop back to Division B. There were some very good results for our players against Chingford (who outgraded us on every board).

Syd Kalinsky played into a Vienna opening and set up a blockade which Rose couldn’t break down. Anthony Kent and Gavin Hughes settled for a draw in an even middegame (final position below, black to move)

Brian Spear won pawns against Anurag down the c-file, but with a Knight and Rooks potentially causing trouble for Brian, a draw was soon agreed.  Jef somehow held off Brady’s queenside attack against his weak opening, but came up with a tactic to trap his Queen which he could only save by giving up both of his Bishops. On an open board a draw was agreed.

Malcolm was our winner when Oakley misjudged his position in a sharp line of the Steinitz Variation against the French Defence. Things went badly and he lost his Queen for a Knight (see picture below) whilst our only loser was Marshall who, forfeiting too much time on the clock, couldn’t make it up.

Considering we were a promoted club and hanging on a bit, a good end to the season which has been tough against some very strong teams. All being well we will continue in this top division next season.

Malcolm’s position a few moves before white resigned.

 

Monday 9 April 2018
Drunken Knights 2 v Ilford 1

Division 2 table topping Drunken Knights 2 were going to be a challenge. As expected we were heavily out-graded but it went as far as our top board matching their lowest graded player! Having defaulted two boards before starting it was clear that a team result was very unlikely so it was an opportunity for those playing to throw caution to the winds and play for a win against higher rated opponents. In this vein David had an excellent win, Paolo threw everything into attack to obtain a draw and Aidan also gained an excellent draw. Everyone else played well and had opportunities in their games – an entertaining evening for all. Julian initially adjourned his game but after overnight deliberation gave it up as lost.

 

	Drunken Knights 2	GRADE	SCORE	Ilford 1	GRADE
1	Carsten Pedersen	202	½ – ½	Paolo Casaschi	174
2	Rhys Cumming	199	1 – 0	Gary Thurston         (b)	173
3	Tomer Eden	198	0 – 1	David Millward	167
4	Chris Russell	196	1 – 0	Julian Hudson	169
5	Richard Black	195	1 – 0	Les Crane	164
6	Anthony Fulton	189	1 – 0	Tom Barton	168
7	Doug Bennett	174	½ – ½	Aidan Corish	148
8	Michael Green	177	1 – 0	Anthony Kent	150
9	Walkover		1 – 0	Default
10	Walkover		1 – 0	Default
	Total		8 – 2

 

 

 

Ilford v Wanstead 2 – North Circular Chess League, Div A
Mon 26 March 2018

This match was probably the relegation decider between Ilford and Wanstead 2. It didn’t start too well as Jason’s king was under attack early, Anthony had to defend carefully against Larry who’d given up a pawn for an initiative and Syd was playing a sharp game against Philip. Malcolm and Jason lost, but many thanks to Malcolm for playing tonight and giving us a full team! Anurag was always in control of his game and won and Philip got his pieces in a bit of a tangle allowing Syd to also convert. At 2-2 the match depended on boards 1 and 2. Having held his position together despite Larry’s probing Anthony got the opportunity to exchange down into an opposite coloured bishop endgame and held for a draw. Tom’s game was a Leningrad Dutch, to his advantage as Partha hadn’t seen this before and he got well ahead on the clock. After some tactics he managed to pick up a pawn and desperate for counter-play and running short of time Partha blitzed out some moves that ended with his queen getting trapped.

 With the win and earlier draw against Wanstead 2 the league position is Ilford above them. Assuming neither team win any more matches Ilford will presumably stay in Div A.

	Ilford	GRADE	SCORE	Wanstead 2	GRADE
1	Tom Barton             (b)	165	1 – 0	Partha Mulay	171
2	Anthony Kent	151	½ – ½	Larry Marden	177
3	Syd Kalinsky	149	1 – 0	Philp Staniland	160
4	Jason Klimach	143	0 – 1	Mark Murrell	160
5	Malcolm Gesthuysen	132	0 – 1	Alin Chirea-Florica	150e
6	Anurag Chauhan	126	1 – 0	Jay Sharman	121
	Total		3½ – 2½

 

The match underway!

 

Wednesday 14 March

Hackney 2 and Ilford had an average grade of 159 across their ten boards so a tight match was to be expected. There were familiar faces in the opposition and Les agreed an early draw with Gavin and invitation to head to the pub for a pint. David won in fine style with some nice finishing moves to take the point and at that stage the boards were looking promising, however, there were no more wins and we lost the match 4-6.

Hackney 2	GRADE	SCORE	Ilford 1	GRADE
Charles Hughes	180	1 – 0	Paolo Casaschi	174
John Tennyson	181	½ – ½	Gary Thurston         (b)	173
Jonathan Benyunes	177	0 – 1	David Millward	167
Francis Chin	173	½ – ½	Julian Hudson	169
Gavin Hughes	171	½ – ½	Les Crane	164
Tobias Baumann	150e	1 – 0	Tom Barton	168
Salim Kriman	145e	½ – ½	Aidan Corish	148
Emyr Jones	153	1 – 0	Jason Klimach	146
Mark Rivlin	138	½ – ½	Jeffrey Page	144
Ramon Jose	122	½ – ½	Stephen Abbott	141