Ilford Chess Club

Essex League Division 2 4th December 2017

ILFORD 5½ – 2½ BARKING II
NEVILLE TWITCHELL 168   1-0 COLIN RAMAGE 159 (B)
ANTHONY KENT 150              ½  KEN CLOW 156
JASON KLIMACH 146            1-0 ROBIN OAKLEY 146
SYD M KALINSKY 148            ½  GHOLAMREZA ANSARI 139
JEF PAGE 144                          1-0 GEORGE MONK 133
LAVANAN AINKARAN 134   1-0 JOHN FIGGINS 133
HOWARD BERLIN 129            ½ NIKUNJ SINHA 126
Default                                       0-1 VLADIMIR CHTYM 125

(From notes by from Jef Page.) Ilford did very well against Barking. The match started badly when Tom Barton had to drop out because of a cold. Neville only just made it in time 40 minutes late because of traffic delays coming down the M11. But in the end,  Ilford played so well that we won the match and no one lost over the boards.
Syd Kalinsky got his usual quick draw and Howard Berlin, making a welcome and rare appearance, held Sinha to a level Knight and Pawn endgame. Anthony Kent accepted the draw in a classical Sicilian. But, from there on the wins kept coming for us. Lavanan held off Figgins attack and then counter-attacked strongly with Q&R to invade an exposed  King position and unguarded queenside pawns. Jef followed that up by tempting George Monk with a poisonous Knight sac he didn’t refuse, and quickly mated him with Queen and Bishop. Jason Klimach marched a pawn up the board defended by Queen to force the win. The final game point was clinched by Neville playing his usual irregular opening. He won pawns against Ramage,  and as Colin tried for counter-play, an error allowed Neville to finish the game with a Knight fork of both Rooks.

Our big problem now is defaults. In 2 Essex League matches we have now given away 3 defaults. Penalties loom if we aren’t careful. But with this match win and 2 points we move off the bottom of the division- and start our climb onwards and upwards!

 

In the Metropolitan 1 away match Ilford are 5-4 up with Steve Abbott’s game adjourned which looks difficult to hold – see position below. The teams were evenly matched and it was close fought.

Tom Barton’s game was the last to finish. A ding dong affair he was worse but managed to mix it up and with both his opponent and he queening he had an opportunity to win the game in the final time scramble – then he went and put his queen en pris! Aaaagh!

Still, Ilford will at least halve the match and continue to add to the points tally.

Steve Abbott’s adjourned position. He is black and has sealed:

	Metropolitan 1	GRADE	SCORE	Ilford 1	GRADE
1	Tanguay Deflesselle	202	0 – 1	Paolo Casaschi	174
2	Ian Calvert	171	½ – ½	Gary Thurston	173
3	Adam Bedi	170	1 – 0	Tom Barton	168
4	Petr Vachtfeidl	170	0 – 1	Julian Hudson	169
5	Brian Sharkey	166	½ – ½	Les Crane	164
6	Fraser Lees	160	1 – 0	Anthony Kent	150
7	Jeremy Law	152	0 – 1	Aidan Corish	148
8	Soumen Roy	160	Adj	Stephen J Abbott	141
9	Noel Stewart	139	0 – 1	Jef Page	144
10	Jan Lepetun	144	1 – 0	Grant Gericke	139
	Total		4 – 5

North Circular Chess League  Division A

Monday 20.11.17, at East Barnet British Legion

                                    BARNET      4½-1½   ILFORD

203 TOM VILLIER    1-0  JULIAN HUDSON 169

192 A ETHELONTIS 1-0  NEVILLE TWITCHELL 168

193 ROY SAGALL      1-0  TOM BARTON 150

154 PHILIP MYERS   ½  ANTHONY KENT 150

163 J RUBECK             ½   SYD KALINSKY 148

136  MIKE JONES                            ½  JEF PAGE 144

A trip round the North Circular, and and expected tough match for Ilford, heavily outgraded on the top boards. Whilst we could hold the bottom ones we were overwhelmed on the top 3. But no one was disgraced and all the games were played out- no outright early blunders.

Tom’s favourite Leningrad Dutch held up well until pressure in the endgame paid off for Sagall. Neville played his usual open game. He had his queenside demolished and was unable to castle, with his King got stuck in the centre as Ethelontis’ Queen and Rooks dominated the open files. Julian Hudson made a rare and welcome appearance for us but found ViIliers just too strong.

On the lower boards Mike Jones handled his Sicilian opening well enough again to hold for a draw andgainstJef, and Syd did well against Rubeck. He won the exchange but couldn’t hold the advantage. Tony Kent had a fairly even Kings pawn game, and offered a draw when white played Qd6b8. As It happended, that was not so good for black as he has weak a, e and g pawns. Isn’t 20/20 hindsight a wonderful thing?

At least our longest away journey is out for the way

 

Beckenham And Charlton 1 v Ilford. Wednesday 8 November 2017

Ilford won 6.5 – 3.5

one IM Philip J Morris 219         1-0     Chris Fegan 176     +43
two FM Alan E Hanreck 209     1-0      Gary Thurston 173      +36
three John H Lewin 164          1/2-1/2   Paolo Casaschi 174D   -10
four Jim Everson 147               1/2-1/2   Julian Hudson 169      -22
five Andrew H Heard 145       1/2-1/2   David Millward 167    -22
six Andrew Dovey 141                0-1        Tom A Barton 168      -27
seven Shreyas Royal 150            0-1        Leslie J Crane 164       -14
eight Robert J Stebbings 121      0-1       Anthony R Kent 150    -29
nine James Jackson 119              0-1        Aidan T Corish 148     -29
ten Ian Mills 114                          0-1        Stephen J Abbott 141   -27

Apart from being well outgraded on top boards, Ilford had stronger team on the remaining boards and finished comfortable winners.  Great start to the 2017/season so far,

 

 

 

NCCL Division A
Redbridge Social Club 6.11.17
ILFORD                           2-4     WANSTEAD & WOODFORD I
NEVILLE TWITCHELL  ½      D SPEARMAN 190 w
TOM BARTON                1-0     M PEREZ-CABALLO 187 b
ANTHONY KENT           0-1    LARRY MARDEN 173
SID KALINSKY                ½     IAN HUNNABLE 173
JEF PAGE                         0-1    STEVE RIX 171
LAVANAN AINKARAN  0-1    PHIL STANILAND 160

Edited from Jef’s notes. A strong Wanstead 1^st team outgradied us on every board, but games were played out to a tough finish.

Syd Kalinsky easily held Hunnable’s French Defence but Neville on top board had to work hard to draw with Spearman. Jef misplayed the opening in a cramped position and in spite of seeking counter-play, could not old off Steve Rix, whilst Wanstead captain Staniland proved too strong for Lavanan. Similarly Anthony Kent could not prevent Marden gaining control of the centre and opening up his defence. Our only winner was Tom, who is having a good season, breaking out of the middle game to win the ending.

Ilford continued winning ways against Beckenham & Charlton and have an excellent start of three wins from three matches.

	Beckenham & Charlton 1	GRADE	SCORE	Ilford 1	GRADE
1	Phili J Morris (IM)	219	1 – 0	Chris Fegan	176
2	Alan E Hanreck	209	1 – 0	Gary Thurston	173
3	John Lewin	164	½ – ½	Paolo Casaschi	174
4	Jim Everson	147	½ – ½	Julian Hudson	169
5	Andrew Heard	145	½ – ½	David Millward	167
6	Andrew Dovey	141	0 – 1	Tom Barton	168
7	Shreyas Royal	150	0 – 1	Les Crane	164
8	Robert Stebbings	121	0 – 1	Anthony Kent	150
9	James Jackson	119	0 – 1	Aidan Corish	148
10	Ian Mills	114	0 – 1	Stephen J Abbott	141
	Total		3½ – 6½

Les got the evening off to a good start catching his young opponent in an opening trap and our strength in depth saw a clean sweep of the bottom half of the boards the foundation of the win.

Thanks to Chris and Gary for taking on the top boards against high rated opponents.

ILFORD  2-4  WANSTEAD & WOODFORD I

NEVILLE TWITCHELL  ½  D SPEARMAN 190  w

TOM BARTON 1-0 M PEREZ-CABALLO 187 b

TONY KENT 0-1 LARRY MARDEN  173

SID KALINSKY   ½  IAN HUNNABLE 173

JEF PAGE  0-1 STEVE RIX 171

LAVANAN AINKARAN  0-1  PHIL STANILAND 160

A strong Wanstead 1^st team turned up outgrading us on every board, but games were played out to a tough finish.

Syd Kalinsky easily held Hunnable’s French Defence but Neville on top board had to work hard to draw with Spearman. I misplayed the opening in a cramped position and in spite of seeking counter-play, it was too difficult to hold off Steve Rix, whilst Wanstead captain Staniland proved too strong for Lavanan. Similarly Tony Kent couldn’t prevent Marden gaining control of the centre and opening up his defence. Our only winner was Tom, who is having a good season, who broke out of the middle game to win the ending.

Jef Page.

Essex Chess League  Division 2   31.10.17

            UPMINSTER II 5½ – 2½  ILFORD

Board 1 169 NOOR KHODA     0-1 NEVILLE H TWITCHELL 168 w
Board 2  148 AIDAN CORISH    ½  TOM BARTON 168 b
Board 3 147 ROB IANNETTA    ½ ANTHONY  KENT 150
Board 4 137 J HANNAFORD     ½  SYD M KALINSKY 148
Board 5 131 P ROSENFELD     1-0 JEF PAGE 144
Board 6 122 SATNAM JOHAL 1-0 LAVANAN AINKARAN 134
Board 7 S ABBOTT                   1-0 default
Board 8 M RAHAMAN             1-0 default

(Fom Jef’s notes) Not the best way to start the Essex League season. Decent results on the first 4 boards, but with 2 defaults we were badly hampered. Train problems did not help either.

On top board Neville was our only winner as Khoda went for a win in an advantageous rook ,knight and pawn endgame. However, he over-pressed, which allowed Nev to queen a pawn and the game then quickly ended. Both Tom and Anthony,  who were affected by the  train delays to Upminster, both drew in long endgames, as did Syd.

Lavanan pushed a pawn up the board supported by a Bishop but unable to force it home. Johal was able to line up his Q, B and R to break into his defence. Jef  was 2 pieces up (!), with his very exposed king sitting behind his opponents pawn on h2. He was winning comfortably, but fell into a Halloween horror checkmate.

 

Drunken Knights 3 v Ilford London Division 2 23rd October 2017. Ilford lead 5.5 – 3.5 with one game adjourned

one Patryk Stanisz 197            1-0 Chris Fegan 176
two Diana Serbanescu 183     1-0 Gary Thurston 173
three Douglas A Bennett 173  0-1 Paolo Casaschi 174
four William Taylor 178          adj Julian Hudson 169
five Habib Rahman 154       1/2-1/2 Tom A Barton 168
six Colin Rigby 155                   0-1 Neville H Twitchell 168
seven Greg J Breed 146           0-1 David Millward 167
eight Dickie Geddis es130       0-1 Anthony R Kent 150
nine Kishan Pattni 146            0-1 Aidan T Corish 148
ten David A Grange 109          1-0 Jason W Klimach 146

A good evening at the Plough, Museum Street, London WC1. The lighting at Drunken Knights’ excellent home venue has been improved during the summer!

 

Ilford were stronger on the bottom 6 boards. These games all finished first giving, us a strong 4.5 – 1.5 start. David Millward’s game went 1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 e5 3. BC4 a6? 4. Qh5 and black was already losing a pawn

Anthony Kent had a double-edged Sicilian Dragon, going …..15 e5 (below) to liven things up. Game went 16. Nxb  axB 17. Bxb Ke7 and black has 2 pawns for the piece and the advantage . Computer likes 17. Qxd for equality.

Good win for Paolo Casaschi on board 3 gave Ilford the match. We eventually lost hard fought matches on boards 1 and 2.

Chris Fegan fighting hard in his board 1 match which went right to the end:

London League Division 2 4th October 2017

Ilford White on odds

Ilford    beat      Lewisham           5.5 – 4.5

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Chris Fegan 176             Harry Dixon 184               1/2

Gary Thurston  173       Mark M Robertson 194    1/2

Paolo Casaschi  174       John Pallen  163                 0-1

Julian Hudson  169        Tim Gluckmann 171          1-0

David Millward  167      Sydney J Jacob  166           1/2

Neville H Twitchell 168 Peter R Wood 151              1/2

Les Crane 164                  Martin Stewart 166           1-0

Jeffrey Page 144              Zia Mehmet 151                  1/2

Aidan Corish   148          David E Brown 152             1-0

Grant Gericke   139         Cem Oyvat   141                   0-1