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Cannock League Division 2 Going into their match against Mercia, the Cannock 2B team expected to struggle due to limited availability of players, and this expectation was emphasised further when the team saw the strength of players on their opponents’ team sheet. The first game to finish was David Hulme
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Cannock League Division 3 When skipper John Fryer loked at board one it all seemed very level. Next time he looked Gary Monks was wrapping it up very efficiently. John Fryer himself followed with a second win on board two. His opponent provided him with space and a pawn but
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Cannock League Division 4 Stephen’s Shield’s Kingside attack was blunted by his higher rated opponent who forced an exchange of Queens leaving the position strategically even and the only pieces left to each player were a Bishop and King. A draw was agreed. Ben Adams has made an
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Cannock League Division 4 A recent newcomer to Lichfield Chess Club, Dylan Wright is highly regarded by opponents he has met in friendly games.He lost his debut match and then found himself on board one against a very experienced Norton Canes player, Joe Parker , who has a genuine 1423
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Cannock League Division 3 Lichfield’s 3A team were well beaten by a strong Tamworth team who take a two point lead at the top of the third division. The deficit was 3.5 – 0.5 with Lichfield’s only point earner coming from young Isaac Adams who played well
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Cannock League Division 3 Fourteen years old Emilie Nastase joined Lichfield at virtually the same time as Turan Asgarova and she would love to emulate her achievements. Turan returned to chess after a long absence in her mid teens whilst Emilie started to play only this year. A few days
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Cannock League Division Four Ben Adams toppled an opponent rated more than 300 points higher and his son Isaac, playing his fiirst league game chipped in with a draw as Lichfield won at Stafford by 2.5 – 1.5 and are now second in the table. John Fryer was a
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Cannock League Division 3 Lichfield’s 3B team found it so tough against Wolverhampton that skipper John Fryer said two of their opponents played like wolves in sheep’s clothing with performances which belied their ratings. Perhaps one might expect that bearing in mind the town they represented. Lichfield lost
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Cannock League Division 3 With a looming checkmate threat and facing inevitable material loss Albert Chacko’s opponent resigned in just seven moves in 3A’s match with Bushbury. It was the spark which led to a 4-0 win. Steady pressure from Phil Sykes in the middle game was followed
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Cannock League Division 4 Ten year old Wilf Hopper made a promising start to his league career with a draw against a substantially higher listed Rushall player as Lichfield won 3.5 – 1.5. Rob Frost, Elliot Ward and Marc Carterwere the three Lichfield winners, (Match played 16th October)
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Cannock League Division 1 Ben Nevett- Farman had to face the rare and cunning Hartlaub-Charlick variation of the Englund Gambit and it took him a long time to achieve a position in which deft play secured victory when nearly out of time. Meanwhile his teammates were also gaining the upper
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Cannock League Division 3 Albert Chacko’s run of winning performances has come to an end with what he describes as a horrible performance. After playing for Lichfield 3A against Rugeley’s Catherine Hiley he berated himself by saying he just beat himself. Catherine is not an easy player to
