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Cannock League Division 2 As it was last season Lichfield’s Division 2 Cannock League teams are incredibly well matched on every board and a total difference of only 45 rating points. Inevitably it was another tight match with the early season honours going to the 2B team which emerged
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Cannock League Division 3 It was a topsy turvy game for Albert Chacko in a Division 3A game against Rushall. He gained an early advantage and then slipped into a losing position. He sacrificed a Rook-seemingly a blunder-but actually a brilliant bluff that turned the tables and led to a
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Cannock League Division 3 Peter Rose was conceding a couple of hundred rating points in his board one game against Tamworth and his outstanding winning performance was not quite enough to prevent Tamworth securing a 2.5 – 1.5 victory against Lichfield’s 3B side, Peter’s opponent made a
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Cannock League Division 1 Lichfield’s new top-rated player Turan Asgarova continued her perfect start to the season, as the games in the Division 1 match with Stafford all proceeded as ECF grades predicted, resulting in a 2-2 draw. Turan won a pawn on Board 1, efficiently converting her advantage
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Cannock League Division 4 Despite being out-graded in aggregate compared to their opponents, the Lichfield team of Rob Frost, Elliot Ward, Stuart Andrews and Marc Carter beat their Stafford opponents 4-0 at our new King’s Head Monday night venue. A great result. (Match played: 22nd September).
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Cannock League Division 2 The season is only a few weeks old but the leading Ladder Board protagonists of last season, Albert Chacko and Adam Routledge are already in fine form. Albert pulled off a fine win over Brian Homewood for the 2B team while Adam had a 180 point
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Cannock Division 1 Turan Asgarova, Lichfield’s new top player with a 2070 rating started her career with an exciting victory as Rugeley were hammered 3.5 -0.5. Both Turan and her opponent were running desperately short of time with the game heading for a possible agreed draw when
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Cannock League Albert Chacko continued his brilliant form of last season to beat Norton Canes skipper Mike Hoare but 3B still lost 2.5- 1.5. Albert found a neat sacrifice in the opening and went on to mate Mike’s King in the middle of the board. Phil Sykes
