{"id":1115,"date":"2023-11-19T19:59:30","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:59:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/?p=1115"},"modified":"2023-11-20T12:05:08","modified_gmt":"2023-11-20T12:05:08","slug":"novembers-matches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/19\/novembers-matches\/","title":{"rendered":"November&#8217;s Matches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1024x590.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1116\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1024x590.png 1024w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-300x173.png 300w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-768x443.png 768w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1200x692.png 1200w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image.png 1402w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apologies are in order to the followers of this blog for the lack of an update after recent matches. A combination of one contributor being overseas and another&#8217;s laptop being out of commission was the reason for no reports being published of late. Now that I have a working laptop again hopefully normal service will now be resumed!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>When we left things the A team had just been held to a draw by Division 1 newcomers Skelmersdale&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The following Wednesday it was our B team&#8217;s turn to welcome Skelmersdale, this time the away team left with all the points. Despite a fine effort by Keith Maudsley who played an excellent game against Paul Massey&#8217;s Colle system. Keith has kindly annotated this one which can be enjoyed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style='border: 0;' width='900px' height='600px' src='https:\/\/share.chessbase.com\/SharedGames\/frame\/?p=M5vX7LTlBOLsHYW17HlVJoim5Q2secocoh+RwIQy0O6cY7xe7CXDxNHy5Jd\/smo9'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"243\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-1024x243.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1117\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-1024x243.png 1024w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-768x182.png 768w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-1536x365.png 1536w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1-1200x285.png 1200w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-1.png 1692w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the past half dozen or so years the key fixture in the WDCL calendar has been the clash between Culcheth A and Atherton. The sides met for the first time this season on 7th November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A slightly nervy match ensued with both sides likely aware of the importance of the fixture. The top three boards each played out to a draw leaving boards 4 and 5 to decide the result. On this occasion Andy Coe and Ilya Dubov both played excellent games which gave us the match win.  I did take a picture of both of their scoresheets with the intention to publish these games here. Sadly however I seem to have managed to delete this from my phone over the past few weeks! Ilya \/ Andy if you would still like these games to be published perhaps you can provide me with a copy of your scoresheets and I can later add these wins into an updated version of this blog post! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-1024x270.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1119\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-1024x270.png 1024w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-300x79.png 300w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-768x203.png 768w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-1536x405.png 1536w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2-1200x317.png 1200w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-2.png 1788w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This takes us up to more recent times where on the 15th November we had two home fixtures Culcheth A V Northwich A in division 1, whilst at the same time welcoming WDCL newcomers Eccles for their first visit to our club in Culcheth C V Eccles in WDCL division 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1024x528.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1024x528.png 1024w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-300x155.png 300w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-768x396.png 768w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1536x792.png 1536w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1200x619.png 1200w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4.png 1730w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Our A team established a quick decisive 3-0 lead from boards 3, 4 and 5 which earned us an early victory in this fixture. Northwich were missing a few players meaning some of their less experienced players had been thrown in lower down. The top two boards were hotly contested however. Ian Dutton played a fine game against the talented James Harrison, James was not to know that he had played into a position Ian was having for the third time in a month! This allowed Ian to emerge with a good opening and he went onto convert.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Damian&#8217;s game against Richard was a close affair where in the end Richard was to lose on time, in a complicated but not necessarily  worse endgame.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3-1024x280.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3-1024x280.png 1024w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3-300x82.png 300w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3-768x210.png 768w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3-1536x420.png 1536w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3-1200x328.png 1200w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-3.png 1806w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"843\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-1024x843.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-1024x843.png 1024w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-300x247.png 300w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-768x632.png 768w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5.png 1110w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Boards 1 &amp; 2 from the Culcheth V Northwich fixture<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On the same evening Eccles edged a close match against our C team 1.5-3.5. Phil Dawson has kindly provided his game which was our only win from this match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<iframe style='border: 0;' width='900px' height='600px' src='https:\/\/share.chessbase.com\/SharedGames\/frame\/?p=gdlbRFmx07xFWlyQxf3pt5chTcLJ8sOQty5AYgrOqhvdXriXxYJKD9YqEUZP9PJx'><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"234\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-1024x234.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-1024x234.png 1024w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-300x69.png 300w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-768x176.png 768w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-1536x352.png 1536w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-1200x275.png 1200w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7.png 1782w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-6-1024x472.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-6-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-6-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-6-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-6-1200x553.png 1200w, https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-6.png 1450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Apologies are in order to the followers of this blog for the lack of an update after recent matches. A combination of one contributor being overseas and another&#8217;s laptop being out of commission was the reason for no reports being published of late. Now that I have a working laptop again hopefully normal service will &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/2023\/11\/19\/novembers-matches\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;November&#8217;s Matches&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1115","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorised"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1115"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1127,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1115\/revisions\/1127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1115"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1115"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culchethchessclub.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1115"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}