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Malpas Closed Championship 16/07/2008 Gary beat Nick and Farhan beat Ron. In Group B, Ron and Will Elworthy go through. In Group A, Gary goes through but the other semifinalist depends on the game between Adam and Dave Roberts. Adam needs to win to join Gary, anything else and it will be Dave and Gary going through. So the semi finals will be Will v Gary and Adam or Dave R v Ron Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access). Malpas Closed Championship 11/07/2008 Recent results have seen Nick Davies beating Adam, Dave Roberts beating Mark, Steve Vickery beating Mark and Dave Williams beating Farhan. Group A sees Steve Vickery and Mark Emblem out of the running this year. It all hinges now on the final games of Nick D, Dave R, Adam and Gary. Nick D and Dave R currently lead the table with three points each. Group B is now decided with Ron and Will Elworthy in the top two. Ron still has one game in hand. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access). Notice to Players 26/06/2008 MCC – Playing squads for 2008/2009 Gary Thomas has asked me to post the attached proposal for the make up of teams for next season. It is intended only to provoke discussion/debate before and at the AGM which will take place around the end of August 2008 (date to be notified shortly). Only at this AGM will final decisions be made about the squads, team evenings, etc. and these will involve all those who are present, using a voting system if necessary. If in the meantime anyone would like to contribute by way of comment, feedback or by putting forward alternative proposals then please feel free to do so by contacting any of the senior players.
NB the order of players given here does not necessarily reflect board order/selection priority In deciding which teams will play homes game on which evening consideration will need to be given to the fact that it is not currently possible to host two matches during the same evening at The Three Horseshoes, and also that
Malpas Closed Championship 26/06/2008 Gary beat Steve Vickery which now means that Steve is out of the running this year. Everyone else in Group A still has a shot at the top two. Ron will definitely qualify for the semi-finals and Farhan has to win his two remaining games to qualify over Will Elworthy. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access).
Malpas Closed Championship 17/06/2008 Farhan beat Steve W. which means that Farhan keeps his hopes alive of being in the top two. Reigning champ Steve is out of this year’s championship. Ron will definitely qualify for the semi-finals and Farhan has to win his two remaining games to qualify over Will Elworthy. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access).
Malpas Closed Championship 10/06/2008 More exciting results with Adam beating Gary, Nick beating Mark and Dave Roberts beating Steve Vickery. All Group A players have played three games each and Adam now leads the group on 2.5 points followed by Nick and Dave R in second place on two points. In Group B, Will E. drew with Dave Williams. Will is now joint top with Ron on 3 points. Simon and Dave Williams are out of the running for this year’s championship. With some games still to be played there could still be an upset! Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access).
Malpas Closed Championship 03/06/2008 Will Elworthy beat Simon and Adam drew with Steve Vickery. Still all to play for in Group A. In Group B, five out of the six players have a chance of making the top two. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access).
Malpas Closed Championship 27/05/2008 Farhan drew with Will Elworthy. A number of games have now been played in Group B but there will still be a struggle for the crucial top two spots. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access).
Malpas Closed Championship 21/05/2008 The “night of the long knives” saw Dave Roberts beating Nick and Mark beating Gary. Will Elworthy drew with Steve W. Still plenty to play for especially in Group A where most players have one point each. In Group B Ron and Steve W are still leading but there are a number of games still to be played in the group. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access).
CHECKMATE TALK by Gareth Williams 17/05/2008 NEWPORT MUSEUM AND ART GALLERY Malpas Closed Championship 17/05/2008 Ron’s extra pawn secured the point against Simon in their MCC game. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access).
Malpas Closed Championship 05/05/2008 Ron drew with Dave in a hair-raising time-scramble and Steve W beat Simon. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results. Games as always on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access).
Malpas Closed Championship 29/04/2008 Ron beat Steve W, Nick beat Steve V, Adam beat Mark and Simon drew with Dave. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results pages.
Malpas Closed Championship First Games 22/04/2008 Latest results: Gary beat Dave Roberts, Simon beat Farhan and Steve W beat Dave Williams. Will Elworthy drew with Ron Williams. Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw and the results on the Results pages.
Malpas win Division One Trophies 20/04/2008 Malpas win two Division One trophies!! Simon Tang won the Best Performance Trophy and Steve Williams the Best Percentage Trophy. Well done and more details on Robert Taylor’s site.
Malpas C lose to Pontypool A 16/04/2008 In their last match of the season, Malpas C lost 3 - 1 to Pontypool A. However, Steve Vickery and Mark Emblem had draws with some 1800+ players!
Malpas lose to Penarth in U1800 Plate 15/04/2008 Malpas lost 2.5 - 1.5 to Penarth.
Malpas B beat Eagles 09/04/2008 Malpas B beat Newport Eagles 3 - 1 in their last match of their season. Well done chaps!
Malpas A lose to Monmouth A 08/04/2008 Malpas A lost to Monmouth A 0 - 4 in their last match of their season.
Malpas Closed Club Championship 2008 -- DRAW 02/04/2008 Go to the Fixtures pages to see the draw for the Malpas Closed Championship. Results will be available (where else?) on the Results pages. Entrants, please be reminded that games can be played "out of order" by mutual consent provided that the deadlines for the stipulated games are always adhered to. Please note that a minor change has been made to the rules - all group games are to be completed by 31st July 2008, not August.
Malpas A beat Newport A 01/04/2008 Malpas A beat Newport A 2.5 - 1.5. Considering the gradings, not a bad day’s work.... Available games on the Games page.
Malpas B lose to Dragons 26/03/2008 Malpas B lost to the Dragons 2.5 - 1.5. Well done to Wyn Howells for winning his game against Mark Summers.
Malpas C lose to Abergavenny A 25/03/2008 Malpas C put up a tough fight (draws from Mark and Simon) but Abergavenny A won the match 3 - 1.
Malpas Closed Club Championship 2008 21/03/2008 Calling all Malpas players... 2008 could be your year! It’s the Malpas Closed Championship and if you want to register you will need to click here or email Gary directly. Tournament entries should be made via the web site before 1st April 2008 Since the rules for last year were so successful we will be trying the same approach in 2008. Click here for the rules. Best of luck to everyone... Chess at the Newport Museum 24/03/2008 I’ll avoid the temptation to say that some of our games are on display! Gary Thomas has kindly informed us of an exhibition of chess sets at the Newport Museum. Click the following link for more details: http://www.newport.gov.uk/_dc/indexcfm?fuseaction=museumheritage.museum&contentid=CONT227484
Malpas B beat Newport Rooks 19/03/2008 With a win from Steve Vickery and three draws, Malpas B beat the Rooks 2.5 - 1.5.
Malpas A defeat Cwmbran Crows 18/03/2008 With wins from Nick Davies and Steve Williams (our Steve Williams that is) Malpas A beat Cwmbran Rooks 2.5 - 1.5. Well done all.
Malpas A against Cwmbran Crows 12/03/2008 There are two adjournments to be resolved but Cwmbran Crows are currently up against Malpas A 1.5 - 0.5.
Malpas C lose to Newport B 11/03/2008 Malpas C were heavily outgunned against Newport B but put up stiff opposition with a loss and three draws. Newport B won 2.5 - 1.5.
Malpas C beat Abergavenny B 04/03/2008 Malpas C went one better than the A-side when they beat Abergavenny B 3 - 1. With two wins and two draws, Malpas C didn’t lose a game despite being outgraded on every board. Well done!.
Malpas B lose to Monmouth B 28/02/2008 Malpas B lost 2.5 - 1.5 to Monmouth B. Malpas had three draws and a loss but were outgraded on every board.
Malpas A draw with Abergavenny B 26/02/2008 Malpas A drew 2 - 2 with Abergavenny B. Well done to Nick and Steve for winning their games.
Malpas in Dyfed 24/02/2008 Well done to all Malpas players who took part in Dyfed. Gary won the grading prize in the Open section for the second year running with 3/5. Nick scored 2.5 in the Open and Harry 2 in the Major. Available games are on the Games page, Non-League section (restricted access)
Nick wins first Playchess Tournament 17/02/2008 Nick Davies (at least we think it was him) won the first Malpas online tournament at Playchess.com. Well done Nick!! Since a good time was had by all, we will no doubt be playing more of these in the future. You can download the software to play as a guest by visiting the Playchess.com site.
Malpas C lose to Cwmbran Crows 20/02/2008 Malpas C lost 3.5 - 0.5 to Cwmbran Crows. Steve Vickery scored a draw with Dave Perrett, rated 2032. Steve offered the draw in an advantageous position and it was duly accepted.
Malpas at Playchess.com 17/02/2008 ANNOUNCEMENT - There will be an online (all play all) competition for Malpas Chess Club members starting at 1800hrs on Sun 17th Feb in
Malpas A lose to Newport B 12/02/2008 Malpas A lost 3 - 1 to Newport B.
Malpas B draw with North Gwent A 06/02/2008 Well done to Malpas B who drew 2 - 2 against North Gwent A. The only Malpas winner was Wyn Howells.
Malpas C v Newport A 05/02/2008 Malpas C are currently drawing 1.5 - 1.5 with Newport A with an adjournment (Ron and Robert Taylor). Well done chaps!
Malpas C default against Monmouth A 31/01/2008 Malpas C defaulted 4 - 0 against Monmouth A.
Malpas A default against Abergavenny A 29/01/2008 Malpas A defaulted 4 - 0 against Abergavenny A.
Malpas B draw with Pontypool B 23/01/2008 Malpas B drew with Pontypool B 2 - 2. Well done to Adam for winning his game. Scores are available on the Results page and game(s) are on the Games page.
Malpas A defeat Pontypool A 22/01/2008 A touch-and-go match against Pontypool A saw Malpas A take victory by 2.5 - 1.5. Three draws and a win! Scores are available on the Results page and all games are on the Games page.
Malpas B lose to North Gwent B 16/01/2008 Malpas B lost to North Gwent B 1.5 - 2.5.
Malpas C lose to Cwmbran Rooks 15/01/2008 Malpas C lost to Cwmbran Rooks 4 - 0.
Malpas Trophy Night 08/01/2008 Trophy Night on 8th January saw a number of Malpas players walk away with awards for their successes during the last season. Photos available here (taken on camera phone so please excuse the quality). Among the recipients were Nick, Mark, Dave, Steve V, Simon and Steve W.
Malpas A beat Malpas C 08/01/2008 The first Malpas match of 2008 saw Malpas A beating Malpas C 4 - 0.
Malpas A draw with Newport A 18/12/2007 In the final Malpas match of 2007 (postponed from earlier in the year), Malpas A drew with Newport A 2 - 2. Draws from Nick and Dave and another win from Simon saw Malpas A finish the year with a respectable result.
Malpas Chess Club at Playchess.com !! 15/12/2007 Gary is currently setting up an online room for Malpas players at Playchess.com. This should take a few days to sort out but should enable Malpas players to congregate, play a few games and chat. More news when we have it, but in the meantime you can get to Playchess.com by clicking the image below or visiting the links page.
Malpas A draw with Monmouth A 13/12/2007 Malpas A drew 2 - 2 with Monmouth A. We were outgraded on every board so this was a good result. Solid draws from Nick Davies and Steve Vickery and a lucky win from Steve Williams (Lucky being his middle name).
Malpas B draw with Newport Dragons 12/12/2007 Malpas B drew 2 - 2 against Newport Dragons. Steve Vickery and Wyn Howells both won their games.
Pontypool Website - 10/12/2007 Mike Kilner tells us there’s a new Pontypool Chess Club web site, which you can find on the links page or by clicking here.
Malpas A lose to Newport B - 05/12/2007 Malpas A lost 2.5 - 1.5 against Newport B.
Malpas C draw with Newport A - 04/12/2007 Excellent result for Malpas C as they drew 2 - 2 against Newport A. Well done again to Simon Tang who defeated Beryl Hughes!
Malpas B lose to Eagles - 28/11/2007 Malpas B lost 1.5 - 2.5 to Eagles. Well done to Will Wilkinson for winning his game.
Malpas C lose to Abergavenny A - 27/11/2007 Malpas C lost 3 - 1 to Abergavenny A, but there was a sting in the tail when Simon Tang overcame a 497 point difference to beat Terry Hill. Well done Simon!
Malpas B lose to Pontypool B - 21/11/2007 Malpas B lost 3.5 - 0.5 against Pontypool B.
Malpas A adjournment against Cwmbran Rooks - 20/11/2007 Malpas A are currently 2 - 1 down against Cwmbran Rooks, with an adjournment still to play.
Malpas C lose to Newport B - 14/11/2007 Malpas C lost 3 - 1 to Newport B. Well done to Will Elworthy and Mark Emblem who drew their games against higher-rated opposition (in one case, this was in excess of 500 points!)
Malpas A lose to Cwmbran A - 13/11/2007 Malpas A lost 0.5 - 3.5 to Cwmbran A. Simon Tang scored the only result (a draw) against Bob Hurn, rated 1640! Well done.
Harry Duff and the Curious Coincidence - 09/11/2007 As you can see from Robert Taylor’s website, Harry is now leading the Division One performance table. So now seems a good time to relate Harry’s recent experience playing Internet chess. Here it is in Harry’s own words... A funny story at the weekend. I am playing a lot of internet chess at the moment - on chessworld.net. I have about 40 games going at the moment, 10 days per move typically. Anyway, one of my opponents is from Australia - well, playing under the Australia flag. He sees I'm called Penarth and starts telling me about this place he used to drink at in Penarth, that he used to live in Newport but emigrated to Australia about two and a half years ago. I say which part of Newport - he replies Malpas. I reply Malpas? Did you ever go into the Shoes? He replies yes, often (!) - he started the chess team. I am only playing Richie bloomin Carter!!
Malpas C draw with Abergavenny B - 06/11/2007 A good result for the C-Team who drew 2 - 2 with Abergavenny B. Well done to Ron and Dave who won their games.
Malpas B draw with North Gwent B - 31/10/2007 Malpas B drew 2 - 2 with North Gwent B. Well done to Art for winning his game.
Malpas A defeat Abergavenny B - 30/10/2007 Malpas A beat Abergavenny B 2.5 - 1.5. Well done to Gary and Harry for winning their games and to Steve Vickery for drawing his.
Malpas B lose to Monmouth B - 24/10/2007 Malpas B lost 0 - 4 to Monmouth B.
Malpas C defeated by Cwmbran A - 23/10/2007 Malpas C lost 0.5 - 3.5 to Cwmbran A (Cwmbran Crows). Steve Vickery achieved a draw in his game.
Malpas A lose to Pontypool A - 17/10/2007 Malpas A lost 2.5 - 1.5 to Pontypool A. Well done to Harry and Will for winning and drawing their games respectively.
Malpas C lose to Monmouth A - 16/10/2007 Malpas C lost 0.5 - 3.5 to Monmouth A. Well done to Steve Vickery, who scored a draw with John Waterfield (rated 1967).
Malpas B defeated by North Gwent A - 10/10/2007 Malpas B lost 4 - 0 to North Gwent A.
Malpas C lose to Pontypool A - 09/10/2007 Malpas C lost 1.5 - 2.5 to Pontypool A.
Malpas B defeat Newport Rooks - 03/10/2007 Well done to Malpas B who beat Newport Rooks 3 - 1. Adam and Simon won their games.
New Player - Wyn Howells !! - 02/10/2007 A big welcome to Wyn Howells (rating 1483) who joins Malpas Chess club and is now playing for the B-Team. I’m sure you’ll join me in wishing Wyn much success in the future.
Malpas A lose to Abergavenny A - 02/10/2007 Malpas A lost 1.5 - 2.5 to Abergavenny A. Well done to Harry for winning his game.
Malpas C lose to Cwmbran Rooks - 18/09/2007 Malpas C lost 0.5 - 3.5 to Cwmbran Rooks. Steve Vickery scored a draw in his game with A Howell, rated 1727
Malpas A game against Newport A postponed - 19/09/2007 Newport A have kindly agreed to a postponement of this match (originally scheduled for 19th September) due to lack of available Malpas players.
Malpas A beats Malpas B - 11/09/2007 The 2007/2008 season started off for Malpas with the A -Team beating the C-Team 2.5 - 1.5. This marks the first match the C-Team have played in the First Division and it was certainly no walkover, with Nick drawing with Will and Ron defeating Gary. The A-Team made it with wins from Steve and Harry on boards three and four respectively. Available games are on the Games page (as always) and all Malpas results can be found here. Robert Taylor already has the results on his site and this is obviously a major improvement over the old system.
New Season Fixtures! - 03/09/2007 The 2007/2008 fixtures are now available on the Fixtures page, courtesy of Robert Taylor. Don’t fancy the first match very much! Malpas will have three teams this season. The A-Team is playing in Division One and is captained by Nick Davies. Our recently-promoted C-Team is also playing in Division One and is captained by Mark Emblem. In the Second Division we have the B-Team, captained by Dave Williams. The first match commences on September 11th, with Malpas A playing Malpas C. The B-team’s first game will be against Newport Rooks on October 3rd. Good luck to everyone!!
Malpas beats Newport in Friendly Match - 29/08/2007 Malpas beat Newport 6 - 1 in the friendly match played at the Three Horseshoes. A superb result!! A big thanks to all who took part and good luck in the new season. Individual results are below and available Games are on the Games page (Non-League section, restricted access). Malpas Newport MCC Final - The Winner!! - 24/08/2007 Finally there’s a winner for the MCC Championship. After a draw in the first game (19th August), Gary Thomas and Steve Williams sat down on the 24th and played a faster game with a half-hour on each clock. In a tense game fraught with errors on both sides, Steve eventually emerged to take the title this year. Thanks to everyone who took part in the group games, semi-final and final. Games are on the Games page (Non-League section, restricted access).
Malpas at the Prague International Chess Holiday - 05/08/2007 Gary Thomas and Steve Vickery took part in the recent International Chess Holiday Tournament held in Prague. Steve won his tournament (the V31 table below) with 7.5 points and also showed a performance rating of 1755 !! A superb result. Gary had to withdraw after 5 rounds (the K31 tournament) because of illness but was leading the field at that point and had even beaten the eventual winner. Gary’s performance from his games was 2087. You can see the tournament site itself at http://www.schach-prag.de/ and there are two new pictures in the Gallery. Available games are up on the Games page, Prague 2007 section (restricted access).
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