Saturday 30 March 2013

WHAT AN AMAZING COINCIDENCE


One of my "dog walking friends" has lately taken to playing chess.  He just happens to be a local actor!  I thought he must have ulterior motives, perhaps he had been offered a role in a drama or a movie involving chess? He insists there is no ulterior motive he just finds it interesting.

This is the drama series in which he plays the role of  "The Stranger."  It was made by BBC but has not been shown yet. COAST

He and his wife were thrilled when I told them George Clooney and yer woman was wanting to play chess in Belfast. Though they found it hard to believe the rules cannot be changed just for some movie stars.

Matt is a Manchester United fanatic.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Friday 29 March 2013

UCU RAPID PLAY CHAMPIONSHIP

Ballynafeigh will be the host for The Ulster Chess Union who will hold its annual rapid play championships this year on Monday.

The clock time of the event is 25 minutes a player, when your time is gone so are you! 

Start time will be 12 noon entry fee £10 as an official UCU one day tournament entry is half price to any UCU members that are either female or under the age of 18.

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Looks like Damien has not yet posted the details of the Emergency meeting to resolve the "Celebrity problem." I am sure he will do so before Monday.

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I have just discovered a video clip of a Rapid play game from 2009
Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

LATEST RESULT 28/03/2013


Last night`s home game against Lagan was a 4 1 defeat.  
A weakened SBCC team saw their hopes of runner up position severely damaged.

 
G McCormick  1 J Nicholson 0

J Bryars 0 T Esmonde

N Green 0 P May 1

C Murphy 0 S Moore 1

S Critchlow 0 C Kelly 1
 
At Groomsport Fisherwick won 3.5  against Groomsport`s 1.5
 
Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Thursday 28 March 2013

BIG DEAL?

Apparently a couple of  "movie actors" want to play chess in the 2013 Ulster Championship, according to the Ballynafiegh website.

Overseas readers should  note it is not a big deal for "movie stars" to  be in N.Ireland, they make movies here continually so nobody is very impressed when they see any of these characters.

The Ulster Championship usually takes place in the Europa Hotel in August.  I cannot really see the UCU changing the rules to let a couple of "actors" take part, can you?  After all, "actors" spend their lives appearing to be what they are not, they are the experts at "deception."  Potential candidates for chess cheating I would  have thought?

Nevertheless here is as video clip of the Ulster Chess Championship from 2011 staged in the Europa Hotel, it will give you a flavour of the annual event.  I have to apologize for the shaky camera at the start, I had only just got the thing and was learning how to work it.

UPDATE, I have just informed Nuala McKeever about this, she was talking about some guy called George Clooney a few weeks ago.




Matt 24:4 And Jesus answered and said unto them, Take heed that no man deceive you.

Monday 25 March 2013

TOURNAMENT RESULTS

The final round of SBCC Monday night tournament was played tonight.  It was decided part of the prize fund should be donated to this worthy cause.

"A PLAYER IN NEED"

The prizewinners were;
1st Sam Flanagan
2nd Cahal Murphy
3rd Phillip Morrison

SBBC would like to thank all those who took part in the tournament and a particular thanks to Neil Green for organizing everything so well.

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
 


Friday 22 March 2013

LATEST RESULT FROM 19/3/2013

Ballynafeigh International 2.5 BSCC 2.5
Honours even at B/nafeigh, a very creditable result for BSCC who were outrated overall, just a pity David Ruben couldn't get the draw in the final game to finish which would have secured the win for BSCC
 
Bd1 D.Houston 0.5 S.Morgan 0.5 
Bd2 D.Cunningham 0.5 G.McCormick 0.5
Bd3 K.Kruk 1 D.Ruben 0
Bd4 I.Bujak 0.5 M.Kelly 0.5, 
Bd5 I.Kilpatrick 0 CJ.Murphy 1

Saturday 16 March 2013

A GAME FROM THE RECENT NIGEL SHORT SIMUL

Here is William Storey`s game against Nigel Short. William is a member of the Lagan chess club.  The game was published on their website.

Play online chess

Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Thursday 14 March 2013

EDDIE WHITESIDE TRIBUTE

The UCU website has a tribute to Eddie Whiteside who sadly passed away in the past week.  

BSCC extend deepest sympathy to Eddie`s family and Bangor Chess Club at their sad loss.


Eddie Whiteside in a recent photo



Eddie Whiteside 1961

Proverbs 27:1 Boast not thyself of to morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.

LATEST RESULT 14/03/2013

The latest BSCC result was;

 BSCC 0.5 Fisherwick 4.5 

Dennis provided the details.

A seriously understrength home team were no match for the runaway league leaders FisherwickOnce again,Martin Kelly saved the whitewash for the second time against Fisherwick with a spirited draw and Dennis put up brave resistance against a much stronger opponent but alas couldn`t hold out in the face of superior technique.

Bd1 John Bryars 0 M.Waters 1
Bd2 David Ruben 0 J.Cairns 1
Bd3 Bernard Jaffa 0 C.Ormerod 1
Bd4 Martin Kelly 0.5 S.Flanagan 0.5
Bd5 Dennis Wilkinson 0 J.Bradley 1



Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Saturday 9 March 2013

FURTHER COVERAGE OF NIGEL SHORT`S CHESS EVENT

Further coverage of Nigel Short`s chess event can be found at the following links.

Ballynafeigh Chess Club


Ulster Chess Union


Proverbs 22:29 Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before mean men.

Thursday 7 March 2013

GAME FROM A SIMUL DISPLAY

Andrew Martin has just uploaded a game from a simul display featuring Mikhal Tal.

NIGEL SHORT; BELFAST CITY CENTER 6/3/2013

A big thank you and congratulations to the UCU and Nigel Short for arranging this splendid chess exhibition last night.  

Well done also to INST for providing the venue and  BBC N.Ireland for providing a short live coverage of the event.

Interestingly the local BBC covered the chess simul as both a news item AND a sports item!

Here is the video footage which I filmed.  
The result was; Nigel Short 28  UCU 0



Ecclesiastes 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

Tuesday 5 March 2013

DON`T FORGET NIGEL SHORT TOMORROW NIGHT

The Nigel Short simulatneous exhibition will take place tomorrow night at Inst in Belfast City Center.  I am looking forward to seeing this, as I have never saw a simultaneous display before.

Wonder if there will be any controversies??
Hopefully the MSM will cover the event.   Must let Nuala McKeever know, maybe she could come along and cover it for the Belfast Telegraph??

It will be in the Common room and starts at 6.45 pm. Should be over by about 7.30 pm lol lol

I have just informed Nuala via the comment section on her Belfast Telegraph column, no doubt she will be there!

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/opinion/columnists/nuala-mckeever/pope-george-has-my-blessing-29106589.html




Ecclesiastes 12:12
And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.