Carnage at the club!
One team goes down four zip and the other three and a half to a paltry half. We, in defence, were a victim of our own success last season, and now our top echelon teams are finding out that life is tough at the top. Oh well, I have enjoyed battling hard to stay up almost as much as I have in trying for promotion, and that is how we must look at things. Thus ends the renowned philosopher Socrates Dicky's report, except to say another well attended evening upstairs and downstairs, and Nathan Abbott is preparing a Christmas tournament called "The Christmas Quacker" Apparently this quackery has something to do with ducks, as he pointed out one sitting merrily above the bar besides a couple of bottles of paraffin rose and chateaux liversalti. I might add that my game was the only half point garnered all night and it wouldn't even have been that as after playing quite well and alternating between sturdy defence and attack on the wings I was confident, but suddenly made a dreadful mistake allowing his rooks to potentially swoop down, take seventh rank and either mating me in five or losing a knight. But he didn't see it....and before he could, I casually offered him the draw, which he took immediately and without thinking. When I showed him (how wicked) he said "There's women present here (Cristina was at the next table) so I'm going down and outside to swear." What a gent....and he bought me a beer as well. So for me this season it's no wins, four draws and a loss ... hmmn ... where's my first win and when is it coming? That's what I want to know. Dicky By the way ... a result from the knockout cup and a bit of a giant killing.] Ander beat Ed King 1_0.
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