2nd team fixtures
| Date |
Competition |
Opponents |
H/A |
Result |
Score |
| 03/06/2024 |
E Div(W) |
Swinton & Worsley III |
H |
Lost |
1-3 |
| 27/06/2024 |
E Div(W) |
Eccles IV |
A |
Lost |
1½-2½ |
| 15/07/2024 |
E Div(W) |
Chorlton V |
H |
|
|
| 22/07/2024 |
E Div(W) |
Bolton II |
A |
|
|
| 12/08/2024 |
E Div(W) |
Atherton II |
H |
|
|
| 27/08/2024 |
E Div(W) |
Chorlton VI |
A |
|
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09/07/2024 - Chorlton I 4½ Altrincham I 1½
Another defeat against a very strong Chorlton team, who outrated us by over 300 points per board on average, so to draw three of the games was actually better than statistically expected. All our draws were with the White pieces, by Sheraz, Tom and Reg, but Tony also came very close to getting a result. AJ and Alan were unsuccessful against tough opponents.
17/06/2024 - Altrincham I 2½ 3Cs I 3½
The first league match for our 1st team in A Division, and a narrow defeat to the mighty 3Cs. We were heavily outrated on the top four boards, and Tony, Nick (making his first appearance for over 4 years) and Reg all lost. However, AJ pulled off a great win on board 4 over 1968 rated Andrew Lewis. The two lower boards were more evenly matched, where Bill also won on board 6, and Richard drew.
06/06/2024 - Swinton & Worsley 5½ Altrincham ½ (Alan Yarker Cup)
We went out of the cup at the first hurdle, against a much higher rated Swinton & Worsley team. Reg scored our only half point on board 1, after 89 moves with an 11p.m. finish! Tony, Sheraz, AJ, Bill and Vinay were unable to overcome the big rating difference.
03/06/2024 - Altrincham II 1 Swinton & Worsley III 3
The young stars of the future from the Swinton Chess Academy were too hot for our 2nd team to handle in our first match of the season.
Vinay was playing his first match for the club, and he and his opponent both played at a very fast rate. The advantage seemed to swing to and fro (it was difficult for me to keep up!) but eventually Vinay lost. A useful experience for him though, and hopefully he will improve with more games, especially when he learns to slow down a bit!
Bailey was also prepared for his first match, but unfortunately his opponent did not show up, so the visitors had to default this game. It must have been disappointing for Bailey, but he will get his chance again in a later match.
The top two games took a lot longer, and were interesting struggles, which could have gone either way. Richard finally missed his opponent's two move mate threat, and Alan also fell victim to some tricky tactics, which youngsters seem to excel at.