When increments were introduced, it was thought they would reduce the number of games lost on time. How wrong they were. Last night’s season’s opener between our 1st and 2nd teams saw three players lose on time. Pete Mercs (G2) was a pawn up in a likely drawn ending against Mike Barnes, but spent so much time thinking of his […]

Our traditional and ever popular pre-season tournament took place at the end of August, with 24 participants. It is a 5 round Swiss. Players get 10 miuntes +/- time depending on difference in grade (rating nowadays). The largest difference in time can be 16 mins to 4. This usually results in a few unexpected results but this tournament had far […]

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