Wimborne D v New MIlton B Wednesday 16th October 2019 0.5-2.5:
Not quite the victory we had hoped for.
Graham played well on board 1 and agreed a draw. Looking at it afterwards he believed he had a win. John played into a good position but in time trouble missed a winning move and the game. Simon played well but for the first time learned what it feels like to not win.
Both teams defaulted on board 4 to enable the match to be played.
Tony Buckfield (Team Captain)
County Division 2: Wimborne B v Weymouth B Wednesday 9th October 2019 1.5-2.5:
A close match to begin the campaign which didn't quite pan out in our favour. Mike Jackson, Alan Tyler and myself all played out hard fought draws but the decisive outcome was on the top board where Pete tells me he could never quite extricate himself from a troublesome opening. The season is young, so onward and upward!
Colin Wilson (B Team captain)
Wimborne E v Bournemouth B Wednesday 9th October 2019 2.5-1.5:
We won 2.5 / 1.5. We were out graded on all boards!
My game finished fairly quickly with a tame draw. Simon Young , our new star, won handsomely against a very experienced player Paul Errington. Then Jim Fox rescued a draw having lost a pawn early on. Finally Phil Wallace was not optimistic about his game but grabbed a draw , hence giving us a win ! Still unbeaten after 2 games
Mike D (Team Captain)
Southbourne A v Wimborne A 4th October 2019 2-2:
Our second match away to Southbourne A ended up with a drawn match so 1 point from first 2 matches.
It was a close match. I just had time to look at other games and saw that Mark was defending a storming attack by Jon and was just able to avoid being mated and then had a couple of extra pieces and game was over. Martin seemed to be concentrating more on the top board and in his eagerness to watch managed to flood half my board with his water! I wanted to claim rain stopped play but had to carry on. I was under considerable time pressure ( I ended up with 3 minutes where as Declan still had his hour left ! ) and perhaps unwisely opened up the game but despite some exciting moves ended up with a king surrounded by to many pieces and had to resign. By this time Martin and Allan had drawn a fairly quiet game and the final match between Eddie and Russell was looking drawn and this indeed was the result.
Ian Clark (Team Captain)
Southbourne E v Wimborne F Div 5 4th October 2019 3 - 1:
A not too successful first match of the new season for us, with George on board 2 falling first. By the middle game George's position was cramped and under pressure with an impressive phalanx of his opponent's pawns steadily advancing on the queen side and his king side under attack as well. Eventually he was 3 or 4 pawns down and despite a valiant effort to complicate things, Mark kept control to win the first point for Southbourne.
Sam's game on board 4 against Nigel looked pretty much even on the occasions I had a chance to glance at it despite Sam's 16 point grading deficit. Looking at it again later, Sam had somehow in the meantime gone the exchange and a pawn down, not necessarily disastrous in itself, but not helpful either. But the end came unexpectedly rather swiftly for Sam when he fell foul of the 'touch-and-move' rule which I heard his opponent enforce on him, and Sam accept with good grace - unlucky Sam. Second point to the home side.
My game on board 3 against Terry was a classic Queen's Gambit declined exchange variation which, unfortunately, at a 14 point grading deficit my opponent wasn't up to the fundamental strategy of, and he didn't even make it to the time control. First point to Wimborne.
How David's game on top board progressed I could not really see, but later on during Southbourne's welcomed and appreciated customary 9 am 'tea break', I looked at his position and he was 2 or 3 pawns down, but a reasonable position otherwise, and a lack of pawns has usually never bothered him! But after my game had finished, I could watch his, and his position had disastrously deteriorated in the meantime, and to try to prevent mate he sacrificed his queen! only to be mated anyway a couple of moves later. Final tally 3 - 1 to Southbourne.
Still, chin up team. This was only the first game of the season. There's still all to play for!
Greg Webb (Team Captain)
County Division 3: Wimborne D v Poole B Wednesday 2nd October 2019 1.5-2.5:
Poole B got their County Division 3 campaign off to a winning start, with wins on the top two boards the foundation of their success. Mike Jackson seemed to have promising early play in his match against John Weatherlake (170!) but couldn't sustain it, while Dragi Popovic took full advantage of my generosity in surrendering two central pawns in early play. The decisive result was the highly commendable draw achieved by Poole's young star, Jamie Doyle, on Board 3 against our experienced John Bowley. The one solace for Wimborne came courtesy of Phil Holden on the bottom board in an entertaining game that was last to finish. Poole B narrowly missed out on the title last season and, even at this early stage, look a good bet to finish one place higher this time around.
Colin Wilson (D Team captain)
Bournemouth A v Wimborne C Tuesday 1st October 3-1:
This was a closer match than the scoreline might suggest with Alan and John both drawing games in which they had the edge and winning chances, while Tim lost a close match in which he too may feel he could have had at least a draw. Meanwhile the captain, heavily outgraded, capitulated early, falling victim to the same trap twice in the space of six moves to surrender both centre pawns. I suspect it is going to be a tough season for us in Division 2 but I have no doubt that we shall give it our best throughout.
Colin Wilson (C Team captain)
Poole C v Wimborne D. Thursday 26th September 3-1:
A successful loss for our D team. Poole outgraded us by at least 10 points on each board and they look like a good bet to be promoted at the end of the season.
Cornelius lost a piece quickly on board 4 and went home to pack for his pending trip to India (have a good time C).
Graham then lost on board 1 against a young vibrant Poole player.
I erred in the endgame and only drew an endgame with a piece and two pawns up. No one could believe it. But I did.
John fought on effectively for a draw on board 2.
Tony (Team Captain)
Wimborne v Dorchester 26th Sep. 2019 D 3-1:
First club match win by our C team in Dorset league 3.
We played Dorchester D in the Dorset league division 3 last Thursday ,
We were weakened by not having our top two players. However Graham White agreed to play at the last minute. David Lane , Phil Wallace and I all played higher graded players .
David on 4 and myself on 3 both achieved creditable draws and then Phil’s opponent allowed a simple mate, so with Phil’s win and our draws gave us 2 points. The final game on the top board was close but Graham’s skill won through .
So we won 3/1.
Mike D (Team Captain)
Wimborne A v Poole A 18th Sept. 2019 1.5-2.5:
Our opening match against Poole A saw us lose 2.5 to 1.5. On board 2 I had a quick although interesting draw against Machecek. I should really have played on but thought was a good result for the team at the time !
On board 4 Mark was struggling against Richie Smith and could only hang on for a draw. The match on 3 was decisive with Steve struggling to get his pices into the game and John with more aggresive pieces were to well placed and he won. On board 1 Allan seemed to have a good ending but could not find the correct moves in a rook and pawns ending and despite a good try had to accept a draw.
Ian Clark (Team Captain)
FIXTURES
Fixtures for the 2019-20 season can now be found by clicking on the Calendar tab at the top of this page. Bacchus fixtures should be added soon.
Scroll down to the bottom of the Calendar page if you wish to find an individual team's fixtures collated.
We have six teams in the Bournemouth and District League, one in each of the five divisions plus an extra one for luck in Division 2.
In the Dorset County League our A team is in Division 1, a newly admitted B team is in Division 2 and we have two teams, C and D, in Division 3.
New players of all ability levels are always welcome, even when the season is under way (see our Home page for details).
Clocks
How to set digital clocks for Bournemouth & District League Divisions 1 and 2. We now have time increments in both divisions this coming year.
The setting are as follows :
DGT 2010 clock is the main one to be used and we have 8 of these clocks.
Setting is number 18
The clock should show 1 hour for whole game plus 30 seconds per move.
The first part of setting shows the 1 Hour and second part shows the 30 second increment
When starting the game the arm should be raised on the white side and the middle button should be pressed to start the game. If wish to stop the clock during the game the middle button should be pressed.
Remember that moves must be recorded for all moves during the game.
DGT 2000 setting will be number 23 with same way to set.
Not quite the victory we had hoped for.
Graham played well on board 1 and agreed a draw. Looking at it afterwards he believed he had a win. John played into a good position but in time trouble missed a winning move and the game. Simon played well but for the first time learned what it feels like to not win.
Both teams defaulted on board 4 to enable the match to be played.
Tony Buckfield (Team Captain)
County Division 2: Wimborne B v Weymouth B Wednesday 9th October 2019 1.5-2.5:
A close match to begin the campaign which didn't quite pan out in our favour. Mike Jackson, Alan Tyler and myself all played out hard fought draws but the decisive outcome was on the top board where Pete tells me he could never quite extricate himself from a troublesome opening. The season is young, so onward and upward!
Colin Wilson (B Team captain)
Wimborne E v Bournemouth B Wednesday 9th October 2019 2.5-1.5:
We won 2.5 / 1.5. We were out graded on all boards!
My game finished fairly quickly with a tame draw. Simon Young , our new star, won handsomely against a very experienced player Paul Errington. Then Jim Fox rescued a draw having lost a pawn early on. Finally Phil Wallace was not optimistic about his game but grabbed a draw , hence giving us a win ! Still unbeaten after 2 games
Mike D (Team Captain)
Southbourne A v Wimborne A 4th October 2019 2-2:
Our second match away to Southbourne A ended up with a drawn match so 1 point from first 2 matches.
It was a close match. I just had time to look at other games and saw that Mark was defending a storming attack by Jon and was just able to avoid being mated and then had a couple of extra pieces and game was over. Martin seemed to be concentrating more on the top board and in his eagerness to watch managed to flood half my board with his water! I wanted to claim rain stopped play but had to carry on. I was under considerable time pressure ( I ended up with 3 minutes where as Declan still had his hour left ! ) and perhaps unwisely opened up the game but despite some exciting moves ended up with a king surrounded by to many pieces and had to resign. By this time Martin and Allan had drawn a fairly quiet game and the final match between Eddie and Russell was looking drawn and this indeed was the result.
Ian Clark (Team Captain)
Southbourne E v Wimborne F Div 5 4th October 2019 3 - 1:
A not too successful first match of the new season for us, with George on board 2 falling first. By the middle game George's position was cramped and under pressure with an impressive phalanx of his opponent's pawns steadily advancing on the queen side and his king side under attack as well. Eventually he was 3 or 4 pawns down and despite a valiant effort to complicate things, Mark kept control to win the first point for Southbourne.
Sam's game on board 4 against Nigel looked pretty much even on the occasions I had a chance to glance at it despite Sam's 16 point grading deficit. Looking at it again later, Sam had somehow in the meantime gone the exchange and a pawn down, not necessarily disastrous in itself, but not helpful either. But the end came unexpectedly rather swiftly for Sam when he fell foul of the 'touch-and-move' rule which I heard his opponent enforce on him, and Sam accept with good grace - unlucky Sam. Second point to the home side.
My game on board 3 against Terry was a classic Queen's Gambit declined exchange variation which, unfortunately, at a 14 point grading deficit my opponent wasn't up to the fundamental strategy of, and he didn't even make it to the time control. First point to Wimborne.
How David's game on top board progressed I could not really see, but later on during Southbourne's welcomed and appreciated customary 9 am 'tea break', I looked at his position and he was 2 or 3 pawns down, but a reasonable position otherwise, and a lack of pawns has usually never bothered him! But after my game had finished, I could watch his, and his position had disastrously deteriorated in the meantime, and to try to prevent mate he sacrificed his queen! only to be mated anyway a couple of moves later. Final tally 3 - 1 to Southbourne.
Still, chin up team. This was only the first game of the season. There's still all to play for!
Greg Webb (Team Captain)
County Division 3: Wimborne D v Poole B Wednesday 2nd October 2019 1.5-2.5:
Poole B got their County Division 3 campaign off to a winning start, with wins on the top two boards the foundation of their success. Mike Jackson seemed to have promising early play in his match against John Weatherlake (170!) but couldn't sustain it, while Dragi Popovic took full advantage of my generosity in surrendering two central pawns in early play. The decisive result was the highly commendable draw achieved by Poole's young star, Jamie Doyle, on Board 3 against our experienced John Bowley. The one solace for Wimborne came courtesy of Phil Holden on the bottom board in an entertaining game that was last to finish. Poole B narrowly missed out on the title last season and, even at this early stage, look a good bet to finish one place higher this time around.
Colin Wilson (D Team captain)
Bournemouth A v Wimborne C Tuesday 1st October 3-1:
This was a closer match than the scoreline might suggest with Alan and John both drawing games in which they had the edge and winning chances, while Tim lost a close match in which he too may feel he could have had at least a draw. Meanwhile the captain, heavily outgraded, capitulated early, falling victim to the same trap twice in the space of six moves to surrender both centre pawns. I suspect it is going to be a tough season for us in Division 2 but I have no doubt that we shall give it our best throughout.
Colin Wilson (C Team captain)
Poole C v Wimborne D. Thursday 26th September 3-1:
A successful loss for our D team. Poole outgraded us by at least 10 points on each board and they look like a good bet to be promoted at the end of the season.
Cornelius lost a piece quickly on board 4 and went home to pack for his pending trip to India (have a good time C).
Graham then lost on board 1 against a young vibrant Poole player.
I erred in the endgame and only drew an endgame with a piece and two pawns up. No one could believe it. But I did.
John fought on effectively for a draw on board 2.
Tony (Team Captain)
Wimborne v Dorchester 26th Sep. 2019 D 3-1:
First club match win by our C team in Dorset league 3.
We played Dorchester D in the Dorset league division 3 last Thursday ,
We were weakened by not having our top two players. However Graham White agreed to play at the last minute. David Lane , Phil Wallace and I all played higher graded players .
David on 4 and myself on 3 both achieved creditable draws and then Phil’s opponent allowed a simple mate, so with Phil’s win and our draws gave us 2 points. The final game on the top board was close but Graham’s skill won through .
So we won 3/1.
Mike D (Team Captain)
Wimborne A v Poole A 18th Sept. 2019 1.5-2.5:
Our opening match against Poole A saw us lose 2.5 to 1.5. On board 2 I had a quick although interesting draw against Machecek. I should really have played on but thought was a good result for the team at the time !
On board 4 Mark was struggling against Richie Smith and could only hang on for a draw. The match on 3 was decisive with Steve struggling to get his pices into the game and John with more aggresive pieces were to well placed and he won. On board 1 Allan seemed to have a good ending but could not find the correct moves in a rook and pawns ending and despite a good try had to accept a draw.
Ian Clark (Team Captain)
FIXTURES
Fixtures for the 2019-20 season can now be found by clicking on the Calendar tab at the top of this page. Bacchus fixtures should be added soon.
Scroll down to the bottom of the Calendar page if you wish to find an individual team's fixtures collated.
We have six teams in the Bournemouth and District League, one in each of the five divisions plus an extra one for luck in Division 2.
In the Dorset County League our A team is in Division 1, a newly admitted B team is in Division 2 and we have two teams, C and D, in Division 3.
New players of all ability levels are always welcome, even when the season is under way (see our Home page for details).
Clocks
How to set digital clocks for Bournemouth & District League Divisions 1 and 2. We now have time increments in both divisions this coming year.
The setting are as follows :
DGT 2010 clock is the main one to be used and we have 8 of these clocks.
Setting is number 18
The clock should show 1 hour for whole game plus 30 seconds per move.
The first part of setting shows the 1 Hour and second part shows the 30 second increment
When starting the game the arm should be raised on the white side and the middle button should be pressed to start the game. If wish to stop the clock during the game the middle button should be pressed.
Remember that moves must be recorded for all moves during the game.
DGT 2000 setting will be number 23 with same way to set.