Ashby 2 Off The Mark

Ashby 2 finally got off the mark on Tuesday with a 2.5 - 1.5 win at fellow strugglers Market Harborough. With both Chris and Steve missing from the usual Ashby 2 team, Tom and Nick stepped in to fill their places. And fill them they did, with both of them winning their games on boards 2 and 5 respectively. Paul had a great win on board 1 against Ashby old boy Andrew Faulds and Team Captain Larry chipped in with a good draw on board 3. With 3 matches left to play it is still mathematically possible for the team to avoid relegation. It's a big ask but with matches against Melton Mowbray (twice) and Braunstone, who are both just above us, still to play it's not impossible.

April Rating List

The April Rating List has now been published. You can view all of the Ashby ratings here, or from the tab at the top of the page.

Bristol Congress Update

Very well done to Tom Gerrard on finishing joint 2nd in the U1750 Section of this weekend's Bristol Congress, in a field of 62. Tom scored 4/5, just half a point behind the winner, with 3 wins and a draw, plus a half point bye in the 4th round. There was further LRCA representation in the shape of Paul Mottram of Wigston, who came joint 25th, with a score of 2.5/5, in the same section as Tom.

Members Games

Following the closure of the Chess Microbase website, I have found an alternative location to store Members Games. It is called ChessDrop and can be accessed from tab at top of this page.

Should you be asked to login, use the email address ashbychessdrop@gmail.com. The password is Ivanhoe99.

Bristol Congress

Good luck to Tom Gerrard who is playing in the U1750 Section of this weekend's Bristol Chess Congress, where he is ranked 28th out of 62 entries. 

Ashby 1 Crowned Division 2 Champions

It has now been confirmed that Loughborough defaulted last night's match against Ashby 1, meaning that we are the Division 2 Champions with a couple of matches to spare. Well done to everybody who has turned out for the team this season. Tom's report on the match - or non match - can be found here.

Ashby 5 Beaten By Anstey 5

Despite good wins for Ian and Neil on boards 1 and 3 respectively, Ashby 5 went down by 4-2 against Anstey 5 last night. Neil's was a particularly good win as he was outrated by 200 points, following on his win last week against an opponent rated 330 points higher. He's on a roll !! Dan Vernon's winning start for the team came to a halt as he was beaten on board 5.

Ashby 1 were due to be at home against Loughborough 2 last night but, apparently, this match did not take place. At the time of writing I have no idea of the reason. However, if Loughborough defaulted then we have won Division 2 with a couple of matches to spare.

Ashby 3 Fail Their Exams At Leicester Uni

Ashby 3 were beaten 3-1 at Lecicester University 1 on Wednesday evening. The Bird Man, promoted from Ashby 5 for the evening, got us off to a good start with an early win on board 4. Steve then proceeded to make a massive blunder on move 14 on board 2 and succumbed in short time. Tom managed to allow his King and Queen to get forked and promptly resigned. Les was the last to finish on board 4 and, a piece down and in a totally lost position, fell on his sword. The match was played using a reduced time control of 70 minutes plus 5 second increments as we had to be out of the room by a certain tme. On the bright side we got back to the Ivanhoe in time for a drink !!