| HOME PAGE | NEWS | BUGLE | YORK LEAGUE Fixtures & Results |
HARROGATE LEAGUE Fixtures & Results |
'Bugle' is published by the Harrogate Chess Association and reproduced here by permission.
Bugle 339 - Harrogate Evening Chess League
8 January 2021
Having defeated Leon Wooldridge in a lengthy end game struggle in Round 4 of the club's Online Tournament, Jeff Spratt now meets Steven Wild who had a more straightforward win against Andrew Zigmond. These share top spot with 3 wins and a draw and Brian Coop sits in third place, a point behind following his win against Adam Hall who had defended well to survive a great deal of pressure but then inexplicably dropped a piece. In this the penultimate round, Brian now faces Leon who along with Harry Baxter and Mick Stokes are a further half point behind.
Latest Table:
| LiChess Championship* | Played * | Won * | Drawn * | Lost * | Points * |
| J Spratt | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| S Wild | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| B Coop | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| H Baxter | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| M Stokes | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| L Wooldridge | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
| C Marcus | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| P Rawcliffe | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| C Funnell | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| A Hall | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| A Zigmond | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| S Bermejo | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| J Swiers | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| C Watt | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Happy New Year!
Solution to problem 57:
r1b2rk1,pp2qp1p,2kt2Qp1,4Ktkt2,2B5,2B5,PP3PPP,3R1RK1
White wins miraculously: 1. Qh8+!! Kxh8 2. Ktxf7‡, Kg8 3. Kth6‡mate!
Controller