MANNINGTREE CHESS CLUB

Tonight's activities was somewhat reduced by events outside of our control, not the least of which was the return of the perennial head cold. It was nonetheless an enjoyable tournament full of the usual mayhem you would expect in a blitz tournament played with five minutes plus a three second increment, Bronstein style. Graeme kept a cool head winning his first four games, while Rowland had lost his first game, no doubt just getting used to the time controls. Meeting in the final round Rowland was able to arrest Graeme's roll and share the top spot with him. We were joined by Mark's brother Alan, who played as enthusiastically as his brother, but declined taking up membership of the club on the grounds that he couldn't afford it. Apparently he lives five thousand miles away. We all thought that was just an excuse... Manningtree B opened the new season facing the highest rated team in Division Two. It was a heavy defeat but it was still very closely faught... Although a reduced field..

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