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Medway 1 v Maidstone 3 

5-1 Win

En Passant - Medway beat Maidstone 5-1 only 2 draws Paul and Prabhath. I won in six moves 1. e4 c6 2. Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 de4 4. Ne4 Nf6 5. Qe2 Nd7 6. Nd6 checkmate. We now go top of the league !

Weald of Kent 1 v Medway 1-  6/11/23

3-3 Draw 

This game was in Cranbrook , Dimitar won quickly and I lost to an opponent who sacrificed a queen to give me forced mate. Roger lost and we needed to win the final game, Lasitha's great game and victory secured a draw for us.

Medway 1 v Swale 1 - 25/10/23

4.5-1.5 Win

Thank you Swale for a great game and congratulations to my team who played well on the night.

Medway 1 v Hastings 2 -  18/10/23

4-2  Loss

Congratulations Maidstone for a well deserved victory and an excellent performance

Aram Team Team  Captain Medway 1 

Rainham 4 v Medway 2

2-2

This match was another interesting one. With Anton on board 3, winning the first game and putting Medway in the lead, Isaac then blundered his opening with a pawn on h7 and eventually lost. With the match poised at 1 – 1,  it was down to Prabhath on board 1and Dimitar on board 2.  Dimitar had his Queen against his opponent’s two rooks and a knight which became an uphill task. Scores now at 2 – 1 and Medway losing, all eyes turned to the final game. Prabhath had less than a minute on his clock, and his opponent had 8 minutes left. Prabhath playing white, put pressure on his opponent, who then resigned. A valuable draw at 2- 2,  was a relief for Medway 3.

Isaac Captain & Chairman

Medway 6 v Maidstone 8

0.5-3.5 Loss

Congratulation to Maidstone a very comprehensive victory

Maidstone 4 v Medway 2

4-2  Loss

Congratulations Maidstone for a well deserved victory and an excellent performance

The Harvey team went down 4-2 to a more highly rated Maidstone team 4-2  Both myself and Dominik lost to much higher rated players,

Nav seemed to get into trouble early and never recovered and surprisingly Aram lost with White against Alan Riddoch. Medway success went to Top board Lasitha

who defeated Luke Kyte with Black after winning 2 pieces for his rook slowly ground down his opponent and finished with a very nice flourish. Danny won on board 6 after over 

come losing a piece early on by winning it back and then winning the ending.

Medway 3 v Swale 2

3-1 Win

This was a resounding victory for Medway.  Nav on board 3 despatched his opponent by coming from a piece down, to win his game. The next game on board 4 ended as a draw, and all eyes turned to the two other boards. Dimitar on board 1 had a nail biting finish and Anton on board 2 battled his opponent to win. Final score was 3 -1 to Medway. Well done Guys.

Isaac Captain & Chairman

Weald of Kent 4 v Medway 5

1.5-3.5 Win

Congratulations to  all of my team we played well.

Ian Mackinnon was once gain excellent on the top  board with another win (2  in a row) and I even got a rare victory!

Medway 5 are now top of the table ! 

John Team Captain

1-3 Win

Medway 5.  V Medway 6.

1-3 Win

Hi Yall , just wanted to post my grateful  thanks and congratulations  to my winning team on Wednesday. 

Grateful thanks to my good friend: John Hanman who helped me out with a player from his squad(I lost 4 of my original team to Tom F. Teams) . John loaned me Chace, which ironically led Med 6 (me) to winning our first Intro match 3. 1. Steven Angus  got a very good win on 2  v Roger , Jason Webb got his 1st  O B match win on 4 v John H & Chace got out of jail  ( big time ) by coming  from a losing position to a memorable victor  on 3  v Lawrence. Ian Mackinnon won his match on 1. V Zsombor a very tight win , well done Ian. 

En Passant  match on Sunday. I will be opening up at 1p m 

Anyone fancy a game or 2 or just  to Support our team. V Hastings ? Come on Aram & his Army.

1-3 Win to Medway 6

Paschal , Intro Team Captain and Holders 

Medway 3 v Medway 4

3-1 

This was a match with a nail biting finish. Having lost the first game on board 3, Medway 3 was hoping to come from behind.

Anton on board 2 won his game to make the scores 1 -1. Danny on board 4 was having an even game against Nicoleta, until a point when his knighted forked both Nicoleta’s rooks and she resigned. Scores now stood at 2 – 1 with Medway 3 leading. In the final match Prabhath v Dominik, on board 1, each player had less than two minutes on the clock. With an exchange of pawns Prabhath had a pass pawn and a chance to get a Queen, Dominik conceded.

Final Result,  3 – 1 to Medway 3

Isaac Captain and Chairman

Medway 3

Medway 3 got out of the blocks like UsainBolt  v. Swale. A terrific victory 11.5.- 4.5 

Our 2nd match was a bit of a disaster,  the Captain. (That's me)!!, failed to cross the Ts & dot the Eyes, consequentiality  we only had a 3 man team. V  Maidstone and yes  WE lost !!11 - 5 ,(I think ). We then went to Hastings for our final match and were consistent  , losing  14. 2 ,!! Yes 14  2. Chace deserves a mention for his victory but the bright light was young Jayden.

Jayden beat their lowest graded player (Steve Bluitt) 1790 for the 2nd point. Well done Jayden. Along with Oscar our future Champion in the making. That's the end of this year's S. Q. P. for us but let's get behind Isaac & Aram's campaign now. 

The moral of this report is. Don't blow your trumpet to early ,you might wake someone up.!

Medway 2 

After a defeat in the Quick play match against Charlton last week, Medway 2 came back with a vengeance.

The memory of a 2.5 to 13.5 point defeat was the impetus for an improvement. Last night at the Lewisham v Medway 2 match, we were down 6.5 points to 9.5 points, after three rounds. Medway needed to win all the games in round 4, which seemed quite optimistic. Alas, this is the stuff that dreams are made of. Medway won all four games in round 4 including a game that Prabhath won with thirty seconds to spare, to the consternation of his opponent. Many thanks to Danny and Lawrence who gave a good fight to win their games, especially in this final round. Medway triumphed in the end 9.5 points to 6.5 points for Lewisham.

Medway 2 v Charlton 5 

3-1 Loss

The Tom Fuller semi finals started with great hope as Medway won the toss and opted to play ‘White’ on the odd boards.

Srikanta on board 1, gave a masterly despatch of his Charlton opponent and in record time. Some of us didn’t know he had won and left the hall. Paul Foster on board 2 had a marathon game. With a pawn and a knight each, white’s king was closer to his pawn, Paul had to concede. Isaac lost a winning position playing white, when he  decided not to exchange queens which his opponent offered. A ghastly mistake, as the play switched to the other side of the board, there was too much fire power and an inevitable checkmate. Lawrence on board 4, put up a gallant  fight. Towards the end with a bishop and a pawn against four pawns, it was an uphill task for black. Medway lost the match 1 – 3. 

Thanks to all the players who gave their time and effort this season. We live to fight another day. Congratulations to the Intro team who made sure Medway now has a team in the Finals on June 3rd.

Medway 4 v Maidstone 7

2-2 Draw

In a match that we didn't need to win , we didn't!!. 

BUT we didn't lose  either, 2. 2. Draw. 

On board 1 Dominik was victorious ,again. Our regular, dependable , top young man. Board 2 was lost by the Captain . A tight game  against Johanne that he should have won ,but didn't!!!!. 

Kareem was our other victory on board 3, his 1st competition win for us. We'll done Kareem. Our little Oscar Dhinsa ( Aged  6)  had his 1st outing for us on board 4, and although he came 2nd in his game, against a very talented young player, he represented Medway Chess Club as a perfect Ambassador. 

Medway Intro, played 8. Won 6 & Drew 2

( Unbeaten )