ONE OF MY FAVOURITE CHESS VIDEOS

This is one of my favourite Chess videos.  There is a saying in Belfast which sums this up. It goes like this, "Imagine bringing an opened wage packet home to her ?????"

Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies.

PUTTING THINGS INTO PERSPECTIVE

Last week a news story emerged which illustrates just how much money is available to fund various projects.

The MP for North Belfast who is known affectionately by the Paisley family as, "The cheeky sod," managed to play a leading role in engineering £3.9 million for various sporting activities in the North Belfast/Newtownabbey area.

Providing a mere, measly £1 million for the provision of a North Belfast Chess club ought to be no problem for Nigel and his party.

Of course we ought to be aware that we are now in election time and "the cheeky sod`s" wife, needs all the vote and good publicity she can get.

I must now inform the DUP about this latest article.

James 4:14  For what is your life? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.

LAST WEEK`S COVERAGE

An excellent coverage of all last weeks league activity has been posted on the UCU site. The link to it is below.

B&D League - Part 2, Week 3 round-up

Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

OFF TO GROOMPSORT

Providing transport for a key member of the BS2 team tonight. They are playing the Bangor team at the Groomsport venue.
It is a nice location and they are a very friendly club, hope to have some video clips later.

Tonight`s result was Bangor 1 Belfast South/Kelly`s Heroes 4

Here is the video clips from the Bangor match.

JUST DISCOVERED A YOUTUBE CHANNEL

I have just discovered Ballynafeigh Chess Club have a Youtube channel.  Here is a video from the recent Bunratty tournament.
You can notice there is a very relaxed "Irish atmosphere" about the scenario.

Here is a video clip from a recent UCU League match.
Man has the ability to record everything nowadays. 
Matt 12:26 But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

TONIGHT`S MATCH AGAINST FISHERWICK

An early start at 7.20pm for Belfast South as they take a trip across the street to the Fisherwick venue.

The result of tonight`s match was a win by 3.5 to 1.5 for Fisherwick.
The venue was a pleasant surprise, it was more spaciously laid out than the last time.

Guess what? There were no controversies tonight!

M. Waters        S. Flanagan   Draw
J.   Cairns         B. McClean  Draw
G.  Fong           J.  Bryars      1-0
J.   Bradley       M. Kelly       1-0
N.  McFarland  G. Jackson    Draw

 Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

LAST WEEK`S MATCH REPORT

A concise report of last week`s match is available on the UCU site.

"Belfast South trip themselves up"

Ecc 12:12  And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

IT`S TOUGHER AT THE BOTTOM

There is a well known saying which declares; "It is tough at the top."

Well, as you can see from the image above, Belfast South are now bottom of the first division. If it is tough at the top, it is even tougher at the bottom.

The reason for the situation is very simple. The teams at the top are the teams which have consistently managed to field their strongest, or a very strong team the whole way through the season.  

The teams at the bottom are the teams which have failed to accomplish this feat.

This type of scenario is also covered by the well known saying, "Dry yer eyes."

Heb 12:17 For ye know how that afterward, when he would have inherited the blessing, he was rejected: for he found no place of repentance, though he sought it carefully with tears.

WINTER HOLIDAYS CAUSE SHORTAGE

Both BS teams could only field 4 players for tonight`s matches.  A number of players are currently unavailable due to winter holidays.

The results were both 3-2 wins for the opposition, namely Muldoons A and Civil Service.

BS A team   2    Vs         Muldoons  3

R Devenney              G Annesley       Draw
S Flanagan                D Mallaghan      Draw
B McClean               N Pilkiewicz      Draw
G McCormack          S Wood             Draw
No show                   D Moreland        0 - 1


B.S."KELLY'S HEROES"   2     Vs         NICS 3

J.MCKENNA 0-1 M.NEWMAN 
N.GREEN 0-1 A.BURNS 
M.KELLY 1-0 D.FERGUSON 
G.JACKSON 1-0 
A.DORNFORD-SMITH 0-1 
P.STOREY(W/0)


  Video and remaining details will be uploaded tomorrow.

ENJOYED THIS YESTEDAY

Watched this yesterday and enjoyed it very much. Someone may find it a useful exercise.

Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

FOR BRUCE

Bruce McClean and myself were talking about a line in the  Caro Kan last night.  I mentioned I had recently seen a video on the line.
This is the video I was talking about, it is not exactly the line we were discussing but it has similarities.

Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

MONDAY 10TH FEBRUARY 2014

Here is a short video clip showing the participants in last night`s Monday tournament.

Ecc 12:12 And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.

CLARIFICATION

It is "suspected" that "some" members of the UCU deliberately loose chess games in order to rig their rating. I want to make it clear I am not involved in anything like this.

So, I want to clarify why I lost 3 games out of 5 in the recent Gibraltar 1st week Amateur tournament, which incidently I have jointly won on two past occasions.

1. The first reason for my bad performance was the fact that the PSNI seized all my computers on the 11th of November.

2. The main reason for the bad performance is the fact that I suffer from serious bouts of sleeplessness. I have medication to combat this but sometimes the medication does not work, so I am left with the effects of sleeplessness and the side effects of the medication.

This greatly reduces my ability to think clearly.

It would not have mattered if I had stayed home and not went to Gibraltar, the same thing would occur, as it certainly will occur again within a few months.

Once the sleeplessness recedes my chess performance improves as I played much better last Thursday night.

In Belfast there is a saying which covers this type of scenario, it is as follows;
"Tough, dry yer eyes!"

Esther 6:1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.