26/03/2026
It was a great night at the mighty Blue Club on Monday with both casual games from the regulars and some new faces, and the 2nd team taking on Bolton 3.
Match report Blue Club 2 vs Bolton 3:
On the bottom 2 boards, Shiju and Rob were the first to finish.
Shiju, who arrived late, started 30 mins down on the clock but managed to find a swift and crushing attack on his opponent to make the game 1-0 to Blue Club
Rob played a London-y queens gambit transposition with two knights and after a queenside bishop for knight exchange on c3 his opponent launched the kingside pawns forward and managed to cramp Rob up a bit before he unwound at the cost of a pawn. His opponent then left his queen in front of his king in the centre so he had a nice e4 break combined with a couple of nasty pins which left Rob up a piece and his opponents king very exposed. His opponent resigned shortly after. 2-0.
Next was Chris who played an opponent that outgraded him by 200 elo. His opponent castled queen side and Chris sent an avalanche of pieces to attack the now vulnerable king. This was too much for his opponent and Chris managed to get a great attacking win. 3-0
Next up was Jake who won a pawn early in the game but at the expense of his king getting hunted out by all of his opponents pieces, however, Jake defended well, managed to trade off the queens and his opponent had no more attack. Jake then converted the pawn up position into a winning endgame and his opponent resigned making it 4-0 to Blue Club.
Jon started off the game strong with a great position against his opponent, but under time pressure made a few too many mistakes and ultimately lost the game. 4-1
Robin was the last to finish with both players playing an intense game with only 2 knights and 2 pawns each by the end game. Robins opponent got to a position where he had 2 passed pawns vs robins 1. The game looked drawn or possibly in favour of his opponent but his opponent ran out of time and Robin won to make the final score an incredible 5-1 to Blue Club.
