Shaun's blog

U100 National Cup team progresses

The U100 team (max grade 124; avg below 100) beat Thurrock on board count. Particularly well played by Peter Burgoyne who held his nerve in a tense technical endgame to win and secure the team victory on board count. We are through to the next round.

Update on Minor team

The Hackney Minor team lost two recent matches to Beckenham & Charlton; first, 3-1 and, secondly, 2.5-1.5. The highlights were, however, first wins for the club for Paul Murphy and Maria Gonzalez Tracey.

Hackney Minor 2.5 v 1.5 GLCC Minor

Hackney 2.5 v GLCC 1.5

Dylan Perryman 0 v 1 Jacques Parry
Shaun Tracey 1 v Alan Cedrik
Chris Hays 1 v Andrew Gladkikh
David Ladds 0.5 v 0.5 Ian Granville

Hackney Minor 1 v 3 Hammersmith Minor

Hackney lost 3-1

Dylan Perryman 1 - 0 John White
Shaun Tracey 0 - 1 P Rentzos
Chris Hays 0 - 1 Ken Hedger
Paul Murphy 0 - 1 Mike Mackenzie

Hackney Minor v Hammersmith Minor

12.11.08

Hackney are 2-1 down with one adjournment

Dylan Perryman 1 - 0 John White
Shaun Tracey 0 - 1 P Rentzos
Chris Hays 0 - 1 Ken Hedger
Paul Murphy - [ ] - adjourned

Hackney Minor drew with Cavendish Minor

Hackney Minor 2 -v- 2 Cavendish Minor

16.10.08

Dylan Perryman (w) 1 -v- 0 John Upham
Shaun Tracey (b) 1 -v- 0 Tim Cowen
Chris Hays (w) 0 -v- 1 Martin Green
Paul Murphy (b) 0 -v- John [ ]

Particularly well done to Dylan who won within about 13 moves after hot-footing it over from Cavendish to GL!

Hackney Minor beat Kings Head Minor

A winning start for Hackney Minor team.

24.9.08

Kings Head Minor 1.5 v 2.5 Hackney Minor

1. Peter Grant-Ross 0.5 v 0.5 Mark Rivlin
2 Robert Mumford 1 v 0 Dylan Perryman
3. Doug Bonn 0 v 1 Shaun Tracey
4. Default 0 v 1 Chris Hays

Special thanks to Chris, and to Mark Rivlin who took a draw despite having a slight edge, in order to secure the team victory.

Next match 16.10.08 at Golden Lane. Planned team: Pepe, Dylan, Paul Murphy, Chris Hays. Shaun as sub.