tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69027811568647915072024-03-13T11:26:23.932+00:00Meir Chess ClubWelcome to the Meir Chess Club Website. Please use the tabs below to navigate the site.Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comBlogger117125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-30118504429013512362024-03-13T11:25:00.002+00:002024-03-13T11:25:37.279+00:00Meir v Crewe G Oh well we tried against a tough team.
Keep calm and carry on our day will come.Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-24619768454278209892024-03-05T09:03:00.003+00:002024-03-05T09:03:31.484+00:00Meir v Crewe D 4/2/24 Good draw against the Crew from Crewe.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-11007773807024604612024-03-01T09:51:00.000+00:002024-03-01T09:51:23.152+00:00FENTON D v MEIR Good result well done team. Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-57550653982206295172024-02-13T11:03:00.000+00:002024-02-13T11:03:30.032+00:00Meir v Gables The posting of this match is wrong. Players 3and4 for Meir should Roger Coleman board 3
Carl Thornhill board 4
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-55891826970830962542024-01-26T09:22:00.000+00:002024-01-26T09:22:35.773+00:00Kidsgrove v Meir 25/1/24 Well done Graham,David and Ray a great win against a strong team.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-6171707280275700952024-01-16T09:41:00.001+00:002024-01-16T09:41:17.179+00:00Meir v Alsager Well done team for a great win we needed this.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-17930269674321516252023-12-03T08:17:00.000+00:002023-12-03T08:17:38.388+00:00AGM 29/11/23SPORTS PERSONALITY OF YEAR,CLUB OF THE YEAR AND CHANGES TO OFFICIALS.
The Sports Personality of the Year was awarded to Staffordshie Chess Association's Secretary for Junior Chess
Jonathon Blackburn.
The Club of the Year Award was awarded MEIR CHESS CLUB Stoke-on-Trent. They were commended for their support
of STaffordshire's Under 1450 teamin 2023 and support of MEIR members generally for Staffordshire Teams pre 2020.
No less than 6 players out of 12 in the Staffordshire under 100 team that won the 2019 County Championship were
MEIR players.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-69332376105760625962023-10-31T09:46:00.000+00:002023-10-31T09:46:22.327+00:00Gables B v Meir Tough game after all. Oh well move on. Good win for Carl on his first league match.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-14582803095934445982023-09-27T15:21:00.000+00:002023-09-27T15:21:51.268+00:00<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8k3sIAT52R8aNcl6SrOmB62iVhrV3Yk5B89T6exuvatZCteI4WxbxmJaCti7-y8n3Mk9uFR9Ltg3Wi_cmpwTdfQko0M30G5sBdFdaNxbdgYB6X2mYyqTLtGvBugAvRdYCksqECFBvBTXScU2GwK2EhOs_6i1DuaZKlzVC7L1NTAVrwbF6NHog95u6ug/s1600/IMG-20230927-WA0000%20%281%29.jpg" style="display: block; padding: 1em 0; text-align: center; "><img alt="" border="0" width="400" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8k3sIAT52R8aNcl6SrOmB62iVhrV3Yk5B89T6exuvatZCteI4WxbxmJaCti7-y8n3Mk9uFR9Ltg3Wi_cmpwTdfQko0M30G5sBdFdaNxbdgYB6X2mYyqTLtGvBugAvRdYCksqECFBvBTXScU2GwK2EhOs_6i1DuaZKlzVC7L1NTAVrwbF6NHog95u6ug/s400/IMG-20230927-WA0000%20%281%29.jpg"/></a></div>
Anyone interested in playing Chess, we meet on Monday evenings 7.30 pm at The British Legion, Meir Rd, ST3 7JF.
We play casual games on Mondays but we also play other teams in league and Cup Matches. All ages welcome so if you feel like coming down for a game
please call in.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-54949698261368929932023-08-30T14:18:00.001+00:002023-08-30T14:18:14.563+00:00Crewe A v Meir Tough match against the crew from Crewe. We all did our best and can only look to the next game.
The venue was good, it just needs to get a bar installed. Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-7299505670382416442023-08-15T13:47:00.003+00:002023-08-15T13:49:31.713+00:00Meir v Alsager 14/8/23 Good draw for Meir after two bad previous losses.A win or draw for me could have sealed it, although I was up against
an opponent with a 1562 grading. Can someone contact David Hackney I think I have the solution to his puzzle.
Option 1 White Black
Bc4 Rxh7
Bd3 mate
Option 2 White Black
Bc4 Nxg6check
Qxg6mate
Whatever Blacks moves are won't matter.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-46735545814804210612023-08-03T17:24:00.003+00:002023-08-03T17:24:34.716+00:00Fenton v Meir 2/8/23 Bad night for Meir against Newcastle,we tried and no doubt will try again.
Well done everyone for your effort better luck next game.Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-84173825229230980462023-07-04T08:44:00.000+00:002023-07-04T08:44:00.071+00:00Meir v Kidsgrove 3/7/23 Bad night for Meir. All we can do is dust ourselves down and look forward to next game.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-1801820822908857922023-06-29T15:08:00.001+00:002023-06-29T15:08:17.804+00:00Meir v Crewe B 26/6/23 Unfortunately we lost the match,but what a great win for Martin on board one well done.
They are a tough team to beat. Better luck Bob,Ray and me next time.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-58421162932910754392023-06-21T13:17:00.000+00:002023-06-21T13:17:28.590+00:00Fenton v Meir South Cheshire Shield 20/6/23 Tough match against Fenton. Well done Bob for your win, we all played against higher graded players.
Better luck next game.
Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-68015731195373754652023-05-19T12:41:00.000+00:002023-05-19T12:41:07.226+00:00Staffordshire v Essex Quarter final county match 13/5/23<p> Big thankyou to Stephen Smithson and his praise for all who played in this game. </p><p>Thanks to Essex team for travelling up to Syston in two minibus's due to trains being on strike, we were still able to start on time as it looked like they were going to be late due to an accident on the motorway.</p><p>The match was close at 7-5. Well done everyone who played. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-28465609590199876162023-05-19T12:24:00.003+00:002023-05-19T12:24:44.871+00:00Crewe E v Meir 10/5/23<p> This was a good draw to finish Division Three games on. All of Crewe's players were higher</p><p> graded so to finish with a draw was a good result. Well done.</p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-39446756145394023842023-04-15T12:47:00.000+00:002023-04-15T12:47:30.314+00:00Cheddleton D v Meir 14/4/23<p><b>Good win for Meir. Steve and David won, Ray got a draw, and I lost. I looked at all the matches to </b></p><p><b>see how many wins etc I had got, and then decided to do them for everyone so here we go.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Player Played Won Drawn Lost</b></p><p><b>S Hill 10 6 3 1</b></p><p><b>D Fuller 8 4 2 2</b></p><p><b>M Chadwick 12 2 2 8</b></p><p><b>R Coleman 12 2 5 5</b></p><p><b>R Rhodes 12 2 5 5</b></p><p><b>R Perry 11 5 3 3</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I think this is right, sorry if I got any wrong. We have three games left.</b></p><p><b>Meir v Kidsgrove 24/4/23</b></p><p><b>Crewe E v Meir 10/5/23</b></p><p><b>Fenton v Meir 18/9/23 </b></p><p><b> Good luck with remaining games.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-51574674541362666442023-04-04T08:20:00.002+00:002023-04-04T08:20:23.356+00:00Crewe v Meir minor cup final<p> We managed to get a draw against Crewe having lost all previous games. So I think should we be pleased with this result. Always look on the bright side of Chess. </p><p><br /></p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-8991848137143041082023-03-15T10:20:00.000+00:002023-03-15T10:20:04.737+00:00Alsager match 14/3/23<p> Good draw for Meir. Well done Steve and David for your wins. </p><p>Bad luck Ray and Martin but we still got a draw.</p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-18240817005453588632023-02-28T09:49:00.000+00:002023-02-28T09:49:21.386+00:00Fenton Match 27/2/23 <p> Tough match against Fenton. Well done David for your win. We came away with a draw although I felt I could have done better as I was in front. It was a long game and tiredness was setting in. Oh what it is to be young.π΄</p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-63178153051575539982023-02-14T10:09:00.001+00:002023-02-14T10:09:21.867+00:00Crewe match <p> Bad night for Meir, same result as match on 16/1/23. Well done Robert for your win.</p><p>One day we will triumph. π </p><p><br /></p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-24953058566104055392023-02-08T09:56:00.000+00:002023-02-08T09:56:14.628+00:00Alsager Minor Cup match<p> Good win for Meir in last nights semi final . To be fair to Alsager some of the players had not played in </p><p>match games which would have probably given us an advantage. The next game will be more difficult I </p><p>think. Good night though at a good venue.πΊCheers.</p><p><br /></p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-48347677888204042442023-02-04T08:56:00.000+00:002023-02-04T08:56:09.555+00:00Cheddleton match Friday 3rd Feb<p> Good draw for Meir. We are getting some good results .</p><p>Meir v Ched 3/10/22 Draw</p><p>Meir v Ched 5/12/22 Lost</p><p>Meir v Ched 23/1/23 Won</p><p>Meir v Ched 3/2/23 Draw</p><p>I think we should be pleased with these results. Well done to all π</p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6902781156864791507.post-92055451735036099672023-01-24T09:40:00.001+00:002023-01-24T09:40:41.829+00:00Cheddleton Cup match<p> Well done team. Martin sealed it with a great win. Bob, Ray and me got draws.</p><p>A great result keep warm and carry on.π</p>Clive at Meirhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09525587876014384421noreply@blogger.com