The Allegro league provided us with the first competitive chess of 2020. We continued the trend of changing the team each month. This time, only one change: Jamie replacing Maurice on bottom board. The rest of the lineup was Bryan, Doug and Iain. The night didn’t start well – a 4-0 drubbing by Edinburgh 1. …
Last night was the Christmas meeting of the Edinburgh Allegro League. There were big changes to our lineup. After November’s humiliating 4-0 loss to Edinburgh 2, Ronnie, Steve and Jamie were banished to the gulags for re-education. In their places, Iain returned as captain, Maurice decided to combine organising with playing, and Doug made his …
Last night was the 2nd meetup of the Edinburgh Allegro league. We scored 5.5/8 in October, which meant we were sitting pretty in joint 4th. And, with Bryan back from South Korea, we were hoping to build on that. Iain stepped aside to make room for Bryan. So the lineup was: Bryan, Steve, Ronnie and …
