The weekend was, of course, time for the fabulous Shropshire Chess Congress. You know all about this one, it is held in a great venue in Telford. The playing area is comfortable and spacious. There is loads of free parking. Whenever I go anywhere with my beloved, we have a saying; “it’s all about the food”; well the cafe in the venue was as good as always. I had the veg curry, which came with chips, rice, and yes, some nan too. You may like to know that fried breakfasts were also being offered by the cheerful staff. Anyway, I will stop drifting off into a food reverie, and I should mention that some chess was played. I was pleased to see a new member joined the Crewe CC Tourist Club; Simon Humphries played his first ever weekend congress. He played well and was our top scorer, getting 3.5 in the minor. Simon is one of our newer members, and looks liked he is getting hooked like the rest of us. Harry drew with the top rated player in the open in round one. I got to the live boards in the major in the last round ( hope they delete the game from t’internet soon). Jamie got annoyed, though it was hard to tell, with his first round loss, and bounced back with a couple of wins. I will not forget, for a bit, Harry jumping about like a cat on a hot tin roof, while trying to watch Carmel losing, then winning, then drawing a blitz finish against an FM. It was a great weekend; you should come next year.
Some of the gang are pictured below.
