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Last update: Wednesday July 12, 2006 15:07
As part of the Bury Chess Club 50th Anniversary celebrations, the club accepted a challenge from the Lancashire Draughts Association to a combined chess and draughts match on 2nd May 2006.
The Draughts Association can trace its history back to the 19th century, so that they were by far the senior party. They also had an advantage in having two county chess players in their line-up.
The evening took the form of one game at each discipline, with 25 minutes each on the clock for each game. The draughts match went very much as expected, with only Bury's Martin Bryant, himself a former county draughts player, able to salvage half a point.
The teams adjourned briefly for drinks and sandwiches, and then set off to play chess! This produced a closer contest, and on top board Bury's Mick Norris was taken to the time limit by an experienced opponent, and lost on time.
The final scores, after an entertaining evening were -
Draughts - Lancashire 7.5, Bury 0.5
Frank Bednall 1 - Mick Norris 0 ; Ron Taylor 1 - Bernard Sharples 0 ;
Anthony Boyle 1 - Jim Litherland 0 ; Fred Gill 1 - John Grindrod 0 ;
Philip Jackson 0.5 - Martin Bryant 0.5 ; Steve Duffy 1 - Peter Logan 0 ;
John Reade 1 - Brian Forrest 0 ; Keith Rogers 1 - Lee Baron 0.
Chess - Lancashire 2, Bury 6
Ron Taylor 1 - Mick Norris 0 ; Anthony Boyle 0 - Bernard Sharples 1 ;
Fred Gill 0 - Jim Litherland 1 ; Philip Jackson 1 - John Grindrod 0 ;
Steve Duffy 0 - Peter Logan 1 ; John Reade 0 - Brian Forrest 1 ;
Keith Rogers 0 - Lee Baron 1 ; Frank Bednall 0 - Steven Press 1.
A rematch is intended for 2007, although whether the chess players will be any better at draughts by then is doubtful!