Forget your GM's. Forget your over 190's. Forget your adult players. The 'Under Tens' is where the chess groove is grooving nowadays! Where the action is happening! Where the future lies and where the fun and excitement is to be found.
Last night a young man, a member of your club, Billy Fellowes exemplified all the above! Is he ten? No. Is he nine? No. Is he eight? No. Is he seven? YES! A magnificent seven.
In what I think was only his third league game, Billy played on bottom board for the D team, away, against Shirley D.
I did not follow all the twist and turns of the game but I did notice, at one point that there were holes all around the king of Billy's opponent. But to a later glance, it seemed to me that Billy was AT LEAST a pawn and the exchange down with more about to tumble.
His dad asked me how he was doing to which I gave the thumbs down. But what do I know?
No longer a slave to his emotions, Billy held his nerve. Man of Steel. Unflustered, Billy persisted with his kingside pressure using queen, bishop and a 6th rank passed pawn against an exposed king. All of this his opponent completely underestimated as he went on an irrelevant pawn hunt. Result? Billy's opponent was mated. Billy was first to finish and left covered in glory.
The other two games were, by comparison, invisible, hidden by the splendour of the light eminating from the bottom board which hideth all surrounding activity.
We already have one under ten on 80% league results in the club and now we have Billy on 2/3.
Match result? Well if, after Billy's performance, you are still interested in such mundane and earthly matters it was 0.5 - 2.5 to Kenilworth.
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