With Christmas / New Years Day falling on a Sunday this year, you are not allowed to take any time off from chess! As per Peter’s recent mail, the club will be open on both 22nd and 29th December, so with no league matches until 19th January 2017, its an ideal time to get some division 1, 2 or 3 matches played (and avoid a visitation from the ghost of Christmas past!?).
Any which way, thanks for all the contributions to the website during 2016! Have a great Christmas and may all your sacrifices work out in 2017!
And the board is the right way round, though two against one seems a bit unfair, even for foxes! I fear for the poor sheep ☹
I saw a stall in a Christmas market in Chester where ALL the boards were the right way round, with the pieces on the correct squares too. Must be a first