Liverpool Chess Club took on chess International Master Malcolm Pein in a simultaneous display last night 24th January 2017 at the Crown Hotel on Lime Street with Malcolm in no mood for mercy! Final score Malcolm 27 wins, 4 draws, no defeats! Malcolm played for Liverpool Chess club as did his father back in the 70s and 80s before moving to London and it is great to have him back at the club. Malcolm’s picture and profile was added to the club’s wall of legends last night just before the event started. First, he took on 14 Liverpool Juniors with Joshua Roque getting an excellent draw where all others were defeated including: Luke Maher Bashar Rovezi Jed Roque Frank Hudson Orlando Hudson Jesse Inocentes Maciek Langer Laurence Oscar Ebraan Jeremy Rogers Prajesh Shukla Rowen Thompson (all pictured) Next straight onto play 17 adults where it was a similar story with respectable draws for Peter Lipka, new comer Raimund Klein and another Liverpool legend back in the club after many years away Mike Hardman. Everyone else was defeated one by one including: Dave Leeming Mike Clarke Ian Stephens Tomas Lancaric Jim Gallagher Peter Leonard Sean Frost Paul Taylor Goronwy Brookes Chris Ford (Prescot) Ben Ellington (Atticus) Natasha may (Atticus) Jakob Gerlath Graham Pimblett Luke Maher (junior) Jim Gallagher was first to fall and Paul Taylor last but junior Luke Maher lasted right to the end and put up a fantastic battle on his birthday. A great event huge thanks to Malcolm for making the big effort to hold the event which has raised funds towards the restoration of the 1892 Liverpool Chess table Huge thanks also to Neil, Julie and Tom from the Crown for helping us arrange the event, lighting etc and stay late.
Malcolm Pein
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