THE CHESS CLUB 1977/78 The Chess Club continued to meet on Thursday lunchtimes in the Stephenson room. There was membership of about 20, but only a few turned up at each meeting. Under the captaincy of R. E. Craig, the Chess team, which was in Division III of the York Chess League, had a very successful season. achieving second place in the division (finishing only half a point behind Rowntree's II), and remaining unbeaten in the league. The results (home result first) were as follows: ✓ A.H.G.S. II ✓ Park Grove ✓ Rowntree's II ✓ Acomb ✓ Poppleton ✓ Stockton Hall ✓ Armstrong's III
Won 54-1 Won 6-0 Won 3i-21Won 31-21 Drew 3-3 Won 4-2 Won 31-21
Won 6-0 Won 6-0 Drew 3-3 Won 5-1 Won 34-2/ Won 5i i Won 41-1 i
Four other matches were played—two in a school knockout competition run by the Sunday Times (against Ferens Junior High School, and Hymers College), one in the York Chess League knockout competition (against York University), and the last a friendly against St. Olave's.
✓ Ferens Junior High School ✓Hymers College ✓York University ✓St. Olave's
Won 4i-11 Lost 2-4 Lost Won 4-2
The regular team members were P. Moayyedi, R. E. Craig, P. W. S. De Silva (who has extended his unbeaten run in school matches to 19 games), T. C. Stephenson, D. N. C. Pemberton, and J. M. V. Storey. Others who played for the team were C. Bean, P. A. D. Critchley, R. J. Kirby, B. S. Saber, C. G. Broadbent, and A. D. M. Barrell. The individual records of the regular team members were as follows:
P. Moayyedi R. E. Craig P. W. S. De Silva T. C. Stephenson D. N. C. Pemberton J. M. V. Storey
Played 16 16 14 13 14 14
Won 8 11 8 9 10 8
Drew 3 2 6 0 1 0
Lost 5 3 0 4 3 6
59.4 75.0 78.6 69.2 75.0 57.1
No member of the team is leaving St. Peter's this year, so that the team (which will be in Division II) should be even better next year. The York Under 18 Chess Competition was won by P. Moayyedi (who is still only 15), beating R. E. Craig in the final. P. Moayyedi also reached the semi-final of the Under 15 Competition, losing to the eventual winner. 94
