For those who haven't met one of our newest members in person yet, here is your chance to see Armine in action. Hippy has been good enough to show how she overpowered him at Club Night:
Game 1001: Hippy Colclough v Armine Mashdian (0/1) 2012/02/02: Detailed annotation by Hippy Colclough

2011/12 Seems to be becoming a vintage season for Paul Kelman's "Amber Valley & Clay Cross A" side, with Alex Webster improving steadily and Phillip "The Vicar" Brooks coming up trumps with some excellent results, as well as Dean Hartley continuing to deliver on the high boards. It is unusual for Dean to miss a match, but v West Nottingham "A" he was indeed absent, and the odds were stacked against the AV & CX boys. "I told them we all had little chance, but we have all beat 20+ players at one point in life. So be relaxed, and just have a go. It worked!" - Paul Kelman. Paul put himself on Board 1 and clinched the match with this tremendous game:
Game 42: Paul Kelman v David Levens (1/0) 2011/11/04: Detailed annotation by Hippy Colclough

It's not every week we get an International Master coming as a member of the opposition to Clay Cross; possibly Antony wishes it never happened at all! Antony didn't send me all of his game with Andrew Ledger, but here are the first 13 moves:
Game 37: IM Andrew Ledger (Woodseats) v Antony Natt (Clay Cross) (1/0)

The games below are in order as they were added, rather than, as above, in reverse:

Game 1: Brian Lever (Clay Cross) v Mike Johnson (Chesterfield) (1/2 / 1/2)
Game 2: Edward Lasker v George Alan Thomas, London 1912; requested by Alex, annotated by Brian
Game 3: George Seabridge (Long Eaton "B") v Keith Myhill (Amber Valley & Clay Cross "B"), Nov 3rd, 2010. (1/2 / 1/2) Annotated by Keith and Brian
Game 4: Wallace Bryce (Long Eaton "B") v Peter Stevens (Amber Valley & Clay Cross "B"), Nov 3rd, 2010. (1/2 / 1/2) Annotated by Brian

Game 5 from Antony involves a brilliant and cunning plan to
A. invite White to plant a Knight on the 6th rank, then
B. offer a Queen sacrifice by taking the Knight.

Antony explains how, having dreamed up the sac, he analysed NINE MOVES IN ADVANCE to check that accepting the Queen would lead to a completely lost position for his opponent:

Game 5: Peter Locking (Stannington "A") v Antony Natt (Clay Cross "A"), Nov 1st, 2010. (0/1) Annotated by Antony
Game 6: Stuart Andrews (Lichfield "C") v Peter Stevens (Amber Valley & Clay Cross "B"), Feb 8th, 2011. (0/1) Annotated by Brian
Game 7: Andy Mort (Chesterfield "B") v Alex Webster (Amber Valley & Clay Cross "A"), Feb 16th, 2011. (0/1) Annotated by Alex
Game 8: Wallace Bryce (Long Eaton "B") v Carl Gartside (Amber Valley & Clay Cross "B"), Mar 14th, 2011 (0/1)
An incredible stroke of genius, or of luck? Annotated by Brian

Game 9: A complex position. Antony wishes he'd played the winning move he'd earlier prepared to play:threatening to pin White's Queen to his King; but he actually played what he later thought was a losing move, but was in fact good enough to keep the advantage...
... and only lost the game in the ensuing chaos. Game 9: Dave Glossop (Aughton) v Antony Natt (Clay Cross), June 14th, 2011 (0/1)
Annotated by Antony & Brian

Games 10 and 11: Hippy Colclough feeling his way tentatively - as you see from his annotations - back into league chess after a couple of decades absence!
Game 10: Mike Colclough (Clay Cross) v David Watson (Aughton) (0 / 1)
Game 11: Mike Colclough (Clay Cross) v John Gibbs (Wombwell) (1/2 / 1/2)

Game 12: A wonderful position from Keith, great for practicing your analysis and position evaluation skills:
Game 12: Keith Myhill (Clay Cross) v Ian Hemmingway (SASCA) (1 / 0)
Game 13: The first of my games in the list. I felt quite proud of the way I got into a won endgame here, but this pride was tempered when Fritz showed me how I missed two massive blunders; i.e. blundered myself. I think there's a lesson in "style of play" philosophy here which I think Paul W has appreciated more than some of the rest of us middle-of-the-roaders: Hold a steady course until the late middle game, improve your vision at this stage, and wait for your opponent to err at a time when the error is easy to capitalise on as you go into the endgame:
Game 13: Brian Lever (Clay Cross) v Peter willoughby (Chesterfield "B") (1 / 0)