He may claim we tanked him up with too much £2.90 beer – and he might have a point.

But the legendary Ginger GM Simon Williams left Battersea a little battered on Tuesday after taking on 30 club players in a simul.

YouTube’s favourite chess star went down in NINE games, which included wins for Battersea’s Bill Drennan, Mufid AlDajani, Tim Valentine and Arnold Hunt.

The other victors were Jeffrey Boardman, Luis Sanchez, Anthony Bolchover, Robert Davies and Max Roantree.

Simon was also held to four draws, by Tony Ashby, Jacques Tivillier, Neil Davies and Lauren Weaver.

He did of course win most of the matches – 16, including against Your Correspondent – but we won’t make a big deal about that. There was also one default.

Had a great time 😀 Lovely people, great venue and some interesting chess! Wish I had a @BatterseaChess nearer me. https://t.co/2cuxEAdNIB — Simon Williams (@ginger_gm) September 7, 2016

Clubs represented included Wanstead, Coulsdon, Wimbledon, Egham & Stains, Ilford, Beckenham & Bromley, Hendon and Wallington.

There were also four players from Mushrooms and three from Hammersmith.

Scroll down for the full results – they are presented in a table at the bottom of this page.

On my way to @BatterseaChess for a 30 board simul. Looking forward to using my best mate 'Harry' the h-pawn. 😉 — Simon Williams (@ginger_gm) September 6, 2016

They're dropping likes flies : Battersea's Tim Wells out, Malcolm Dancy "about to go" pic.twitter.com/LuxmAf2DLq — Battersea Chess Club (@BatterseaChess) September 6, 2016

Current position Vs @ginger_gm One of us is heading for a beheading. I.e. me pic.twitter.com/Ek1R8fXyst — Leon Watson ♛ (@LeonWatson) September 6, 2016

Four gone, 26 to go @ginger_gm is cranking it up pic.twitter.com/yMEHeDWDLt — Battersea Chess Club (@BatterseaChess) September 6, 2016

ANOTHER WIN Battersea's giant killer Bill Drennan is victorious on board 8 @ginger_gm pic.twitter.com/biHOMEnC2o — Battersea Chess Club (@BatterseaChess) September 6, 2016

Jeffrey Boardman on 2 WINS @ginger_gm pic.twitter.com/cifNAIdyP0 — Battersea Chess Club (@BatterseaChess) September 6, 2016

Max Roantree playing out of his skin vs @ginger_gm pic.twitter.com/kd8ylqGxXL — Battersea Chess Club (@BatterseaChess) September 6, 2016

WIN for Battersea's Tim Valentine pic.twitter.com/d70PiHNDEZ — Battersea Chess Club (@BatterseaChess) September 6, 2016

Arnold Hunt polishes off the WIN @GINGER_GM pic.twitter.com/n9oq8LhLBu — Battersea Chess Club (@BatterseaChess) September 6, 2016

Michael Collins, graded 81, gets praise from @ginger_gm pic.twitter.com/JMPaGgoVcK — Battersea Chess Club (@BatterseaChess) September 6, 2016

Nothin' better than a solid simul v @ginger_gm to wind down a sober day of chess admin. Killer Rf8! pic.twitter.com/1jGTtx0JXW — Phil Ehr on Chess (@phil4chess) September 6, 2016

Robert Davies in board 17 plays Rf7, @ginger_gm says: "Now that's the kind of move all GMs have nightmares about" pic.twitter.com/CLJOWSdKZn — Battersea Chess Club (@BatterseaChess) September 6, 2016