1 Cumbers C (194) 0 – 1 Lam P (190) 2 Birtwistle N (202) 0.5 – 0.5 Walker A (180) 3 Coates D (175) 0.5 – 0.5 Lee D (171) 4 McCarthy K (182) 1 – 0 Yap A (178) 5 Pierbattisti G (160) 1 – 0 Lewis C (136) 3 – 2
Thursday 17 December 2009
Grantham I beat Division I leaders
Grantham I were successful in their latest home match against Nottingham University I; winning by a one point margin. This leaves Grantham I third in the Division I table after seven matches on nine points. This is just one point behind University I and Ashfield I. The individual match scores were as follows (respective ratings are in brackets);
Tuesday 8 December 2009
Grantham II v West Nottingham II
Grantham II won their latest home game against West Nottingham II by the handsome score of 5 Nil.
There were wins for Giorgio Pierbattisti, Trevor Palmer, Ivan David, Ben Mason and Mrs. Rona Allgood. This win puts Grantham a point ahead of Gambit III at the top of Division 3 of the Nottinghamshire Chess League on 11 points with the same number of games played.
There were wins for Giorgio Pierbattisti, Trevor Palmer, Ivan David, Ben Mason and Mrs. Rona Allgood. This win puts Grantham a point ahead of Gambit III at the top of Division 3 of the Nottinghamshire Chess League on 11 points with the same number of games played.
Friday 13 November 2009
Lincolnshire Chess League
Grantham won their latest match against Louth in the latest match in the Lincolnshire Chess League. There were wins for Grenville Wollerton and Chris Cumbers and draws for top board Ivan David and Captain Ben Mason to bring the final score to 3:1. This brings the season to 2 wins and 1 loss so far this season.
Monday 9 November 2009
4NCL First Weekend
Grantham's 'Pandora's Box' kindly sponsored by Club Chairman , Fred Jones, is this year playing in Division 1B of the nationwide 4NCL league (www.4ncl.co.uk). Their first round of matches were played on the weekend of the 24th of October and began with a loss to the very strong team from Guildlford and a win over the South Wales Dragons.
Photo: Stephen Connor and Claire Summerscale, 2009
| Team | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
| GUILDFORD-A&DC 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| WHITE ROSE 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| BARBICAN 4NCL 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| BETSSON.COM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| WOOD GREEN HILSMARK KINGFISHER 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| PANDORA'S BOX GRANTHAM | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| SOUTH WALES DRAGONS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| POISONED PAWNS 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1st Team Results in the Nottinghamshire League
Grantham's 1st Team are sitting pretty at the top of Nottinghamshire League Division I after the first four matches.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Df | Pn | Pt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grantham 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | University 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 5 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Ashfield 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Gambit 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9.5 | 10.5 | -1 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | West Bridgford 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10.5 | 9.5 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Newark 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9.5 | 10.5 | -1 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Nottingham Central 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | West Nottingham 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | -10 | 0 | 0 |
2nd Team Results in the Notts League
In Division 3 of the Nottinghamshire Chess League, Grantham have got off to a great start and are in second position with a game in hand at this early stage of the season.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Df | Pn | Pt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gambit 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Grantham 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Newark 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11.5 | 9.5 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Mansfield 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | West Bridgford 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | West Nottingham 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Ashfield 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9.5 | 10.5 | -1 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | West Nottingham 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4.5 | 10.5 | -6 | 0 | 0 |
Wednesday 16 September 2009
Grantham draws with Gambit in season opener
Grantham 2 travelled to Gambit Chess Club yesterday evening for the first game of the new Nottinghamshire Chess League season. The match ended in a draw at 2.5 points each. Ivan David lost to Brian Hayward on top board, Ben Mason drew on board 2, Chris Holt won on board 3 with team captain Chris Cumbers achieving a won game very quickly on board 4. Mrs Rona Allgood fought a brave fight right down to the wire on board 5 but was beaten in a hard fought endgame.
Leicester Congress 2nd to 4th of October
The 2009 Leicester Chess Congress will take place Friday 2nd - Sunday 4th October 2009 at Regent College, Regent Road, Leicester LE1 7LW. All details and entry forms may be found at http://www.leicesterchess.co.uk/
Gingerbreads Revenge
After losing the friendly match against Melton at the end of last season, a rematch was arranged for last Wednesday as a curtain-raiser to the new season. As before, the match was played over 8 boards with 4 being played at Grantham and 4 at Melton. Grantham was out for revenge and duly got it with a 7.5 to 0.5 victory. All of the games were well played and in a very friendly spirit. The only half point dropped by Grantham was by top board Paul Cumbers. After our previous loss, the Grantham organiser, Trevor Palmer, presented Melton with some Grantham Gingerbread in recognition of their victory. We await our pork pie!
Tuesday 25 August 2009
Club Reopening
The Grantham Chess Club will be reopening after the summer break tomorrow evening at 7.30pm at the Grantham Electric Club.
The fixtures list for the Nottinghamshire Chess League 2009/2010 season is now available. If you would like a copy, please email the Club Secretary. The fixtures are in MS Excel 2003 format. If you require another format (E.g. .PDF) please ask.
Wednesday 19 August 2009
Images from the British Chess Championships
On the right, Grantham player Paul Cumbers playing Fide Master Peter Sowray.
On the left, Grantham player Nigel Birtwistle playing Grandmaster Stuart Conquest
Images and copyright courtesy of the BritChess09 website
Friday 14 August 2009
ECF Rating List 2009/2010
| Ref | Name | Sex | Age | Club(s) | Category | Grade | Last Year | Cat | Rapid | Last Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105648H | Allgood, Rhona | F | Grantham | C | 129 | 127 | ||||
| 106801F | Birtwistle, Nigel | M | Grantham | B | 202 | 181 | ||||
| 222105G | Coates, David H | M | Lincoln | A | 176 | 179 | D | 175 | 176 | |
| 160353L | Collyer, Geoff C | M | Louth | A | 160 | 156 | A | 153 | 154 | |
| 222184G | Cumbers, Christopher | M | Grantham | B | 127 | 112 | D | 114 | 103 | |
| 103734B | Cumbers, Paul | M | Grantham | A | 194 | 199 | ||||
| 191586B | Dale, Hannah | F | Lincoln | A | 148 | 150 | A | 144 | 148 | |
| 277281E | David, Ivan | M | Grantham | D | 153 | |||||
| 109683H | Dilley, Jason M | M | 4NCL Pandora's Box | E | 177 | 179 | ||||
| 112912A | Holt, Chris M | M | Grantham | D | 147 | 157 | ||||
| 139887J | Mason, Ben | M | Grantham | A | 152 | 140 | ||||
| 244268B | McCarthy, Kevin C | M | Grantham | C | 181 | 181 | ||||
| 129994D | Nelder, Alan J | M | Grantham | E | 125 | 136 | ||||
| 270154G | Neumann, Paul | M | Grantham | E | 100 | 98 | ||||
| 233344C | Palmer, Trevor | M | Grantham | C | 146 | 135 | ||||
| 152255D | Payne, Nick | M | Grantham | E | 176 | 180 | ||||
| 178209F | Pierbattisti, Giorgio | M | Grantham | C | 160 | 157 | ||||
| 152036C | Sherlock, Peter G | M | Lincoln | B | 134 | 142 | ||||
| 274077B | Taylor, Paul | M | Lincoln | E | 127 | |||||
| 127081D | Wollerton, Grenville | M | Newark & Southwell | B | 153 | 144 |
Thursday 30 July 2009
The British Chess Championships
For what must be the first time in the club's long history, two club players are playing in the main tournament at the British Chess Championships. Paul Cumbers and Nigel Birtwhistle gained their places due to their great performances in the 4NCL team 'Pandora's Box' generously sponsored by our club Chairman, Fred Jones.
You can follow Paul and Nigel's progress, including live games, at;
The tournament runs until Friday 7th August
Tuesday 7 July 2009
Grantham win Lincs Jamboree
Grantham won this years Lincs Jamboree held at Scunthorpe Chess Club. Ben Mason, Paul Cumbers, Nigel Birtwistle and Ivan David played with 100% records for all but Ivan who won two out of four. In a competition that Grantham led from start to end it still finished a close result with Grantham winning with 14 points, Louth second with 13.5 and Lincoln third with 13. Lincoln had another Grantham player playing for them for the day, Chris Cumbers, who also won all 4 of his games.
Thursday 25 June 2009
John Robertson Trophy
The John Robertson trophy is awarded by vote at the AGM to a member deserving special recognition. This year the trophy was awarded to 2nd Team Captain, Chris Cumbers.
Tuesday 23 June 2009
AGM Reminder
Just a quick reminder that the Club AGM is tomorrow evening (Wednesday 24th of June) at the Electric Club starting at 7.30. Fred has promised that if we finish early there will be an opportunity for some games to be played.
Wednesday 10 June 2009
Players wanted for Lincs Jamboree 5th of July
Ben Mason is looking for players to take part in the Gerorge Renison Team Jamboree at Scunthorpe on the afternoon of Sunday July 5th 2009. Teams of 4 players, 4 rounds with 25 minutes per person. If anyone is interested, please send Chris Holt an email at cmh@globalnet.co.uk and he will pass your details on to Ben.
Tuesday 9 June 2009
Latest News
Latest Results by Grantham Players -
Amersham Congress
This was a 7 round FIDE rated event at the end of May. David Coates (Grantham), scoring 4/7 in the Open section.
Oxford Congress
David Coates (Grantham) played in the Open section and scored 2½/5.
Sunday 7 June 2009
Grantham Chess Club 2009 AGM
The 2009 Grantham Chess Club AGM will be held at the Grantham Electric Club on Wednesday 24th of June at 7.30pm
Grantham v Melton Friendly Match
Grantham played a friendly 'home and away' match to end the current season. The match was ably organised by Trevor Palmer. Grantham lost the match 2 1/2 - 5 1/2 . Paul Cumbers lost and Kevin McCarthy agreed a draw. Ben Mason drew. Trevor lost to an old friend who perhaps should have been in the top four but wanted to see him. He was always heading for the win. Ivan David was very annoyed to only get a draw out of a 'won' endgame which he misplayed by having to move very quickly. Chris Cumbers lost and Rhona Allgood held up Grantham's honour by winning. The games were much closer than the score suggests. Melton have suggested a pre-season warm up match in Aug/Sept their squad travelling to Grantham and I am sure that we will be ready to avenge this defeat.
Friday 8 May 2009
Grantham win Lincolnshire League Title
Grantham won the Lincolnshire League Division II South title in dramatic fashion in the last game of their last match at home to Boston. In a thrilling endgame, Grenville Wollerton bravely overcame his opponent, Chris Donkin,which went down to a king and pawn versus king endgame and a late night blitz finish. In a rare moment, the end of the game was met by a spontaneous round of applause from the engrossed spectators as Grantham won 2.5 to 1.5
The individual scores were; Grenville Wollerton 1, Ben mason 0, Trevor palmer 0.5 and Ivan David 1
New Club Address
Due to the Kontak Club closing, we have been forced to find a new location. We now meet each Wednesday in the upstairs room at;
The Grantham Electric Social Club
11 Commercial Road
Grantham
NG31 6DB
Tel: 01476 561788
Thursday 30 April 2009
Nottingham Chess Congress Results
Various local players took part in the Nottingham Chess Congress last weekend. Their results are as follows,
Open Tournament
Paul Cumbers 2.5 / 5
David Coates 2 / 5
Major Section
Ivan David 2.5 / 5
Intermediate Section
Ben Mason 3 / 5
Minor Section
Chris Cumbers 3.5 / 5
Congratulations to Chris for winning the Seniors Prize in the Minor.
We are moving!
Grantham Chess Club will be relocating this weekend due to circumstances beyond our control. An announcement of the new venue will be made in the next few days.
Thursday 23 April 2009
Grantham beat Spalding
Grantham last night beat Spalding 3: 1 in the penultimate game in the Lincolnshire League. There were wins for Chris Holt, Captain Ben Mason and Ivan David. Grenville Wollerton was the only loss playing black in a tough test of his Grunfeld Defence. This match sets Grantham up for a chance to win the league if they win their last home game next week.
Wednesday 22 April 2009
Grantham II unbeaten all season
Grantham II won their final match last night against Navigation II in the Nottinghamshire League to go through the entire season unbeaten and conceding only two drawn matches. Grantham beat Navigation 4.5 to 0.5 with the only half point being dropped by Chris Holt. The victorious players were Ben Mason, Ivan David, Rona Allgood and Captain Chris (Please don't call me Arsene Wenger) Cumbers.
Wednesday 8 April 2009
Grantham II Win Notts League
Grantham II have won League 4 with two games to go in the season. They are currently 5 points clear of their nearest rivals; West Bridgford 2. Congratulations to Captain Chris Cumbers and the team.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Df | Pn | Pt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grantham 2 (c) | 14 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 51.5 | 18.5 | 33 | 0 | 26 |
| 2 | West Bridgford 2 (p) | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Gambit 4 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 39.5 | 35.5 | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Nomads 3 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 41.5 | 27.5 | 14 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Ashfield 4 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 39.5 | 30.5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 6 | Navigation | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 39.5 | 30.5 | 9 | 0 | 14 |
| 7 | West Nottingham 5 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 30 | 39 | -9 | 0 | 13 |
| 8 | West Bridgford 3 (r) | 15 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 20.5 | 54.5 | -34 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | University 4 (r) | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 63 | -46 | 0 | 4 |
| Key: P = Played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; F = Game points for; A = Game points against; Df = Points difference; Pn = Penalties; Pt = Match points; Shaded areas = Promotion/relegation zones – all promotions and relegations are provisional, subject to possible league restructuring | ||||||||||
Tuesday 17 February 2009
Grantham beat Lincoln
Grantham beat Lincoln by 3:1 in their away match at Lincoln. The Grantham team did not lose a single game with individual score being Chris Holt 0.5, Ben Mason 0.5, Ivan David 1 and Chris Cumbers 1.
Friday 6 February 2009
Grantham 2 Result against West Bridgford 2
Grantham drew against their nearest league rivals, West Bridgford 2, in their latest away match.
Of particular interest was Chris Cumbers game where he retreated his pieces to the back rank when faced with a sharp sacrificial opening. His opponent was unable to find away through and they agreed a draw. Subsequent computer analysis showed that Chris could even have obtained a big advantage from his somwhat unusual piece formation.
Individual results were as follows,
| 1 | Thompson, B. | (148) | 0.5 | - | 0.5 | Holt, C. | (135) |
| 2 | Nabbs, T. | (142) | 1 | - | 0 | Mason, B. | (113) |
| 3 | Budd, C. | (114) | 0 | - | 1 | David, I. | () |
| 4 | Lavelle, T. | (97) | 0.5 | - | 0.5 | Cumbers, C. | (85) |
| 5 | Hill, F. | (89) | 0.5 | - | 0.5 | Allgood, R. | (87) |
| 2.5 | – | 2.5 |
Tuesday 3 February 2009
Nottinghamshire League Result
Grantham won their latest match in the Nottinghamshire League Division 1 against Ashfield 1to leave them second in the table to Nottingham University's first team. Individual results were,
1 Padilla, P. (172) 0 - 1 Cumbers, P. (188)
2 Halfpenny, G. (164) 0.5 - 0.5 Coates, D. (167)
3 Webster, R. (160) 0 - 1 Birtwistle, N. (172)
4 Jarvis, D. (158) 0 - 1 Pierbattisti, G. (144)
5 Burke, S. (151) 0.5 - 0.5 Dale, H. (131)
1 - 4
Latest Lincolnshire League Table
With acknowledgement to the Lincolnshire League website at http://www.lincschess.co.uk/
Results
| Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Points | |
| Lincoln | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 5 |
| Grantham | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 4 |
| Louth D | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 4 |
| Spalding | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 2 |
| Boston | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 1 |
Grantham v Spalding in the Lincolnshire League
Grantham lost to Spalding by 2.5 to 1.5 in the latest game from the Lincolnshire League Division 2 (South). Individual scores were as follows;
| Spalding | 2.5 | 1.5 | Grantham |
| M Dunkley | 1 | 0 | B Mason |
| D Carew | 0 | 1 | I David |
| F Robinson | 0.5 | 0.5 | C Cumbers |
| J Smith | 1 | 0 | Default |
Sunday 11 January 2009
Grantham Journal Nostalgia
According to this week's Grantham Journal, the club began its first correspondence match in 36 years against Wisbech this week 25 years ago.
Not only do I have no record of this occuring, but I have no idea of the result. Does anyone have any ideas??
Lincolnshire League Result
Firstly a Happy New Year to all of our members and readers.
Grantham unfortunately lost their latest Lincolnshire League game against Spalding 2.5-1.5 last Wednesday. Ben Mason lost on board 1. Ivan David again won on board 2, again winning a tight end game and Chris Cumbers drew on board 3 in a game he had the better of the chances. The result leaves Grantham second in the table with Lincoln in the lead.
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