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.

Grantham 2 Result against West Bridgford 2

Grantham drew against their nearest league rivals, West Bridgford 2, in their latest away match. 

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

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.

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) 

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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