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!