Thursday 24 May 2012
Annual General Meeting
The club's Annual General Meeting will take place on Wednesday June 20th 2012. The date has been chosen as there are no Euro football games on that day. All members are encouraged to attend as there are important issues to discuss such as the ECF Direct Membership Scheme. Anyone who wishes to propose any items for the agenda, please contact the Secretary as soon as possible.
Thursday 10 May 2012
Nottinghamshire Chess Association Best Game Prize
Entries are solicited for the "Best Game"
prize. Eligible games are those played
during the 2011-12 season by members of clubs affiliated to the Notts Chess Association in the League, in the
Congress and any other tournaments organised by the NCA, or for county
teams.
Entries should be
submitted by 31st May. Games played
[eg in the later stages of the county championships] after this deadline will
be eligible for next season's prize;
likewise, games played [e.g. for county teams] after the closing date
last year are eligible this time. Light
analysis may be included, but is not necessary.
Entries will be anonymised before submission to the judge.
Ideally, entries
should be e-mailed to Dr. Andrew Walker at "secretary@nottschess.org" in PGN format
[which can be produced by any modern chess program]; but any readable format, whether by e-mail or
otherwise, is acceptable.
Monday 7 May 2012
New proposed design for club logo
Ivan David has designed a new logo for the club and it is one of the items up for discussion at the club AGM. Ivan uses it at his excellent Grantham Chess World site which can be found here
Grantham 1 seal another league title
Despite two matches lost and another drawn, Grantham 1 scored another Division 1 title in the Nottinghamshire League. This makes the third year in succession that Grantham has won the title which is an excellent achievement. Their last match was against Ashfield and they managed to squeeze past them by 3:2 despite Grantham outgrading them on all boards.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Df | Pn | Pts | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grantham 1 (C) | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 23 | 24 | 0 | 23 |
| 2 | Gambit 1 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 41 | 29 | 12 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | West Bridgford 1 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 38.5 | 26.5 | 12 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Mansfield 1 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 36 | 34 | 2 | 0 | 14 |
| 5 | Ashfield 1 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 33.5 | 31.5 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | West Nottingham 1 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 34.5 | 35.5 | -1 | 0 | 12 |
| 7 | University 1 (R) | 12 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 20.5 | 39.5 | -19 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Ashfield 2 (R) | 14 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 19 | 51 | -32 | 0 | 3 |
| (C) Champions (R) Relegated | ||||||||||
Grantham 2 finishes the season strongly
Grantham 2's last match in the Nottinghamshire League away against Long Eaton. Grantham were keen to avenge their loss earlier in the season in this return match. The mission was accomplished via a strong performance on boards 3, 4 and 5 with wins for Trevor Palmer, Chris Holt and Ben Mason. Andy Hebert drew on board 2 after a long, hard defensive struggle. On top board, Ivan David was pitted against Raymond Evans who outgrades Ivan by some 28 ECF grading points. Unfortunately, the stronger player prevaled but that still left the score as 2.5 to 1.5 for Grantham.
With this final match of the season, Grantham 2 finish in 4th place in League 2 which is a creditable performance given some of the strength of the opposition.
With this final match of the season, Grantham 2 finish in 4th place in League 2 which is a creditable performance given some of the strength of the opposition.
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