Monday, 27 December 2010
New website for Lincolnshire Chess
The Lincolnshire Chess Association has a new website which may be found at www.lincschess.org
Friday, 17 December 2010
Grantham draw against a stronger Lincoln team in the Lincolnshire League
Captain Ben Mason has given me a report for the match;
"In our opening fixture of the new campaign we were away to Lincoln, who finished second to us in the league last season. A tough match was promised and one was delivered, not helped by the fact we were out graded on all boards.
The top two boards were both quite cagey affairs with Gren Wollerton and Ben Mason both drawing; although in post match analysis Gren believed he may have had a slight edge. Chris Cumbers lost on board 3 to put Grantham 2-1 down on the night after his opponent played a gambit that Chris had came across some years earlier but couldn't remember, for the second time, how to play it! The match result therefore focused on board 4, with all our hopes resting on debutant Will Grummitt. After gaining the advantage of a pawn and exchange up Will's opponent played a good rear-guard action and with Will entering time trouble his king went on a merry wander. With a draw suddenly looking the most likely, Will was able to find a winning combination with what looked, at first glance, as an innocuous rook sacrifice. His opponent duly resigned and the match was drawn 2-2.
Lincoln 2 - 2 Grantham
Geoff Coylier 0.5 - 0.5 Gren Wollerton
Peter Sherlock 0.5 - 0.5 Ben Mason
Dave Bull 1 - 0 Chris Cumbers
Charlier Moss 0 -1 Will Grummitt "
"In our opening fixture of the new campaign we were away to Lincoln, who finished second to us in the league last season. A tough match was promised and one was delivered, not helped by the fact we were out graded on all boards.
The top two boards were both quite cagey affairs with Gren Wollerton and Ben Mason both drawing; although in post match analysis Gren believed he may have had a slight edge. Chris Cumbers lost on board 3 to put Grantham 2-1 down on the night after his opponent played a gambit that Chris had came across some years earlier but couldn't remember, for the second time, how to play it! The match result therefore focused on board 4, with all our hopes resting on debutant Will Grummitt. After gaining the advantage of a pawn and exchange up Will's opponent played a good rear-guard action and with Will entering time trouble his king went on a merry wander. With a draw suddenly looking the most likely, Will was able to find a winning combination with what looked, at first glance, as an innocuous rook sacrifice. His opponent duly resigned and the match was drawn 2-2.
Lincoln 2 - 2 Grantham
Geoff Coylier 0.5 - 0.5 Gren Wollerton
Peter Sherlock 0.5 - 0.5 Ben Mason
Dave Bull 1 - 0 Chris Cumbers
Charlier Moss 0 -1 Will Grummitt "
Thursday, 16 December 2010
Grantham leads Division 1 of the Nottinghamshire League
Grantham leads the way into Christmas at the head of Division 1 of the Nottinghamshire League. With 5 games played, Grantham leads by 3 points from Mansfield 1 with West Bridgford 1 point behind. Due to the recent bad weather, the top of the table clash between Grantham and Mansfield has been postponed to the new year.
Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Paul Cumbers playing in the British Championships
Long time local player and club member Paul Cumbers is currently playing in the main section of the British Championships at the University of Kent at Canterbury. In Round 1 he was paired against Alexei Slavin who is rated 200 Elo points above Paul but he came away with a good draw.
You can follow Paul's games live on many of the internet chess playing sites or here;
http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/british-championships-2010
http://www.britishchess2010.com/
You can follow Paul's games live on many of the internet chess playing sites or here;
http://www.chess.co.uk/twic/chessnews/events/british-championships-2010
http://www.britishchess2010.com/
Sunday, 25 July 2010
New Grantham Grades from the ECF
Below are the new grades from the ECF for active playing members.
More grades can be found at http://grading.bcfservices.org.uk/ The copyright the ECF is acknowledged
More grades can be found at http://grading.bcfservices.org.uk/ The copyright the ECF is acknowledged
| Ref | Name | Sex | Age | Club(s) | Cat | Standard | Previous | Cat | Rapid | Previous |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 105648H | Allgood, Rhona | F | Grantham | C | 131 | 129 | ||||
| 106801F | Birtwistle, Nigel | M | Grantham | A | 194 | 202 | D | 202 | 202 | |
| 222105G | Coates, David H | M | Lincoln | A | 189 | 175 | D | 181 | 180 | |
| 160353L | Collyer, Geoff C | M | Louth | B | 162 | 160 | 151 | |||
| 222184G | Cumbers, Christopher | M | Grantham | B | 110 | 128 | C | 119 | 116 | |
| 103734B | Cumbers, Paul | M | Grantham | A | 199 | 194 | ||||
| 191586B | Dale, Hannah | F | Lincoln | B | 146 | 148 | C | 147 | 147 | |
| 277281E | David, Ivan | M | Grantham | A | 165 | 152 | D | 155 | 155 | |
| 112912A | Holt, Chris M | M | Grantham | E | 147 | 148 | ||||
| 139887J | Mason, Ben | M | Grantham | B | 143 | 151 | ||||
| 244268B | McCarthy, Kevin C | M | Grantham | B | 172 | 182 | D | 178 | 178 | |
| 247376J | Milson, Samuel A | M | 16 | Louth | A | 176 | 168 | A | 171 | 175 |
| 233344C | Palmer, Trevor | M | Grantham | C | 149 | 147 | ||||
| 152255D | Payne, Nick | M | Grantham | D | 183 | 176 | ||||
| 178209F | Pierbattisti, Giorgio | M | Grantham | B | 165 | 160 | ||||
| 152036C | Sherlock, Peter G | M | Lincoln | C | 145 | 134 | ||||
| 127081D | Wollerton, Grenville | M | Newark & Southwell | A | 148 | 153 |
Thursday, 15 July 2010
Summer Closure
The club will be taking the summer break for 6 weeks and will reopen on Wednesday 25th of August 2010.
The website will continue to be updated with news and event details over the summer holidays.
The website will continue to be updated with news and event details over the summer holidays.
Annual General Meeting
A thank you to everyone who attended last evening's AGM. A copy of the Minutes is available from the Secretary for anyone who wants one.
Ivan David was the winner of the John Robertson trophy as club person of the year as voted for by the attendees.
Ivan David was the winner of the John Robertson trophy as club person of the year as voted for by the attendees.
Tuesday, 6 July 2010
New Design and Twitter Feed
I am currently experimenting with the new layout design tools and any feedback would be welcomed.
Grantham Chess Club now has a Twitter account. There is a link button down the side or search for us on Twitter.
Sunday, 6 June 2010
Grantham Chess Club 2010 AGM
The Grantham Chess Club Annual General Meeting will be on Wednesday 14th July 2010 at the Electric Club. If anyone wishes to submit items for the Agenda, please do so to the Secretary in good time.
Tuesday, 11 May 2010
Grantham win Lincolnshire League Title
Grantham's Lincolnshire League team made it a hat trick of league titles for Grantham teams last night. Having secured the title after Lincoln failed to beat Spalding, Grantham then duly finished the season in fine style with a 2.5 - 1.5 win against Louth. With wins for Chris Cumbers and Grenville Wollerton with Georgio Pierbattisti drawing on top board. Ivan David lost a closely fought game.
Wednesday, 5 May 2010
Grantham win 2 Divisions of Nottinghamshire League
Grantham I and Grantham II have both won their respective Divisions of the Nottinghamshire League.
Grantham I won Division I for the first time since the 2001/2002 season with and broke the hold that Nottingham University had on the Division for the last three years by a single point.
Grantham II won Division 3 by 3 clear points
Grantham II also had a 25 month unbeaten streak come to an end with a 3.5 to 1.5 loss to newark 2 near the end of the season. Rather than causing a collapse, the loss seems to have spurred the team on to win their remaining matches to clinch the title.
Grantham I won Division I for the first time since the 2001/2002 season with and broke the hold that Nottingham University had on the Division for the last three years by a single point.
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Df | Pn | Pt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grantham 1 (C) | 14 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 46.5 | 23.5 | 23 | 0 | 22 |
| 2 | University 1 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 46 | 24 | 22 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Gambit 1 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 40 | 30 | 10 | 0 | 21 |
| 4 | Ashfield 1 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 36.5 | 33.5 | 3 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | West Bridgford 1 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 33 | 37 | -4 | 0 | 10 |
| 6 | Newark 1 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 41 | -11 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Nottingham Central 1 (R) | 14 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 26.5 | 43.5 | -17 | 0 | 8 |
| 8 | West Nottingham 1 (R) | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 22.5 | 47.5 | -25 | 0 | 5 |
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | Df | Pn | Pt | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grantham 2 (C) | 14 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 49.5 | 20.5 | 29 | 0 | 24 |
| 2 | Ashfield 3 (P) | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 41.5 | 28.5 | 13 | 0 | 21 |
| 3 | Gambit 3 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 41.5 | 28.5 | 13 | 0 | 18 |
| 4 | Newark 2 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 39.5 | 30.5 | 9 | 0 | 16 |
| 5 | West Bridgford 2 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 37 | -4 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | West Nottingham 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 28.5 | 41.5 | -13 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Mansfield 2 (R) | 14 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 44 | -18 | -2 | 7 |
| 8 | West Nottingham 3 (R) | 14 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 20.5 | 49.5 | -29 | 0 | 2 |
Grantham II also had a 25 month unbeaten streak come to an end with a 3.5 to 1.5 loss to newark 2 near the end of the season. Rather than causing a collapse, the loss seems to have spurred the team on to win their remaining matches to clinch the title.
Nottingham Congress Results
Local players were in action at the recent Nottingham Congress. In the Open Section, Paul Cumbers and David Coates came equal 8th position with 3 points, one point behnd four players who finished first equal. Dr. Giorgio Pierbattisti scored 1.5 in a very strong section.
In the Major Section, Ivan David scored 3 points for a share of 9th place with Ben Mason a point behind.
In the Intermediate Section, Chris Cumbers scored 2 points.
In the Major Section, Ivan David scored 3 points for a share of 9th place with Ben Mason a point behind.
In the Intermediate Section, Chris Cumbers scored 2 points.
Wednesday, 3 March 2010
Grantham against Newark
Grantham I had a convincing win in their Division One match at home to Newark I in the Nottinghamshire League. Top board Paul Cumbers lost to Daniels Wells playing his favoured variation in the French Defence but with everyone else winning their games, the final score was 4-1. The result leaves them joint top of the Division 1 table on points with Nottingham University one with a game in hand over third place Ashfield 1 who are a point behind. Individual scores were;
| 1 | Cumbers P | (194) | 0 | – | 1 | Wells D | (179) |
| 2 | Birtwistle N | (202) | 1 | – | 0 | Combie A | (171) |
| 3 | Coates D | (175) | 1 | – | 0 | Ladds G | (160) |
| 4 | Payne N | (176) | 1 | – | 0 | Clifford N | (158) |
| 5 | David I | (152) | 1 | – | 0 | Wollerton G | (153) |
| 4 | – | 1 |
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Grantham 2 versus West Nottingham 3
Grantham 2 played at home against West Nottingham 3 on Wednesday 17th of February in their latest match of the Nottinghamshire Chess League Division 3. Grantham won convincingly 4.5 to 0.5. Results were as follows (current grade in brackets);
| 1 | David I | (152) | 1 | – | 0 | Thacker S | (129) |
| 2 | Pierbattisti G | (160) | 1 | – | 0 | Crawley J | (121) |
| 3 | Palmer T | (147) | 1 | – | 0 | Clegg T | (119) |
| 4 | Allgood R | (129) | 0.5 | – | 0.5 | Mould P | (110) |
| 5 | Cumbers C | (128) | 1 | – | 0 | Default | n/a |
| 4.5 | – | 0.5 |
Paul Cumbers wins Kidlington Congress
First team player, Paul Cumbers, won the Open Section of the 33rd Kidlington Congress with a score of 4.5 out of 5. His half point came through a bye. The tournament is the 6th largest in the UK and attracts players to Oxfordshire from all over the country. Details can be found at http://home.btconnect.com/OCA/
Wednesday, 10 February 2010
Grantham I win at West Bridgford
Grantham I continued their good form with a 3.5 to 1.5 win last evening against West Bridgford first team in the latest match in the Nottinghamshire League. Described by West Bridgford's board 2, Tim Walker, as the fixture being like 'Chelsea v Spurs' he was gracious to acknowledge that Grantham played better on the night. There were wins on boards 2 and 3 for Captain Nigel Birtwistle and David Coates and draws for top board Paul Cumbers and Kevin McCarthy and Nick Payne on boards 4 and 5. The result leaves Grantham in a good position to challenge for the title at the end of the season.
Sunday, 31 January 2010
Grantham II Result
Grantham 2 drew their latest match against Ashfield. This still leaves Grantham at the top of the table with Gambit 3 with a game in hand. Dr. Giorgio Pierbattisti won on board 1, Ben Mason lost, Ivan David won, Trevor Palmer Lost and Captain Chris Cumbers drew on board 5.
Nottingham Rapidplay
Ivan David and Chris Cumbers took part in the Nottinghamshire Rapidplay tournament with good results. In the Major section, Ivan scored 4 points and was only half a point from the winners and taking home some prize money. In the Intermediate section, Chris Cumbers scored a creditable 2.5 points.
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