Friday, 23 September 2011

Lincolnshire Chess League

Grantham made a solid start against Lincoln in their first match of the new season. Although outgraded on 3 of the 4 boards, all the games were tight affairs with neither opponent being able to force any significant advantage and as a result all games were drawn with an overall match score of 2:2. Individual results were;

T Palmer drew G Collyer
G Wollerton drew D O'Neill
R Whitfird drew P Sherlock
G Grummitt drew C Moss

Friday, 16 September 2011

Grantham 2 off to a winning start

Grantham 2 began the 2011-2012 Nottinghamshire Chess League season with an away match at Nottingham Central. Despite the somewhat noisy conditions, with a lively Irish folk group playing in the pub below, Grantham came away winners 3-2. There were wins for Ivan David and Will Grummitt and draws for Chris Holt and Ben Mason. Special mention should go to Will, who will be off to study at Durham University in a few weeks, who won very quickly in a sharp variation of the poetically-named 'Fried Liver attack.' 

Friday, 9 September 2011

Nigel Short Simul

Nigel Short is playing a simultaneous display on Tuesday 25th of October in Louth. Anyone who wishes to play against Nigel should download the entry form which may be found at the Lincolnshire Chess Association site http://www.lincschess.org/

Grantham 2011 Grading List

The English Chess Federation has published the latest grading list. The table below is taken from the online database at http://grading.bcfservices.org.uk/getclub.php?club=Grantham. The copyright of the ECF is acknowledged.  


This table is for players who currently have an 'active' grade.


RefNameSexAgeClub(s)CategoryStandardPreviousCategoryRapidPrevious
105648HAllgood, RhonaF GranthamD129131   
106801FBirtwistle, NigelM 4NCL Pandora's BoxA192194B190190
222105GCoates, David HM LincolnA183189D176180
222184GCumbers, ChristopherM GranthamD105110  117
103734BCumbers, PaulM GranthamA190199   
277281EDavid, IvanM GranthamA164165  155
175238JDorrington, Chris JM Bath UniversityA226222   
281541CGrummitt, WillM Lincolnshire JuniorsD104 D111117
112912AHolt, Chris MM GranthamD145147   
280840HMangione, ClaudioM GranthamA192    
139887JMason, BenM GranthamB145143   
244268BMcCarthy, Kevin CM 4NCL Pandora's BoxC170171B184184
247376JMilson, Samuel AM17LouthA186176B179174
233344CPalmer, TrevorM GranthamC153149   
152255DPayne, NickM GranthamD184183   
178209FPierbattisti, GiorgioM GranthamE168165   
152036CSherlock, Peter GM LincolnB134145   
281551FWhitfield, RichardM Durham CityD122    
127081DWollerton, GrenvilleM Newark & SouthwellA147148