Grantham beat Spalding in the Lincs League

In their last match of the season in the Lincolnshire League, Grantham took on Spalding. The match ended in a comfortable victory 3.5-0.5. Grenville Wollerton made light work of his opponent and had a winning position in about 7 moves. Jo Scarborough was a piece up but let it slip but still maintained the advantage and went into the end game two pawns up. After a caution start Ben Mason's opponent went into a very attacking mode and in the end Ben was able to win a couple of pawns before J Smith accidentally lost a piece and resigned. Andy Hebert was slightly behind in a blocked position but with the other games finished and the match lost for Spalding his opponent offered the draw .


The match score leaves Grantham 3rd place in the table for the season.