Nottingham Chess Congress Results

Various local players took part in the Nottingham Chess Congress last weekend. Their results are as follows,

Open Tournament

Paul Cumbers 2.5 / 5

David Coates 2 / 5

Major Section

Ivan David 2.5 / 5

Intermediate Section

Ben Mason 3 / 5

Minor Section

Chris Cumbers 3.5 / 5 

Congratulations to Chris for winning the Seniors Prize in the Minor. 

We are moving!

Grantham Chess Club will be relocating this weekend due to circumstances beyond our control. An announcement of the new venue will be made in the next few days.

Grantham beat Spalding

Grantham last night beat Spalding 3: 1 in the penultimate game in the Lincolnshire League. There were wins for Chris Holt, Captain Ben Mason and Ivan David. Grenville Wollerton was the only loss playing black in a tough test of his Grunfeld Defence. This match sets Grantham up for a chance to win the league if they win their last home game next week.

Grantham II unbeaten all season

Grantham II won their final match last night against Navigation II in the Nottinghamshire League to go through the entire season unbeaten and conceding only two drawn matches. Grantham beat Navigation 4.5 to 0.5 with the only half point being dropped by Chris Holt. The victorious players were Ben Mason, Ivan David, Rona Allgood and Captain Chris (Please don't call me Arsene Wenger) Cumbers. 

Grantham II Win Notts League

Grantham II have won League 4 with two games to go in the season. They are currently 5 points clear of their nearest rivals; West Bridgford 2. Congratulations to Captain Chris Cumbers and the team.

Division 4

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	Df	Pn	Pt
1	Grantham 2 (c)	14	12	2	0	51.5	18.5	33	0	26
2	West Bridgford 2 (p)	14	10	1	3	45	25	20	0	21
3	Gambit 4	15	8	2	5	39.5	35.5	4	0	18
4	Nomads 3	14	7	1	6	41.5	27.5	14	0	15
5	Ashfield 4	14	6	2	6	39.5	30.5	9	0	14
6	Navigation	14	7	0	7	39.5	30.5	9	0	14
7	West Nottingham 5	14	6	1	7	30	39	-9	0	13
8	West Bridgford 3 (r)	15	1	3	11	20.5	54.5	-34	0	5
9	University 4 (r)	16	0	4	12	17	63	-46	0	4
Key: P = Played; W = Won; D = Drawn; L = Lost; F = Game points for; A = Game points against; Df = Points difference; Pn = Penalties; Pt = Match points; Shaded areas = Promotion/relegation zones – all promotions and relegations are provisional, subject to possible league restructuring

Grantham beat Lincoln

Grantham beat Lincoln by 3:1 in their away match at Lincoln. The Grantham team did not lose a single game with individual score being Chris Holt 0.5, Ben Mason 0.5, Ivan David 1 and Chris Cumbers 1.

Grantham 2 Result against West Bridgford 2

Grantham drew against their nearest league rivals, West Bridgford 2, in their latest away match. 

Individual results were as follows,

1	Thompson, B.	(148)	0.5	-	0.5	Holt, C.	(135)
2	Nabbs, T.	(142)	1	-	0	Mason, B.	(113)
3	Budd, C.	(114)	0	-	1	David, I.	()
4	Lavelle, T.	(97)	0.5	-	0.5	Cumbers, C.	(85)
5	Hill, F.	(89)	0.5	-	0.5	Allgood, R.	(87)
			2.5	–	2.5

Of particular interest was Chris Cumbers game where he retreated his pieces to the back rank when faced with a sharp sacrificial opening. His opponent was unable to find away through and they agreed a draw. Subsequent computer analysis showed that Chris could even have obtained a big advantage from his somwhat unusual piece formation.