Nomads D vs Ravenfield

Robert Nield castled kingside, establishing a solid defensive position, then swapped down to knight, bishop and six pawns against two knights and four pawns, a slight material advantage, but sufficient to force mate. Robert Shaw lost material to a fork early on, but then won a rook with a knight fork, leaving him slightly ahead.…

Worksop C vs Nomads D

Unfortunately, I didn’t get a good look at Pete’s game but Eric’s opponent opened aggressively, pushing a pawn to his seventh rank by move 13. After Eric rebuffed this attack, gaining a queen and rook, his opponent resigned. Dave ended up with a queen, rook, and three pawns against a queen, bishop and six pawns,…

Nomads D vs Ravenfield

Nomads won the toss, and chose white on odd boards. Robert emerged from the opening with a bishop and five pawns against a bishop and four pawns. After much manoeuvring, he miscalculated, ending up in this position: Seeing no way to prevent his opponent forcing promotion, Robert resigned. Eric’s game began well, but eventually deadlocked,…