Eric and his opponent both castled kingside, then traded off minor pieces, leaving Eric with two rooks, a bishop and seven pawns against two rooks, a knight and six pawns, then Eric won a rook for a bishop, which proved decisive. Jo won a queen with a bishop fork fairly early on, ending up with…
Month: February 2017
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.…
Stannington C vs Nomads C
Outgraded on the top and bottom boards, Nomads C were slight underdogs on an evening where underdogs were to triumph. (As the Nomads A were to find out. Nightmare at the New Barracks….) The match could easily have gone the other way but Nomads held on with some deft defending. With everything even it all…
Nightmare at the New Barracks Stannington A v Nomads A
It is not enough to have higher graded players but in a tight league we have to perform every week. This was a collective night off, but credit to Stannington who took their chance. They seemed as surprised as we were. After a few days in bed, at the last minute I declared myself fit. Buoyed by…
Nomads 2 vs Stannington
Richardson Plate (Sam Haystead Trophy) Nomads 2 faced a strong team from Stannington in the semi-finals of the Richardson Plate competition. The highlight was Mike’s win on top board against Carl Walker, while Steve and myself drew with higher graded opponents. In the last game to finish, Ken sacrificed the exchange to obtain a dangerous…