Six nil to the University, but there was some great chess, and hard fought close games. https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/95783
Match Reports
Rotherham vs Nomads B
OK the season started in fine style with a win for the B team at Rotherham. A late team change and Tom stepping in at 6pm etc etc it is the Nomads way. After 1-1 on the top two boards it was left to Mattia and Tom, both making their league debuts to bring home…
Friendly – Nomads vs Uni
A great night at Duke Street Trades & Labour Club after a long absence of competitive chess. Nomads fielded two new players, Tom and Oliver, with Oliver winning his debut match.
Richardson Plate Semi Final
Richardson Plate, 14 January 2020 Nomads II 2 – 4 Rotherham Geoff Frost predicted that Rotherham would bring a strong team for this semi-final match and he was proved right. We were unable to match their strength in depth despite fielding our strongest team of the season. Congratulations to Ray for an excellent endgame win and…
Nomads A 6.5 – 1.5 Ecclesall A
It was the week before Christmas and Chris’s Mean Machine rolled out to do battle with last year’s Champions Ecclesall. Missing Captain Chris and his noble stand-in captain earlier in the season, Andrew. Thus it was left to humble servant who had over the years been adept at exchanging teams and tossing coins. This art seems…