Robert won a rook for a knight early on, but then had to trade a rook for a bishop to prevent his queen being trapped, leaving Robert just one pawn up. After some manoeuvring a draw was agreed in this position, with white to move. Later, Harry Feather checked this position with an online chess…
D Team
Sasca vs Nomads D
We found Sasca’s new venue easily enough, but ran into our first snag when we got out of the car to be met with a locked door. It turned out we’d gone to the wrong entrance, not exactly the best start to the evening. Unfortunately, I didn’t get a good look at Ashley’s game, but…
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.…
Nomads D vs Worksop
In his first game for the club, Robert Nield played the Dutch defence, ending in a hard fought draw, Gordon also drew. Both players castled kingside, then swapped down, ending up in this position. Ben maintained material parity throughout most of his game, but eventually resigned after falling to a pawn fork on the king…
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,…