Nomads won the toss, and chose white on odd boards. Playing against the French Defence, Robert lost two rooks in quick succession to knight forks, ending up with a decisive material disadvantage, and resigned. Gordon and Glen both castled king-side, exchanging minor pieces, but after Glen’s queen captured Gordon’s a8 rook he too was faced…
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Darnall & Handsworth B vs Nomads D
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…
Nomads 400 vs Stannington
Eric swapped knight for bishop, then both players castled kingside. After a few more exchanges they were each left with a queen, rook, knight and four pawns, but while they had material parity Eric was coming under time pressure. When his opponent threatened promotion Eric lost a rook for a knight, then resigned. Robert’s opponent…
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…
Nomads 400 vs Ravenfield 11-10-16
Robert and his opponent lost their queens in quick succession. Eventually, his opponent forced material gain with a promotion threat. Robert played on for a while, but eventually resigned. Eric castled kingside while his opponent developed his queen early. Eric gained material, then exchanged queens, leaving him with two rooks, a bishop, a knight, and…