Richardson Cup
Nomads 1 v Ecclesall 1
The first thing to note is that we comfortably outgraded Ecclesall on all boards. The second thing is to note that was by and large irrelevant! Having won the toss there was a long debate between all 6 of us about choice of colours. Jon eventually took black and Paul white. And so we set…
The big match – Tue 15th March
Both Nomads and SASCA had pulled out all the stops for this Richardson final. The two teams each had an average (live) grade of 193 – and remarkably, players were almost equally matched board for board. 30 minutes in and the quality of the chess was apparent. Jon’s game on 1 was becoming interesting: he’d…
Barnsley vs Nomads II
Richardson Cup Nomads III
For our first cup match of the season we had many familiar faces, and one not seen for 20 years: Duncan Chambers. We won the toss, and chose to play white on odds. After that, it went downhill. Eric was the first to succumb. After swapping off one pair of knights, he lost his queen…