| Worksop C | 2½ | 3½ | Nomads D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Smith (w) | 1/2 | 1/2 | Eric McKenna (b) |
| Ian Barker | 0 | 1 | Robert Shaw |
| H Osbourne | 0 | 1 | Jo Woollard |
| Alan Story | 1 | 0 | Dave Kesteven |
| A Proctor | 1 | 0 | Gordon Shaw |
| Ross Phillips | 0 | 1 | Sam Humphrey |
Eric gained a pawn early on, then castled king-side, exchanging queens on move 12, then bishops. Soon after, the position deadlocked, and a draw was agreed.
Robert won a bishop, completely missed a chance to capture Ian’s queen, but still managed to find a checkmate.
Jo and her opponent exchanged off both bishops, then she castled king-side and won the queen, leaving her with a queen, a rook, two knights, and six pawns, against a rook, two knights, and six pawns. Once she developed a strong mating threat Osbourne resigned.
The early exchanges left Dave with a queen, rook, bishop, and six pawns against a queen, rook, bishop, and five pawns. Dave then lost a bishop for a pawn, but delivered mate with his queen and rook.
Gordon won a bishop early on, then swapped one of the rooks off. Soon after, Gordon’s king came under attack. To block the mate threat he would have needed to sacrifice material, and still been left facing connected passed pawns, so he decided to resign rather than play on in an unviable position.
Sam offered Ross his knight on move 9, in an attempt to break open Ross’s pawns, but Ross declined this gambit. However, Sam still got his queen to g6, checking Ross’s castled king, then brought his bishop to h6, before putting his queen on h5, setting up a potential discovered check. Once he drove Ross’s queen off the seventh rank, mate quickly followed, Sam’s first victory for our club.