8 members entered the 3rd Derbyshire Congress at Trent College in Long Eaton last weekend. Mike B scored 3.5 / 5 in the Open section, ending up joint 3rd, half a point behind the winners. He had 2 wins and 3 draws. In the final round he beat the Nottinghamshire County Champion Alexandr Klimchik. There were 4 members in the […]

The Nottingham heat of the ECF UK Blitz Championship Qualifiers was held at the High School on Sunday with 37 players each playing 15 games at a rate of 3’ + 2”. With at least 25 minutes between rounds, it was a relatively leisurely pace. The national emergency test alarm fell nicely between rounds, with the control team sensibly starting […]

There were two victories by Gambit members on Sat 30 August. Drag and Mark popped up to Sheffield for the Darnall Rapidplay U1900 Major. After playing soundly to win his first 5 games Drag entered round 6 a point clear, then relaxed too much and lost his final game, yet still came joint 1st. Mark began slowly with 1 point […]