Congratulations to our third team for winning the 3rd division title after our 4th team defeated our 3rd team’s rivals R&B 1 3.5 – 0.5. Vinod applied pressure on Nick London’s position and, after breaking through, finished nicely. Marian sacrificed a piece to open up Mick Sandham’s position and won the piece back with a commanding position. Keith picked off […]

Our 2nd team travelled to div 1 relegation rivals Newark 1 without two regulars, Onos & John H, knowing that a loss would send us down. Newark 1 were also missing two regulars, Keith Aiton & Richard Myers. First to finish was Drag after an uneventful draw with David Coates. This was followed by a draw between Nikolai and Graham […]

There was a massive twist in the division 1 title race yesterday when our weakened 1st team defeated a stronger University 1 team 3 – 2, severely denting their chances of winning the title for the first time since the 2008-09 season. Although Uni were without their captain Ewan Fewell they were able to bring in a player almost as […]

Mick sadly died last week after a short illness. He joined Gambit in 1991-92, after two seasons at West Bridgford, and became a reliable and regular player, playing over 30 league games in a season several times. In 2000-01 he and Austen Carlton joined Dark Horses to experience a different club but ended up rejoining Gambit when the two clubs […]

It’s getting interesting in division 3. Our 3rd team, on 17 points after 11 matches, lead by 2 points from Uni 2 and RB 2 with just 3 matches to go: Central 1, RB 2 and Newark 2. RB 2 still have to play all three Gambit teams. Newark 2, lying 6th but with two games in hand, can catch […]

4 of our teams played this week with two wins and two losses. On Monday our 7th team lost 3 – 1 at division 5 leaders RB 3. Albert continued his development with an impressive draw against seasoned campaigner Marcel Taylor who is more than 500 points higher than him. Marshall also played well to draw with someone 150 points […]

It was another busy week for us with 5 of our teams playing; two members ended up playing three times. On Monday our 1st team travelled to Newark and recorded a 4 – 1 win. John S was as solid as ever, drawing with David Coates. Mike N-E defeated Alex Combie while Mike B outplayed Graham Ladds. Nikolai defeated Keith […]

2025 got off to a dramatic start as Gambit 1 faced Gambit 2 while Gambit 4 played Gambit 5. Draw expert John S played draw expert Steve and the game ended in a draw. Mike B and Nikolai were in a fairly equal game until Mike won a pawn. Florian took advantage of Drag yet again messing up his move […]

Drag successfully defended the Derbyshire Congress Major title he won last year, but this year managed a perfect 5 out of 5 score. As usual, he had some luck along the way as his 4th round opponent threw away a bishop when winning and then missed a chance to draw. There was little else to shout about for other Gambit […]

Marian came joint first this weekend in the Sheffield FIDE U1700 section. After storming into the lead with three wins, he came unstuck in round 4 but recovered like a champion to win his final round and end up joint first on 4 points with 3 others. Well done Marian!