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 […]

The annual pre season Swizzle took place on Tuesday. It was the usual 5 round Swiss format with a time control of 10 minutes each +/- minutes depending on the player’s rating bands. Mike B won with 4 points. After beating Mark, Felipe, Mike N-E and Drag, he faced Marshall who used his 16 minutes exceptionally well and Mike B, […]

9 Gambiteers took part in the Blitz event, last held in 2009. Mike N-E came very close to retaining the title for Gambit. After being gifted a piece in round 3 by ‘defending champion’ Drag, he defeated Jon Tait before losing to the new champion Chris Cantrill, ending up joint 3rd on 4 points. Mark scored 3.5 points and won […]

Our AGM took place in June. The following trophies were presented: Club Champion: Michael Naylor-EadeClub Rapidplay Champion: Michael BarnesGambit Trophy: Felipe LessaBrian Gretton Trophy: Graham Gibson We decided to enter 7 teams again for the 2025-26 league season. There were major changes regarding team captains, marking a new era for the club. Gambit 1: Was Florian – now is Michael […]

There were 12 competitors this season with the usual format of 5 rounds of two games at 25’ + 10” increments. This time we experimented with each pair in each round being given a date to play on which helped the event run smoother than last season. The only minor surprise in round 1 was Nikolai taking a point off […]

Our annual club championship took place over the past two Tuesdays, 3 rounds on the 13th and 2 rounds on the 20th. The format is 25 minutes each +/- a time handicap depending on ratings. 14 players took part. Round 1 saw no surprises as all the higher rated players won. Round 2 was totally different as Charlie beat Peter […]

The 48th Nottingham Congress took place last weekend. John S was again part of the organising team and group of controllers. Over a 3rd of our members entered the event. Felipe, on the back of the 3rd team’s success in winning the 3rd division title and a couple of good wins over stronger players when subbing in for the 2nd […]

With the exception of our 3rd team winning the 3rd division title, this was a pretty average season for the club, but there were many impressive individual results. Before we look at our members’ best results in the league, we must mention Mike N-E’s astonishing performance in the 4NCL this season. He played 10 games against opponents averaging 2068 and […]