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 […]

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 […]