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 […]

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 […]