Month: February 2025
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Match Report – Third team at home to Gambit 7
On 17th February, the Newark Chess Club 3rd team hosted Gambit’s 7 team. Of special mention in this match was new club member Amrit, who was playing his first league match. Despite playing with the black pieces on board three against an experienced opponent, Amrit was able to pull off a fine debut victory. It…
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Match Report – Third team at home to Radcliffe Bingham 4
On Monday 10th February, Newark 3 were narrowly defeated by Radcliffe Bingham 4, with a 1.5 – 2.5 result. Martyn gives us some insights into the draw on board 1 between Stephen Morley and Ben Poultney: Although Newark suffered a tough loss to R&B in this match, Ben was kind enough to share his score sheet…