Category: Notts League
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Match Report – First team at home to Gambit 2
A tense evening of chess saw Newark’s first team lose 3-2 to fellow relegation strugglers Gambit 2. The first game to finish involved Newark’s top board, David Coates, playing with the black pieces. This ended as a draw with a Sicilian defence against Drag Sudar. Interlocked pawns and bishops of opposite colours produced the second draw of the…
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Match Report – Third team away to Radcliffe Bingham 3
The third team travelled away to Radcliffe Bingham 3, who are sitting at the top of the league table. Earlier in the season, the Newark team managed to defeat Radcliffe Bingham 3, which still stands on their only loss this season. Sadly, this performance wasn’t to be repeated, as Newark lost 4-0. Steve played his…
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Match Report – Third team away to Beeston 2
The third team took a step closer to securing one of the Division 5 promotion places with a 3-1 victory at Beeston 2 last Tuesday. Captain Ben Poulteney has set a fine example to the rest of the third team players by remaining undefeated in the ten games he has played for the team. The team…
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Match Report – First team away to Grantham 1
For the second time this season Newark first team lost to neighbours Grantham 3-2 in Division One of the Nottinghamshire Chess League. Considering that the Newark team were heavily out-rated on all five boards, this was a good performance despite the result. Ben Poulteney has played fourteen games for all three teams this season without…
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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…