Category: Notts League
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Match report – Third team away to Grantham 4
On Wednesday 29th January, Newark 3 managed a convincing away win against Grantham 4, scoring on the top 3 boards leading to a 1-3 result. Martyn, who was playing black on board 2, provides this interesting insight: Black’s last move, Qf5, threatens a double attack on the h3 and c2 pawns. However, if the black…
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Match Report – Second team at home to West Nottingham 2
The club’s final league match of 2024 saw the second team defeat West Nottingham 2, winning all four games. Despite the convincing scoreline, the match was a tough one and it was only late in the evening that the match swung Newark’s way. First to finish was Jim Wellington. His opponent, Sean Gilligan, had the…
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Match Report – First team at home to Grantham 1
Newark suffered defeat to local neighbours Grantham by a narrow 3-2 margin in Notts League Division One. The first game to finish saw Richard Myers lose his queen in a complicated position in the middle game. The material gained was insufficient compensation to generate any counter-play. An early pawn advance by Grantham player Francis Bower…
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Match Report – First team away to Gambit 2
Newark 1 secured a hard-earned 3-2 victory away at Gambit 2 and have now won three of their six league games. The two league points gained enabled them to jump up the league table from 7th to 4th. First to finish was Keith Aiton’s game against Stephen Hunter, a draw as neither side could gain…
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Match report – Second team away to Gambit 5
Well done to Newark’s second team, who held Gambit 5 to a draw last week. Ben’s text-book win with two rooks versus a queen was particularly notable. Also worthy of mention was Alex, who secured a draw after playing most of the game with less than a minute on his clock. We’re hoping the team will…
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Match Report – First team away to Mansfield
Newark’s visit to league champions Mansfield resulted in a heavy away defeat 4.5-0.5. Keith Aiton secured the team’s only half point with a very good draw against the highly rated Peter Ackley. Martyn Winn making his debut for the first team had a very close game but under time pressure his opponent’s two bishops gave…