Nottingham Central Chess Club

It’s always nice to play an away match within walking distance and this was one of those occasions (the other being Gambit). It was the first time I have played at Nomads venue, the Organ Grinder, and it turned out to be an enjoyable experience (if you ignore the match result). The pub has a […]

A good week for Central teams, who now have a 100% record in 2016 and a 12-2 points aggregate! The First Team continued their march to promotion from the third division with a strong performance against Mansfield 3 who now look doomed to a quick return to Division 4. Alan put together a commanding performance […]

(From observation and players’ comments) The First Team usually have the look of a sleeping giant in the first half of the season and you always felt that there was a severe thrashing just waiting to be dished out. Unfortunately for Gambit 4 they were in the right place at the wrong time on Tuesday […]

Results from Round 5 S.Foster 1-0 P.Allen; A.Griffiths 1-0 G.Forster; M.Radford draw L.Kacprzak (not played); A.Lester draw G.Gibson (not played); M.James 0-1 A.Sutton; A.Lathif draw J.Dell (not played); S.Parham 0-1 K.Argyle; A.Meade 0-1 M.Frings. Standings S. Foster 5.0; A. Griffiths 4.0; P. Allen 3.5; M. Radford 3.0; G. Forster 3.0; L. Kacprzak 3.0; A. Sutton […]