D1- Champions, Mansfield win at main rivals, Grantham 1. 4 Draws- Mansfield Captain seals win defeating County Champion with Black pieces.
RAB 1 score first win in D1 for 25 years with win over University 1.
Ashfield 1 thump West Bridgford 1.
D2- Gambit 2 defeat Grantham to overtake them at the top of the division with 4/4 wins.
West Nottingham 1 thump Ashfield 2.
D3- University 2 defeat Gambit 4 and head the table on 4/4 wins.. Nomads 2 defeat Gambit 5.
D4- Two upsets. RAB 3’s promotion bid dented by defeat to RAB 4. Grantham 4 score first win, against Nomads 3.
D5- Ashfield 5 score surprise win over Newark 3. West Nottingham 3 head the table on 4/4 wins after defeat of RAB 6. The top board players have a 76 years age difference. Youth prevails.
League returnees. So far, we’ve welcomed back to League action this season amongst others Nigel Birtwistle, Jason Dilley, Alex Posazhennikov, Andrew Toothill, Glenn Halfpenny and Paul Madden after varying spells of absence. Two others to return after extended breaks from chess play are Terry Nabbs and Tony Wright, the latter after a 16 year break . Both still seem to know how to shuffle the pieces. Can any other ‘sleepers’ be tempted to return?
Phil Morgan