The Executive Committee invites entries for Best Game Prizes 2025-2026. Qualifying games must be: Played between 1 June 2025 and 31 May 2026 Standard play time controls Played Over the Board ECF Rated Played in an NCA associated competition or for any Nottinghamshire team, specifically games in the Notts League games in the Nottingham Congress games in the County Championship games representing a Nottinghamshire county team games representing Ashfield […]
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Best Games 2024/25
Best Game 2024/25 (three entries) Winner – Benjamin Humphreys “This was an excellent game from White in a French Winawer structure. They built up the position very well and the tactics flowed nicely after 18.e6! The following sacrifices 24.Bxc4! and 29.Bb5! were the cherry on top of a dominating performance.” IM Jonah Willow (judge) Best U1800 Game 2024/25 (two entries) […]
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Best Game 2023/24 (three entries) Winner – Michael Naylor-Eade “In a small set of unflinching, fighting games, in this one White introduces a neatly thought-out concept in a well trodden Ruy Lopez Breyer position, carrying a piece sacrifice to springboard the attack. Black defends well, and the first player has to generate a series of complex blows to break the […]
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Best Game 2022/23 (two entries) Winner – Michael Naylor-Eade “With the centre of the board keenly contested and completely congested, Black’s clever knight sacrifice on move 16 launches an overwhelming attack on White’s unsuspecting defences.” Stuart Humphreys (judge) Best U1800 Game 2022/23(two entries) Winner Neil Graham. “A perfectly executed Blackmar-Diemar Gambit by White, with a rampant Garry the g-pawn delivering […]
Continue reading4NCL Weekend 2 Report
Ashfield 1 lost both matches in Week 2 of the 4NCL in Division Three Bishops. Playing the two strongest teams, disaster struck pre-match on Saturday when Mike Naylor-Eade was involved in a car crash that wrote off his vehicle; thankfully there were no injuries. Mike was due to pick up Alex Combie and as a result we had to take […]
Continue reading4NCL On-Line Season 11 – Round One
It was an all-Scottish encounter for Ashfield Anonymous in the opening round of Season Eleven. Anonymous “A” promoted to Division One this season faced tough opposition in previous champions, Dundee City “A”. There was a fine draw for David C against international master Richard Polaczek on Board One but the remaining boards were hard fought but in the end there […]
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With the return of “over the board” chess also comes the chance to show off your best efforts. Any games played in NCA tournaments (Rapidplay or Congress) league or county teams in the past 12 months are eligible. There are prizes for best games (open and under 1800 sections) and also for your best swindles. Please send entries to me […]
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