Grantham contained their season Wednesday 16th January with an away match against Lincoln. With our hosts defaulting a board before we arrived Grantham was 1-0 up before the start and with Lincoln having to change their board order it meant we then outgraded our opponents on all boards. Even though we won the match 3-1 it doesn't reflect how tight the match was.|
Lincoln
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1:3
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Grantham
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Sherlock P
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130
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1:0
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Holt C
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148
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Bull D
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127
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0:1
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Mason B
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145
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Moss C
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105
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0:1
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Wollerton G
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136
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Default
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-
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0:1
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Scarborough J
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92
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Chris Holt lost, on top board to Peter Sherlock, when in a better position.
Ben Mason's match, against Dave Bull, looked to be heading for a draw when his opponent made a slight mistake which meant he would have gained a slight material advantage of a pawn and opted to resign in what was likely to be a lost position.
This left Gren Wollerton needing a at least a draw against Charles Moss to secure the match victory. Though Gren was a queen up his other remaining piece, a bishop, was in an awkward position and with opponents rook and knight, supported with pawns, Gren had a to battle to gain a significant advantage, which he eventually found to win the game and secure the 3-1 victory that keeps Grantham top of the league with two games to go.
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