Gambit Chess Club

Mike won the 2011 club championship with 5.5/6. Joint second on 4/6 were: Peter Mercs (who lost on time to John Tassi and then inexplicably to Guru Gibbo), Brian Hayward (including a draw with Barnesy in round 1), John Huthwaite & James Gardner (who played the 6 highest graded opponents).
Full Results:
5.5 Mike Barnes
4.0 Peter Mercs, Brian Hayward, John Huthwaite, James Gardner
3.5 John Tassi, Andy Thompson
3.0 Graham Gibson, Mick Harper
2.5 Keith Roper, Alex Lake
2.0 Gary Hopkinson, Ronnie Watson
1.5 Ken Heath
1.0 Simon Parham

Mixed fortunes for our teams:
Gambit 1 finished 3rd in division one. Mike was unbeaten with a 6-7-0 (ave 206) record and Drag had a 5-4-1 (ave 172) record. 
Gambit 2 finished a disappointing 6th in division 2 but Dick had a good season 5-4-1 (ave 164).
Gambit 3 did well to finish 3rd in division 3 with three good performances; Keith  8-3-3 (166), Allan 5-5-2 (129) & Mark 4-2-2 (139). 
Gambit 4 finished a respectable 4th in division 4 with Mick having an 8-2-3 (131) record.
Gambit 5 had a tough time in division 5 finishing 8th.

There was an excellent turnout from Gambit at the recent Notts Congress with 13 entering and Mike Barnes & John Swain helping to control the event. James Gardner was our star performer coming joint 2nd in the U135 section with 4/5; Gary Hopkinson came 7th with 3.5 points and Mick Harper was joint 8th with 3 points. Simon Parham was joint 7th in the U110 section with 3/5. See http://www.nottschess.org/2010_11/congress.html for the full results.