Author Archives: Jeremy-Hamm

GM Chris Ward is coming up to Sheffield on Thursday 12th April to run a junior chess day. Focussing in particular on the northern and eastern parts of Sheffield, the aim is both to reach 8-13 year old children in … Continue reading →

With title pretensions out of the way, we weren’t able to muster our strongest team for this fixture – nevertheless, from the grades, we were still probably favourites on paper. Having said this, memories were still fresh of our end … Continue reading →

Another very good match between Sheffield and York first teams, this time ending with victory for York. Scary playing strength: 194+ average grade for us, 201+ for York. With the clocks started in the new Woodseats venue, it was immediately … Continue reading →

We had a strong team out for this outing to Bradford – with the dramatic ‘clash of the fronts’ weather forecast issued days in advance, the main issue was whether we were going to make it. Uncomfortable with delaying matches, … Continue reading →

With Matthew Webb and Adam Lang not part of Bradford B’s initial lineup, it was clear that we would have to go seriously astray not to win this match. And indeed, on most boards from early on, things were either … Continue reading →

Another reminder that chess matches leave little room for complacency. The script was that we would thrash Wakefield and increase our game points lead over rivals York A. But after the time control at 6pm, with the match poised at … Continue reading →

As the various Sheffield Nomads started wandering into the stylishly-refurbished Gardeners Rest, you could be forgiven for getting confused about which match this was. ‘We’ had last played here in 2007, up to the time when the great flood devastated … Continue reading →

After all the anxieties of getting a team together to face York B again (after going down 4½-3½ to them the last time we met a few months ago), it was surely time to relax after Jon Nelson concluded a … Continue reading →

Whilst Sheffield D were dishing out the punishment on one side of the room, and Sheffield A were beating last season’s nemesis, York RI B, on the other side, Sheffield E were up against a strong Sheffield B team in … Continue reading →

With two matches taking place at the same time, Paul was able to select teams appropriate to the task in hand. Paul Fletcher made a welcome return to the Sheffield fold on top board, and with Pete Ballard graded 170+ … Continue reading →