Strong Finish: Chess Youth Draws Against Champions

In an early match of the final round of the youth league, the junior team of the Nordhorn-Blanke Chess Club recorded a 3-3 draw with league leaders KSV Rochade Braunschweig, despite the absence of siblings Anna and Luca Wilmink, who are regulars on the team. The Nordhorn team nominally entered the matches as underdogs, except on the top board. It is all the more impressive that substitute Nico Zweers won his endgame with an extra pawn, thus secu…