4NCL. The Four Nations Chess League final weekend took place over 5th-7th May.
4NCL
Division One Championships
P W D L GP Pts
Wood Green Hilsmark I 7 7 0 0 43 14
Guildford I 7 4 1 2 35.5 9
White Rose I 7 4 0 3 30 8
Cheddleton I 7 4 0 3 26.5 8
Barbican 4NCL I 7 3 1 3 28 7
Jutes of Kent 7 2 1 4 23 5
Barbican 4NCL II 7 0 3 4 21 3
e2e4.org.uk I 7 1 0 6 17 2
Division One, Demotion Pool: Cambridge University I 14/14, Wood Green Hilsmark II 10, Guidlford II 9, Blackthorne Russia 7, Oxford I 7, The AD’s 6, Bristol I 2, Anglian Avengers I 1.
Division Two, Promotion Pool: AMCA Dragons 12/14, Warwickshire Select I 10, South West Dragons 9, Sambuca Sharks 9, Pandora’s Box Grantham 8, White Rose II 4, King’s Head 3, Poisoned Pawns 1.
Division Two, Demotion Pool: Barbican Youth 12/14, Spirit of Atticus 11 … 8 teams.
Division Three: e2e4.org.uk II 18, KJCA Kings 17, North East England 17, Wessex 16, Hackney … 44 teams.
Amersham. e2e4 Congress, 19th-20th May. Open 1st ML Hebden (beat Arkell in the last round) 4.5/5; 2nd= J Hawkins & RS Jones both 4; 4th= MJ Wadsworth … 37 played. U170 1st PK Tart 4.5/5 … 31 players. U140 1st= L Osiyemi (NGR) & M Subrmaniam both 4.5/5 … 45 players.
Cardiff. The Welsh Capital welcomed the Championship of Wales, 6th-9th April. 1st= TJ Kett, RS Jones both 5.5/7; 3rd= SP Zeidler & T Brown 5.
Diary. Forthcoming weekender in Somerset: Millfield School, Butleigh Road, Street.
matthewturner@millfieldprep.com. Open/U150/120. 14th-15th July.
Frome Congress, 11th-13th May, drew 155 players:
Open 1st= PV Byway, O Gill & GP Morris all 4/5. U170 1st IP Ponter 4.5/5. U140 1st PD Dimond 5/5. U115 1st= DG Woodruff, SJ Crockett & WM Curry all 4.5/5.
Great Yarmouth. 28th-29th April. Open 1st RJD Tozer 4/5; 2nd= E Matthewson, L Hill, TPD Chapman, DJ Spence & RJ Ilett all 3.5 … 28 players competed, including Robert Bellin, who withdrew on 2.5/3. U165 1st KR Shaw 4.5/5 … 25 competed. U130 1st AD Bell 4.5/5; 2nd ZP Vane 4 … 24 ran.
Huddersfield Rapidplay, 29th April, drew 72 players to celebrate the anniversary of the founding of the local club in 1852.
Mark Hebden took the £1,000 prize with six straight wins.
Grading prizes were awarded to: A Longson, M Gruca, D Keddie, D Firth, DJ Tooley, T Hilton, K Winter, D Boulden, G Clarke, D Hubbert, S Firth & V Orlic. Under 20 age prizes went to Mitchell Burke and Steve Jones.
See yorkshirechess.org/huddersfield-rapidplay.
Lanarkshire League, Scotland. A big turn-around with last year’s winners finishing way-down the table: Div I: Crowwood 8/9; E Kilbride 7.5 … 10 teams. Div II: Lanark B 9.5/10 … 6 teams.
London League, 2011/12: Div I Wood Green (defending champs) 11/11; Drunken Knights 9; Cavendish I 7; Athenaeum I 6 … 12 teams. Div II Wimbledon I 11/12 … 13 teams. Div III Greater London 11/12 … 13 teams. Div IV Imperial College 10.5/12 … 13 teams. Div Major Hammersmith 11.5/14 … 8 teams. Div Minor Hammersmith 10/12 … 7 teams.
London Team Rapidplay. 28th April. The hosts took the Silver medal: the favourites, Gold. Eight teams entered, the front runners being: 1st Barbican (JJ Cox, DA Sands, PP Taylor, Natasha Regan, Kanwal Bhatia & LJ Barron) 14/14; 2nd Imperial College 10; 3rd Athenaeum 8.
Ninety-one played in the Golders Green Rapidplay on 12th May. Open: 1st= A Cherniaev (RUS) & PJ Sowray both 5/6. U170: 1st I Segura 5.5/6. U145: 1st C Nettleton 5/6. U120 1st W Thorpe 5.5/6. D Everitt, Faye Ainscow & J Kelly were amongst those collecting grading prizes.
Merseyside League. Div I: Atticus I 22, Aigburth I 22, Widnes I 21 … 8 teams. Div II: Atticus III 23 … 8 teams. Div III: Southport I 18 … 7 teams.
Nottingham Congress. 21st-22nd April. Open 1st ML Hebden 4.5/5; 2nd= AR Jaunooby & J Burnett both 4 … 35 played. U165 1st S Hunter 4.5/5 … 45 players. U135 1st MJ Harper 4.5/5 … 47 competitors. U110 1st PG Broderick 4.5/5 … 40 played.
Prestwick Airport Congress, Scotland. 4th-6th May. Open 1st S Sulskis (LTU) 4.5/5; 2nd= S Burns-Mannion & C Allor (NGR) both 4; 4th= Elaine Bamber, PM Jamieson … 36 competitors. Major 1st C Sykes 4.5/5 … 41 ran. Minor 1st R Copeland 4.5/5 … 46 played.
Richmond Rapidplay, 20th May, Open: 1st A Cherniaev (RUS) 6/6; 2nd= J Radovanovic, N Rizvi, IL Snape & IC Ward all 4 … 21 high-flyers. U170: 1st J Singh 5.5/6 … 21 played. U135 1st= I Ivanov & R Meikle-Biggs both 5/6 … 23 played. U100 1st L Bullock 6/6; 2nd= P Asenov, A Bates & D O’Malia all 4 … 16 played.
Surrey Border League. Div I: Drunken Knights A 8/10 … 6 teams. Div II: Reading A 5/8 … 5 teams. Div III: Guildford D 6.5/10 … 6 teams.
Teignmouth Rapidplay. 14th April. Open 1st SJ Piper 5.5/6; 2nd= SJ Homer & EM White 5 … 32 players. U140 1st= BR Wilkinson, A Conway, P Pierstorff … 38 runners. Team prize: Newton Abbot 12.5, Taunton Titanics … 13 teams. U12 1st T Finch 5.5/6; 2nd GT Susevee both 5 … 14 players but ‘an absence of East Devon players..’. U9 prize: D Davies. Best Girl Nandaja Narayanan.
Six grading prizes were awarded.
