This weekend 24 Suffolk-based players travelled to Daventry and Hinckley to take part in the first two rounds of the 4NCL.
(Photo above shows the Danetree Suite at Daventry Court Hotel, shortly before the start of Round 1.)Five teams - Anglian Avengers 1, 2 and 3, and Iceni 1 and 2 - experienced mixed results, but there were some excellent individual performances.
But first, four 'stars' played in different Division 1 teams. Their results (opponents' ratings in brackets) were:
FM Alan Merry 0, 1 (2490, 2192)
IM Adam Hunt ½, 1 (2478, 2334)
IM Dagne Ciuksyte 1, 1 (1915, 2018)
FM Justin Tan 0, 1 (2667, 2297)
Justin's loss was against GM David Howell, current joint British Champion.
The three Anglian Avengers teams won their Saturday matches but all lost on Sunday!
Division 2 - Anglian Avengers 1:
Round 1 - won 5 - 3; Round 2 - lost 2 - 4
Ed Player ½, 0
Adam Taylor ½, ½
Graham Moore 1, 0
Mark Gray ½, ½
Steve Gregory 0, 0
Division 3 - Anglian Avengers 2
Round 1 - won 4 - 2; Round 2 - lost 2 - 4
Ian Wallis 1, ½
Mike Cook 0, ½
Richard Lamont 0, 0
Phil Hopkins 1, 0
Division 3 - Anglian Avengers 3
Round 1 - won 3½ - 2½; Round 2 - lost 2 - 4
David Brown 1, ½
Martin Fogg 1, ½
Keith Woodcock 0, 0
Alex Sheerin ½, 0
Division 3 - Iceni 1
Round 1 - won 5 - 1; Round 2 - won 4 - 2
Nick Savage 1, 1
John Peters 1, ½
Leon Burnett 1, ½
Division 3 - Iceni 2
Round 1 - lost 2 - 4; Round 2 - won 4½ - 1½
Jon Collins 1, 1
Malcolm Lightfoot ½, ½
Bob Jones 0, 1
Vivian Woodward 0, 1
In Round 2, both John Peters' and Bob Jones' games lasted nearly six hours and were amongst the last to finish. John's draw on top board against Fide Master Paul Byway was particularly noteworthy.
Congratulations to the three players who won both games this weekend:
Dagne Ciuksyte
Nick Savage
Jon Collins
Iceni 1, having won both matches, lie in 5th place in Division 3 (out of 44 teams).
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