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4NCL - 3rd Weekend
Concentration or despair? The 4NCL Third Weekend in full swing
The third weekend of this season’s 4NCL was split between two De Vere venues,
with Divisions 1 and 2 taking place at Wokefield Park in Mortimer while
Division 3 was played at Sunningdale. The Northern League took place at the
Barcelo Majestic Hotel in Harrogate.
With just one round to go after the weekend’s matches before the leagues split and
merge into championship, relegation and promotion pools the destiny of several
teams is still unclear. Now read on
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It's been a tough time for me recently
as work rather overtook me. However,
I was able to devote a few moments to
chess and help Nigel Short on his
simultaneous tour around the country.
From the desk of the President
impressive series of roles in the IT field, culminating in
his current senior position with Barclays Capital. Steve
is a lapsed chess player himself but has found a
renewed interest in the game as a very proud “chess
parent”. I am grateful to Steve for volunteering his
services, and I look forward to working with him over
the coming months.”
Andrew Farthing, Chief Executive writes:
“Two important papers have been posted on the
Finance Council page, in preparation for the meeting
in Birmingham on 16th April. The first is the 2011-12
Business Plan, which sets out the Board’s intentions
for the coming year. The second is a paper entitled The
Funding of the English Chess Federation, which pres-
ents two options for the future funding of the ECF in
the wake of the ending of its £60,000 Government
grant. These proposals will have an impact on every
English chess player and are essential to the long-term
stability of the Federation. I urge all interested parties
to study them carefully.
“The paper contains a lot of information but will
undoubtedly raise questions. I have deliberately includ-
ed minimal detail on some of the practical implemen-
tation issues, in order to keep the debate focused as far
as possible on the core principles. This notwithstand-
ing, I am happy to invite questions via e-mail on
chief.executive@englishchess.org.uk or via the ECF
office. In order to ensure as informed a debate at
Council as possible, I shall maintain a Q&A summary
on my blog ChEx based on the questions received.
“Along with the 2011-12 Budget, to be posted shortly,
the Business Plan and Funding Proposals form what is,
I believe, a coherent statement of the path which the
ECF needs to take over the coming two years (and
beyond). It is important that the Council debate in
April should be as informed as possible and based on
the views of those whom Council members repre-
sent.”
This year’s Finance Council Meeting takes place
in the IBIS Hotel, 21 Ladywell Walk, Birmingham,
West Midlands B5 4ST Tel: 0121 622 6010 on the
16th April 2011 starting at 1.30 p.m.
He went though 7 events conceding
only 9 draws, so we're doing it all over
again in October to give players a further chance to
inflict a defeat on the good doctor.
The British Championships in Sheffield is taking shape
and will be a spectacular event with the top section
being the strongest ever. This tournament is the cen-
trepiece of the domestic chess calendar and I've been
working overtime to try and secure financial backing
for it - hopefully good news will be forthcoming.
I was also honoured to be invited to the Gibraltar
Festival and the Varsity Match, both of which were ter-
rific and humbling events and were clear demonstra-
tions of what can be achieved with chess if the will is
there.
However, such joy always seems to be tempered, this
time by the sad news that London's bid for the World
Championship was unsuccessful. I offer no public
opinion on what happened but after what I witnessed
at the FIDE General Assembly, I'm afraid I'm not sur-
prised. Malcolm Pein is one of the most hard-working
and invaluable servants of chess this country has ever
had and I hope he takes solace in his magnificent
London Chess Classic.
We have world class players, organisers, facilities and
supporters in England and together we can continue to
strengthen our position on the world stage. No more
'punching above our weight' - it's time for everyone to
follow our lead and take chess to the wonderful heights
it deserves!
- CJ de Mooi
ECF Finance Council Meeting
ECF News
Andrew Farthing, Chief Executive, writes:
“I am delighted to announce the appointment of
Stephen Ashcroft to the role of Manager of ICT
(Information & Communications Technology). Steve
is highly qualified for the post, both in terms of his
academic background in computer sciences and an
New ECF Manager of ICT
CONTENTS
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4NCL - FC,3
Presidential - 2
ECF News - 2
JR Grand Prix - 6
Junior - 6
Grand Prix - 8
International - 9
Results - 9
ChEx Bookshelf - 15
Gibraltar - 17
Book Reviews - 20
Batsford - 21
Calendar - 22
Division One Section A
4NCL - 3rd Weekend (cont)
ance this season alongside Stephen Gordon, Nick Pert
and Jovanka Houska. Jovanka maintained her 100%
record whilst Nick is on 5/6 and Stephen on 4.5.
e2e4.org.uk remain the team to most outperform their
seeding and two more victories, including their 3rd 4.5-
3.5 win of the season against Guildford qualified them
for the Championship Pool. One of their heroes is
England’s number one junior, Yang-Fan Zhou, who
has a performance of 2472 after four rounds.
Third and fourth have yet to be decided although
White Rose will qualify if they manage 4-4 or better
against Sambuca Sharks, and Oxford will almost cer-
tainly have to beat Guildford whom they trail on game
points to finish in fourth. Cambridge is the only other
team with a mathematical chance but will need to beat
Barbican 2 and have the other results go in their
favour.
Barbican 2 and Sambuca Sharks will play out the sea-
son in the relegation pool. Barbican lost both matches
4.5-3.5 despite out-rating Oxford on every board on
Sunday.
Pride & Prejudice qualified for the Championship Pool
after wins against Pandora’s Box Grantham and
Barbican 1 left them on 12 match points. They did,
however, suffer two shock defeats in their match
against Pandora’s with Michael Adams losing with
white against IM Jerzy Slaby and David Howell losing
to untitled Marcos Capucci. Gawain Jones also
appeared to be in some danger when he agreed to a
draw against Martin Burrows. It was left to their other
four grandmasters and their Norwegian WIM to
secure the necessary wins to steer them to a 5.5-2.5
victory. Their round 6 victory against Barbican 1 was
hard fought but with fewer scares. Chris Ward and
Sheila Sahl won on boards 6 and 8 resulting in a 5-3
victory.
Barbican 1 qualified after a 4-4 draw on Saturday
against Betsson, with the only decisive games being
Dave Ledger’s win against Simon Knott for Betsson
and Kanwal Bhatia’s point against Maria Yurenok for
Barbican. Betsson confirmed their place with a com-
fortable 7-1 victory against Pandora’s on Sunday.
Cheddleton had a successful weekend, with victories
against the ADs and Warwickshire Select to move into
fourth place on 6 points although they will need at
least a 4-4 draw against Barbican in round 7 to qualify
for the Championship Pool if, as expected, Wood
Green Hilsmark Kingfisher 2 win their match against
Pandora’s Box. The ADs also have a mathematical
chance of fourth place but will need to win against
Betsson and hope the other two results are favourable.
Warwickshire Select and Pandora’s Box will both finish
the season in the relegation pool after two defeats but
they at least had some notable individual results. I have
already mentioned Pandora’s grandmaster scalps
above, but I was pleased to see two of Warwickshire’s
juniors win against titled players with Brandon Clarke
winning against FM Peter Sowray whilst Richard
Weaving defeated IM Malcolm Pein.
Division One Section B
Wood Green Hilsmark Kingfisher 1 powered to two
big victories against Oxford and White Rose to qualify
for the Championship Pool with 12 match points. I
was pleased to see WGHK field an all English top four
on Sunday with Luke McShane making his first appear-
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Division 2 Section A
Barbican Youth recorded two more victories to win
the section and qualify for the Promotion Pool, albeit
the only way they can be promoted is if Barbican 2 are
relegated. Twelve-year-old Isaac Sanders moved to
5.5/6 with two more wins and Sam Franklin now has
2.5/3 and a 2356 performance for the season. George
O’Toole also won both games and it’s really positive to
see so many of our young players being given oppor-
tunities and performing so well.
The remaining three places remain undecided. Five of
the six matches not involving Barbican Youth ended
4.5-3.5 and the section is so close that it may come
down to the last game of one of the round 7 matches
to determine who qualifies in the top four. The pair-
White Rose 2 (5) vs. Barbican 4NCL Youth (10)
Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg (7) vs. Jutes of Kent (7)
Anglian Avengers 1 (7) vs. Poisoned Pawns 2 (2)
Cambridge University 2 (6) vs. South Wales Dragons (4)
ings will be as follows:
Division 3
This division remains wide open with Wessex 2, Celtic
Tigers and Oxford 2 being separated only by game
points with 10 match points whilst Brown Jack are the
only team on 9. Seven teams are on 8 points and
another 5 teams are on 7.
Prior to the weekend the Braille Chess Association had
won all 4 matches and were leading the table. Despite
2/2 from IM Colin Crouch on board 1 they were out-
rated in both matches and lost 3.5-2.5 to Celtic Tigers
and 4-2 to Brown Jack. Wessex 2 also won both match-
es to join the leaders.
Amongst the junior performances twelve year old
Tarun Malhotra has played on board 1 for AMCA
Hippos and is performing at 2175 after four games.
Northern League
Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg are on 25.5 game points whilst
Anglian Avengers 1 and Jutes of Kent are both on 25
game points. Cambridge University 2 are on 6 match
points and 24 game points whilst White Rose 2 have
only a slim chance as they have 5 match points and
22.5 game points.
Both South Wales Dragons and Poisoned Pawns 2 will
finish the season in the relegation pool.
Division 2 Section B
Bristol qualified for the Promotion Pool despite losing
on the Saturday to Guildford 2. They secured a 6-2 vic-
tory on Sunday against rivals Wessex to finish the
weekend on 10 match points.
Guildford 2 look favourites to join them although they
will need 4-4 or better against 3Cs to be certain. There
are three teams on 7 match points, Poisoned Pawns
have 26.5 game points, Wessex have 25.5 and AMCA
have 24.5. Kings Head have 5 match points and 22.5
game points so need to beat Wessex by at least 5.5-2.5
and hope at least one of the other teams on 7 loses.
Eleven-year-old Ravi Haria of Kings Head has had a
good season so far, scoring 3 out of 4 and performing
at 2145.
Poisoned Pawns face Sambuca whilst AMCA appear to
have the trickier round 7 pairing against Bristol but
with James Holland on 4.5/6 and performing at 2380+
they are not without match winners. 3Cs and Sambuca
Black Sheep will be involved in the relegation pool
after round 7.
The crucial top of the table clash in round 5 between
Spirit of Atticus on 8 points and Bradford DCA
Knights A on 7 ended in a 3.5-2.5 victory for Bradford
with Ben Hague defeating John Carleton with black on
board 1. Louis Brijmohun also won for Bradford on
board 5 while David Robertson won on board 4 for
Atticus against a much higher rated opponent.
Bradford then won 4-2 against Cheddleton on Sunday
with wins for Adam Lang and Louis Brijmohun to fin-
ish the weekend on 11 points ahead of Atticus on 10
who won 4-2 against Aigburth. Holmes Chapel had
two wins to move to 9 points ahead of Cheddleton on
8. Jorvik defeated Bradford B to move to 6 while
Bradford remain on 4 while Manchester Manticores
and Aigburth are still looking for their first points and
will face each other in round 7.
My thanks to the hotels for accommodating and host-
ing the third weekend and to all the arbiters and 4NCL
officials for the smooth running of the weekend.
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The fourth weekend takes place on the 26th & 27th
March 2011 with the following venues being used:
De Vere Venues, Staverton Park – Divisions 1 and 2
Barcelo Hotel, Daventry- Division 3
De Vere Wychwood Park (near Crewe) – Northern
League
Players are requested to make themselves familiar with
the venue addresses and suitable directions before-
hand!
- Lawrence Cooper
Links are as follows:
Website: http://www.4ncl.co.uk/
Results:
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/resdiv1.htm
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/resdiv2.htm
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/resdiv3.htm
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/resnorthern.htm
Games for download:
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/downloads.htm
Certificate of Merit
The Certificate of Merit (COM) is centred on a num-
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measure their progress and to earn certificates and
badges. The tests are taken entirely online, and pay-
ments for the credits can be made online or by
cheque. Examinees can practice as many times as
they wish before they take the CoM test. All ques-
tions are multiple-choice, and the result comes
through automatically - the certificate is issued by
email and the button badge for the particular level is
sent out by the ECF Office shortly afterwards. Please
see the shop on the ECF website
www.englishchess.org.uk for details of purchase of
the full package or individual items.
The English Chess Federation
New!
Each credit costs £6 or £150 for 30.
Once a student has paid for a credit,
he or she can then take the test as many
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There is also a package available of many goodies -
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For further information contact the ECF Office:
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Dates for 2010-11 season:
http://www.4ncl.co.uk/2010_11_dates.htm
Rounds 9, 10 and 11
30th April to 2nd May 2011
Barcelo Hotel, Hinckley Island
Divisions 1, 2 and 3 & Northern League
Junior 4NCL Weekend 3
9th & 10th April 2011
Barcelo Hotel, Daventry
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