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01/05/2023
4NCL
Rounds 9 to 11
The long Bank
Holiday weekend of Saturday 29th April to Bank Holiday Monday 1st May 2023
saw the 4NCL’s final three rounds, 9 to 11, played at the same time in
parallel at two venues, with Divisions 1, 2, and 3 East playing at the
Kents Hill Park Training & Conference Centre, Milton Keynes, Bucks.,
and Division 3 West and 4 playing at Delta Hotels, Warwick.
Preparations for
this season’s 4NCL experienced difficulties in arranging venues, and
further difficulties are expected for arranging 2023-24 season’s
venues. Increasing costs are expected to increase team entry fees,
which might reduce entries. 4NCL needs to be confident that they will
get at least 64 entries for next season, so they are requesting
“Expressions of Interest” in entering teams for 2023-24 by as early as 5th
May 2023. There were 83 entries in 2022-23, so one might expect the
64 minimum to be achieved.
The main cause of
excitement on the Saturday, for the inhabitants of Milton Keynes at least
but also those of the north-west of the former People’s Republic of South
Yorkshire, was the Milton Keynes versus Barnsley football match (a 4-4 draw
as it turned out), the point here being that “Milton Keynes Dons” are
fighting to avoid relegation into the Slough of Despond sometimes referred
to as League Division 2 (actually hierarchically the fourth division).
For chess-players,
the main item of interest should have been the 14th game in the World Chess
Championship match between Ian Nepomniachtchi and Ding Liren, which was
crucial in that it was the last of the standard-rate games. That
potentially exciting game was also drawn, leaving the score at 7 points
each, necessitating a “penalty shoot-out” in the form of speed chess
play-off games on the Sunday.
Also, in case you
missed it, at the level of the 6-Nations’ League, England’s women’s rugby
team, questionably titled “Red Roses” - surely “Red and White” would be
more appropriate) - beat France to take the championship title.
Back to the 4NCL, two
games were later (10/05/2023) added below, under the heading “comedy of
errors”, both from round 10.
In round 9
(Saturday 29th) Hull & East Riding Tigers were first by far to finish
their match, defeating Sussex Martlets 2 by 4 points to 2. (The
“martlet” is a heraldic bird akin to the real-life swifts and
martins. Six martlets form a heraldic symbol of Sussex, appearing on flags
etc.) Chessable White Rose 1 and 2 tried to copy Barnsley’s 4-4
example, but fell short, each losing 3½‑4½. Hapless Chessable
White Rose 3 started by defaulting a board (incurring a penalty game-point
deduction) and went on to lose on the other 5.
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Division
1
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Round 9
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Chessable
White Rose 1
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3½-4½
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Chess.com
Manx Liberty
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GM
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W
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Johan-Sebastian
Christiansen
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½-½
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Viktor
Erdos
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GM
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IM
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B
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Jose
Camacho Collados
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0-1
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Alexei
Shirov
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GM
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GM
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W
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Jonathan
Rowson
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½-½
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Mircea-Emilian
Parligras
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GM
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GM
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B
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Daniel
Alsina Leal
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½-½
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Matthew
J Turner
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GM
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GM
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W
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John
M Emms
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½-½
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Balazs
Csonka
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IM
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GM
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B
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Peter
K Wells
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½-½
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Piotr
Bobras
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GM
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IM
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W
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James
R Adair
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½-½
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Lukasz
Cyborowski
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GM
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WIM
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B
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Svetlana
Sucikova
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½-½
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Julianna
Terbe
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WIM
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Chessable
White Rose 2
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3½-4½
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Blackthorne
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FM
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W
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Samuel
Chow
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½-½
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Daniel
W Gormally
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GM
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B
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Jean-Luc
Weller
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½-½
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Simon
T Ansell
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IM
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W
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M
Paul Townsend
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½-½
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Richard
A Bates
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IM
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WFM
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B
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Maaike
Keetman
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1-0
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Andrew
J Ledger
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IM
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FM
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W
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Tim P
Wall
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0-1
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Chris
R Duncan
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FM
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B
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Sheng
Liang Bernard Chan
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½-½
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Dave
J Ledger
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FM
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WFM
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W
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Liza
Kisteneva
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½-½
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Jonathan
P Nelson
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CM
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B
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Alan
J Walton
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0-1
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Zoe
Varney
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WCM
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Division
3 West
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Round 9
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CSC/Kingston
1
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6-(-1)
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Chessable
White Rose 3
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FM
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W
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Martin
Jogstad
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1-0
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Peter
Shaw
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B
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Peter
Finn
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1-0
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Greg
T Eagleton
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W
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Clive
A Frostick
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1-0
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Jim
Burnett
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B
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Ewan
Wilson
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1-0
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Miles
D Edwards-Wright
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W
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Giampiero
Amato
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1-d
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Daniel
Sullivan
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B
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Daniel
A Sparkes
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1-0
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John
Gillett
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Division
3 East
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Round 9
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Hull
& East Riding Tigers
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4-2
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Sussex
Martlets 2
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W
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Kamila
Hryshchenko
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1-0
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Dominic
Miller
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B
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Andrei
Ciuravin
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½-½
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Calum
Salmons
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W
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Steve
R Hodge
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0-1
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William
M Graham
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B
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Douglas
Vleeshhouwer
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1-0
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Adam
R Ursell
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W
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Maksym
Larchikov
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½-½
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Alec
Hedger
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B
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Mark
I Collinson
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1-0
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Hooman
Honarvar
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In round 10,
the main result in the earier stages was the defeat with Black by China’s Ding
Liren of Ian Nepomniachtchi in the fourth game of the rapidplay play-off,
earning Ding Liren the World Championship. The first three play-off
games were drawn.
At the 4NCL, Hull
& East Riding Tigers had a reversal of fortunes, losing, which meant they
were losing touch with any chance of winning their division. White Rose
3 improved their performance, but still lost their match. White Rose 1
and 2 both had close matches, both with players on either side probing for
wins in theoretically drawn endings, or trying to draw theoretically lost
endings, but nobody survived their theoretical deserts, and White Rose 2 drew
their match, but White Rose 1 lost a crucial match which left Manx Liberty
too far ahead to be caught in the last round.
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Division
1
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Round 10
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Cheddleton
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4½-3½
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Chessable
White Rose 1
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GM
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W
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Keith C
Arkell
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½-½
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Johan-Sebastian
Christiansen
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GM
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GM
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B
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Simon K
Williams
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1-0
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Daniel
Alsina Leal
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GM
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GM
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W
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Nicholas
Pert
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½-½
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Jonathan
Rowson
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GM
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IM
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B
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Ezra
Kirk
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0-1
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Jose
Camacho Collados
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IM
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IM
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W
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Richard
G Pert
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1-0
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James R
Adair
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IM
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IM
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B
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David J
Eggleston
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½-½
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Peter K
Wells
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GM
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WF
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W
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Ellen
Fredericia Nilssen
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½-½
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John M
Emms
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GM
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B
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Jacob
Connor Boswell
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½-½
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Svetlana
Sucikova
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WIM
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Gonzaga
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4-4
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Chessable
White Rose 2
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IM
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W
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Gediminas
Sarakauskas
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½-½
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Samuel
Chow
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FM
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FM
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B
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Killian
Delaney
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½-½
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Jonathan
W Arnott
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CM
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IM
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W
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Gavin
Wall
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½-½
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M Paul
Townsend
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B
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Gordon
Freeman
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1-0
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Jean-Luc
Weller
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FM
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W
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John
Delaney
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1-0
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Sheng Liang
Bernard Chan
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FM
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B
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Pall A.
Thorarinsson
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½-½
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Maaike
Keetman
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WFM
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W
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David
Murray
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0-1
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Tim P
Wall
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FM
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game
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B
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Lara
Putar
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0-1
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Liza
Kisteneva
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WFM
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Division
3 West
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Round 10
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Chessable
White Rose 3
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1-5
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Warwickshire
Select 1
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W
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Tom
Wills
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0-1
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John
Pitcher
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B
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Greg T
Eagleton
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0-1
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Chris W
Baker
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IM
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W
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Jim
Burnett
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0-1
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Jeremy
R Fallowfield
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game
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B
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Miles D
Edwards-Wright
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½-½
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Donald
J Mason
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W
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Peter
Shaw
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½-½
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Chris C
W Shephard
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B
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Nathaniel
Holroyd-Doveton
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0-1
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Andrew
I Paterson
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Division
3 East
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Round 10
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Hull
& East Riding Tigers
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1½-4½
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Anglian
Avengers 1
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W
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Andrei
Ciuravin
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½-½
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Gordon
W Scott
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B
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Kamila
Hryshchenko
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½-½
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Panayotis
Kanellopoulos
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W
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Douglas
Vleeshhouwer
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0-1
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Andrew
P Lewis
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FM
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B
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Steve R
Hodge
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½-½
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Martin
G Walker
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FM
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W
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Mark I
Collinson
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0-1
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Paul
Talsma
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B
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Maksym
Larchikov
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0-1
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Silas
Peck
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In Round 11,
White Rose 1 was playing to secure or share and place. Manx Liberty
started the round 4 match points ahead of the rest of the field, and hence
could not be caught. White Rose 2, being next to the bottom of the
table, were playing to avoid the embarrassment of finishing bottom!
White Rose 3 started the round in 5th place out of 12, and so would be
playing just to maximise their final placing. Due to the odd number of
teams in Division 3 East, Hull & East Riding Tigers had a bye, having
already completed their matches, but being in equal 3rd-4th place and three
match points ahead of the team in 5th place, they could just watch to see if
they finished 3rd equal or 4th (depending on the final-round fate of
Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg.
Board-by-board
pairings for round 11 were as follow. (Results to follow later.) The
first of the results below to appear was an early Speelman v Rowson
draw. Two-and-a-half hours after the start, the only further
results to appear on the 4NCL website were a win by Bernard Chan over Robert
Starley and win over Jude Shearsby by Jim Burnett (who thus avoided a
long-weekend personal whitewash). White Rose 1 reached 4-2, so needing
a further half-point from the remaining two games, but despite best efforts,
that was not to be.
White Rose 1 finished
2nd-3rd equal on match points, and 2nd if you go down to game points.
White Rose 2 finished
9th-10th equal (out of 12) on match points, or 9th including game points.
White Rose 3 finished
5th out of 12.
Hull & East
Riding Tigers finished 3rd-4th equal on match points, or fourth including
game points.
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Division
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Round 11
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Wood
Green
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4-4
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Chessable
White Rose 1
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GM
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W
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Jon S
Speelman
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½-½
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Jonathan
Rowson
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GM
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FM
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B
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David L
Haydon
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0-1
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Johan‑Sebastian Christiansen
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GM
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GM
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W
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Neil
McDonald
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0-1
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Daniel
Alsina Leal
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GM
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IM
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B
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Matthew
J Wadsworth
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0-1
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James R
Adair
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IM
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IM
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W
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Marcus
R Harvey
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1-0
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Jose
Camacho Collados
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IM
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IM
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B
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David
Fitzsimons
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½-½
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John M
Emms
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GM
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IM
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W
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Andrew
N Greet
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1-0
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Peter K
Wells
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GM
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WGM
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B
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Katarzyna
Toma
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1-0
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Svetlana
Sucikova
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WIM
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Cambridge
University 1
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2-6
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Chessable
White Rose 2
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IM
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W
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Conor E
Murphy
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0-1
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Samuel
Chow
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FM
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B
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Daniel
GH Gallagher
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1-0
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M Paul
Townsend
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W
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Andrew
McClement
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0-1
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Tim P
Wall
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FM
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B
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Alistair
Hill
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0-1
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Maaike
Keetman
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WFM
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W
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J
Stuart Robertson
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½-½
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Jean-Luc
Weller
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B
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Robert
Starley
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0-1
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Sheng
Liang Bernard Chan
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W
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Ashley
Stewart
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0-1
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Liza
Kisteneva
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WFM
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B
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Bodhana
Sivanandan
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½-½
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Alan J
Walton
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CM
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Division
3 West
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Round 11
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Chessable
White Rose 3
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2½-3½
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Warwickshire
Select 2
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W
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Jim
Burnett
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1-0
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Jude
Shearsby
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B
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Peter
Shaw
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0-1
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Bruce L
Baer
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W
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Greg T
Eagleton
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½-½
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Rohan
Pal
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B
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Miles D
Edwards-Wright
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½-½
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Manvith
Sandhu
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W
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Tom
Wills
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½-½
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Elis
Denele Dicen
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B
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Nathaniel Holroyd‑Doveton
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0-1
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Billy
Fellowes
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