The first two rounds of the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) took place over the weekend of 11th & 12th November 2017, with divisions 1 & 2 playing in Telford, 3 & 4 in Reading, and division 3N in Doncaster.

Yorkshire-based teams participating are White Rose 1, White Rose 2, Jorvik, and Bradford DCA Knights A, B and C. The White Rose players are a little over 50% Yorkshire-resident players, with some obvious “guests’”. Jorvik players are all York league players. The Bradford DCA players are drawn from Halifax to Hull, and from York to Doncaster, so these three teams could be thought of as “White Rose” 3, 4 and 5 as regards make-up. Results in these teams’ matches are given below.

The Bradford DCA teams experienced a setback when Arron Barker was called away due to a family member going into hospital, leading to a defaulted game (no reserve) and further deduction of a game point as a penalty.

The captain of the “Castleford Roses” team (previously called “Castleford Tigers” – but not the rugby team), who is also mother of one of the team, lives in Castleford, West Yorkshire, but the players are mainly resident in Slovakia, so maybe it should be the 5NCL!

Other Yorkshire-related players appearing in other teams, as listed below, included a filler-in for Shropshire who were a player short.

Division 1a

	Round 1		Sat. 11/11/2017			Round 2		Sun. 12/11/2017

	White Rose 1	6-2	Barbican 4NCL 2			3Cs 1	2½‑5½	White Rose 1
GM	Daniel Alsina Leal	1‑0	Jonathan W Rogers	FM	GM	Stephen J Gordon	1‑0	Daniel Alsina Leal	GM
IM	Christopher Repka	½‑½	Peter J Sowray	FM	FM	Andrew P Horton	½‑½	Christopher Repka	IM
GM	Peter K Wells	1‑0	James P Jackson	FM	FM	Adam G Ashton	½‑½	Peter K Wells	GM
GM	James R Adair	½‑½	Graham Morrison	FM	FM	Daniel Abbas	0‑1	James R Adair	IM
GM	Colin A McNab	½‑½	Guy Moss		FM	Alexander Longson	½‑½	Colin A McNab	GM
IM	Richard J D Palliser	1‑0	Thomas Goldie		WIM	Mathilde Congiu	0‑1	Richard J D Palliser	IM
FM	Iain Gourlay	½‑½	George E O'Toole		CM	Alan J Walton	0‑1	Iain Gourlay	FM
WIM	Sue Maroroa	1‑0	Natasha K Regan	WIM		Jamie A Horton	0‑1	Sue Maroroa	WIM

Division 2a

	Round 1		Sat. 11/11/2017		Round 2		Sun. 12/11/2017

	White Rose 2	3½‑4½	Sussex Martlets 1		Wood Green Monarchs	4½‑3½	White Rose 2
FM	Samuel Chow	½‑½	Callum D Brewer	FM	Adam C Taylor	½‑½	Samuel Chow	FM
FM	Martin Brown	1‑0	David J Grant		Tomasz Sygnowski	1‑0	Martin Brown	FM
	M Paul Townsend	1‑0	Matthew J Payne		Jonathan Pein	½‑½	M Paul Townsend
	Peter Shaw	0‑1	Rhys Cumming		Jonah B Willow	1‑0	Peter Shaw
WF	Svetlana Sucikova	0‑1	David B Graham	WM	Maria Manelidou	½‑½	Svetlana Sucikova	WF
	Conrad Ho	0‑1	Ollie Willson		Michael Green	0‑1	Conrad Ho
	Harry Li	½‑½	Grant W Bucher		Diana‑Maria Serbanescu	0‑1	Harry Li
WC	Imogen A L Camp	½‑½	Matthew Lunn		Chirag Guha	1‑0	Imogen A L Camp	WC

Division 3 North

Round 1		Sat. 11/11/2017	Round 2		Sun 12/11/2017

Manchester Manticores 3	3‑3	Jorvik	Jorvik	3½‑2½	Warwickshire Select 2
Richard A Collins	½‑½	Martin Carpenter	Mark W White	1‑0	Andrew I Paterson
Tim Hilton	0‑1	Steve R Hodge	Steve R Hodge	½‑½	Mark E Page
John T Altham	1‑0	Mark W White	Richard B Mounce	½‑½	Andrew P McCumiskey
John D Lyth	1‑0	James M Carpenter	Anastasios Nezis	0‑1	Philip Purcell
Steven Potter	½‑½	Richard M Cowan	Richard M Cowan	1‑0	Anthony J Green
R Nigel Livesey	0‑1	Paul W Anderson	Paul W Anderson	½‑½	Devan Patel

Bradford DCA Knights A	4½‑1½	Ashfield-Breadsall 2	Shropshire 1	5‑1	Bradford DCA Knights A
Phil R Watson	1‑0	John S Garnett	Nick J Rutter	1‑0	Phil R Watson
Julian R Chapman	½‑½	Richard G Truman	Kevin Hurney	1‑0	Julian R Chapman
Roger W Jennings	½‑½	Steven J Burke	Richard B E Bryant	1‑0	Roger W Jennings
Christopher Bak	1‑0	Robert P Taylor	Ian Jamieson	½‑½	Christopher Bak
Jim W R Nicholson	½‑½	Maurice J Hill	Charles L Higgie	½‑½	Jim W R Nicholson
Andrew Bak	1‑0	Armaan Gogia	Brian G Whyte	1‑0	Andrew Bak

Bradford DCA Knights C	1½‑4½	Bradford DCA Knights B	Bradford DCA Knights B	4½‑1½	3Cs 2
Robert A Dean	0‑1	Eric D Gardiner	Mike Bramson	1‑0	Stuart W Clarke
Harold Baxter	0‑1	David A Patrick	David A Patrick	0‑1	Andy K Reeve
David W Adam	1‑0	Arron Barker	Harold Baxter	0‑1	Mitchell R Burke
Paul Rh Clarke	0‑1	Damian McCarthy	Damian McCarthy	0‑1	Philip Adams
Nicholas Mahoney	0‑1	Tony J Slinger	Tony J Slinger	0‑1	Robert McLean
John K Holliday	½‑½	Paul A Johnson	Paul A Johnson	½‑½	Cory S Hazlehurst

			Enniscorthy	4½‑½	Bradford DCA Knights C
			Paul Sean O'Neill	0‑1	Robert A Dean
			Agustin Plaza Reino	1‑0	Karim Khan
			Mercedes Plaza Reino	1‑0	David W Adam
			Dovydas Pocevicius	½‑½	Paul Rh Clarke
			Robbie Kildea	1‑0	Nicholas Mahoney
			Dean Copeland	1d0	default (1 point deducted)

Yorkshire-connected players appearing in other teams included:

Div.	Team	Player
1a	Spirit of Atticus A	Dave Latham (Sheffield/Chesterfield)
1b	Blackthorne Russia	Andrew Ledger (Sheffield)	Two brothers in team
2b	Warwickshire Select 1	Chris Shephard (Sheffield)	Born in Birmingham
3a	The Full Monty	John Fletcher (Sheffield)
3a	Leeds University Old Boys	John Hall (Leeds)
3N	Spirit of Atticus B	Peter Ackley (Sheffield/Chesterfield)
3N	Spirit of Atticus B	Mike Johnson (Sheffield/Chesterfield)
3N	Spirit of Atticus B	Andy Mort (Sheffield/Chesterfield)	Ex Liverpool University
3N	Shropshire 2	Gary Hinchcliffe (Barnsley)	They were a player short