The second two rounds of the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) took place over the weekend of 13th & 14th January 2018, with divisions 1 & 2 playing in Solihull, and division 3N in Bolton.

The Yorkshire-based teams participating are White Rose 1, White Rose 2, Jorvik, and Bradford DCA Knights A, B and C. Results in these teams’ matches are given below. (Left-hand team had White on odd numbered boards.)

The Bradford DCA teams had a named reserve this time, in the guise of Andrew Bak, but he wasn’t needed.

Barnsley’s Gary Hinchcliffe, who played previously for Shropshire 2 as an emergency substitute, once again appeared for that team.

Board 1 for Spirit of Atticus B, (John) Lloyd Powell, played board 1 for Abbeydale Boys; Grammar School, Sheffield, in the Sheffield Schools league around 50 years ago.

Division 1a

	Round 3		Sat. 13/01/2018			Round 4		Sun. 14/01/2018

	White Rose 1	5½‑2½	The ADs			Guildford 1	7‑1	White Rose 1
GM	Daniel Alsina Leal	0-1	John C Pigott	FM	GM	Matthew D Sadler	1-0	Daniel Alsina Leal	GM
IM	James R Adair	1-0	Darren P Wheeler		GM	Maxime Lagarde	1-0	James R Adair	IM
GM	Peter K Wells	0-1	Ashley Stewart		GM	Romain Edouard	1-0	Peter K Wells	GM
GM	Colin A McNab	1-0	Ian L Snape		GM	Jean-Pierre Le Roux	½‑½	Colin A McNab	GM
IM	Richard J D Palliser	1-0	John R Richardson	FM	IM	Daniel Howard Fernandez	1-0	Richard J D Palliser	IM
FM	Iain Gourlay	½-½	Jonathan E Swindells		GM	Antoaneta Stefanova	½-½	Iain Gourlay	FM
FM	Samuel Chow	1-0	Amardip Ahluwalia		GM	Mark L Hebden	1-0	Samuel Chow	FM
WFM	Svetlana Sucikova	1-0	Ann-Marie James	WFM	GM	Glenn C Flear	1-0	Svetlana Sucikova	WFM

Division 2a

	Round 3		Sat. 13/01/2018			Round 4		Sun. 14/01/2018

	Kings Head	5-3	White Rose 2			White Rose 2	6-2	Barbican Youth
IM	Yiping Lou	1-0	M Paul Townsend			M Paul Townsend	1-0	Terry P D Chapman	FM
	Evgeny Tukpetov	1-0	Colm Barry			Colm Barry	1-0	David J Coleman	CM
CM	Feliks J Kwiatkowski	½‑½	Peter M Gayson			Peter M Gayson	½‑½	Andrew R Brett
WFM	Xinyue Sun	½-½	Jim Burnett			Jim Burnett	1-0	Philip J Makepeace
	David Guthrie	1-0	Peter Shaw			Peter Shaw	½-½	Christopher Russell
	Alex Lewis	1-0	Kieran O'Driscoll			Kieran O'Driscoll	½-½	Roy Hughes
	Andrew Gilfillan	0-1	Harry Li			Harry Li	½-½	Zaki Harari
	Kayode Disu	0-1	Imogen A L Camp	WCM	WCM	Imogen A L Camp	1-0	William Golding

Division 3 North

Round 3		Sat. 13/01/2018	Round 4		Sun 14/01/2018

Bradford DCA Knights A	5½‑½	Jorvik	Enniscorthy	1½‑4½	Bradford DCA Knights A
Phil R Watson	1-0	Mark W White	Shane Melaugh	1-0	Phil R Watson
Greg T Eagleton	1-0	Steve R Hodge	Paul Sean O'Neill	½-½	Greg T Eagleton
Richard Allis	1-0	Richard M Cowan	John C. Kelly	0-1	Richard Allis
Roger W Jennings	½-½	Martina Flint	Alex Goss	0-1	Roger W Jennings
Christopher Bak	1-0	Paul W Anderson	Dean Copeland	0-1	Christopher Bak
Jim W R Nicholson	1-0	Norman G Andrews	Dovydas Pocevicius	0-1	Jim W R Nicholson

Gonzaga	5½-½	Bradford DCA Knights B	Bradford DCA Knights B	.2-4	Shropshire 2
Pall A Thorarinsson	1-0	Eric D Gardiner	Eric D Gardiner	1-0	David Bennion
Killian Delaney	½-½	Andrew Bak	Arron Barker	0-1	Christopher D Lewis
Carl Jackson	1-0	David A Patrick	David A Patrick	½-½	Gary Hinchcliffe
David Murray	1-0	Arron Barker	Mike Bramson	0-1	Steve F Tarr
Gordon Freeman	1-0	Damian McCarthy	Damian McCarthy	½-½	Stuart Ross
Stephen Moran	1-0	David W Adam	David W Adam	0-1	Windsor W A Peck

Bradford DCA Knights C	1½‑4½	Spirit of Atticus B	Manchester Manticores 2	2½-3½	Bradford DCA Knights C
Mike Bramson	0-1	Lloyd Powell	Peter J Mulleady	0-1	Paul A Johnson
Robert A Dean	1-0	Tom Bimpson	Robert A Newton	½-½	Robert A Dean
Paul A Johnson	0-1	Colm Buckley	Martyn Hamer	1-0	Paul Rh Clarke
Harold Baxter	0-1	Michael D Johnson	Glenn Trueman	0-1	Harold Baxter
Paul Rh Clarke	½-½	Richard Miles	Richard A Collins	½-½	John K Holliday
Peter Braham	0-1	John G Cooper	Andrew Jaques	½-½	Peter Braham

			Jorvik	5½-½	Manchester Manticores 4
			Mark W White	1-0	John D Lyth
			Steve R Hodge	1-0	David Pardoe
			Richard M Cowan	1-0	Mahima Raghavendra
			Martina Flint	1-0	John Grindrod
			Paul W Anderson	1-0	Michael Barooah
			Norman G Andrews	½-½	Michael J Norris

4NCL League Tables after 4 Rounds

Division 1a							^Top^	Division 2a

	P	W	D	L	G	Pts			P	W	D	L	G	Pts
Guildford 1	4	4	0	0	29½	8		Manx Liberty	4	4	0	0	21½	8
Oxford 1	4	3	0	1	19½	6		Kings Head	4	2	1	1	18	5
White Rose 1	4	3	0	1	18	6		Celtic Tigers	4	2	1	1	17	5
Grantham Sharks 1	4	2	1	1	14½	5		Wood Green Monarchs	4	2	1	1	16	5
3Cs 1	4	1	1	2	16½	3		Sussex Martlets 1	4	2	0	2	14½	4
Barbican 4NCL 2	4	1	0	3	12	2		White Rose 2	4	1	0	3	16	2
Spirit of Atticus A	4	1	0	3	11½	2		Grantham Sharks 2	4	1	0	3	13	2
The ADs	4	0	0	4	6½	0		Barbican Youth	4	0	1	3	12	1

Division 3 North

	P	W	D	L	G	Pts
3Cs 2	4	4	0	0	18½	8
Gonzaga	4	4	0	0	18½	8
Shropshire 1	4	3	1	0	16	7
Bradford DCA Knights A	4	3	0	1	15½	6
Cheddleton 2	4	3	0	1	13½	6
Spirit of Atticus B	4	3	0	1	13½	6
Warwickshire Select 2	4	2	1	1	13½	5
Jorvik	4	2	1	1	12½	5
Ashfield-Breadsall 1	4	2	0	2	14	4
Holmes Chapel	4	2	0	2	12½	4
Enniscorthy	4	2	0	2	11	4
Manchester Manticores 3	4	1	1	2	11½	3
Manchester Manticores 2	4	1	0	3	11½	2
Shropshire 2	4	1	0	3	10	2
Castleford Roses	4	1	0	3	9	2
Bradford DCA Knights B	4	1	0	3	8½	2
Ashfield-Breadsall 2	4	1	0	3	7½	2
Bradford DCA Knights C	4	1	0	3	7	2
3Cs 3	4	1	0	3	6½	2
Manchester Manticores 4	4	0	0	4	5½	0