The fourth weekend of the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) took place over the weekend of 17th & 18th March 2018, with divisions 1 & 2 playing their 7th and final round in Reading, and division 3N playing rounds 7 and 8 (final) once again 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.) There are also Leeds University Old Boys in Division 3A, and the Slovakia-based Castleford Roses whose captain lives in Castleford in Division 3N.

White Rose 1 finished in second place in Division 1a, with 6 wins and 1 loss, the latter being to Guildford 1, who won with 7 wins from 7 matches. That seems close, though that loss to Guildford 1 was by 1-7, so in that sense it was not a close second!

White Rose 2 finished 5th out of 7 in Division 2a.

In Division 3N, Bradford & DCA A, B and C finished 5-6th=, 12th and 19th respectively out of a field of 20 teams, while Jorvik came 11th, beating Bradford & DCA B by half a game point.

Results in round 7 were as below.

Division 1a

	Round 7		Sat. 17/03/2018

	Oxford 1	3-5	White Rose 1
IM	Justin Tan	½‑½	Peter K Wells	GM
FM	Tom Eckersley-Waites	0-1	Daniel Alsina Leal	GM
FM	Christopher Wu	0-1	James R Adair	IM
	Pavel Asenov	½-½	Colin A McNab	GM
FM	William Claridge‑Hansen	½-½	Iain Gourlay	FM
	Matthew Rose	1-0	Samuel Chow	FM
	Jon P Manley	0-1	M Paul Townsend
w	Zoe Varney	½-½	Sue Maroroa	WIM

Division 2a

	Round 7		Sat. 17/03/2018

	White Rose 2	5½‑2½	Celtic Tigers
	Peter Shaw	½-½	Deimante Cornette	IM
	Peter M Gayson	1-0	Klaudia Kulon	WGM
	Jim Burnett	½-½	Ryszard Maciol
	Harry Li	1-0	John M Quinn
	Conrad Ho	½-½	Carsten Pedersen
WFM	Svetlana Sucikova	½-½	Peter D Kemp
	Kieran O'driscoll	1-0	Julian M Way	FM
FM	Rupert Jones	½-½	Nick J Larter

Division 3 North

Round 7		Sat. 17/03/2018	Round 8		Sun. 18/03/2018

3Cs 2	3-3	Bradford DCA Knights A	Bradford DCA‑Knights A	2-4	Cheddleton 2
John L Bentley	1-0	Phil R Watson	Matthew Parsons	½‑½	Alex Richardson
Philip Adams	½-½	Matthew Parsons	Roger W Jennings	½-½	Craig M Whitfield
Graham P Burton	0-1	Christopher Bak	Richard Allis	0-1	Gerald Acey
Joao Rita	½-½	Roger W Jennings	Jim W R Nicholson	½-½	Jacob Connor Boswell
Mitchell R Burke	½-½	Andrew Bak	Eric D Gardiner	½-½	Simon R Edwards
Cory S Hazlehurst	½-½	Jim W R Nicholson	Daniel Sullivan	0-1	Petru Floresc

Holmes Chapel	3½‑2½	Bradford DCA Knights B	Bradford DCA Knights B	3½‑2½	3Cs 3
Patrick Bennett	0-1	Eric D Gardiner	Harold Baxter	0-1	Daniel C Sheppard
John M Turner	½-½	Daniel Sullivan	Tony J Slinger	½-½	David Darwen
Chris Doran	1-0	David A Patrick	Mike Bramson	0-1	Kevin Ye
Jairo Samuel Lares	1-0	Tony J Slinger	Paul A Johnson	1-0	George Harman
Andrew Raeburn	½-½	Harold Baxter	Nicholas Mahoney	1-0	Gareth NR Griffiths
George J Scattergood	½-½	John K Holliday	Paul R H Clarke	1-d	default

Bradford DCA Knights C	3-3	Manchester Manticores 4	Holmes Chapel	4½‑1½	Jorvik
Mike Bramson	½‑½	Steven Potter	Patrick Bennett	1-0	Mark W White
Paul A Johnson	½-½	R Nigel Livesey	Jairo Samuel Lares	½-½	Steve R Hodge
Paul R H Clarke	½-½	David Pardoe	Chris Doran	½-½	Richard B Mounce
Nicholas Mahoney	½-½	David F Newell	John M Turner	½-½	Richard M Cowan
Bill Tait	1-0	Niamh Bridgeman	Noel S McLaughlin	1-0	Martina Flint
David Grobler	0-1	Matthew Bridgeman	Raymond Pearson	1-0	Norman G Andrews

Jorvik	2-4	Cheddleton 2
Mark W White	1-0	Craig M Whitfield
Steve R Hodge	½-½	Alex Richardson
Richard B Mounce	0-1	Jacob Connor Boswell
Richard M Cowan	½-½	Gerald Acey
Martina Flint	0-1	Simon R Edwards
Norman G Andrews	0-1	Petru Floresc

4NCL League Tables after Final Rounds

Division 1a							^Top^	Division 2a

	P	W	D	L	G	Pts			P	W	D	L	G	Pts
Guildford 1	7	7	0	0	52	14		Manx Liberty	7	7	0	0	42½	14
White Rose 1	7	6	0	1	36	12		Wood Green Monarchs	7	5	1	1	32½	11
Oxford 1	7	4	0	3	29	8		Celtic Tigers	7	4	1	2	31	9
Grantham Sharks 1	7	3	2	2	25½	8		Grantham Sharks 2	7	3	1	3	27	7
3Cs 1	7	3	1	3	29½	7		White Rose 2	7	2	1	4	27	5
Spirit of Atticus A	7	1	2	4	16	4		Kings Head	7	2	1	4	24	5
Barbican 4NCL 2	7	1	0	6	20	2		Sussex Martlets 1	7	2	0	5	23	4
The ADs	7	0	2	5	16	2		Barbican Youth	7	0	1	6	16	1

Division 3 North

	P	W	D	L	G	Pts
Gonzaga	8	8	0	0	35½	16
3Cs 2	8	6	1	1	32½	13
Shropshire 1	8	5	2	1	28½	12
Cheddleton 2	8	6	0	2	28½	12
Bradford DCA Knights A	8	5	1	2	27½	11
Warwickshire Select 2	8	5	1	2	27½	11
Holmes Chapel	8	5	0	3	26½	10
Ashfield-Breadsall 1	8	4	1	3	30	9
Spirit of Atticus B	8	4	0	4	25½	8
Manchester Manticores 3	8	3	2	3	25	8
Jorvik	8	3	1	4	21½	7
Bradford DCA Knights B	8	3	1	4	21	7
Manchester Manticores 2	8	3	0	5	23½	6
Shropshire 2	8	2	1	5	19½	5
Ashfield-Breadsall 2	8	2	1	5	16½	5
Castleford Roses	8	2	0	6	15½	4
3Cs 3	8	1	2	5	15½	4
Enniscorthy	5	2	0	3	11	4
Bradford DCA Knights C	7	1	1	5	14	3
Manchester Manticores 4	8	0	1	7	14	1