The fifth and final 2018-19 Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) weekend took place over the Bank Holiday weekend, 4th & 6th May 2019. Bradford DCA Knights C were not playing, seemingly having withdrawn.

Divisions 1 & 2 played at Park Inn Telford, Forgegate-Telford Centre, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4NA.

Division 3N played at Bolton.

Three games have been added to the games section of this website.

In round 9, James Adair sacrificed the exchange against Keith Arkell and then won the ending. (Play through that game here.)

In round 10, in Svetlana Sučikova’s game, both kings were for some time perilously placed. (Play through the game here.)

In round 11, Richard Palliser forced a draw by winning a rook in a messy game. (Play through the game here.)

Full match results appear further down the page.

Final League Tables

	Division 1					Division 2
	Section C (= top half)	GP	Pts			Section C (= top half)	GP	Pts
1	Guildford 1	45½	14		1	Barbican 4NCL 2	33½	13	promoted
2	Chess.com Manx Liberty 1	34	10		2	Cambridge University 1	32	10	promoted
3	Cheddleton 1	33	10		3	Spirit of Atticus A	30½	9	promoted
4	White Rose 1	23½	6		4	Gonzaga	28½	8	promoted
5	Guildford 2	23	6		5	Barnet Knights 1	25½	5
6	Wood Green	26½	5		6	Sussex Martlets 1	30	4
7	Barbican 4NCL 1	21	4		7	Anglian Avengers	23½	4
8	Blackthorne Russia	17½	1		8	KJCA Kings	20	3
	Section D (= bottom half)	GP	Pts			Section D (= bottom half)	GP	Pts
1	3Cs 1	36	10		1	Guildford 3	36½	12
2	Wood Green Monarchs	30	10		2	Warwickshire Select 1	33½	10
3	Grantham Sharks 1	31½	9		3	The ADs	31½	8
4	Celtic Tigers 1	28	8		4	Grantham Sharks 2	30	8
5	Oxford 1	25½	7	relegated	5	Manchester Manticores 1	25	7	relegated
6	West is Best 1	25	4	relegated	6	Wessex A	27½	6	relegated
7	North East England	24	4	relegated	7	Bradford DCA Knights A	21	3	relegated
8	Alba	22½	4	relegated	8	West is Best 2	18½	2	relegated

	Division 3 North	P	W	D	L	GP	Pts
1	White Rose 2	11	9	2	0	47½	20	promoted
2	Manchester Manticores 2	11	9	2	0	45	20	promoted
3	3Cs 2	11	7	3	1	42	17
4	Shropshire 1	11	8	1	2	41	17
5	Jorvik	11	7	1	3	36	15
6	Spirit of Atticus B	11	6	0	5	33½	12
7	Cheddleton 2	11	5	0	6	32½	10
8	Bradford DCA Knights B	11	4	1	6	31	9
9	Manchester Manticores 3	11	4	1	6	30½	9
10	Manx Liberty 2	8	3	0	5	20½	6
11	Holmes Chapel	9	2	0	7	19½	4
12	Bolton & Worsley	11	1	1	9	19	3
13	Manchester Manticores 4	11	1	0	10	17½	2
14	Bradford DCA Knights C	8	1	0	7	14	2

Promoted from Division 3 South are Kings Head and Check Innmates 1.

Round 9 to 11 Match Results

First-named team in each match had White on 1, thereafter alternating colours down the team.

Round 9			Round 10
		Division 1 Top Final Pool

Cheddleton 1	5½‑2½	White Rose 1	White Rose 1	5½‑2½	Blackthorne Russia
Howell, David W L	1-0	Alsina Leal, Daniel	Alsina Leal, Daniel	1-0	Gormally, Daniel W
Hawkins, Jonathan	1-0	Wells, Peter K	Adair, James R	½-½	Ansell, Simon T
Fodor, Tamas Jr.	1-0	Palliser, Richard J D	Wells, Peter K	½-½	Ledger, Andrew J
Arkell, Keith C	0-1	Adair, James R	Camacho Collados, Jose	1-0	Duncan, Chris R
Kirk, Ezra	1-0	McNab, Colin A	McNab, Colin A	0-1	Ledger, Dave J
Eggleston, David J	½-½	Camacho Collados, Jose	Palliser, Richard J D	½-½	Eames, Robert S
Astaneh Lopez, Alex	1-0	Chow, Samuel	Chow, Samuel	1-0	Ledger, Stephen C
Steil-Antoni, Fiona	0-1	Sucikova, Svetlana	Sučikova, Svetlana	1-0	Camp, Syringa Lyn

		Division 2 Bottom Final Pool

Bradford DCA Knights A	2½-5½	Guildford 3	Bradford DCA Knights A	2½-5½	Guildford 3
Bak, Christopher	0-1	Kilpatrick, Callum	Bak, Christopher	0-1	Kilpatrick, Callum
Eagleton, Greg T	1-0	Povah, Nigel E	Eagleton, Greg T	1-0	Povah, Nigel E
Nicholson, Jim W R	0-1	Ciuksyte, Dagne	Nicholson, Jim W R	0-1	Ciuksyte, Dagne
Bak, Andrew	½-½	Golding, Alex	Bak, Andrew	½-½	Golding, Alex
Ther, Mate	0-1	Emerson, Roger	Ther, Mate	0-1	Emerson, Roger
Jennings, Roger W	½-½	Punnett, Alan K	Jennings, Roger W	½-½	Punnett, Alan K
Gardiner, Eric D	½-½	Shepley, Julien M	Gardiner, Eric D	½-½	Shepley, Julien M
Patrick, David A	0-1	Stimpson, Philip M	Patrick, David A	0-1	Stimpson, Philip M

		Division 3N

White Rose 2	3-3	3Cs 2	Shropshire 1	2½-3½	White Rose 2
Wall, Tim P	1-0	Clarke, Stuart W	Rutter, Nick J	1-0	Weller, Jean-Luc
Townsend, M Paul	½-½	Bentley, John L	Whyte, Brian G	½-½	Wall, Tim P
Weller, Jean-Luc	1-0	Lea, Daniel J	Higgie, Charles L	0-1	Townsend, M Paul
Dunworth, Christopher N	½-½	Burton, Graham P	Bryant, Richard B E	1-0	Gayson, Peter M
Gayson, Peter M	0-1	Ye, Kevin	Gostelow, David W	0-1	Burnett, Jim
Shaw, Peter	0-1	Gittens, Nathan L	Bennion, David	0-1	Shaw, Peter

Jorvik	2½-2½	Bradford DCA Knights B	Bradford DCA Knights B	2½-3½	Spirit of Atticus B
Hodge, Steve R	1-0	Johnson, Paul A	Watson, Phil R	1-0	Crocker, Philip J
Mounce, Richard B	1-0	Dean, Robert A	Dean, Robert A	0-1	Phillips, David A
Cowan, Richard M	1-0	Slinger, Tony J	Johnson, Paul A	0-1	Bimpson, Tom
Anderson, Paul W	½-½	Winter, Kevin	Bramson, Mike	½-½	Johnson, Michael D
Andrews, Norman G	0-1	Tait, Bill	Winter, Kevin	½-½	Cooper, John G
default	0-1	Clarke, Paul R H	Adam, David W		Hulme, David I
	-1
			Manchester Manticores 4	2-4	Jorvik
			Livesey, R Nigel	0-1	Hodge, Steve R
			Gawne, Martin	0-1	Carpenter, James M
			Jones, Neil T	0-1	Cowan, Richard M
			Norris, Michael J	½-½	Anderson, Paul W
			Pardoe, David	1-0	Pearce, Neville R
			Wilson, Jeff	½-½	Andrews, Norman G

Round 11

Division 1 Top Final Pool

Guildford 2	4½‑3½	White Rose 1
Pert, Nicholas	½-½	Alsina Leal, Daniel
Le Roux, Jean-Pierre	0-1	Adair, James R
Stefanova, Antoaneta	1-0	Wells, Peter K
Hebden, Mark L	0-1	Camacho Collados, Jose
Paehtz, Elisabeth	½-½	McNab, Colin A
Ris, Robert	½-½	Palliser, Richard J D
Suarez Real, Alberto	1-0	Chow, Samuel
Sarakauskas, Gediminas	1-0	Sucikova, Svetlana

Division 2 Bottom Final Pool

Bradford DCA Knights A	3½‑4½	West is Best 2
Bak, Christopher	0-1	Bullen, Alex
Eagleton, Greg T	½-½	Edgell, Ben P
Nicholson, Jim W R	0-1	Freeland, Alex
Bak, Andrew	½-½	Taylor, William J
Ther, Mate	0-1	Davies, Matthew
Jennings, Roger W	½-½	Camp, Imogen A L
Gardiner, Eric D	1-0	Gregory, Andrew M
Patrick, David A	1-0	Hurley, Jake

Division 3N

White Rose 2	3-3	Manchester Manticores 2
Weller, Jean-Luc	1-0	Rawlinson, Aidan M
Wall, Tim P	1-0	Celinski, Kamil
Arnott, Jonathan W	0-1	Lyth, John D
Gayson, Peter M	0-1	Dobson, Graham
Burnett, Jim	1-0	Newton, Robert A
Shaw, Peter	0-1	Hymer, Barry

Manchester Manticores 4	2-3	Bradford DCA Knights B
Lonsdale, Jon I	½-½	Johnson, Paul A
Gawne, Martin	0-1	Dean, Robert A
Jones, Neil T	½-½	Winter, Kevin
Pardoe, David	0-1	Adam, David W
Wilson, Jeff	0-1	Braham, Peter
Norris, Michael J	1-d	default
	-1
Jorvik	4-2	Bolton & Worsley
White, Mark W	0-1	Surtees, Mike J
Hodge, Steve R	½-½	Sakic, Lorand
Cowan, Richard M	1-0	Harman, George
Anderson, Paul W	½-½	Doherty, Paul
Flint, Martina	1-0	Lamb, Ian
Andrews, Norman G	1-0	Moan, Francis E