The 3rd and 4throunds of the 2019-20 Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) took place over the weekend of 11th & 12th January 2019. For sub-divisions of Divisions 3 and 4 this was the second weekend of play, but for higher divisions this was the first weekend, as their rounds 1 & 2 got postponed until 29th February & 1st March.

Divisions 1 & 2 played at the Mercure Daventry Court Hotel and Spa, Sedgemoor Way, Daventry, NN11 0SG.

Division 3 North played at the Mercure Bolton Georgian House, Manchester Rd, Blackrod, Bolton, BL6 5RU.

The “White Rose” teams are now sponsored by Chessable (see White Rose Sponsorship), which is reflected in their names.

Yorkshire-based teams participating were:

in Division 1a	Chessable White Rose 1
in Division 2a	Chessable White Rose 2
in Division 3 North	Bradford DCA Knights A
	Bradford DCA Knights B
	Bradford DCA Knights C
	Euwe's North Sea Tigers
	Jorvik

Of the first weekend’s participants, neither Bradford DCA Knights C nor Shropshire 2 participated in the second weekend, but this was a withdrawal for the one weekend. (They reappeared in the next round!)

A number of the Division 3N teams include players from outside the geographical scope implied by the team name, drawing on players from other Yorkshire clubs.

Division 1 games were broadcast live on chess24.com, piped into the 4NCL website.

First-named team in each match had White on 1, thereafter alternating colours down the team. Matches on the left were played on the Saturday, and those on the right on Sunday.

Division 1a

Spirit of Atticus A	3½‑4½	Chessable White Rose 1	Chessable White Rose 1	3-5	Wood Green
Macklin, Paul	1‑0	McNab, Colin A	McNab, Colin A	0-1	Speelman, Jon S
Lund, D Brett	1‑0	Schneider, Dmitry	Schneider, Dmitry	0-1	Harvey, Marcus R
House, Glenn L	0-1	Wells, Peter K	Wells, Peter K	0‑1	Haria, Ravi
Mitchell, Martin	0-1	Camacho Collados, Jose	Palliser, Richard J D	½‑½	McPhillips, Joseph
Carleton, John J	0-1	Palliser, Richard J D	Camacho Collados, Jose	1-0	Greet, Andrew N
Ivell, Nicholas W	0-1	Chow, Samuel	Chow, Samuel	½‑½	Houska, Jovanka
Jackson, Sheila	1-0	Townsend, M Paul	Townsend, M Paul	1-0	Taylor, Adam C
Latham, David	½-½	Sučikova, Svetlana	Sučikova, Svetlana	0-1	McDonald, Neil

Division 2a

West is Best 1	5-3	Chessable White Rose 2	Chessable White Rose 2	3½‑4½	The ADs
Rudd, Jack	1-0	Weller, Jean-Luc	Weller, Jean-Luc	½‑½	Baker, Chris W
Blackburn, Jonathan L B	½‑½	Gayson, Peter M	Gayson, Peter M	0‑1	Richardson, John R
Cooper, John G	1-0	Arnott, Jonathan W	Arnott, Jonathan W	½-½	Snape, Ian L
Jones, Steven A	½‑½	Shaw, Peter	Shaw, Peter	1-0	Duggan, John E
Kett, Tim	½‑½	Burnett, Jim	Burnett, Jim	½-½	Tombolis, Christopher
Zeidler, Sven P.	½-½	Lewyk, Ihor	Lewyk, Ihor	½-½	Bellin, Jana M
Phillips, Roy	0-1	Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard	Chan, Sheng Liang Bernard	½-½	Hylands, Liam M
Davies, Merlin	1-0	Parkhouse, Max	Parkhouse, Max	0-1	Walsh, Marcus

Division 3 North

Bradford DCA Knights A	3-3	Manchester Manticores 3	J'Adoube 1	3-3	Bradford DCA Knights A
Watson, Phil R	1-0	Collins, Richard A	Boswell, Jacob Connor	1-0	Watson, Phil R
Bak, Christopher	1-0	Tyton, Adam	Bennett, Patrick	0-1	Bak, Christopher
Bak, Andrew	½-½	Trueman, Glenn	Turner, John M	1-0	Ther, Mate
Jennings, Roger W	½-½	Livesey, R Nigel	Doran, Chris	0-1	Jennings, Roger W
Baxter, Harold	0-1	Jones, Neil T	Edwards, Simon R	0-1	Bak, Andrew
Patrick, David A	0-1	Gawne, Martin	Floresc, Petru	1-0	Patrick, David A

3Cs 2	4-2	Bradford DCA Knights B	Bradford DCA Knights B	1½-3½	Manchester Manticores 2
Rita, Joao	½-½	Johnson, Paul A	Johnson, Paul A	0-1	Rawlinson, Aidan M
Adams, Philip	½-½	Bramson, Mike	Baxter, Harold	½-½	Lyth, John D
Burton, Graham P	1-0	Winter, Kevin	Winter, Kevin	1-0	Hymer, Barry
Hazlehurst, Cory S	½-½	Braham, Peter	Bramson, Mike	1-0	Collins, Richard A
Ye, Kevin	1-0	Tait, Bill	Adam, David W	0-1	Reed, John
Ahmed, Helal	½-½	Ibbitson, Anthony	default	(‑1)-1	Hilton, Tim

Bolton & Worsley	4½‑½	Jorvik	Jorvik	2½‑3½	Shropshire 1
Surtees, Mike J	1-0	Carpenter, Martin	Carpenter, Martin	0-1	Whyte, Brian G
Sakic, Lorand	½-½	Hodge, Steve R	Hodge, Steve R	0-1	Paul, Nathanael
Scoular, Adam	½-½	Flint, Martina	Turner, Tim M	½-½	Jamieson, Ian
Lamb, Ian	1-0	Anderson, Paul W	Flint, Martina	1-0	Bryant, Richard B E
Busznyak, Arpad	½-½	Andrews, Norman G	Anderson, Paul W	1-0	Higgie, Charles L
Doherty, Paul	1‑(‑1)	default	Andrews, Norman G	0-1	Lewis, Christopher D

Euwe's North Sea Tigers	3-3	J'Adoube 1	Manx Liberty 2	2½-2½	Euwe's North Sea Tigers
Gardiner, Eric D	1-0	Boswell, Jacob Connor	Haslinger, Gareth J	½-½	Gardiner, Eric D
Collinson, Mark I	½-½	Bennett, Patrick	Akeya-Price, Robert	0-1	Collinson, Mark I
Vleeshhouwer, Douglas	0-1	Turner, John M	Thoday, Francis	0-1	Vleeshhouwer, Douglas
Stephenson, David W	1-0	Doran, Chris	Miah, Zahed	1-0	Stephenson, David W
Varley, Joe	½-½	Edwards, Simon R	Haslinger, J Mike	0-1	Varley, Joe
Kakarparthi, Vijay	0-1	Floresc, Petru	Costello, John	1‑(‑1)	default