We’re off and running with the first match of the new season.

We have an experimental team in the Centenary Trophy (Division 4 of the Surrey League) designed mainly to provide competitive chess for some of our newer members and get them on the grading list.

Huw Williams reports:

“We have played our first match tonight against strong opposition. Nearly all of us were out gunned by 30 or more points. However we only lost 4 -2. A good win by Colin and halves for Masoud and Huw. Well played Andreas and Paul on your first competitive matches and another thumbs up to Julian.”

	Epsom 1		Richmond
1	Robert Hamilton 175	½:½	Masoud Molazadeh 126
2	Marcus Gosling 164	1:0	Andreas Maroulis –
3	Graham Alcock 148	1:0	Paul Evans –
4	Michael Wickham 135	0:1	Colin Dailley 106
5	Ravi Sharma 134	½:½	Huw Williams 97
6	Brian Skinner 126	1:0	Julian Bedale 62
		4:2

 

I’d like to add my congratulations to Colin, Masoud and Huw on their outstanding results, and to Andreas and Paul on their first competitive games against strong opposition.