Sadly, Richmond E were unable to raise a team for Monday’s match, so were forced to concede against Kingston C. It’s been difficult this week due to a combination of bad weather and Christmas holidays.

Our London League team had an important match against Cavendish 1 on Thursday. The teams were evenly matched on paper, and we were gifted a point when one of their players failed to turn up, but, beyond that, things didn’t go our way, with our opponents’ two grandmasters both winning their games.

1. Jonathan Parker (2466) 1:0 Conor Murphy (2537)
2. William Watson (2373) 1:0 David Maycock (2336)
3. Default 0:1 Gavin Wall (2311)
4. Peter Finn (2175) 1:0 Mike Healey (2250)
5. Gary Kenworthy (2169) 0:1 Andreas Wetscherek (2095)
6. Jeff Goldberg (2136) 1:0 Caspar Bates (2133)
7. Alan Scrimgour (2014) ½:½ John Bass (1961)
8. Howard Waterman (1906) ½:½ Chris Baker (1956)

Thanks to all for playing and congratulations to Andreas!