Last week’s results in detail.

We had three Thames Valley League matches last Tuesday. The A team scored an impressive 6-0 victory against a weakened and incomplete Surbiton A team.

1. Gavin Wall (2281) 1:0 David Scott (2092)
2. Mike Healey (2205) 1:0 Angus James (2000)
3. Maxim Dunn (2006) 1:0 Nick Faulks (1958)
4. Andrew Hebron (1958) 1:0 Paul Dupré (1993)
5. Chris Baker (1950) 1:0 Graham Alcock (1767)
6. Walk Over 1:0 Default

Well played everyone! Here’s Mike’s game. Click on any move for a pop-up window.

Our C team had an important match against Harrow, and they were also successful, coming away with a 4-2 win.

1. Jack Thompson (-) 0:1 Clive Heidrich (1733)
2. Adrian Waldock (1705) ½:½ Mary Helen Deans (1676)
3. George Milligan (1552) 1:0 Edward Poynton (1569)
4. Viorel Scobioala (-) 1:0 David Stott (1447)
5. Christos Venetis (-) 1:0 Jennifer Goldsmith (1438)
6. Ron Bilkhu (1319) ½:½ Phil Humphry (1396)

Congratulations to George, Viorel and Christos on their wins. We have one match to come, at home to Maidenhead B, who seem best place to win Division 3, on 2 May. Second place looks too close to call between Staines and ourselves.

Also in Division 3, Richmond D were outgraded by Ealing C on boards 3-6, going down by 2 points to 4.

1. Alex Shard (1756) 1:0 Jason Obihara (1776)
2. Barry Sutton (1620) 0:1 Tony Braine (1627)
3. George Dokic (1376) 0:1 Subas Subbaraj (1489)
4. Laurie Catling (1359) ½:½ Trevor Bates (1553)
5. Julian Bedale (1128) ½:½ David Websdale (1456)
6. Ken Broadley (1038) 0:1 Andy Glass (1382)

An impressive win for Alex, and great draws from Laurie and Julian against much higher rated opposition.

On Thursday our London League team were in action against Hammersmith 1. Unfortunately, we were well below full strength in this match.

1. Alex Browning (-) 0:1 Gavin Wall (2311)
2. Marco Gallana (2327) 0:1 David Maycock (2336)
3. Ali Hill (2266) 1:0 Caspar Bates (2133)
4. Carsten Pedersen (2213) 1:0 John Bass (1961)
5. Chris Skulte (2105) ½:½ Martin Benjamin (2043)
6. Bajrush Kelmendi (2066) 1:0 Maks Gajowniczek (1800)
7. Luke Lao (-) 1:0 Sampson Low (1827)
8. Harry Bryant (1678) 1:0 Pablo Soriano (1790)

Well done to Gavin and David for their wins, and to Martin for his draw.

Thanks to everyone for playing in these matches, and thanks especially to our captains for getting the teams together.

If you’ve played any interesting games recently, do please send them in for publication.