We had four Thames Valley League teams in action this week, with two wins and two defeats to report.

Our B team opened their Division 2 campaign away to Hounslow A.

An excellent start to the season, with a convincing win against a team with a comparable average rating. Congratulations to Raghu (a great win with Black against a strong opponent), Sampson and Jon (welcome back!) and welcome also to Matt on his Richmond debut.

Last week our C team beat our D team 6-0 in Division 3, but this time the result was reversed.

Well done to all the winners!

Our A team will find it tough in Division 1 without Gavin, and so it turned out in our first match away to Hammersmith.

Hammersmith fielded a strong team with a couple of new names on boards 1 and 3. Mike had a brilliant result on top board, but overall they were just too strong for us.

If you know anyone rated 2000+ interested in joining our Thames Valley and/or London League team this season, please do put them in touch!

Thanks to all for playing, and, as always, especially for our match captains.