Chichester C scored a win at home to Fareham and move to a joint 1st place in Division 3 of the Portsmouth & District Chess League. Emsworth joined Chichester at the top after their away win against Fareham. Also in 1st place but third on a tie-break is Portsmouth as the top three teams open a 4 point gap to 4th place.
However, it was not all good news this week for Portsmouth teams as Cosham defeated them in their Cole Cup match, wins for Cosham were scored by Cordner, Smith and Hamilton.
Division 3 Round 5
Chichester C 3½-1½ Fareham C
1.C.Squires 1-0 R.Davies
2.A.Miller 1-0 K.White
3.T.Bigwood 0-1 J.Craig
4.T.Howeson 1-0 B.Chant
5.D.Close ½ A.Thomas
Fareham D ½-4½ Emsworth C
1.R.Davies ½ Z.Zagonyi
2.S.Eva 0-1 P.Pinto
3.K.White 0-1 N.Parekh
4.D.Anderson 0-1 D.Cook
5.A.Krajewski 0-1 A.Parker
Division 3 | P | W | D | L | Gs | Pts | |
1= | Chichester C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
1= | Emsworth C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 6 |
3 | Portsmouth C | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 12½ | 6 |
4 | Fareham C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 2 |
5 | Fareham D | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5½ | 0 |
Cole Plate Round 2
Cosham 3½-1½ Portsmouth B
1.D.A.Cordner 1-0 default
2.A.D.Smith 1-0 P.Eyles
3.G.Feltham 0-1 J.Kermode
4.M.Hamilton 1-0 B.V.Cochran
5.S.D.LeFevre ½ A.Bucchi
Portsmouth & District Chess League news kindly provided by John Wheeler. The Portsmouth & District Chess League website has further information, results and competition tables at http://portsmouthchessleague.uk/