Former police officer Alfred “Eddy” Edmonds has died at the age of 85. He was a strong chess player and was involved with the Woolston, Issoniams and Sarisbury chess clubs.
In the Southampton Chess League, Southampton A progressed to the next round of the Robertson Plate with a 3.5-1.5 win against Chandlers Ford A despite goof performances by the two Chandlers Ford bottom boards.
Basingstoke C became the first team to win a home league match in 2018 when they moved to the top of Division 5 when they beat Chandlers Ford C 3-1 despite Rose Saunders winning on board 4 for the visitors.
Results
ROBERTSON PLATE
Chandlers Ford A 1,5 Southampton A 3.5
(D Holmes 0 F McLeod 1, G Stuart 0 G Jones 1, R Meredith 0 D Tarantino 1, S Murphy 0,5 T Chapman 0.5, K Lamb 1 D Agostinelli 0)
DIVISION 5
Basingstoke C 3 Chandlers Ford C 1
DIVISION 5 | P | W | D | L | F | A | Pts |
Basingstoke C | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12.5 | 7.5 | 7 |
Southampton D | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 5 |
Ringwood C | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 |
Winchester C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5.5 | 10.5 | 2 |
Chandlers Ford C | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 |
Article kindly provided by Malcolm Clarke and appears in the Southern Daily Echo for Saturday 20th January.