In division 5 of the Southampton Chess League Chandlers Ford D whitewashed Chandlers Ford C. Two of Chandlers Ford C’s strongest players Peter Eales and Manoj Chandar were unavailable, while the D team were virtually at full strength. On the same night at the Chandlers Ford club four additional games were played for grading purposes only and a photo has been taken of the evening’s chess.

It has generally been a good week for away teams with Hamble winning the top of the table match against Fareham thanks to wins on the bottom two boards, in division 2 Salisbury A’s victory over Ringwood B has moved them to the top of division 2, while Andover A increased their lead at the top of division 3 with a victory against their nearest rivals Salisbury B. The match between Winchester C and Andover B finished all square at 2-2.

Results

Division 1
Fareham A 1.5 Hamble A 3.5 (A Corkett 0.5 J Wilson 0.5, K Gregory 0.5 M Buckley 0.5, R Marsh 0.5 J Wilkinson 0.5, A Williams 0 K Eyles 1, E Black 0 M Krawczuk 1)

Division 2
Ringwood B 1.5 Salisbury A 3.5 (M Clancy 0 S Piper 1, R Ursell 0 A Cooper 1, A Ursell 0 A Manning 1, R Halse 1 A Jones 0, T Weir 0.5 R Wright 0.5)

Division 3
Salisbury B 2 Andover A 3 (T Rusin 0 S Knox 1, S Redmill 0 TGray 1, J Wiseman 0.5 S Cartridge 0.5,; C Luther 1 K Steele; 0, . M Coldwell 0.5 J Littleworth; 0.5)

Division 4
Winchester C 2 Andover B 2 (G Payne 0.5 G Stonham 0.5, J Schonenberger 0.5 I Mackie 0.5, B White 0 A Dinkele 1, S Rebdi 1 W Jackson 0)

Chandlers Ford C 0 Chandlers Ford D 4 (Maha Chandar 0 J Daas 1, D Creasey 0 R Bird 1, K Lamb 0 – R Sims 1, S Saunders 0 N George 1)