Individual Championship
The Southampton Individual tournament was an all play all competition featuring five players and was won by Fraser McLeod with three wins from his four games. Fraser’s only loss was to Winchester’s Lukasz Piecha for whom it represented his only win of the competition.
Mid Season break rejected.
Board defaults
Another proposal that was defeated was an idea that a board defaulted on the night should be recorded as 0-0 if the player’s listed opponent is subsequently found to be ineligible for the team they represent.
A working party has been set up to look at lengthy proposals provided by Martin Buckley of Hamble chess club.