Southampton League Results

Michael Blake

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Southern Daily Echo

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 good 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, although in Division 4 Chandlers Ford B followed with a comfortable win against Andover B in Division 4.

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 2
Fareham A 2.5 Southampton B 2.5
(K Gregory 0.5 D Cordner 0.5, R Marsh 0,5 G Jones 0.5, J Coburn 0.5 R Williams 0.5, E Black 0.5 G Moore 0.5, C Couch 0,5 J Wiseman 0.5)

Winchester A 1 Basingstoke A 4
(J Jimenez Capilla 0 S Jones 1, L Piecha 1 I Stipcevic 0 A Dyos 0 D Graham 1, R Atkins 0 J Chilton 1, M White 0 E Smith 1),

Division 4
Chandlers Ford B 3.5 Andover B 0.5
(R Meredith 0.5 G Hymas 0.5, S Murphy 1 G Stonham 0, N George 1 T Meldrum 0, A Chivers 1 A Armstrong 0)

Division 5
Basingstoke C 3 Chandlers Ford C 1
(A Bontigao 1 M Henbury 0, A Archibald 1 K Lamb 0, A Matthews 1 R Strachan 0, A Smith 0 R Saunders 1) game for grading purposes only S Bhatt 1 S Saunders 0);

Ringwood C 1.5 Southampton D 2.5
(R Halse 0 D Murchie 1, A Wykes 0 T Hutchins 1, D Sturmey 0.5 S Lawrence 0.5, C Grant 1 P Chinkin 0)

Article kindly provided by Malcolm Clarke and appears in the Southern Daily Echo for Saturday 27th January.