This year’s 7-round club championship is shaping up to be as strong as last year’s. In Round 1, all the games were decisive and went with seeding.
| White | Black | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eden, Tomer | 203 | 1 - 0 | Iwi, David | 161 |
| 2 | Kamath, Vikram | - | 0 - 1 | Warman, Simon M | 196 |
| 3 | Raoof, Adam N | 188 | 1 - 0 | Sabin, Frank | 146 |
| 4 | Pattni, Kishan | 133 | 0 - 1 | Bennett, Michael K | 178 |
| 5 | Kennedy, Craig | 178 | 1 - 0 | Ainscow, Faye | 128 |
| 6 | Lennard, Graeme | 119 | 0 - 1 | Dragomir, Ionica | - |
| 7 | Kent, Anthony R | 174 | 1 - 0 | Cooper, John | - |
| 8 | Pliskin, Raymond | 98 | 0 - 1 | Landau, Jonathan | 164 |
| 9 | Jordan, Tom | - | 1 - 0 | Ikuomola, Parris | - |
Provisional top pairings for Round 2 (unless any of the players below tell Adam they want a bye):
Our championship will be graded by Norman Went of Docklands Rapidplay (https://www.spanglefish.com/docklandschessclub/news.asp) – thanks Norman! Norman and yElena also do the excellent refreshments at our regular Golders Green Rapidplay.