I’m pleased to report that we have now had two very successful evenings of chess at our new venue, the Cumberland Club!
On 7th April, we had a well-attended evening of social chess, with several new people turning up, which was great to see: interest in chess clubs still seems to be riding high!
On 14th April, we had our first Middlesex League match at the Cumberland, with Hendon 3 facing off against Harrow 2. (Our first team was originally scheduled to play Hackney on the 14th as well, but that match is being rescheduled, as Hackney couldn’t raise a team so close to Easter.)
| Hendon 3 | Hendon 3 | Harrow 2 | Harrow 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kent, Anthony R | 1767 | 0 - 1 | Patel, Rishi | 2024 | ||
| 2 | Tom Garcia | 1511 | 0 - 1 | Dhemrait, Jagdeep | 1948 | ||
| 3 | Kapur, Gul | 1483 | 1 - 0 | Lyons, James | 1710 | ||
| 4 | Jacobs, Stanley G | 1397 | 0 - 1 | Ivan, Austin | 1728 | ||
| 5 | Maximo Pollack | 1232 | 0 - 1 | Dhemrait, Surjit S | 1593 | ||
| 6 | Engelaityte, Evelina | ~1000 | 0 - 1 | Sivanandan, Bodhana | 1561 | ||
| 1 - 5 | |||||||
The Hendon 3 match saw two players (Tom and Max) making their Middlesex League debuts for Hendon in this match, which was great to see. However, Harrow 2 are one of the strongest teams in the division, with the lowest match-points-dropped so far; they brought a strong team, and ran out comfortable winners.
Many thanks to all who played! Hendon 3 has only one more match remaining this season, at home against Hammersmith 4 on 26th May.
The new venue seems to be working very well, and we look forward to many more successful events here in the future!