4th SCCU London Club Championship

Held 21 June 2025, at St Luke’s Church in Kidderpore Avenue, NW3, the 4th SCCU London Club Championship was a 4-board Rapid team tournament over six rounds, Swiss pairing. There were three sections: Major (U2100), Intermedate (U1850) and Minor (U1600).

The Major, however, did not have enough entries to play as a Swiss so, we assume, was played with individual “Jamboree” pairings. We were, however, able to meet up with former Wanstead member John Duggan, playing for Beckenham & Bromley. And among the other Major entrants, current Wanstead member John Hodgson, playing for Streatham.

The Intermediate

Once again we entered two teams “Dynamoes” and “Cavaliers” of near-equal strength: Dynamoes 1846, Cavaliers 1844 seeded 1st and 2nd in the U1850 section. The last round pairing between the two was an emphatic win by the Cavaliers, 3½-½.

Cavaliers finished =3rd on 8 points, with Dynamoes 7th on 6 points.

The Minor

Two Wanstead teams graced the Minor (U1600), “All Stars” 1568 and “Warriors” 1404. These two teams met in Round 1 and shared the points 2-2.

All Starts finished 3rd on 8 points, Warriors 7th on 7 points.

All points scored count towards the John Philpott Trophy for 2025-26.

Links: Tournament results | Brendan O’Gorman’s pictures

Dynamoes
Round 1   Wanstead Dynamos Rtg v   Crowborough 1 Rtg
1 Cawdery, John 2038 1-0 Fryer, David W 1908
2 Murrell, Mark R A 1864 0-1 Freeman, Luke 1888
3 Staniland, Philip 1777 1-0 Currah, Elena 1617
4 Lataille, Matthias 1706 0-1 Blythe, Douglas 1589
      2-2    
           
Round 2   DHSS 1 Rtg v   Wanstead Dynamos Rtg
1 Sherwood, Chris C 1996 ½-½ Cawdery, John 2038
2 Cook, Gary 1827 ½-½ Murrell, Mark R A 1864
3 Carlucci, Paul A 1743 1-0 Staniland, Philip 1777
4 Harper, V Ray 1605 0-1 Lataille, Matthias 1706
      2-2    
           
Round 3   Wanstead Dynamos Rtg v   Richmond & Twickenham 2 Rtg
1 Cawdery, John 2038 1-0 Armstrong, Alastair 1932
2 Murrell, Mark R A 1864 1-0 Soriano, Pablo 1749
3 Staniland, Philip 1777 0-1 Low, Sampson E D 1712
4 Lataille, Matthias 1706 1-0 Milligan, George 1550
      3-1    
           
Round 4   Streatham & Brixton 2 Rtg v   Wanstead Dynamos Rtg
1 Ponting, Andrew 1989 ½-½ Cawdery, John 2038
2 Hall, Antony C 1906 0-1 Murrell, Mark R A 1864
3 Romeril, Alan P 1744 0-1 Staniland, Philip 1777
4 Ritchie, Paul 1641 ½-½ Lataille, Matthias 1706
      1-3    
           
Round 5   Wanstead Dynamos Rtg v   Hatch End Rtg
1 Cawdery, John 2038 0-1 Jhooti, Sab 1898
2 Murrell, Mark R A 1864 0-1 Breed, Greg J 1890
3 Staniland, Philip 1777 ½-½ Hayali, Laith 1817
4 Lataille, Matthias 1706 ½-½ Irani, Cherag 1772
      1-3    
           
Round 6   Wanstead Cavaliers Rtg v   Wanstead Dynamos Rtg
1 Spearman, David 2040 ½-½ Cawdery, John 2038
2 Hunnable, Ian D 1907 1-0 Murrell, Mark R A 1864
3 Karacsony, Istvan 1806 1-0 Staniland, Philip 1777
4 Nickals, Peter A 1622 1-0 Lataille, Matthias 1706
      3½-½    
Cavaliers
Round 1   Wanstead Cavaliers Rtg v   Richmond & Twickenham 2 Rtg
1 Spearman, David 2040 1-0 Armstrong, Alastair 1932
2 Hunnable, Ian D 1907 1-0 Soriano, Pablo 1749
3 Karacsony, Istvan 1806 0-1 Low, Sampson E D 1712
4 Nickals, Peter A 1622 1-0 Milligan, George 1550
      3-1    
           
Round 2   Streatham & Brixton 2 Rtg v   Wanstead Cavaliers Rtg
1 Ponting, Andrew 1989 1-0 Spearman, David 2040
2 Hall, Antony C 1906 ½-½ Hunnable, Ian D 1907
3 Romeril, Alan P 1744 1-0 Karacsony, Istvan 1806
4 Bernard, Chris P J 1654 1-0 Nickals, Peter A 1622
      3½-½    
           
Round 3   HMRC Croydon Rtg v   Wanstead Cavaliers Rtg
1 Cole, Vivian J 1972 ½-½ Spearman, David 2040
2 Rubin, Marcus 1631 1-0 Hunnable, Ian D 1907
3 Punnett, Alexander 1500 1-0 Karacsony, Istvan 1806
4 Stehr, Jordan 0 0-1 Nickals, Peter A 1622
      2½-1½    
           
Round 4   Wanstead Cavaliers Rtg v   Beckenham & Bromley 2 Rtg
1 Spearman, David 2040 1-0 Batchelor, Roy 1853
2 Hunnable, Ian D 1907 ½-½ Sands, Alan V H 1872
3 Karacsony, Istvan 1806 ½-½ Brown, John 1730
4 Nickals, Peter A 1622 ½-½ Padovan, Rudy 1603
      2½-1½    
           
Round 5   Barnet Juniors 2 Rtg v   Wanstead Cavaliers Rtg
1 Hazell, Peter 1848 0-1 Spearman, David 2040
2 Dean, Eskander 1743 0-1 Hunnable, Ian D 1907
3 Barbier-Ramaiah, Rohan Theo 1613 0-1 Karacsony, Istvan 1806
4 Bhattacharya, Cali 1530 ½-½ Nickals, Peter A 1622
      ½-3½    
           
           
Round 6   Wanstead Cavaliers Rtg v   Wanstead Dynamos Rtg
1 Spearman, David 2040 ½-½ Cawdery, John 2038
2 Hunnable, Ian D 1907 1-0 Murrell, Mark R A 1864
3 Karacsony, Istvan 1806 1-0 Staniland, Philip 1777
4 Nickals, Peter A 1622 1-0 Lataille, Matthias 1706
      3½-½    
All Stars
Round 1   Wanstead All Stars Rtg v   Wanstead Warriors Rtg
1 Gopikrishna, Ashwin 1736 1-0 Harte, Ben 1655
2 Colclough, Ryan 1696 1-0 Cawdery, Mary 1361
3 Smith, David 1438 0-1 Chu, Ray 1300
4 White, Nigel 1375 0-1 Narula, Reyaansh 1300
      2-2    
           
Round 2   Treasury Rtg v   Wanstead All Stars Rtg
1 Clenshaw, John 1601 ½-½ Gopikrishna, Ashwin 1736
2 Glanvile, Nicholas 1600 0-1 Colclough, Ryan 1696
3 Furst, Edward 1400 1-0 Smith, David 1438
4 Silvester, Paul 1307 1-0 White, Nigel 1375
      2½-1½    
           
Round 3   Medway Juniors Rtg v   Wanstead All Stars Rtg
1 Mollarecep, Ahmed Kerim 1300 0-1 Gopikrishna, Ashwin 1736
2 Xia, Jayden 1300 0-1 Colclough, Ryan 1696
3 Sahota, Dhara 1400 ½-½ Smith, David 1438
4 Mackojc, Nikodem 1300 0-1 White, Nigel 1375
      ½-3½    
           
Round 4   Wanstead All Stars Rtg v   Southend 2 Rtg
1 Colclough, Ryan 1696 ½-½ Duke, Taylor 1637
2 Smith, David 1438 ½-½ Ruppert, David 1636
3 Mcdonnell Bond, Alex 1400 1-0 King, David 1469
4 White, Nigel 1375 0-1 Wakeling, Robert 1488
      2-2    
           
Round 5   Epsom 3 Rtg v   Wanstead All Stars Rtg
1 Wickham, Michael 1619 0-1 Colclough, Ryan 1696
2 Razhnova, Aryna 1500 0-1 Smith, David 1438
3 Flewellen, David 1412 1-0 Mcdonnell Bond, Alex 1400
4 Keen, Leia 1300 0-1 White, Nigel 1375
      1-3    
           
           
Round 6   Wanstead All Stars Rtg v   Greater London 2 Rtg
1 Colclough, Ryan 1696 0-1 Baisakalov, Sanzhar 1679
2 Smith, David 1438 1-0 Santos, Michael 1486
3 Mcdonnell Bond, Alex 1400 1-0 Scott, Martin 1226
4 White, Nigel 1375 1d0 Default 0
      3-1    

 

Warriors
Round 1   Wanstead All Stars Rtg v   Wanstead Warriors Rtg
1 Gopikrishna, Ashwin 1736 1-0 Harte, Ben 1655
2 Colclough, Ryan 1696 1-0 Cawdery, Mary 1361
3 Smith, David 1438 0-1 Chu, Ray 1300
4 White, Nigel 1375 0-1 Narula, Reyaansh 1300
      2-2    
           
Round 2   Wanstead Warriors Rtg v   Southend 1 Rtg
1 Harte, Ben 1655 1-0 Newton, Colin M 1732
2 Cawdery, Mary 1361 1-0 Middleton, Ben 1657
3 Chu, Ray 1300 1-0 Lacey, Nick J 1573
4 Narula, Reyaansh 1300 0-1 Emdon, Joshua 1300
      3-1    
           
Round 3   Wanstead Warriors Rtg v   DHSS 2 Rtg
1 Harte, Ben 1655 1-0 Brockwell, Lee 1610
2 Cawdery, Mary 1361 0-1 Thorp, Toby 1557
3 Chu, Ray 1300 1-0 Ashley, Mark S 1447
4 Narula, Reyaansh 1300 0-1 Neanor, Joe J 1300
      2-2    
           
Round 4   British Bangla 3 Rtg v   Wanstead Warriors Rtg
1 Okusanya, Tobi 1875 1-0 Harte, Ben 1655
2 Mugalu, Hassan 1741 1-0 Cawdery, Mary 1361
3 Choudhury, Dorbesh 1482 0-1 Chu, Ray 1300
4 Hasan, Abu 1300 0-1 Narula, Reyaansh 1300
      2-2    
           
Round 5   Wanstead Warriors Rtg v   Streatham & Brixton 3 Rtg
1 Harte, Ben 1655 0-1 Sopocko, Austin 1656
2 Cawdery, Mary 1361 0-1 Tillett, Richard 1505
3 Chu, Ray 1300 0-1 Mospan, Edward 1404
4 Narula, Reyaansh 1300 0-1 Mayers, Tom 1391
      0-4    
           
           
Round 6   Crowborough 2 Rtg v   Wanstead Warriors Rtg
1 Finlay, Liam 1500 1-0 Harte, Ben 1655
2 Misquita Rodrigues, Raul 1300 0-1 Cawdery, Mary 1361
3 Prasanna, Arjun 1300 0-1 Chu, Ray 1300
4 Manoj, Smrithi 1300 ½-½ Narula, Reyaansh 1300
      1½-2½