Central London League 2025-26

Having won Division 3 last season, the Club has accepted an invitation of promotion to Division 2 for 2025-26. The Club started life in the Central London League in Division 2, so this is a welcome return. In addition, the Club will again enter Division 4.

In the tabbed display below, select the team tab along the top, then the individual matches for that team down the left.

Team Captains:

1st Team – Matthias Lataille

2nd Team – Krishna Raikundalia

To contact either Matthias or Krishna use the Contact Form from the main menu above and select ‘Cent. London League 1st Team Captain’ or ‘…2nd Team Captain’ from the dropdown as the person to contact.

Venue – all matches played at: Churchill Gardens Tenants Association, Glasgow Terrace, Pimlico, London SW1V 3AL
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Match cards

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Division 2
 Date Result Home Team Score Away Team
Thu 18 Sep 2025 Drew Wanstead 1 2½–2½ Railsport
Thu 25 Sep 2025 Drew Battersea2 2½–2½ Wanstead 1
Thu 16 Oct 2025 Lost Battersea 1 3½–1½ Wanstead 1
Thu 30 Oct 2025 Lost Pimlico 3 3½–1½ Wanstead 1
Thu 27 Nov 2025 Won by forfeit Wanstead 1 5d0 Hammersmith 2
Thu 18 Dec 2025 Drew Wanstead 1 2½–2½ Battersea 1
Thu 15 Jan 2026 Won Hammersmith 2 2–3 Wanstead 1
Thu 29 Jan 2026 Lost Railsport 4–1 Wanstead 1
Thu 12 Feb 2026 Lost Hammersmith 1 4½–½ Wanstead 1
Thu 5 Mar 2026 Drew Wanstead 1 2½–2½ Battersea 2
Thu 9 Apr 2026   Wanstead 1 Hammersmith 1
Thu 14 May 2026   Wanstead 1 Pimlico 3

Home and Away doesn’t mean a lot in this League; the games are played at a central venue in Pimlico.

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Player Stats
 Central London Lge D2 at 05 Mar 2026 Rtg P W D L Pts %
John Hodgson 2036 7 3 3 1 64.29
Ian Hunnable 1833 8 2 3 3 43.75
Mark Murrell 1860 6 1 2 3 2 33.33
David Spearman 2072 7 2 0 5 2 28.57
Matthias Lataille 1824 7 0 3 4 21.43
Ryan Colclough 1714 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Ashwin GopiKrishna 1836 2 1 0 1 1 50.00
Peter Nickals 1711 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Daniel Gyi 1880 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Alex Collyer 1832 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Andy Swales 1898 2 0 1 1 ½ 25.00
Walkover 0 5 5 0 0 5 100.00
Default 0 2 0 0 2 0 0.00
               
 13 Players   50 15 15 20 22½ 45.00
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Played on Thursday, 18 September 2025, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 1 v Railsport
1 Spearman, David (2072) (W) 1d0 Default (Jeff Boardman – 2052) (B)
2 Hodgson, John H (2036) ½-½ Taylor, Will (2036)
3 Hunnable, Ian D (1833) 0-1 Lee, Anthony KH (1985)
4 Lataille, Matthias (1824) ½-½ Bass, John W (1916)
5 Nickals, Peter (1711) ½-½ Eldridge, Peter W (1790)
  Average: 1895 2½-2½ Average: 1956 (5 boards)
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Played on Thursday, 25 September 2025, at Pimlico
  Battersea 2 v Wanstead 1
1 Farrand, Tom (2151) (B) 1-0 Spearman, David (2072) (W)
2 Ashby, Tony (2010) 0-1 Hodgson, John H (2036)
3 MacNeil, Elliott CM (1987) ½-½ Murrell, Mark RA (1860)
4 Abouchakra, Ibrahim (1742) 0-1 Hunnable, Ian D (1833)
5 Meric, Caglar (1743) 1-0 Lataille, Matthias (1824)
  Average: 1927 2½-2½ Average: 1925

Battersea 2 go by the team name of Battersea Galacticos in the league table, but were given as Batterasea 2 in the original fixtures list and it fits better in this tab layout, so we shall stick with that name. They beat Battersea 1 in the first match.

Good result. Only two points between the teams on ratings. Shared top two and bottom two with Mark’s great result a piece down in the ending against a 1987 to save the match. Mark comments: “Finishing a piece down too – K v K+N. I was expecting B & N v K on increments but an opponent’s blunder led in sequence to the exchange of the B for my active N in the capture of Black’s last pawn. I had given up the B earlier for activity and complications rather than give my opponent an ending that was going to play itself. It was the third game to finish just before David, leaving boards 2 and 6 the last games in the room.”

Our other win, from John Hodgson, involved a long R & P ending, which John thought was only a draw despite his having an extra pawn. John stopped scoring at 60 moves when his clock time dipped below five minutes, but thinks they could have played 100 moves; he got the verdict in the end. A bit of trivia: we won the toss by default (Battersea captain had not appeared by the appropriate time) so we were White on odds; we scored ½/3 with White and 2/2 with Black.

Our two wins were the first and last games to finish; while Mark’s game was an important score, we were one down at 2½-1½ until John managed to scrape a win in his “drawn” R & P ending, which kept the organisers up late! Both our wins are included in the game board below.

Games

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Played on Thursday, 16 October 2025 at Pimlico
  Battersea 1 v Wanstead 1
1 Spanton, Tim (1889A) [B] 0-1 Hodgson, John H (2047A) [W]
2 Todorow, Emil (1796K) ½-½ Murrell, Mark RA (1865A)
3 Bassa, Hugo (1794A) 1-0 Lataille, Matthias (1811A)
4 Palmer, Alan H (1813K) 1d0 Default
5 Hunt, Arnold (1499K) 1d0 Default
  Average: 1758 3½-1½ Average: 1908

Severe disruption to the Central Line prevented two of our team reaching the venue. A third (reserve) player managed to reach the venue, but not before default time. The prior notification of the the two team members (original boards 1 and 4) meant that Boards 2-4 moved up one board and we defaulted on the bottom two boards. We shared the points over the boards played.

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Played on Thursday, 30 October 2025, at Pimlico
  Pimlico 3 v Wanstead 1
1 Black, Richard (2138A) [B] 1-0 Spearman, David (2068A) [W]
2 Mata, Adilson (2016K) ½-½ Hodgson, John H (2047A)
3 Davies, Neil T (1921K) 1-0 Gopikrishna, Ashwin (1836A)
4 Patel, Jadgip (1865K) ½-½ Hunnable, Ian D (1825A)
5 Robinson, James (1848A) ½-½ Lataille, Matthias (1811A)
  Average: 1958 3½-1½ Average: 1917
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To have been played on Thursday, 27 November 2025, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 1 v Hammersmith 2
1 Spearman, David (2058A) 1d0 Default
2 Hodgson, John H (2050A) 1d0 Default
3 Murrell, Mark RA (1836A) 1d0 Default
4 Hunnable, Ian D (1827A) 1d0 Default
5 Nickals, Peter (1699A) 1d0 Default
  Average: 1894 5d0  

Hammersmith advised on the day that they have failed to put a team together, and therefore had to forfeit the match.

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Played on Thursday, 18 December 2025, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 1 v Battersea 1
1 Spearman, David (2066A) [W] 0-1 Spanton, Tim (1904A) [B]
2 Hodgson, John H (2051A) 1-0 Bassa, Hugo (1829A)
3 Gopikrishna, Ashwin (1913A) 1-0 Todorow, Emil (1793K)
4 Hunnable, Ian D (1831A) ½-½ Stokes, Paul C (1755K)
5 Lataille, Matthias (1792A) 0-1 Chantrell, Paul (1783A)
  Average: 1931 2½-2½ Average: 1813

 

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Played on Thursday, 15 January 2026, at Pimlico
  Hammersmith 2 v Wanstead 1
1 Townsend, Tom (2035K) [W] ½-½ Hodgson, John H (2048A) [B]
2 Billenness, Greg (1887K) ½-½ Gyi, Daniel (1738P)
3 Bezzini, Matteo B (1878K) 1-0 Hunnable, Ian D (1828A)
4 Morgan, Richard (1845K) 0-1 Murrell, Mark RA (1797A)
5 Kennelly, Paul (1820A) 0-1 Colclough, Ryan (1751A)
  Average: 1893 2-3 Average: 1832
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Played on Thursday, 29 January 2026, at Pimlico
  Railsport v Wanstead 1
1 Boardman, Jeffrey (2071K) [B] 1-0 Hodgson, John H (2048A) [W]
2 Bass, John W (1959A) 1-0 Spearman, David (2046A)
3 Mugalu, Hassan (1866K) 1-0 Murrell, Mark RA (1797A)
4 Jackson, Paul G (1795A) ½-½ Collyer, A ()
5 Broad, Michael J (1598K) ½-½ Hunnable, Ian D (1828A)
  Average: 1858 4-1 Average: 1930
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Played on Thursday, 12 February 2026, at Pimlico
  Hammersmith 1 v Wanstead 1
1 Bryant, Harry (2222A) [W] 1-0 Spearman, David (2033A) [B]
2 Ward, Cian (2132A) 1-0 Murrell, Mark RA (1858A)
3 Niccoli, Tony (2069P) ½-½ Swales, Andrew (1854K)
4 Teslya, Sergiy (2042K) 1-0 Lataille, Matthias (1816A)
5 Brixel, Christof (2029A) 1-0 Hunnable, Ian D (1795A)
  Average: 2106  4½-½ Average: 1871
  The above Average rating is calculated on Boards 1,2,4 and 5. The average is 2099 when including the P rating. Niccoli last had a K rating of 2134K from July 2022 but does not have any rated games since then until 2026.    
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Played on Thursday, 5 March 2026, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 1 v Battersea 2
1 Spearman, David (2016A) [W] 1-0 Farrand, Tom (2155A) [B]
2 Murrell, Mark RA (1872A) 0-1 Theodoropoulos, Spyros (2095K)
3 Swales, Andrew (1866K) 0-1 Rawlinson, Christopher JA (1982K)
4 Lataille, Matthias (1814A) ½-½ Ashby, Tony (1955K)
5 Hunnable, Ian D (1793A) 1-0 Butterworth-Parr, Francis (1776K)
  Average: 1872 2½-2½ Average: 1993

Great result, out-rated by an average of 121 points per board overall and by 155 points per board over Boards 1-4.

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To be Played on Thursday, 9 April 2026, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 1 v Hammersmith 1
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To be Played on Thursday, 14 May 2026, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 1 v Pimlico 3
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Division 4
 Date Result Home Team Score Away Team
Thu 9 Oct 2025 Drew Hackney 2 2–2 Wanstead 2
Thu 23 Oct 2025 Lost Pimlico4 3–1 Wanstead 2
Thu 13 Nov 2025 Lost Streatham 3 3–1 Wanstead 2
Thu 20 Nov 2025 Lost Wanstead 2 1–3 Hammersmith 3
Thu 4 Dec 2025 Lost Wanstead 2 1–3 Kings Head 2
Thu 29 Jan 2026 Drew Wanstead 2 2–2 Streatham 3
Thu 5 Feb 2026 Won Kings Head 2 1–3 Wanstead 2
Thu 26 Feb 2026 Won Wanstead 2 3–1 Pimlico4
Thu 23 Apr 2026   Hammersmith 3 Wanstead 2
Thu 7 May 2026   Wanstead 2 Hackney 2
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Division 4
 Central London Lge D4 at 26 Feb 2026 Rtg P W D L Pts %
Nigel White 1373 5 2 1 2 50.00
Krishna Raikundalia 1572 2 2 0 0 2 100.00
Ryan Colclough 1770 2 2 0 0 2 100.00
Almas Dohon 1581 6 1 1 4 25.00
Mark Le Gassicke 1300 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Mark Murrell 1860 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Ian Hunnable 1833 1 1 0 0 1 100.00
Ben Harte 1674 2 0 2 0 1 50.00
Pete Meadows 1678 6 1 0 5 1 16.67
Keith Jones 1732 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Michael Wilson 1660 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00
Peter Nickals 1711 2 0 0 2 0 0.00
Michael Buckingham 1619 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
Alex McDonnell Bond 1391 1 0 0 1 0 0.00
               
 14 Players   32 11 6 15 14.00 43.75
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Played on Thursday, 9 October 2025, at Pimlico
  Hackney 2 v Wanstead 2
1 Kirk, Jack (1650K) 1-0 Meadows, Pete (1710A)
2 GuyKnapp Jani (1527P) ½-½ Harte, Ben (1667K)
3 Battiscombe, David (1336K) 0-1 Raikundalia, Krishna (1664K)
4 Saunois, Anthony (1192K) ½-½ Dohon, Almas (1531A)
  Average: 1426 2-2 Average: 1643
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Played on Thursday, 23 October 2025, at Pimlico
  Pimlico 4 v Wanstead 2
1 Baker, Matthew JD (1720K) [W] 1-0 Nickals, Peter (1703A) [B]
2 Gunawardana, Thivan (1706A) 1-0 Meadows, Pete (1710A)
3 Gittens, Bryan (1418K) 0-1 Raikundalia, Krishna (1664K)
4 Simon, Steve (1264K) 1-0 Dohon, Almas (1531A)
  Average: 1527 3-1 Average: 1652
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Played on Thursday, 13 November 2025, at Pimlico
  Streatham 3 v Wanstead 2
1 Mamanji, Yaseen () [W] 1-0 Meadows, Pete (1682A) [B]
2 Fox, James (1766A) 1-0 Buckingham, Michael (1619K)
3 Hanney, Matt (1612K) 1-0 Dohon, Almas (1485A)
4 Tillett, Richard (1552K) 0-1 White, Nigel (1373A)
  Average: 1643 3-1 Average: 1540
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Played on Thursday, 20 November 2025, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 2 v Hammersmith 3
1 Nickals, Peter (1699A) [W] 0-1 Cuff, Andrew (1790K) [B]
2 Meadows, Pete (1682A) 1-0 Francis, Joe (1764P)
3 Dohon, Almas (1485A) 0-1 Steyn, David (1635K)
4 White, Nigel (1373A) 0-1 Lambert, David (1568K)
  Average: 1560 1-3 Average: 1689

 

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Played on Thursday, 4 December 2025, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 2 v Kings Head 2
1 Meadows, Pete (1696A) [B] 0-1 Bourke, Alex (1772K) [B]
2 Dohon, Almas (1460A) 0-1 Jerram, Richard (1763K)
3 White, Nigel (1395A) 0-1 Osborne, WK Bill (1682K)
4 Mark Le Gassicke () 1-0 Bonn, Doug (1488K)
  Average: 1517 1-3 Average: 1676
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Played on Thursday, 29 January 2026, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 2 v Streatham 3
1 Colclough, Ryan (1751A) [B] 1-0 Fox, James (1770A) [W]
2 Meadows, Pete (1666A) 0-1 Mayers, Tom (1763A)
3 Harte, Ben (1664K) ½-½ Cowley, Martin J (1543K)
4 White, Nigel (1406A) ½-½ Jenner, Brodie (1540P)
  Average: 1622 2-2 Average:  1654
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Played on Thursday, 5 February 2026, at Pimlico
  Kings Head 2 v Wanstead 2
1 Jerram, Richard (1768K) [B] 0-1 Colclough, Ryan (1770A) [W]
2 Coles, Rob (1614A) ½-½ Jones, Keith S (1692A)
3 Bonn, Doug (1480K) ½-½ Wilson, Michael GA (1662K)
4 Tierney, John (1264K) 0-1 White, Nigel (1386A)
  Average: 1532 1-3 Average: 1628
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Played on Thursday, 26 February 2026, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 2 v Pimlico 4
1 Murrell, Mark RA (1858A) [B] 1-0 Gopaldas, Caelan (1685A) [W]
2 Hunnable, Ian D (1795A) 1-0 Dunmore, Keith (1581K)
3 McDonnell Bond, Alex (1535K) 0-1 Chopra, Noah (1379K)
4 Dohon, Almas (1442A) 1-0 Simon, Steve (1252K)
  Average: 1658 3-1 Average:  1474
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To be Played on Thursday, 23 April 2026, at Pimlico
  Hammersmith 3 v Wanstead 2
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To be Played on Thursday, 7 May 2026, at Pimlico
  Wanstead 2 v Hackney 2
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