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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CL1 - Fixtures
CL1
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 Pimlico 3 – Wanstead 1 Thu 27 Nov 2025 Wanstead 1 – Hammersmith 2 Thu 18 Dec 2025 Wanstead 1 – Battersea 1 Thu 15 Jan 2026 Hammersmith 2 – Wanstead 1 Thu 29 Jan 2026 Railsport – Wanstead 1 Thu 12 Feb 2026 Hammersmith 1 – Wanstead 1 Thu 5 Mar 2026 Wanstead 1 – 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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CL1 - Player Stats
CL1
Player Stats
Central London Lge D2 at 18 Sep 2025 Rtg P W D L Pts % David Spearman 2072 1 1 0 0 1 100.00 Peter Nickals 1711 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00 Matthias Lataille 1824 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00 John Hodgson 2036 1 0 1 0 ½ 50.00 Ian Hunnable 1833 1 0 0 1 0 0.00 5 Players 5 1 3 1 2½ 50.00 -
Railsport (H)
CL1
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) -
Battersea 2 (A)
CL1
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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Battersea 1 (A)
CL1
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 tea 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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Pimlico 3 (A)
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 30 October 2025, at Pimlico
Pimlico 3 v Wanstead 1 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – – -
Hammersmith 2 (H)
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 27 November 2025, at Pimlico
Wanstead 1 v Hammersmith 2 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – – -
Battersea 1 (H)
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 18 December 2025, at Pimlico
Wanstead 1 v Battersea 1 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – – -
Hammersmith 2 (A)
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 15 January 2026, at Pimlico
Hammersmith 2 v Wanstead 1 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – – -
Railsport (A)
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 29 January 2026, at Pimlico
Railsport v Wanstead 1 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – – -
Hammersmith 1 (A)
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 12 February 2026, at Pimlico
Hammersmith 1 v Wanstead 1 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – – -
Battersea 2 (H)
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 5 March 2026, at Pimlico
Wanstead 1 v Battersea 2 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – – -
Hammersmith 1 (H)
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 9 April 2026, at Pimlico
Wanstead 1 v Hammersmith 1 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – – -
Pimlico 3 (H)
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 14 May 2026, at Pimlico
Wanstead 1 v Pimlico 3 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – –
CL1
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 | Pimlico 3 | – | Wanstead 1 | |
| Thu 27 Nov 2025 | Wanstead 1 | – | Hammersmith 2 | |
| Thu 18 Dec 2025 | Wanstead 1 | – | Battersea 1 | |
| Thu 15 Jan 2026 | Hammersmith 2 | – | Wanstead 1 | |
| Thu 29 Jan 2026 | Railsport | – | Wanstead 1 | |
| Thu 12 Feb 2026 | Hammersmith 1 | – | Wanstead 1 | |
| Thu 5 Mar 2026 | Wanstead 1 | – | 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.
CL1
Player Stats
| Central London Lge D2 at 18 Sep 2025 | Rtg | P | W | D | L | Pts | % |
| David Spearman | 2072 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 100.00 |
| Peter Nickals | 1711 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Matthias Lataille | 1824 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| John Hodgson | 2036 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 50.00 |
| Ian Hunnable | 1833 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 5 Players | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2½ | 50.00 |
CL1
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) |
CL1
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
CL1
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 tea 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.
CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 30 October 2025, at Pimlico
| Pimlico 3 | v | Wanstead 1 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
| 5 | – | ||
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CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 27 November 2025, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 1 | v | Hammersmith 2 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
| 5 | – | ||
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CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 18 December 2025, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 1 | v | Battersea 1 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
| 5 | – | ||
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CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 15 January 2026, at Pimlico
| Hammersmith 2 | v | Wanstead 1 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
| 5 | – | ||
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CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 29 January 2026, at Pimlico
| Railsport | v | Wanstead 1 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
| 5 | – | ||
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CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 12 February 2026, at Pimlico
| Hammersmith 1 | v | Wanstead 1 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
| 5 | – | ||
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CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 5 March 2026, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 1 | v | Battersea 2 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
| 5 | – | ||
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CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 9 April 2026, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 1 | v | Hammersmith 1 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
| 5 | – | ||
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CL1
To be Played on Thursday, 14 May 2026, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 1 | v | Pimlico 3 | |
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| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
| 5 | – | ||
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CL2 - Fixtures
CL2
Division 4
Date Result Home Team Score Away Team Thu 9 Oct 2025 Hackney 2 – Wanstead 2 Thu 23 Oct 2025 Pimlico4 – Wanstead 2 Thu 13 Nov 2025 Streatham 3 – Wanstead 2 Thu 20 Nov 2025 Wanstead 2 – Hammersmith 3 Thu 4 Dec 2025 Wanstead 2 – Kings Head 2 Thu 29 Jan 2026 Wanstead 2 – Streatham 3 Thu 5 Feb 2026 Kings Head 2 – Wanstead 2 Thu 26 Feb 2026 Wanstead 2 – Pimlico4 Thu 23 Apr 2026 Hammersmith 3 – Wanstead 2 Thu 7 May 2026 Wanstead 2 – Hackney 2 -
CL2 - Player Stats
CL2
Division 4
CL2 Player Stats will appear here…
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Hackney 2 (A)
CL2
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 -
Pimlico 4 (A)
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 23 October 2025, at Pimlico
Pimlico 4 v Wanstead 2 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – – -
Streatham 3 (A)
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 13 November 2025, at Pimlico
Streatham 3 v Wanstead 2 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – – -
Hammersmith 3 (H)
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 20 November 2025, at Pimlico
Wanstead 2 v Hammersmith 3 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – – -
Kings Head 2 (H)
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 4 December 2025, at Pimlico
Wanstead 2 v Kings Head 2 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – – -
Streatham 3 (H)
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 29 January 2026, at Pimlico
Wanstead 2 v Streatham 3 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – – -
Kings Head 2 (A)
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 5 February 2026, at Pimlico
Kings Head 2 v Wanstead 2 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – – -
Pimlico 4 (H)
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 26 February 2026, at Pimlico
Wanstead 2 v Pimlico 4 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – – -
Hammersmith 3 (A)
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 23 April 2026, at Pimlico
Hammersmith 3 v Wanstead 2 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – – -
Hackney 2 (H)
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 7 May 2026, at Pimlico
Wanstead 2 v Hackney 2 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – –
CL2
Division 4
| Date | Result | Home Team | Score | Away Team |
| Thu 9 Oct 2025 | Hackney 2 | – | Wanstead 2 | |
| Thu 23 Oct 2025 | Pimlico4 | – | Wanstead 2 | |
| Thu 13 Nov 2025 | Streatham 3 | – | Wanstead 2 | |
| Thu 20 Nov 2025 | Wanstead 2 | – | Hammersmith 3 | |
| Thu 4 Dec 2025 | Wanstead 2 | – | Kings Head 2 | |
| Thu 29 Jan 2026 | Wanstead 2 | – | Streatham 3 | |
| Thu 5 Feb 2026 | Kings Head 2 | – | Wanstead 2 | |
| Thu 26 Feb 2026 | Wanstead 2 | – | Pimlico4 | |
| Thu 23 Apr 2026 | Hammersmith 3 | – | Wanstead 2 | |
| Thu 7 May 2026 | Wanstead 2 | – | Hackney 2 |
CL2
Division 4
CL2 Player Stats will appear here…
CL2
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 |
CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 23 October 2025, at Pimlico
| Pimlico 4 | v | Wanstead 2 | |
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CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 13 November 2025, at Pimlico
| Streatham 3 | v | Wanstead 2 | |
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CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 20 November 2025, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 2 | v | Hammersmith 3 | |
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CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 4 December 2025, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 2 | v | Kings Head 2 | |
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CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 29 January 2026, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 2 | v | Streatham 3 | |
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CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 5 February 2026, at Pimlico
| Kings Head 2 | v | Wanstead 2 | |
| 1 | – | ||
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CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 26 February 2026, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 2 | v | Pimlico 4 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
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CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 23 April 2026, at Pimlico
| Hammersmith 3 | v | Wanstead 2 | |
| 1 | – | ||
| 2 | – | ||
| 3 | – | ||
| 4 | – | ||
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CL2
To be Played on Thursday, 7 May 2026, at Pimlico
| Wanstead 2 | v | Hackney 2 | |
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| 4 | – | ||
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