For Season 3, the RA1 team enjoyed an unexpected promotion to Division 5 as the result of reorganisation of the lower divisions and, for all Divisions but the last, having all-play-all groups of eight. There is a new Division 7.
Division 5 comprises four groups all-play-all, with the top two in each group going into a play-off for the Division championship. RA1 are in Group C.
Odd scores can crop up, usually caused by application of penalty points. e.g. a defaulted game apart from the score as a win for the opponent, also attracts a half-point penalty.
The other teams in Division 5 are: Bishop Knights; Chessable White Rose 3; Braunstone 1; Warley and Quinborne; St Benildus C; Enfield 1
Team navigation: RA1 | RA2 | RA3 | RA4
| Round | Date | Team White on odds | v | Team Black on odds |
| 1 | 26 Jan | RA1 | 4-0 | Bishop Knights |
| 2 | 9 Feb | Chessable White Rose 3 | 2½-1½ | RA1 |
| 3 | 23 Feb | RA1 | 2-2 | Braunstone 1 |
| 4 | 9 Mar | RA1 | v | Warley and Quinborne |
| 5 | 23 Mar | BCC Foxes | v | RA1 |
| 6 | 6 Apr | RA1 | v | St Benildus C |
| 7 | 20 Apr | Enfield 1 | v | RA1 |
| Semi-Final | 4 May | |||
| Final | 18 May |
Played 26 January 2021
| RA1 | v | Bishop Knights |
|
| 1 | Ian Reynolds 2011 | 1-0 | Michael Siddle 1477c |
| 2 | Ian Hunnable 1939c | 1-0 | Chris Clynes 1398c |
| 3 | Istvan Karacsony 1945 | 1-0 | John Burnett 1191c |
| 4 | Tom Barton 1909 | 1-0 | Jamie Clynes 874u |
| Average 1951 | 4-0 | Average 1235 |
With a rating advantage of an average 716 points a board, RA1 start off with 4-0 and go straight to the top of the Group C table.
The Round 1 Games
Played 9 February 2021
| Chessable White Rose 3 |
v | RA1 |
|
| 1 | Graeme Oswald 2199 (W) | 1-0 | Ian Reynolds 2011 (B) |
| 2 | Connor Clarke 1953 | 0-1 | Martin McCall 2000c |
| 3 | Tom Wills 1989c | 1-0 | Ian Hunnable 1939c |
| 4 | Rayelynn Posadas 1924 | ½-½ | Tom Barton 1909 |
| Average 2016 | 2½-1½ | Average 1964 |
Played 23 February 2021
| RA1 |
v | Braunstone 1 |
|
| 1 | Ian Reynolds 2011 (W) | 0-1 | Tom Brown 2068 (B) |
| 2 | Martin McCall 2000 | 0-1 | David Bray 2036 |
| 3 | Ian Hunnable 1939 | 1-0 | Julian Tang 1834 |
| 4 | Jack Sheard 1856 | 1-0 | Graham Booley 1799 |
| Average 1951 | 2-2 | Average 1934 |
Pretty simple: all games went with the ratings. However, Ian H dodged a bullet on Board 3, or it would have been 1-3 – game annotated below.
RA1 are 4th of 8 in Group C.
To be played 9 March 2021, at 7.30 pm
| RA1 |
v | Warley and Quinborne |
|
| 1 | v | ||
| 2 | v | ||
| 3 | v | ||
| 4 | v | ||
| Average | – | Average |
To be played 23 March 2021, at 7.30 pm
| BCC Foxes |
v | RA1 |
|
| 1 | v | ||
| 2 | v | ||
| 3 | v | ||
| 4 | v | ||
| Average | – | Average |
To be played 6 April 2021, at 7.30 pm
| RA1 |
v | St Benildus C |
|
| 1 | v | ||
| 2 | v | ||
| 3 | v | ||
| 4 | v | ||
| Average | – | Average |
To be played 20 April 2021, at 7.30 pm
| Enfield 1 |
v | RA1 |
|
| 1 | v | ||
| 2 | v | ||
| 3 | v | ||
| 4 | v | ||
| Average | – | Average |