4NCL Online S3 – RA2

RA2 plays once again in Division 6, but now there is a new Division below and Division 6 is not a Swiss, but a set of four all-play-all groups, RA2 being in Group B. After the regular fixtures have been played, the top two in each group will enter the play-offs to decide the Division champions.

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 6 are: Maidenhead 2, MK Phoenix 3, War & Piece 2, Bradford DCA Knights C, Wells Globetrotters, Wolfpack 1, Ashton 2.

RA2 finished 3rd in Div 6 Group B, 4 points short of promotion.

Division 6 Table

Team navigation: RA1 | RA2 | RA3 | RA4

Round Date Team White on odds v Team Black on odds
1 26 Jan RA2 1½-2½ Maidenhead 2
2 9 Feb MK Phoenix 3 2-2 RA2
3 23 Feb RA2 3½-½ War & Piece 2
4 9 Mar Bradford DCA Knights C *1½-2 RA2
5 23 Mar RA2 2-2 Wells Globetrotters
6 6 Apr Wolfpack 1 0-4 RA2
7 20 Apr RA2 *1½-2 Ashton 2

*Adjustment for a ½ point penalty for a default.

Played 26 January 2021

  RA2
v Maidenhead 2
1 Michael Spurr 1860c ½-½ Paul Janota 1795
2 Jack Sheard 1856 0-1 William Castaneda 1653
3 Charukgan Muhunthan 1802 1-0 Kasi Veshagan Nallaperumal 1495c
4 Nani Korossy 1817u 0-1 Shrihan Koppuravuri 1475c
  Average 1833 1½-2½ Average 1604
The Round 1 games

Played 8 February 2021

  MK Phoenix 3
v RA2
1 Brian Valentine 1922 (W) ½-½ Istvan Karacsony 1945 (B)
2 Adrian Matthews 1883 ½-½ Michael Spurr 1860c
3 Robert Whiteside 1876 1-0 Jack Sheard 1856
4 Mark McCready 1736 0-1 Charukgan Muhunthan 1802
  Average 1854 2-2 Average 1865

Played 26 January 2021

  RA2
v War and Peace 2
1 Michael Spurr 1860 (W) ½-½ Munroe Morrison 1637 (B)
2 Charukgan Muhunthan 1802 1-0 Chas Chapman 1566
3 Peter McCarron 1802 1-0 Jacob Thomas 1452
4 Michael Wilson 1688 1-0 Stephen O’Neill 1423
  Average 1761 3½-½ Average 1519

Comfortable stroll for the second string, who are 3rd of 8 in Div 6, Group B.

Played 9 March 2021

  Bradford DCA Knights C v RA2
1 John Holliday 1649 (W) 1-0 Ian Hunnable 1939c (B)
2 Nigel Redmond 1600 0-1 Charukgan Muhunthan 1802
3 Dominic Gallagher 1590c 1-0 Mark Murrell 1818
4 Nicholas Waite 1362c d0-1 John Keehner 1657c
  Penalty
 
  Average 1550 1½-2 Average 1804

The default win on Board 4 attracts a ½ point penalty to reduce Bradford’s score to 1½, giving RA2 a match win. Given that the whole of our team outgraded the whole of theirs, that seems like a hollow “victory”; we lost 2-1 on the games played.

Played 23 March 2021

  RA2
v Wells Globetrotters
1 Charukgan Muhunthan 1802 (W) 0-1 Alice Lampard 1962 (B)
2 Jack Sheard 1856 1-0 Paul Humphreys 1700
3 Anup Sinha 1683 0-1 Phil Johnson 1628
4 Michael Wilson 1688 1-0 Antony Austin 1340
  Average 1757 2-2 Average 1657

All games won by Black.

Played 6 April 2021

  Wolfpack 1
v RA2
1 Matthew Wilson 1891 (W) 0-1 Istvan Karacsony 1945 (B)
2 Ray Collett 1884 0-1 Tom Barton 1909
3 Daniel Gliddon 1696 0-1 Michael Spurr 1860
4 Mark Smith, 1607 0-1 Jack Sheard 1856
  Average 1769
0-4 Average 1892

Commentary from Mark Murrell

Well done team a 4-0 clean sweep.

Still in with a chance of a promotion place depending on results elsewhere.

Played 20 April 2021

  RA2
v Ashton 2
1 Michael Spurr 1860 (W) 1-0 Ben Newton 1664 (B)
2 Jack Sheard 1856 0-1 Jack Mundy 1496
3 Peter Nickals 1606 1-0 Phillip Shaughnessy 1484
4 Colin Newton 1767 0-1 Sacha Torregrosa 1154
  Penalty  
  Average 1772
1½-2 Average 1449

All games were played: the penalty was incurred for an enforced late team change on Board 3, after the deadline.