A couple of teams have withdrawn from the competition and the fixture list for the remainder of Division 1 has been re-drawn.
Games are played on Thursday evenings, starting at 18:45, on lichess.org.
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Round |
Date |
Team White on odds |
v |
Team Black on odds |
| 1 |
08-Oct |
Wanstead Wanderers |
3½-½ |
St George’s Dragons |
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| 3 |
22-Oct |
Charlton Chess Addicks |
2-2 |
Wanstead Wanderers |
| 4 |
29 Oct |
East Ham Dragonglass |
1-3 |
Wanstead Wanderers |
| 5 |
12-Nov |
Wanstead Wanderers |
3-1 |
HMCwtf2 |
| 6 |
19-Nov |
Wanstead Wanderers |
– |
Bye |
| 7 |
26-Nov |
Ilford Kings |
½–3½ |
Wanstead Wanderers |
| 8 | 7-Jan |
Wanstead Wanderers | – | Bye |
| 9 | 14-Jan | Imperial College | 3-2 | Wanstead Wanderers |
| 10 | 28-Jan | HMC 1 | 1-3 | Wanstead Wanderers |
| 11 | 4-Feb | Wanstead Wanderers | 1½-2½ | East Ham Foxgloves |
| 12 | 11-Feb | Wanstead Wanderers | 2-2 | Chingford Bunnies |
| 13 | 25-Feb | Railsport | 2-2 | Wanstead Wanderers |
| 14 |
11 Mar | Wanstead Wanderers | 1½-2½ | Kings Head |
Played 8 October 2020
| Wanstead Wanderers | v | St George’s Dragons | |
| 1 | John Hodgson 2103 (W) | 1-0 | Tim Pelling 2118 (B) |
| 2 | Ashley Freeman 1975e | 1-0 | James McDonnell 1885 |
| 3 | Keith Jones 1840 | ½-½ | Cecil Sload 1720 |
| 4 | Peter McCarron 1735 | 1-0 | Roger Clarkson 1360 |
| 3½-½ |
Games given below. Look out for the amusing finish in John Hodgson’s game. In the final position, Black can only move his pawns, unless he gives up the knight, while White plays h4, g5 and g6 and gives mate with Rh7# (White’s king can intervene when the Black central pawns advance).
Played 15 October 2020
| Hackney Hungry | v | Wanstead Wanderers | |
| 1 | FM Bob Eames 2268A (W) | 1-0 | John Hodgson 2103C (B) |
| 2 | Tobias Baumann 2005B | 0-1 | Ashley Freeman 1975e |
| 3 | Paul Conway 1855C | 1-0 | Ian Hunnable 1968A |
| 4 | Kingsley Evans 1525E | 1-0 | Michael Buckingham 1525B |
| 3-1 |
Not one of our “finest hours”! Save for Ashley’s fine win, the other games all got away. Ian and Michael blundered in level positions, John lost from a potentially winning position (42 h4!) though a technically difficult ending.
Played 22 October 2020
| Charlton Chess Addicks | v | Wanstead Wanderers | |
| 1 | FM Tony Stebbings 2260E (W) | 1-0 | John Hodgson 2103C (B) |
| 2 | Dan Mayer u | 0-1 | Ashley Freeman 1975e |
| 3 | David Morris 1915C | 1-0 | Mark Murrell 1855A |
| 4 | Oleg Verbytski 1232A (r) | 0-1 | Peter McCarron 1738C |
| 2-2 |
All games won by White.
(Tell me the name of the opposing team is deliberate and not because someone can’t spell ‘addicts’. Like ‘asterix’ instead of asterisk; and ‘pronounciation’ instead of pronunciation; and saying ‘deteriate’ instead of deteriorate.)
Played 29 October 2020
| East Ham Dragonglass | v | Wanstead Wanderers | |
| 1 | uselesswebsite 2118 (W) | ½-½ | John Hodgson 2103 (B) |
| 2 | Torrentius 1930 | 0-1 | Ashley Freeman 1975e |
| 3 | Glockinvar 1683 | ½-½ | Keith Jones 1840 |
| 4 | maani30 | 0-1 | Peter McCarron 1735 |
| 1-3 |
John was gifted the point after only 9 moves when his opponent was flagged for a fair play violation during play, but not for this game; John sportingly insisted the result from tonight’s game be recorded as a draw.
Ashley’s game had a lively opening from the French McCutcheon variation and an exciting time-scramble finish, but in between, with the position cut in two with a double pawn chain through the centre, a long period of cramped manoeuvres resulted for both players. After-game analysis shows that Ashley’s “winning” combination was unsound, but Black was unable to find the correct defence in time-shortage.
Keith Jones played out a draw while Peter MacCarron was gifted a pawn in the opening and took it through to the full point from a rook and pawn ending.
Played 12 November 2020
| Wanstead Wanderers | v | HMC2 | |
| 1 | John Hodgson 2103 (W) | 1-0 | amynstor 2028 |
| 2 | Ashley Freeman 1975e | ½-½ | Polomoche 2013 |
| 3 | Joneski 1840 | ½-½ | Arcturus73 1833 |
| 4 | Peter McCarron 1735 | 1-0 | John142857 1743 |
| 3-1 |
The Wanderers had a Bye this week. No games.
| Ilford Kings | v | Wanstead Wanderers | |
| 1 | Tom Barton 1908 (W) | 0-1 | John Hodgson 2103 (B) |
| 2 | Venkatesh Subramanian 1818 | 0-1 | Ian Hunnable 1968 |
| 3 | Anthony Kent 1750 | ½-½ | Mark Murrell 1855 |
| 4 | Jef Page 1630 | 0-1 | Matthias Lataille 1578 |
| ½-3½ |
The Wanderers had a Bye this week. No games.
Played 14 January 2021
| Imperial College | v | Wanstead Wanderers | |
| 1 | Sourav Bhattacharjee 2170 (W) | 1-0 | John Hodgson 2103 (B) |
| 2 | Francesco Salerno 2088 | 1-0 | Ashley Freeman 1975 |
| 3 | Elliott Macneil 1870 | ½-½ | Keith Jones 1840 |
| 4 | Karlo Bujas 1500 | 0-1 | Peter McCarron 1735 |
| 2½-1½ |
Played 28 January 2021
HMC1 1-3 Wanstead Wanderers
Played 4 February 2021
| Wanstead Wanderers | v | East Ham Foxgloves |
|
| 1 | Partha Mulay 2140 (W) | 0-1 | Adilson Mata 2013 (B) |
| 2 | John Hodgson 2103 | ½-½ | Edison Figueroa 1908 |
| 3 | Ian Hunnable 1968 | 1-0 | Jack Sheard 1855 |
| 4 | Matthias Lataille 1578 | 0-1 | dnazreal 1638e |
| 1½-2½ |
Played 11 February 2021
| Wanstead Wanderers | v | Chingford Bunnies |
|
| 1 | John Hodgson 2103 (W) | ½-½ | Costas Karayiannis 1938 (B) |
| 2 | Ian Hunnable 1968 | 1-0 | Gavin Hughes 2013 |
| 3 | Keith Jones 1840 | 0-1 | David Brady 1833 |
| 4 | Peter McCarron 1735 | ½-½ | Peter Rose 1810 |
| 2-2 |
Played 25 February 2021
| Railsport | v | Wanstead Wanderers |
|
| 1 | Jeffrey Boardman 2028 (W) | 0-1 | John Hodgson 2103 (B) |
| 2 | Hassan Mugalu 1870 | ½-½ | Ian Hunnable 1968 |
| 3 | Derek McGovern 1810 | 1-0 | Mark Murrell 1855 |
| 4 | Trevor Jones 1720 | ½-½ | Keith Jones 1840 |
| 2-2 |
Played 11 March 2021
| Wanstead Wanderers | v | Kings Head |
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| 1 | John Hodgson 2103 (W) | ½-½ | Andrew Gilfillan 2118 (B) |
| 2 | Ian Hunnable 1968 | 0-1 | Colin Mackenzie 2013 |
| 3 | Mark Murrell 1855 | 0-1 | Alex Bourke 1855 |
| 4 | TU Senan 1495 | 1-0 | Pierpaolo Zeni 1428 |
| 1½-2½ |