A couple of teams have withdrawn from the competition and the fixture list for the remainder of Division 1 has been re-drawn.
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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 | – | Wanstead Wanderers |
| 10 | 28-Jan | HMC 1 | – | Wanstead Wanderers |
| 11 | 4-Feb | Wanstead Wanderers | – | East Ham Foxgloves |
| 12 | 11-Feb | Wanstead Wanderers | – | Chingford Bunnies |
| 13 | 25-Feb | Railsport | – | Wanstead Wanderers |
| 14 |
11 Mar | Wanstead Wanderers | – |
Kings Head |
Played 8 October, Wanderers White on odds.
| 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 |