Team Captain: Michael Buckingham
The CLL is a new departure for the Club. It was set up several years ago as an alternative to the London Chess League for those who didn’t like the default format being multi-session with adjournment, notwithstanding that one-session could be had by agreement (and is now the default format).
We were already considering alternatives to the London League, which had become very expensive to play in, when the Covid pandemic brought matters to an abrupt halt. Now it turns out that the CLL is the first of “our” leagues to resume.
The Club’s team is playing in Division 2 and teams are of five boards. Matches are played at a venue in Pimlico, described in pictures by Peter Nickals: CLL venue
League tables
| nDate |
Opponents |
Result |
Score |
| Thu 09-Sep-21 |
West London |
Won |
3½-1½ |
| Thu 07-Oct-21 |
Pimlico 3 |
Lost |
1½-3½ |
| Thu 28-Oct-21 |
Battersea 3 |
Won |
1-4 |
| Thu 11-Nov-21 |
HMC 2 |
Lost |
½-4½ |
| Thu 25-Nov-21 |
Railsport |
Drew |
2½-2½ |
| Thu 09-Dec-21 |
HMC 3 |
Lost |
0-5 |
| Thu 13-Jan-22 |
West London |
|
|
| Thu 27-Jan-22 |
Battersea 3 |
|
|
| Thu 10-Feb-22 |
HMC 2 |
|
|
| Thu 24-Feb-22 |
Railsport |
|
|
| Thu 17-Mar-22 |
Pimlico 3 |
|
|
| Thu 05-May-22 |
HMC 3 |
|
|
League tables
Played 9 September 2021
| |
Wanstead |
v |
West London
|
| 1 |
Nickals, Peter (1817) (W) |
0-1 |
Campbell, Russ (1870) (B) |
| 2 |
Raikundalia, Krishna (1590) |
½-½ |
Gill, Gursharanjit (1668) |
| 3 |
Buckingham, Michael J (1590) |
1-0 |
Regan, J (1510) |
| 4 |
Senan, Tu (1474) |
1-0 |
Winter, Stuart (1428) |
| 5 |
Duffy, Laurence (1617) |
1-0 |
Laurencin, Joseph (1015) |
| |
Average rating 1618 |
3½-1½ |
Average rating 1498 |
The jubilant squad. (Not in picture: Laurence Duffy – presume behind the camera)
Played 7 October 2021
| |
Pimlico 3 |
v |
Wanstead |
| 1 |
Kabir Pandit u |
½-½ |
Matthias Lataille 1698 |
| 2 |
Robert Stern 1948 |
1-0 |
Jay Sharman 1607 |
| 3 |
Matthew JD Baker 1912 |
1-0 |
Krishna Raikundalia 1585 |
| 4 |
Colm O’Shea 1885 |
0-1 |
Tu Senan 1523 |
| 5 |
Hugh Fenwick 1866 |
1-0 |
Laurence Duffy 1639 |
| |
Average rating 1610 |
3½-1½ |
Average rating 1903 |
Played 28 October 2021
| |
Battersea 3 |
v |
Wanstead |
| 1 |
Nguyen, Tung – |
0-1 |
McCarron, Peter DJ 1751 |
| 2 |
Hunt, Arnold 1570 |
0-1 |
Lataille, Matthias 1698 |
| 3 |
Hutchence, Greg 1548 |
0-1 |
Sharman, Jay 1607 |
| 4 |
Farahmandpour, Ehsan 1793 |
1-0 |
Senan, Tu 1523 |
| 5 |
Flaccavento, Marco 1023 |
0-1 |
Raikundalia, Krishna 1585 |
| |
Average: 1484 |
1-4 |
Average: 1633 |
Played 11 November 2021
| |
HMC 2
|
v |
Wanstead |
| 1 |
Martin Benjamin 2067 |
1-0 |
Istvan Karacsony 1800 |
| 2 |
John Bennett 2065 |
1-0 |
Peter McCarron 1754 |
| 3 |
Jules Morrison 2019 |
1-0 |
Jay Sharman 1615 |
| 4 |
Bertie Barlow 2006 |
½-½ |
Jay Sharman 1615 |
| 5 |
Disu Kayode 1915 |
1-0 |
Krishna Raikundalia 1590 |
| |
Average: 2014 |
4½-½ |
Average: 1671 |
Outgunned by an average of 341 points a board (equal to 175 v 130).
HMC stands for Honorary Member’s Club, which was a team in the Commercial League. To find the opposition replete with four of the five players over 2000 (2000=173 in old figures and 2050=180) is tough, so well done Jay in saving the whitewash.
Played 25 November 2021
| |
Railsport |
v |
Wanstead
|
| 1 |
Lunn, Matt (2073) |
0-1 |
McCarron, Peter DJ (1754) |
| 2 |
Bass, John W (1976) |
1-0 |
Rawlings, David J (1714) |
| 3 |
Jackson, Paul G (1797) |
½-½ |
Sharman, Jay (1615) |
| 4 |
Eldridge, Peter W (1774) |
1-0 |
Duffy, Laurence (1623) |
| 5 |
Farnad, Safiullah (1666) |
0-1 |
Buckingham, Michael (1613) |
| |
Average 1857 |
2½-2½ |
Average 1664 |
Played 9 December 2021
| |
HMC 3
|
v |
Wanstead
|
| 1 |
Jaszkiwskyj, Peter (1962) |
1-0 |
McCarron, Peter DJ (1791) |
| 2 |
Berkley, Stephen (1713) |
1-0 |
Lataille, Matthias (1729) |
| 3 |
Wickham, Michael (1667) |
1-0 |
Rawlings, David J (1701) |
| 4 |
Rogers, David M (1605) |
1-0 |
Senan, Tu (1559) |
| 5 |
Nazaroglu, Dogancan () |
1-0 |
Raikundalia, Krishna (1584) |
| |
Average: 1737 |
5-0 |
Average: 1673 |
To be played 13 January 2022
| |
West London
|
v |
Wanstead
|
| 1 |
|
– |
|
| 2 |
|
– |
|
| 3 |
|
– |
|
| 4 |
|
– |
|
| 5 |
|
– |
|
| |
Average: |
– |
Average: |
To be played 27 January 2022
| |
Wanstead |
v |
Battersea 3
|
| 1 |
|
– |
|
| 2 |
|
– |
|
| 3 |
|
– |
|
| 4 |
|
– |
|
| 5 |
|
– |
|
| |
Average: |
– |
Average: |
To be played 10 February 2022
| |
Wanstead |
v |
HMC 2
|
| 1 |
|
– |
|
| 2 |
|
– |
|
| 3 |
|
– |
|
| 4 |
|
– |
|
| 5 |
|
– |
|
| |
Average: |
– |
Average: |
To be played 24 February 2022
| |
Wanstead |
v |
Railsport
|
| 1 |
|
– |
|
| 2 |
|
– |
|
| 3 |
|
– |
|
| 4 |
|
– |
|
| 5 |
|
– |
|
| |
Average: |
– |
Average: |
To be played 27 March 2022
| |
Wanstead |
v |
Pimlico 3
|
| 1 |
|
– |
|
| 2 |
|
– |
|
| 3 |
|
– |
|
| 4 |
|
– |
|
| 5 |
|
– |
|
| |
Average: |
– |
Average: |
To be played 5 May 2022
| |
Wanstead |
v |
HMC 3
|
| 1 |
|
– |
|
| 2 |
|
– |
|
| 3 |
|
– |
|
| 4 |
|
– |
|
| 5 |
|
– |
|
| |
Average: |
– |
Average: |
| nPlayer |
P |
W |
D |
L |
Pts |
% |
| Tu Senan |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
66.67 |
| Matthias Lataille |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1½ |
50.00 |
| Jay Sharman |
3 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1½ |
50.00 |
| Krishna Raikundalia |
4 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1½ |
37.50 |
| Michael Buckingham |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
100.00 |
| Peter McCarron |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
50.00 |
| Laurence Duffy |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
50.00 |
| Peter Nickals |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
| Istvan Karacsony |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0.00 |
