NCCL Finchley Cup 2021-22

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FC 3rd Team

Played 17 May 2022

 Wanstead 3 R1 R2  Wanstead 4
Murrell, Mark R A 1957 (1914) (B, W) 1-0 0-1 Lataille, Matthias 1541 (1737) (W, B)
Staniland, Philip 1907 (1856) 1-0 0-1 Colclough, Ryan 1501 (1611)
Barclay, Paul R 1726 (1804) 1-0 1-0 Hutcheson, Ivan 1460 (1489)
Sharman, Jay 1650 (1654) 1-0 1-0 Jestico, John V 1454 (1476)
Nickals, Peter A 1625 (1724) 1-0 1-0 Raikundalia, Krishna 1447 (1533)
Smith, David 1580 (1594) 1-0 0-1 Jacob, Huw D 1393 (1645)
Green, Alfred 1377 (1572) – R1 1-0   O’Regan, A Fin 1025 (1097) – R1
Brittain, David 1303 (1474) – R2   0-1 O’Regan, A Fin 1025 (1097) – R2
  7-0 3-4  
  10-4  

FC 3rd Team

Played 14 June 2022

 Enfield R1 R2  Wanstead 3
Olulode, Olu 2116 (2145) (B, W) 1-0 ½-½ Staniland, Philip 1913 (1856) (W, B)
Hossain, Ashraf 1822 (1748) ½-½ 1-0 Barclay, Paul R 1753 (1804)
McNish, David 1695 (1710) ½-½ 1-0 Siddo, Charlton 1683 (1782)
Ozdemir, Kamil 1626 (1506) 0-1 0-1 Nigrelli, Vittorio 1665 (1748)
Jones, Michael N 1665 (1614) 0-1 0-1 Rawlings, David J 1641 (1693)
Newby, Jonathan 1546 (1573) 1-0 0-1 Sharman, Jay 1612 (1654)
Chowdhury, Majbaha 1604 (1566) 0-1 ½-½ Senan, Tu 1588 (1568)
Liu, Jacob 1474 (1462) 1-0 0-1 Lataille, Matthias 1585 (1737)
Harrison, Dane 0000 (1341) 0-1 0-1 Colclough, Ryan 1540 (1611)
Kapur, Gul 1507 (1498) 1-0 0-1 Raikundalia, Krishna 1453 (1533)
Banks, Stephen 1411 (1406) 0-1 ½-½ Hutcheson, Ivan 1453 (1489)
McWilliams, Mark D 1375 (1489) ½-½ ½-½ Jestico, John V 1420 (1476)
Thomas, Jordan 1491 () 1-0 1-0 White, Nigel 1376 (1435)
McHugh, Ralph 1295 (1323) 1-0 0-1 Jacob, Huw D 1366 (1645)
Dometakis, Lakis 1340 (1404) 1-0 1-0 Bajer, David 1359 (1587)
  8½-6½ 6-9  
  14½-15½  

FC 3rd Team

Played 21 July 2022

Board Barking 2 R1 R2 Wanstead 3
1 Ramage, Colin R 1859 (1917) ½-½ 1-0 Whitton, Terry D 1931 (1892)
2 Saunders, Richard 1853 (1784) 1-0 ½-½ Barclay, Paul R 1780 (1804)
3 Figueroa, Edison 1758 (1889) ½-½ 1-0 Jones, Keith S 1712 (1782)
4 Clow, Ken W 1714 (1835) ½-½ 1-0 Nigrelli, Vittorio 1681 (1748)
5 Shelley, George 1469 (1789) ½-½ 0-1 Siddo, Charlton 1674 (1782)
6 Cresswell, Mike J 1759 (1672) – R1 ½-½   Sharman, Jay 1591 (1654) – R1
  Naumov, Igor 1736 (1804) – R2   0-1 Sharman, Jay 1591 (1654) – R2
7 Blagianu, Mihaita 1624 (1626) – R1 ½-½   Smith, David 1524 (1594) – R1
  Chtym, Vladimir 1448 (1513) – R2   0-1 Smith, David 1524 (1594) – R2
    4-3 3½-3½  
    7½-6½  

Report by Charlton Siddo:

First of all a big thank you to all players who took part in the Finchley Cup tournament; without you we would not have reached the final, which was played on Thursday 21 July alongside the Lawrance Cup Final, also against Barking.

Until the night before the final I pencilled in nine players for the Final. On the day of the Final, just as I was about to board the train to get to the venue this was reduced to eight players as Mark had to transfer to the first team match. Suddenly, this was again reduced to seven players when work commitments overran. Fortunately, Barking where gracious enough to contest the final over seven boards instead of the original nine boards, though all the Barking players participated using substitutions in the second round.

In the first leg, boards 1 and 4 were the first to draw, this was followed by draws on boards 5 and 6. Boards 3 and 7 were both long drawn games that also ended in draws. Board 2, produced a game that featured no less than four Queens on the board!! At one stage this was also looking drawn but was not to be, producing the only decisive result in R1 across both Finals; all draws would have been quite remarkable.

First leg = Barking 4 – Wanstead 3.

Game on !!

In the second leg, boards 5 and 7 won their games. Suddenly, Wanstead are in the lead. But not for long; boards 1 and 4 saw Barking claw back those two points to retain the lead. Boards 3 and 6 saw Wanstead and Barking gain a point each. Down to the final game; King, g- and h-Pawns and Rook v King and Rook. Very tricky position full of stalemate possibilities – which is what happened. Second leg = Barking 3½-Wanstead 3½.

FC 4th Team

Played 17 May 2022

Wanstead 3 R1 R2 Wanstead 4
Murrell, Mark R A 1957 (1914) (B, W) 1-0 0-1 Lataille, Matthias 1541 (1737) (W, B)
Staniland, Philip 1907 (1856) 1-0 0-1 Colclough, Ryan 1501 (1611)
Barclay, Paul R 1726 (1804) 1-0 1-0 Hutcheson, Ivan 1460 (1489)
Sharman, Jay 1650 (1654) 1-0 1-0 Jestico, John V 1454 (1476)
Nickals, Peter A 1625 (1724) 1-0 1-0 Raikundalia, Krishna 1447 (1533)
Smith, David 1580 (1594) 1-0 0-1 Jacob, Huw D 1393 (1645)
Green, Alfred 1377 (1572) – R1 1-0   O’Regan, A Fin 1025 (1097) – R1
Brittain, David 1303 (1474) – R2   0-1 O’Regan, A Fin 1025 (1097) – R2
  7-0 3-4  
  10-4  

FC Juniors

Played 10 May 2022

 Wanstead Juniors R1 R2  Enfield
Demetriou, Jay 1316 (1477) (B, W) 0-1 0-1 Olulode, Olu 2125 (2145) (W, B)
Mukherjee, Aradhya 1392 () 0-1 1-0 Hossain, Ashraf 1745 (1748)
Reci, Stilianos 1313 (1253) – R1 0-1   Kapur, Gul 1491 (1498) – R1
Stamper, Cormac P 0000 () – R2   0-1 Kapur, Gul 1491 (1498) – R2
Bedi, Adarsh 1129 (1333) 0-1 0-1 Palmer, Stephen John 1482 (1557)
Quin, Wilder 1102 (1288) ½-½ 1-0 McWilliams, Mark D 1440 (1489)
Williams, Frank 1011 (1484) 0-1 0-1 Ozdemir, Kamil 0000 (1506)
Jayakumar, Rithul 1009 (968) 1-0 0-1 March, Steven 1298 (1337)
  1½-5½ 2-5  
  3½-10½