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.
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 |
-½ | ||
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 | -½ | ||
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.