All Sorts 1 promoted

In the last round of 4NCL Online Season 3, Redbridge All Sorts 1 (“RA1”) accomplished the required result – winning 3-1 v Enfield 1 –  to cement 2nd position in Dvision 5 Group C to achieve promotion without needing to go through the extra play-off matches to decide the Division Championship, a trial reserved for Group winners. Chessable White Rose 3 won Group C with a 100% score. RA2 scored 2-2 on games played, against Ashton 2, but incurred a […]

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RA1 promotion hopefuls

In Round 6 of 4NCL Online, Season 3, Redbridge All Sorts 1, in Div 5, did their promotion hopes a power of good by beating play-off rivals St Benildus C by 3-1 to secure 2nd place with a round to go before the play-offs. RA2 went one better in Div 6 with a 4-0 clean sweep, against Wolfpack 1 and are also with a chance of the play-offs, depending on results elsewhere. In Division 7, the Swiss pairing division, RA3 […]

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4NCL Online Round 4

A somewhat disjointed round this, with half the games in the first team match being decided by default, RA1 winning 2½-½ (a defaulted game results in a ½ point penalty, in this case, one default on each side), and a further defaulted game occurring in the second team match, which was instrumental in turning a 2-2 draw into a 2-1½ win after the half point penalty is applied. The other two matches resulted in 3-1 defeats for Redbidge All Sorts. […]

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4NCL Online Round 3

On the whole a satisfactory round for Redbridge All Sorts teams: a clean sweep, a near-clean-sweep, a salvaged draw and just one casualty. RA1 2-2 v Braunstone 1 required a large slice of good fortune to come from behind to draw. RA2 and RA3 both had heavy wins, RA2 3½-½ v War and Peace 2, while RA3 recorded a clean sweep 4-0 against Maidenhead 3. Meanwhile, RA4 are finding the new Division 7 tough going, losing 3-1 to the claws […]

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4NCL Online Season 3 R2

The four Redbridge All Sorts teams were in action in 4NCL Online Season 3 Round 2 on 9 February. A curiosity – though quite probable in the Swiss pairing Division 7 – was that teams 3 and 4 each played the other’s Round 1 opponents and each improved on the other’s R1 score by 1 point. While this still meant a loss for RA3 by 2½-1½ against Throw in the Tal, RA4 claimed the only highlight of the evening, a […]

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4NCL Online Season 3

Having finished just outside the promotion spots in Division 6 in Season 2, the Redbridge All Sorts 1 team did not expect promotion in 4NCL Online Season 3. But a huge influx of new teams brought about a new Division 7, meaning the old lowest Division (D6 last season) now becomes a regular Division with a number of eight team all-play-all groups, as with the Divisions above; it would appear that an additional promotion from Division 6 was required to […]

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4NCL Online closing report

The 4NCL winter season has completed the regular fixture list and now moves into the playoffs – Semi-Final and Final – for the leading teams. Skipper of the two Redbridge All Sorts teams, Peter Nickals – “Captain Charisma” –  gives his closing report: Redbridge Allsorts 1 finished the Winter season placed 9th (=6th score) which is some achievement noting we didn’t start until Round 3. The second team finished placed 34th (=28th score) out of 68 teams in this division, […]

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