2006-7

Top of the division after 4 Rounds

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	Points
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 1	4	0	0	8
METROPOLITAN	4	0	0	8
OXFORD 2	3	0	1	6
JUTES OF KENT	3	0	1	6
CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY 2	2	2	0	6
FCA SOLUTIONS 2	3	0	1	6
KING SUPPORTS PAWN	2	1	1	5
NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 2	2	1	1	5
PANDORA'S BOX	2	1	1	5
SUTTON COLDFIELD	2	1	1	5
LONDON MASTERS AND OTHERS 1	2	1	1	5
POISONED PAWNS 2	2	1	1	5
HILSMARK COVENTRY	2	1	1	5
CONQUISTADORS 1	2	1	1	5
MONMOUTH	2	1	1	5

The tables for the first four rounds are above. Rounds 3 and 4 were held in the more spacious but equally spare accommodation that is The Parkinn Hotel (formerly the Moat House). There's not much to choose between the accommodations: the Paragon doesn't 'do' showers (although if it did no doubt they would be the best in the world) but at least you can control the room temperature, something less possible in the Parkinn, which has a hot water pipe running through the length of the corridor.

But for excitement the West Bromwich location is the one to be, at least if Sunday 3 December is anything to go by. The early riser (and, amazingly, I was amongst them) awoke to find the car park full of police cars, and the doors blocked by hefty police types. No explanation was sought - my first thought, that the West Midlands police had heard about the 'toilet' chess being played by the Oxford 3 team and decided to raid the gaff, did however prove to be unfounded.

Round 3

		FCA SOLUTIONS 2		½-5½	OXFORD 2
1	w	Adebajo, Femi	2053	0 - 1	Shaw, David A	2201
2	b	Elwin, Adrian G	2048	0 - 1	Rawlinson, Aidan	2183
3	w	Valentine, Brian J	2003	0 - 1	Dickinson, Timothy R	2206
4	b	Majer, Chris E	1997	0 - 1	Scott, David A	2110
5	w	Shaw, John S	1895	0 - 1	Ludbrook, Matt	2058
6	b	Stenning, Marissa	1815	½ - ½	Bruce, Dave	2025

		LONDON MASTERS AND OTHERS 1	1901	4-2	OXFORD 3	1932
1	w	Poobalasingam, Peter	2077	1 - 0	Terry, Sean	2040
2	b	Schlesinger, Noah W	1935	1 - 0	Morris, Graham	2035
3	w	Walker, Samuel	1910	½ - ½	Levicki, Jeffrey	1950
4	b	Walker, Colin M	1910	½ - ½	Smith, Jonathan	1910
5	w	Kenyon, Scott J M	1759	0 - 1	Messam-Sparkes, Lateefah	1855
6	b	Iyengar, Ilya	1815	1 - 0	Henbest, Kevin B	1800

Round 4

		OXFORD 2		2-4	METROPOLITAN
1	w	Shaw, David A	2201	0 - 1	Noden, Nicolas	2185
2	b	Rawlinson, Aidan	2183	½ - ½	Dickson, George	2171
3	w	Dickinson, Timothy R	2206	½ - ½	Fogarasi, Norbert	2194
4	b	Scott, David A	2110	0 - 1	Calvert, D Ian	2064
5	w	Ludbrook, Matt	2058	0 - 1	Fegan, Chris	2058
6	b	Bruce, Dave	2025	1 - 0	Djabri, Zafer M	2059

		OXFORD 3		6 - 0	GUILDFORD-ADC 5
1	w	Morris, Graham	2035	1 - 0	Shaw, Matthew	1920
2	b	Terry, Sean	2040	1 - 0	Chapman, Timothy J	1840
3	w	Hadi, Justin	1925	1 - 0	Gunn, Michael J	1800
4	b	Messam-Sparkes, Lateefah	1855	1 - 0	Mills, Nigel	1705
5	w	Henbest, Kevin B	1800	1 - 0	Hale, Stephanie	1625
6	b	Wang, Maria	1705	1 - 0	Hale, Peter	1585

Oxford 3 may have lost its 3rd round game in the 4NCL, but this frenetic game played by the immaculately attired Lateefah Messam-Sparkes was perhaps the pick of the games that weekend.

Kenyon,Scott J M (1759) - Messam-Sparkes,Lateefah (1855) [B20]
4NCL/Div4/LON1-OXF3 West Bromwich ENG (3.125), 02.12.2006

1.e4 c5 2.a3 d6 3.b4 cxb4 4.axb4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Bc4 Bg7 7.Nge2 Nxe4 8.Nxe4 Bxa1 9.c3