Atticus@4NCL
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- Written by: John Redmond
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Season 5 of the 4NCL Online will soon be upon us. The new Atticus captain is Steve Kee. If you wish to join the squad please let Steve know. Players of all strengths are welcome to take part.
Teams need to be entered by January 15th.
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- Written by: John Redmond
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Atticus ½-3½ Guildford Young Guns
2294 |
John Redmond |
0 |
1 |
GM Mark Hebden |
2480 |
2079 |
Steve Kee |
½ |
½ |
IM Matthew Wadsworth |
2466 |
1857 |
James Rothwell |
0 |
1 |
FM Harry Grieve |
2299 |
1701 |
Steve Burge |
0 |
1 |
Viktor Stoyanov |
2330 |
|
|
½ |
3½ |
Atticus had a tough opening match in the fourth season of the 4NCL Online which began on Monday. Steve Kee had a tremendous battle with IM Wadsworth and was winning for most of the time before - presumably in time-pressure - he repeated moves in a winning position. I had a good opening against GM Hebden but got ground down in a position where I just needed to 'do nothing' (and do it well). Steve Burge had some attack whilst a pawn down in a Fantasy Caro-Kann but missed some equalising shots in the middlegame. James Rothwell also had chances and was better in a double-rook endgame before time-pressure got the better of him. So - a creditable start to the new season despite the lop-sided look of the score!
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- Written by: John Redmond
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The next season of the 4NCL Online will begin in late August. Games will be played on Tuesdays on a fortnightly basis.
While we have played 3 successful seasons in this competition thus far, we need to see how many wish to play online now that OTB chess is (somewhat) resuming.
If you do wish to play please contact me asap.
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Atticus A ½-3½ Brentwood A, Division One 4NCL Online, March 9th 2021
2298 | John Redmond | ½ | ½ | IM Richard Pert | 2513 |
2239 | FM Charlie Kennaugh | 0 | 1 | FM David Haydon | 2435 |
2147 | FM Dave James | 0 | 1 | Karl Bowden | 2340 |
2098 | Steve Kee | 0 | 1 | Russell White | 2105 |
½ | 3½ |
In this match we were facing higher-rated opposition. Charlie faced a dark-square clamp on the Black side of the Reti, missing one or two tactical opportunities to free himself. Steve Kee also conceded space in the opening and was unable to 'break out'. Dave described his game as being messy before it got away from him near the end. I got a level-ish position in the Anglo-Catalan until I unwittingly disimproved on theory. Still my position was compact even after I won a pawn and gave it back and so my opponent offered a relatively early draw.
Atticus B ½-3½ MCS Oxford A, Division Three 4NCL Online, March 9th 2021
1877 | James Rothwell | 0 | 1 | Tom Shepherd | 2018 |
1680 | Steve Burge | 0 | 1 | Hari Selveraj | 1934 |
1666 | Mark Wadsworth | 0 | 1 | Hou Ning Zhou | 1830 |
1480 | John Lawton | ½ | ½ | Samir Khan | 1664 |
½ | 3½ |
While John Lawton managed a creditable draw we had difficulties on the other boards. Typical hard going in the 4NCL!
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- Written by: Martin Blasczyk
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4NCL Replay: Here are all games from this and previous seasons available for replay and as pgn for download.
Unfortunalely this is an "old" http-website without SSL encryption.
This might be useful if you want to preparte yourself for the next match.
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- Written by: Martin Blasczyk
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4NCL Online Season 3, Division 1, Round 1
Atticus A -v- Alba Bon Accord 1 1½ - 2½
4NCL Online Season 3, Division 3, Round 1
Atticus B (1689) -v- Hertford 1 (2086) 1½ - 2½
Last season Hertford 1 won the 4NCL Division 4 Group C (6 wins, 1 draw, 0 loss) and was promoted to 4NCL Division 3. This season Hertford 1 is the strongest team in our division and they may aim to win the league again. Atticus B was largely outrated on all boards and at the end the result is a good one for us.
I want to draw your attention to the game FM Byway, Paul -v- Burge, Steve, board 3. Steve sacrificed his f-pawn, then his whole queen side, exchanged his attacking rook against a knight and an even stronger attack against the white king. White tried to make the best of this bad job but there was no place to hide, his position was doomed. Congratulations to Steve for this phantastic win.
- 4NCL Online Season 2, Division 1, Round 4
- Atticus A take down Blackthorne Russia
- Good performance by Atticus B
- Atticus B Maintain 100% Record
- Atticus A Reach For the Stars
- Atticus B set the early pace
- Atticus A edged out in close contest
- Atticus B hit the ground running as well!
- Atticus hit the ground running
- 2nd 4NCL Online Congress