January summary

The current top ten players in the club grand prix are:

		Points	Percentage
1st	Pete Smith	8	73
2nd	Nathan Barnes	6.5	81
3rd=	Eldar Lachinov	6	100
	Brian Remmer	6	86
5th	Martin Harris	5	63
6th=	Mark Johnson	4	67
	Dimitrios Kolomvas	4	57
	Phil Daley	4	57
9th=	Clive Bellinger	3.5	70
	Mike Wagstaff	3.5	70
	John Duff-Cole	3.5	50

Games played in the club championship, Tony Locke rapidplay and the NECL league/knockout count for points in the grand prix. Wins by default in NECL matches do count for points.

In the club championship the top two in each group are currently: Eldar Lachinov, Martin Harris (group 1), Pete Smith, Dimitrios Kolomvas (group 2), Nathan Barnes, Mark Johnson (group 3) and Brian Remmer, Phil Daley (group 4).

All group games in the club championship need to be completed by Wednesday 2nd April. At that point the draws for the first knockout round and the plate competition will be made. Where group games have not been completed the tournament controller will make any decisions regarding the awarding of wins by default.

More results from NECL Division 3

The C team kept their position at the top of Division 3 with a draw against Clacton C. The B team followed up their 4-0 win against Galleywood Knights with a 3.5-0.5 away win over Maldon C. The B team are in 2nd place in the division, but have played fewer games than the C team.

Date: 24-Jan-2014
NECL League: Division 3
Brd	Col	MALDON C	Result		COLCHESTER B	Col
1	b	Dave Bird (132)	0	1	Nathan Barnes (e145)	w
2	w	Richard Keep (117)	½	½	Clive Bellinger (143)	b
3	b	Frank Sealey (116)	0	1	Phil Daley (124)	w
4	w	Doug Mothershaw (111)	0	1	Brian Remmer (116)	b
		(avg=119)	0.5	3.5	(avg=132)

 

Date: 15-Jan-2014
NECL League: Division 3
Brd	Col	COLCHESTER C	Result		CLACTON C	Col
1	b	Phil Daley (124)	0	1	Melvin Steele (126)	w
2	w	Martin Harris (e115)	1	0	Michael Coughtrey (115)	b
3	b	Pete Smith (111)	0	1	Andrew Todd (112)	w
4	w	Mark Johnson (e71)	1	0	Alan Story (63)	b
		(avg=105)	2	2	(avg=104)

 

Here is Mark Johnson's game from the match against Clacton C - White punishes some inaccuracies in Black's play by unleashing an unstoppable kingside attack.

Colchester B v Galleywood Knights

The B team played their first match since October - maintaining their unbeaten status with a 4-0 win against Galleywood Knights (the only team to beat Colchester C so far this season). The B team move up to 2nd in Division 3, behind the C team (who have played more games).

Date: 08-Jan-2014
NECL League: Division 3
Brd	Col	COLCHESTER B	Result		GALLEYWOOD KNIGHTS	Col
1	w	Eldar Lachinov (e155)	1	0	Pablo Garcia-Galan Ruiz (e130)	b
2	b	Nathan Barnes (e145)	1	0	Rory Coughlan (e130)	w
3	w	Clive Bellinger (143)	1	0	Michael Coughlan (e110)	b
4	b	John Duff-Cole (91)	1	0	Neil Coughlan (e80)	w
		(avg=133)	4	0	(avg=112)

 

Here is the game from board 3 - White obtains a very strong centre which he uses as the springboard for an attack on the king. White sacrifices a rook to rip open the defence and finish Black off.