With only 1 round to go, the leaders are becoming clearer in both of these events. Reyansh is half a point ahead of Tony and Cijo, while Anirudh is a full point ahead of Joemar. Please see attached the pairings for the final round of both tournaments.

Please note that the final round will be played on Tuesday 29 November (in a fortnight). Next week there is NO CHESS apart from the following catch up games in the club championship.

• Cijo vs Rheyansh
• Sergey vs Steve.

Championship round 7 pairing

1 = Hogan,Steven   (3.5) - Whitford,Matthew     (3.0)=4-8
2 = Matijas,Dejan  (0.0) - McIntyre,Julian      (1.0)=5-3
3 = Saric,Sergey   (2.0) - Annapureddy,Rheyansh (4.5)=6-2
4 = Davis,Tony J   (4.0) - Paul,Cijo            (4.0)=7-1

Reserves round 7 pairings

 1 = Krishnan,Anirudh (6.0) - De Rooy,Jack      (3.5)= 5-24
 2 = Davis,Sophie     (4.0) - Lacson,Joemar     (5.0)=23- 1
 3 = Nowak,Ruben      (3.5) - Paul,Nikash       (4.0)= 3- 4
 4 = Richards,Derek   (3.5) - Ilic,Milan        (3.5)= 7- 2
 5 = Lingineni,Khushal(3.5) - Kirk,Ian          (3.0)=16- 6
 6 = Picone,James     (3.0) - Hari,Dhruv        (3.0)=13- 8
 7 = De Rooy,Samuel   (3.0) - Kostakakis,Angelo (3.0)=25-12
 8 = Palyam,Pranshiv  (3.0) - Wilkinson,Greg    (3.0)=20-22
 9 = Condick,Peter    (2.5) - Sharma,Annika     (2.0)= 9-21
10 = Kothari,Sumay    (2.0) - Clerk,Max         (2.0)=15-11
11 = Gopalan,Pradyun  (1.0) - Moreta,Simon      (1.0)=14-26
12 = Nadella,Hitansh  (0.0) - ( bye )           (0.0)=19- 0
13 = Pramod,Rishaan   (3.5) - ( not paired )
14 = Majety,Rohan     (2.0) - ( not paired )
15 = Liu,Tina         (1.0) - ( not paired )

Now we are 4 rounds into the 7 round events, it’s time for an update!

Club championship

Six of the eight players are on a score of 2 after 4 rounds. So it is still too early to see any front runners. Round 4 results are below.

1 = Whitford,Matthew     (1.0)-Saric,Sergey    (2.0)= 8- 6 = 1-0
2 = Davis,Tony J         (1.0)-Matijas,Dejan   (0.0)= 7- 5 = 1-0
3 = Paul,Cijo            (2.0)-Hogan,Steven    (1.0)= 1- 4 = 0-1
4 = Annapureddy,Rheyansh (1.0)-McIntyre,Julian (1.0)= 2- 3 = 1-0

Club reserves

Anirudh is a point ahead of his nearest rival, but still 3 rounds to go. Round 4 results:

 1= Krishnan,Anirudh  (3.0)-Lacson,Joemar  (3.0)= 5- 1=1-0
 2= Ilic,Milan        (2.0)-Pramod,Rishaan (2.0)= 2-10=½-½
 3= Wilkinson,Greg    (2.0)-Nowak,Ruben    (2.0)=22- 3=0-1
 4= Paul,Nikash       (2.0)-Picone,James   (2.0)= 4-13=1-0
 5= Hari,Dhruv        (2.0)-Davis,Sophie   (2.0)= 8-23=0-1
 6= De Rooy,Jack      (2.0)-Richards,Derek (1.5)=24- 7=0-1
 7= Kirk,Ian          (1.5)-Clerk,Max      (1.0)= 6-11=1-0
 8= Lingineni,Khushal (1.0)-De Rooy,Samuel (1.0)=16-25=½-½
 9= Kostakakis,Angelo (1.0)-Sharma,Annika  (1.0)=12-21=1-0
10= Palyam,Pranshiv   (1.0)-Gopalan,Pradyun(1.0)=20-14=1-0
11= Majety,Rohan      (1.0)-Kothari,Sumay  (1.0)=18-15=1-0
12= Nadella,Hitansh   (0.0)-Condick,Peter  (0.5)=19- 9=0-1
13= Liu,Tina          (0.0)-( bye )