At the Cumberland Club on Thursday, Hendon 1 held Hackney to a 3–3 tie in the Middlesex League, despite being out-rated on all boards by an average of 150 points (albeit aided by a default on Board 5). Special congratulations to Ethan Sanitt for defeating International Master Richard Bates on Board 1!
On the same evening, Hendon 4 faced Division 3 leaders Muswell Hill 2. Unfortunately our team was out-rated by an average of 248 points, meaning that despite starting 2–0 up due to defaults, we ultimately lost 3½–2½.
Here’s the full match scorecard for the Hendon 1 match. Congratulations to captain Eric Eedle for scoring our other win of the evening!
| Hendon 1 | Hendon 1 | Hackney 1 | Hackney 1 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sanitt, Ethan | 2142 | 1 - 0 | Bates, Richard A (IM) | 2358 | ||
| 2 | Senior, Gary | 2085 | 0 - 1 | Eames, Robert S (FM) | 2203 | ||
| 3 | Eedle, Eric | 2054 | 1 - 0 | Chin, Francis CW | 2088 | ||
| 4 | Nilim, Armaan | 1897 | 0 - 1 | Serbanescu, Diana | 2073 | ||
| 5 | WALKOVER | 1 - 0 | DEFAULT | ||||
| 6 | Medworth, Andrew | 1725 | 0 - 1 | Tennyson, John | 1931 | ||
| 3 - 3 | |||||||
This result has probably ended Hackney’s already slim hopes of catching up to the Division 1 leaders; the title this year will almost certainly go to Muswell Hill 1 or Hammersmith 1, who play each other this Tuesday in a match which will probably decide the championship.
Here’s the Hendon 4 match scorecard. Well done to Arun who scored a creditable draw with Muswell Hill captain Simon Brougham; otherwise this match was sadly rather lacking in good news.
| Hendon 4 | Hendon 4 | Muswell Hill 2 | Muswell Hill 2 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bansal, Rineesh | 1574 | 0 - 1 | Bush, Jason | 1586 | ||
| 2 | Gordon, Marcus | 1397 | 0 - 1 | Dilek, Alper | 1823 | ||
| 3 | Mahtani, Arun | 1353 | ½ - ½ | Brougham, Simon B | 1653 | ||
| 4 | WALKOVER | 1 - 0 | DEFAULT | ||||
| 5 | Bhaduri, Aviraj | 1278 | 0 - 1 | Blackham, Nicholas | 1531 | ||
| 6 | WALKOVER | 1 - 0 | DEFAULT | ||||
| 2½ - 3½ | |||||||
Thanks to Eric and to Chris Rogal for acting as captains, and thanks to everyone who played!