Midland Monarchs are the new champions. A full report is available on the 4NCL Web site.
P W D L MP GP 1 Midland Monarchs 12 10 1 1 21 62.5 2 Invicta Knights 12 9 2 1 20 59.0 3 Slough 12 10 1 1 20 64.0 4 Northumbria 12 9 2 1 20 61.5 5 Barbican 12 9 1 2 19 57.0 6 BCM 12 8 1 3 17 53.0 7 Bristol 12 7 0 5 14 47.5 8 North West Eagles 12 6 1 5 13 51.5 9 Wood Green 12 6 0 6 12 53.0 10 South Wales Dragons 12 5 1 6 11 43.0 11 Guildford 12 5 0 7 10 45.0 12 Richmond 12 4 1 7 9 44.5 13 R Wessex 12 4 0 8 8 45.5 14 R Croydon 1859 12 3 1 8 7 42.5 15 R Na Fianna 12 3 0 9 6 38.0 16 R Witney 12 2 0 10 4 37.5 17 R Hertford 12 2 0 10 4 32.5 18 R Celtic Knights 12 0 0 12 0 24.5 R = Relegated to Division 2.
Bristol Wessex
1 w C W Baker 2370 0 - 1 P. Rossiter 2370
2 b C. Beaumont 2300 1 - 0 J. Poulton 2360
3 w G. Burgess 2290 1 - 0 A. Corkett 2285
4 b G Copeland 2335 ½-½ D. Neil 2295
5 w K. Mah 2245 1 - 0 M. Yeo 2205
6 b R Cole 2215 1 - 0 R. Noyce 2205
7 w R. Phillips 2120 ½-½ A Brameld 199
8 b M. Buckley 2040 1 - 0 E. Howard 163
6 - 2
Poulton James - Beaumont Chris West Bromwich, Bristol Wessex, 1997 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 c5 3. d5 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 0 0 6. a4 d6 7. Be2 e6 8. 0 0 ed 9. ed Na6 10. Nd2 Nb4 11. Nc4 Re8 12. Bg5 h6 13. Bh4 Bf5 14. Rc1 Qd7 15. Nb5 Nbxd5 16. Nbxd6 Re7 17. Bf3 g5 18. Bxg5 hg 19. Bxd5 Bg6 20. Qd2 Rd8 21. Qxg5 Nxd5 22. Qxd5 Qc7 23. Rfd1 Red7 24. Rd2 Bf8 25. Rcd1 Bxd6 26. g3 Bxg3 27. Qxd7 Bxh2+ 28. Kg2 Rxd7 29. Rxd7 Be4+ 30. Kf1 Qc6 31. b3 Bxc2 32. R1d5 Bxb3 33. Rg5+ Kf8 0:1
Bristol Richmond
1 w C W Baker 2370 1 - 0 S. Williams 2350
2 b C. Beaumont 2300 1 - 0 L McShane 2385
3 w G. Burgess 2290 0 - 1 G Wall 2305
4 b R Cole 2215 0 - 1 P Johnstone 2295
5 w K. Mah 2245 1 - 0 M Franklin 2255
6 b R. Phillips 2120 ½-½ D Tan 175
7 w D Collier 2225 ½-½ J Bass 168
8 b M. Buckley 2040 ½-½ Ruth Bates
4½-3½
Baker Chris - Williams Simon
West Bromwich, Bristol Richmond, 1997
1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 g6 4. d4 cd 5. Nxd4 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Nxc6 bc
8. e5 Nd5 9. Nxd5 cd 10. Qxd5 Rb8 11. Bc4 0 0 12. 0 0 Qc7 13. f4 d6 14.
Bb3 Be6 15. Qf3 de 16. fe Rb4 17. c3 Rh4 18. Bxe6 fe 19. Qg3 Rh5 20.
Rxf8+ Kxf8 21. Rf1+ Kg8 22. Bd4 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Qxe5 24. Qxe5 Rxe5 25. Kf2
Rb5 26. b4 Kf7 27. Ke3+ Rf5 28. Rf3 h5 29. Ke4 Ke8 30. Rxf5 ef+ 31. Ke5
h4 32. Ke6 h3 33. g3 Kd8 34. c4 Kc7 35. a4 Kc6 36. b5+ Kb6 37. Ke5 Kb7
38. c5 Kc7 39. Ke6 Kc8 40. a5 Kc7 41. b6+ ab 42. ab+ Kc6 43. b7 1:0
McShane Luke - Beaumont Chris
West Bromwich, Bristol Richmond, 1997
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. dc Qa5+ 5. c3 Qxc5 6. Be3 Qc7 7. Na3 Nc6
8. Qa4 a6 9. 0 0 0 d6 10. e5 de 11. Bb5 Be6 12. Ng5 Bf5 13. g4 Bd7 14.
Qb3 Nh6 15. Bc4 0 0 16. Bb6 Qc8 17. f3 e4 18. Nxe4 Ne5 19. Be2 Be6 20.
Qb4 f5 21. gf Nxf5 22. Kb1 Nh4 23. Qxe7 Nhxf3 24. Nd6 Qd7 25. Qxd7 Nxd7
26. Bc7 b5 27. Nc2 Nc5 28. Ne1 Ne5 29. Rf1 Rxf1 30. Bxf1 Rf8 31. Nc2 Bg4
32. Re1 Nf3 33. Be2 Nxe1 34. Bxg4 Nxc2 35. Kxc2 Rf2+ 36. Kb1 Nd3 37.
Be6+ Kf8 38. Ne4 Re2 0:1
Rounds 9-10: report
Rounds 7-8: report
Bristol's 4NCL Team Manager is Fred Appleton, who
can be contacted on 01225 833592.