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By Mark Adams

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Another round of ‘if only’s’. If only I had remembered to take my pawn back (time trouble), and if only Jon Gilbert had converted his won position etc etc.. On the plus side, the top boards did extremely well. Also, young Suzie Blackburne showed her potential again against very highly rated opposition.

Iolo played to his usual high standard, winning a Q+P ending. Pete had a comfortable draw against Alfred with the black pieces. Nigel, too, held his game comfortably. A solid draw for Andrew, saw up ‘win’ the top board matches 2½-1½. Jon let his won position slip. He was following Penrose-Tal for ages. I messed it up in time trouble. It won’t be long before Jonathon Blackburn will be moving up the boards. His very competent draw was quite impressive. Suzie found that giving away 500 rating points was just too much.

The match against the ‘other’ Dragons was closer than the score suggests. They brought in ‘ringer’ John Cooper, who didn’t play in the previous round. Pete played the ending well, and was even thinking about winning the game. Iolo showed excellent ending technique holding doubled e pawns and R v R. Jon had a good draw with his a6 Slav against David James. Andrew blundered in time trouble. I went mad giving up 2 pawns then a knight, then a rook for a big attack, but Charles defended well and snuffed out the threats. The battle of the Saunders ended in a draw as did Jonathon’s game against Abigail, where he pushed and pushed in the R+P ending. Abigail played well to defend, playing some ‘only’ moves. Suzie gave up the ‘poisoned pawn’ on b2 but found it tricky to get the compensation required.

					Gwent Dragons						I.K.H.H. 2
	1		w		Jones, Iolo		2269		1-0		Farndon, David		2236
	2		b		Varley, Peter		2240		½-½		Alfred, Nathan		2198
	3		w		Saunders, Nigel		2150		½-½		Cooper, Andrew		2151
	4		b		Walden-Jones, Andrew		2159		½-½		Howell, Chris		2160
	5		w		Gilbert, J		2085		0-1		Gurr, Lyndon		2048
	6		b		Adams, M		2024		0-1		Garner, David		2100
	7		w		Blackburn, Jonathan		1981		½-½		Lock, Gavin		2103
	8		b		Blackburn, Suzie (F)		1492		0-1		Mills, Natalie (F)		2010
									3-5
				South Wales Dragons						Gwent Dragons
1		w		Cobb, James		2349		½-½		Varley, Peter		2240
2		b		Cooper, John		2344		½-½		Jones, Iolo		2269
3		w		James, David		2252		½-½		Gilbert, Jonathan		2085
4		b		Zeidler, Sven		2235		1-0		Walden-Jones, Andrew		2159
5		w		Saunders, John		2200		½-½		Saunders, Nigel		2150
6		b		Morris, Charles		2231		1-0		Adams, Mark		2024
7		w		Cast, Abigail (F)		2119		½-½		Blackburn, Jonathan		1981
8		b		Cast, Jason		1848		1-0		Blackburn, Suzie (F)		1492
								5½-2½

4NCL, Division 2, 1999/2000 - Positions after Round 4

4NCL Div 2, 1999/2000		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	P	W	D	L	GPts	MPts
1	S.Wales Dragons	x					4½			5							6½		5½	4	4	0	0	21½	8
2	Barbican 4NCL 2nds		x				1½	5½					6½		5½					4	3	0	1	19	6
3	Perceptron Youth			x					2				4½				6		5	4	3	0	1	17½	6
4	Poisoned Pawns				x			4	5½	5½					2½					4	2	1	1	17½	5
5	Slough 2nds					x					4½			3½		4		4½		4	2	1	1	16½	5
6	Bigwood 2nds	3½	6½				x					2						7½		4	2	0	2	19½	4
7	Bristol 2nds		2½		4			x						7½				4		4	1	2	1	18	4
8	BCCA			6	2½				x		4½	3½								4	2	0	2	16½	4
9	Wessex	3			2½					x		6		5						4	2	0	2	16½	4
10	Levy Gee 3Cs					3½			3½		x				4½				4½	4	2	0	2	16	4
11	Kings Head						6		4½	2		x	3							4	2	0	2	15½	4
12	Witney		1½	3½								5	x			4½				4	2	0	2	14½	4
13	IKHH 2nds					4½		½		3				x					5	4	2	0	2	13	4
14	Guildford-ADC 2nds		2½		5½						3½				x	4				4	1	1	2	15½	3
15	Nidum Knights					4							3½		4	x	4			4	0	3	1	15½	3
16	SCS	1½		2												4	x	5		4	1	1	2	12½	3
17	Thistle W. Rose					3½	½	4									3	x		4	0	1	3	11	1
18	Gwent Dragons	2½		3							3½			3					x	4	0	0	4	12	0

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