With just 1 round to go it is now clear that there will be an outright winner this year. The final tussle for the trophy will be between Moss McCarthy and Mark Thomas, with Moss needing just a draw and Mark needing to win.

Round 5 is scheduled to take place at the White Knights Chess Club on Wednesday 31st May 2023.

Rd4 Another hard fought round with all 11 games decisive, the higher rated players eventually coming through in most of the games. The exception was James Evans (est 1100), in his first tournament beating Neil Stuart (1588). Adam Musson was also fortunate not to lose to Chris Daniel. The top two boards both involved the white players getting into terrible time trouble. On Bd2 Duncan Williams was a clear pawn up against Mark Thomas, only to fall for a cheapo, losing his queen for a rook. On top board, Andrew Gibbons lost on time to Moss McCarthy.

The games for rounds 1-4 are available here at https://wwcl.leaguerepublic.com/documents.html. Unfortunately this wesite does not accept files in pgn ot txt format so they have been uploaded as a Microsoft Word file. This can be converted into a text file in word and then into a pgn file by changing the file extension. The pgn file can then be loaded into a chess program.

Round 4 Results

Bd White Grade Result Black Grade 1 Andrew Gibbons 1992 0 - 1 Moss McCarthy 2015 2 Duncan Williams 1810 0 - 1 Mark Thomas 1916 3 Chris Daniel 1671 0 - 1 Adam Musson 2140 4 Adam May 1908 1 - 0 Andrew Smith 1688 5 Peter Bevan 1870 1 - 0 Dale Westcott 1667 6 Louis Ba Thein 1308 0 - 1 Jason Garcia 2048 7 Mckenzie Archibald 1208 0 - 1 Andrew Golley 1650 8 James Evans 1000 1 - 0 Neil Stuart 1588 9 Paul Bevan 1201 0 - 1 Matthew Billington 1487 10 Malcom Probert 1518 1 - 0 John Giannini 948 11 David Battell 1050 1 - 0 Aaron Davies 1100 Vismith Prabhu and Leighton Anthony both claimed a 1/2 point bye in this round.

Rankings after Round 4

Player Grade Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Round 5 Total 1 Moss McCarthy 2015 1 1 1 1 4 2 Mark Thomas 1916 1 0.5 1 1 3.5 3 Adam Musson 2140 1 1 0 1 3 4 Andrew Gibbons 1992 1 1 1 0 3 5 Adam May 1908 0 1 1 1 3 6 Peter Bevan 1870 1 1 0 1 3 7 Jason Garcia 2048 1 0.5 0 1 2.5 8 Duncan Williams 1810 1 0.5 1 0 2.5 9 Andrew Golley 1650 0 0.5 1 1 2.5 10 James Evans 1000 0 1 0.5 1 2.5 11 Andrew Smith 1688 1 0 1 0 2 12 Chris Daniel 1671 1 0 1 0 2 13 Dale Westcott 1667 1 0 1 0 2 14 Matthew Billington 1487 0 1 0 1 2 15 Malcolm Probert 1518 0 0.5 0 1 1.5 16 Louis Ba Thein 1308 0.5 1 0 0 1.5 17 Vismith Prabhu 1258 0 0 1 0.5 1.5 18 Mckenzie Archibald 1208 1 0.5 0 0 1.5 19 David Battell 1050 0 0.5 0 1 1.5 20 Neil Stuart 1588 0 1 0 0 1 21 Paul Bevan 1201 0 0 1 0 1 22 John Giannini 948 1 0 0 0 1 23 Aaron Davies 1100 0 0 0.5 0 0.5 24 Leighton Anthony 1084 0 0 0 0.5 0.5 The Final Round

The draw for the final round. Note that a number of players have asked that their match be delayed so the mid table rankings will not be available on the night.

Neil Stuart has withdrawn from the tournament so we are back to an odd number of players, the consequence of which is that Paul Bevan gets a 1 point bye.

Bd White Grade Black Grade 1 Moss McCarthy 2015 Mark Thomas 1916 2 Adam Musson 2140 Adam May 1908 3 Peter Bevan 1870 Andrew Gibbons 1992 4 Jason Garcia 2048 Delayed Andrew Golley 1650 5 James Evans 1000 Delayed Duncan Williams 1810 6 Andrew Smith 1688 Delayed Dale Westcott 1667 7 Matthew Billington 1487 Chris Daniel 1671 8 Louis Ba Thein 1308 Malcolm Probert 1518 9 David Battell 1050 Vismith Prabhu 1258 10 John Giannini 948 Mckenzie Archibald 1208 11 Aaran Davies 1100 Leighton Anthony 1084

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