Hackney 3 enjoyed an excellent win over Metropolitan in Division 4 of the London League; the score was 5-2 with one adjournment. Special mentions to Shaun Tracey for taking over captaincy duties at the last minute and to Jack Morgan who gained his first win for the club. There were also wins for Shaun Tracey, Marc Morgan and Paul Murphy with Gerald Howgate and Con Ariti drawing. Well done guys!

I don't really know whether the fuss is justified, I just thought I'd draw attention to it.

http://www.ecforum.org.uk/viewtopic.php?t=1457&p=23912#p23912&utm_source...

Unfortunately, Hackney lost the adjourned game against GLCC, so we have 6 wins from 7 games and are in third position.

The next game is against second-placed Wimbledon, on 3rd March at Golden Lane.

With the benefit of 6 defaults, Hackney romped home 9.5 v 0.5 against West London:

1. Emyr Jones 1 v 0 Bob Kane
2. Peter Burgoyne 1 v 0 Tony Bynnersley
3. Shaun Tracey 0.5 v 0.5 Nineb Nersy
4. Maria Gonzalez 1 v 0 Paul Robertson

Next match 3rd March.

GLCC 5 v 4 Hackney with one adjournment (Peter Burgoyne is a pawn up in a rook ending). More details to follow.

Hackney won the first round of the National club
championship, in a tough match against Athenaeum.
Athenaeum took the lead after Robin Oakley went astray
from a level position. After a safe draw from Terry Donnelly
Frank Chin levelled the score, Charles Hughes held his game
and I managed to break into my opponents position taking the
match.Played 24/1/10.

Hackney Ath enaeum
1. Chin F 1 - 0 Stevenson J
2. Tasker M 1 - 0 Farkas D
3. Hughes C 0.5 - 0.5 McAleenan C
4. Donnelly T 0.5 - 0.5 Millward K

The annual very strong tournament at Wijk an Zee is running now.
Currently Shirov leading on 4/4, Carlsen Ivanchuk Nakamura on
3. Live games each day with commentary at www.chessbomb.com

A difficult night for the third team at Albany:

(Albany names first)

1. P Cassar 1 0 E Jones
2. D Cutmore 1 0 P Burgoyne
3. C Todd 1 0 P Alexander
4. R Cohen 1 0 C Ariti
5. J Fisher 0 1 S Tracey
6. A Costeloe 1 0 M Morgan
7. S Sonnis 1 0 M Gonzalez
8. D Austin 0.5 T Osolake

Our Under 120 team was beaten today at Gasingstoke in the National Club Under 120 first round. Good win for Gerald Howgate. We are now in the Plate.

Matthew Wilson 1-0 Mark Rivlin
John Shaddick 1-0 Dylan Perryman
Alan Willis 1-0 Paul Murphy
Joe French 0-1 Gerald Howgate

Basingstoke 3-1 Hackney

Well done to the team for this excellent win, 6.5 v 2.5 with one adjournment. Particular credit to Emyr & Peter for good wins, and to Terry whose solid draw against a strong opponent secured the match win. Special mention also to Pepe who fought his way back to an adjourned queen endgame only a pawn-down despite having lost a piece in the opening. Five wins out of five so far for this team.

1. F Chin -0.5- G Harvey
2. D Shaw 0-1 P Jaszkioskyj
3. P Vives - ADJ - D Jarmain
4. T Donnelly 0.5 W Stirling
5. E Lee 1-0 Default
6. Emyr Jones 1-0 J Roberts
7. E Rigby-Zeglache 0.5 M Cresswell