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Following the clubs AGM on the 7th of June, here some updates on the club

Hackney - Ilford

A good win in the final match against Ilford
leaves us finishing 6th in the NCCL tournament.
An improvement on where we were!
Tournament table at
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~cernunos/nccl/results/summer.html

Hackney Ilford
1. Eames R 2 - 0 Barton T
2. Tasker M 1 - 1 Page J
3. Lee E 2 - 0 Kent A
4. Burgoyne P 2 - 0 Berlin H

7 - 1

Coming events

There are two events happening in London shortly

6th Staunton memorial tournament Aug 7 - 18
http://www.howardstaunton.com/hsmt2008/index.shtml
(Adams , Short , Timman)

12th Mind sports olympiad Aug 15 - 25 http://sweb.cz/hakvago/
Chess tournaments and other games.

Hackney Barking

Barking won 6 - 2 in the summer tournament played 14
July. The games were closer than the final scoreline suggests.
Hackney Barking
1.Casillas A 0 - 2 Sands D
2.Lee M 0 - 2 White J
3.Burgoyne P 0 - 2 Clow K
4.Perryman D 2 - 0 Figgins J

North London Blitz Tournament

The 9th North Circular individual blitz tournament is being held
on Tuesday 15th July at Wanstead House. Details here
http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/%7Ecernunos/nccl/history/samblack/entry...

Chingford - Hackney

Chingford won 5- 3 in the summer tournament . A tougher tournament than expected!
Chingford Hackney
1. Karayiannis C 1 - 1 Eames R
2. Brady D 0.5 - 1.5 Lee M
3. Spear B 1.5 - 0.5 Vives P
4. Stankovic S 2 - 0 Tracey S

Hackney wins National Club Major !!

We had a nice victory over the aptly named "Diss Appointed" from Norfolk. It started badly when I didn't do my job properly and lost the toss for the first time this season. This gave us 2 whites and 3 blacks. In the end wins from Pepe, Jonathan and myself secured the victory. Special mention should go to Pepe for coming out on top after a rollercoaster of a game. Jonathan had a typical squeeze with absolutely no risk and I somehow persuaded my opponent to go a bit wrong.

Reid, John 1 - 0 Harris, Michael
Chin, Frank 0 - 1 Turner, Caius
Lee, Martin 0 - 1 Turner, Ted

Wanstead - Hackney

We got our first win in the summer tourney, against Wanstead,
2.5-5.5, played 1st July.Good results from Dashiel Shaw and Martin Lee.
Wanstead Hackney
1. Marden L 2 - 0 Tasker M
2. Murrell M 0 - 2 Lee M
3. Keehner J 0 - 2 Shaw D
4. Lane G 0.5 - 1.5 Rivlin M

Hackney - Wood Green

Hackney lost to Wood Green 2 -6 in the second match of the NCCL
summer tournament played 30th June.
Hackney Wood Green
1. Reid J 1 - 1 Hasman C
2. Benyunes J 1 - 1 Cutmore M
3. Vives P 0 - 2 Kikoyo A
4. Tracey S 0 - 2 Fuhrer

Hackney - Barnet Elizabethans

Hackney lost the first match in the North Circular summer tournament, against Barnet
6 - 2. Barnet fielding an IM on board 1 made for a tough match!

Barnet - Hackney
1. Pigott J . 2 - 0 Tasker M.
2. Zajicek P . 1 - 1 Lee M.
3. Shalabayev S . 2 - 0 Lee E.
4. Jones M . 1 - 1 Vives P.