Things are heating up for the Verney Cup!
As you can see in the table below, Ian has been doing rather well; with 6 wins out of 7 matches he is catching me fast and is surely going to overtake me in the New Year. Alan Fraser has unfortunately lost his unbeaten status but is still in a good position to challenge for the cup. 2 members yet to lose a game are:
- Joel Newman, who joined us this year, is doing rather well so far, with 3 wins and 1 draw, and
- Andrew Ponting, with 3 wins and 2 draws.
| Douglas Vleeshhouwer | 7½/12 | 63% |
| Alan Fraser | 6½/10 | 65% |
| Ian Snape | 6/7 | 86% |
| Graeme Plato | 5½/8 | 69% |
| John Lewin | 5½/10 | 55% |
| Howard Walden | 5½/10 | 55% |
| Nick Briggs | 5½/11 | 50% |
| Alan Sands | 5/8 | 63% |
| Andrew Ponting | 4/5 | 80% |
| Artem Naumenko | 4/6 | 67% |
| Joel Newman | 3½/4 | 88% |
| Stephen Roberts | 3½/5 | 70% |
| Laurie Roberts | 3/4 | 75% |
| Malcolm Mourant | 3/5 | 60% |
| Richard Selway | 3/5 | 60% |
Team competitions
Now let's look at how our teams are doing in the competitions.
Our Surrey League team have so far scored 2 wins and 1 draw plus have 1 match that stands at 4.0 - 3.0 with 1 adjournment that we should at least draw, giving us another match win and putting us on top of the leaderboard.
Our London League team have got 2 wins and 2 losses, plus 1 match undecided. However, we're 4.0 - 5.0 down with my game adjourned with a drawn ending.
In the Kent league, our first team followed their initial loss with 3 strong wins, one of which resounding 5.5 - 0.5 victory over Dartford!
Our second team managed to get 2 hard fought draws from of their 2nd and 3rd matches.
The Tom Fuller team lost their 3rd match and managed to draw their 4th. That first match win will surely come in the New Year!
Last but certainly least, Stephen Roberts' Intro team, which followed their 3 wins with a draw against Petts Wood.
Standings:
- County & Lewis: 3/4
- En Passant: 1/3
- Tom Fuller: 1½/4
- Intro: 3½/4
In the Croydon League our Martin Cath and Dave Luckin A team doing well. The standings are as follows:
- Croydon Shield: First match scheduled for 5th Feb 2015
- Martin Cath: 2½/3.
- Dave Luckin A team: 1½/2.
- Dave Luckin B team: 0/3.
Club Championships
In the non-FIDE rated championship, on 4.5 points, the current leaders are: John Lewin and Malcolm Mourant.In the FIDE rated tournament Michael tops the leaderboard, with an unbeaten record of 3 wins out of 3:
- Michael Prizant 3/3.
- Ian Snape 3/4.
- John Duggan 2/3.
- Richard Selway and Andrew Ponting 2/4.
- Nick Briggs and Douglas Vleeshhouwer 1½/4.
- Graeme Plato 0/4.