With having to face the strong Edinburgh 1 team in round six, my team the Kingdom Knights needed a miracle to have a chance of surviving. A secret plan was hatched to strengthen the team with an IM, which happily came off. Now we thought we had a chance. That is until Gary, our normal board two, phoned on Friday to say that all flights out of the Channel Islands were grounded by fog. Our chances had just taken a nosedive.
Round five was against bottom of the table Dumfries and District. They are not a bad team and like the Knights faced a bit of bad luck along the way. They probably expected to beat us and would have had a shock when an IM sat down on board one. Whoever lost this match was sure to be relegated, so the pressure was on. Early on it was Dumfries who had the advantage. The match was on knife-edge for sometime, but then Dumfries crumbled and the Knights rode out as 4.5-0.5 winners.
A win was great, but it was not enough and we had to get something from the Edinburgh 1 game. Our IM made an efficient job of quickly dispatching their board one, as did their board five to Peter. One game all then. Things did not look good, Paul was losing on board two and Michael was struggling on board three. I was holding my own against a higher rated junior opponent, but assumed the match was going nowhere. That is until Michael was suddenly winning on board four and my opponent offered me the draw.
With a drawn match, our miracle escape act is now half complete. We are relying on other results, but a win in the final round seven gives us a chance of staying up. Not the best position to be in, but a lot better than no chance.
The Kingdom Kings in the first division are having a difficult season. With their board one player at the Scotland rugby match, life got even tougher. They could only draw with two of their relegation contenders, Gifnock and Greenwood. This also leaves them on second bottom and relying on other results. The difference for them is that their final round is against the strong third placed team Edinburgh West and the teams just above, including the Central League teams Cumbernauld and Forth Valley, will probably do enough to survive. Not a good place for a team that has won the first division a few years back.
That just leaves the fourth division. Forth Valley 2 will be promoted by winning their last game and the Kingdom Knaves may reach mid division with a final round win.
A good overview of all of the SNCL potential comings and goings can be found here http://www.chessscotland.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=21&t=240
and all of the league info here http://www.sncl.org.uk/
and all of the league info here http://www.sncl.org.uk/
Selected info copied from the SNCL site for future reference.
Division one league tables copied from http://www.sncl.org.uk/div1.htm
SNCL Division 1 League Table
| Boards | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | Played | Defaults | Score | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Team Name | P | W | D | L | Pts | W | D | L | W | D | L | Boards | % |
| 1 | 8 | Dundee City A | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 77 |
| 2 | 4 | Hamilton A | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 77 |
| 3 | 6 | Edinburgh West | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 53 |
| 4 | 5 | Forth Valley | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11½ | 38 |
| 5 | 3 | Giffnock and Clarkston A | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 40 |
| 6 | 1 | Cumbernauld | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 43 |
| 7 | 2 | Kingdom Kings | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11½ | 38 |
| 8 | 7 | Greenwood | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 33 |
| 48 | 20 | 8 | 20 | 48 | 80 | 66 | 80 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 120 | ||||
| Bd | Grade | Greenwood | (7) | vs | (2) | Kingdom Kings | Grade | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2088 | Frew, Elliot | 1 | - | 0 | Kynoch, Russell J F | 1920 | Home Win |
| 2 | 1775 | Roy, Ali | ½ | - | ½ | Pyrich, George D | 1908 | Draw |
| 3 | 1754 | Gillespie, David M | 0 | - | 1 | Jenkins, Ben J | 1842 | Away Win |
| 4 | 1748 | Gillespie, David P | 0 | - | 1 | Brisbane, W Stewart | 1565 | Away Win |
| 5 | 1703 | McGovern, Patrick | 1 | - | 0 | Selbie, Peter | 1293 | Home Win |
| 2½ | - | 2½ | ||||||
| Bd | Grade | Kingdom Kings | (2) | vs | (3) | Giffnock and Clarkston A | Grade | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1920 | Kynoch, Russell J F | 1 | - | 0 | Giulian, Rosie A | 1764 | Home Win |
| 2 | 1908 | Pyrich, George D | 0 | - | 1 | MacQueen, Andrew | 1727 | Away Win |
| 3 | 1842 | Jenkins, Ben J | 1 | - | 0 | Campbell, Iain S | 1627 | Home Win |
| 4 | 1306 | Grant, Glynis | 0 | - | 1 | MacQueen, Stuart | 1538 | Away Win |
| 5 | 1293 | Selbie, Peter | ½ | - | ½ | Mitchell, Mike | 1400 | Draw |
| 2½ | - | 2½ | ||||||
Division two league tables copied from
SNCL Division 2 League Table
| Boards | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | Played | Defaults | Score | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Team Name | P | W | D | L | Pts | W | D | L | W | D | L | Boards | % |
| 1 | 4 | Edinburgh University | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 70 |
| 2 | 1 | Edinburgh 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 63 |
| 3 | 8 | CS Bos 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 57 |
| 4 | 7 | Kilmarnock | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 50 |
| 5 | 2 | East Kilbride | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 47 |
| 6 | 6 | Stonehaven | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 47 |
| 7 | 5 | Kingdom Knights | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 40 |
| 8 | 3 | Dumfries and District | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 27 |
| 48 | 19 | 10 | 19 | 48 | 83 | 70 | 83 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 120 | ||||
Bd Grade Dumfries and District (3) vs (5) Kingdom Knights Grade Comments 1 2023 Green, Michael L 0 - 1 Burns-Mannion, Stephen R (IM) 2308 Away Win 2 1750 Walton, Robert J 0 - 1 Carpenter, Paul 0 Away Win 3 1596 Marchbank, Stuart 0 - 1 McBride, John 1752 Away Win 4 1558 Saunders, Karsten 0 - 1 Smith, Calum V 1558 Away Win 5 1297 Sim, Robert C ½ - ½ Horne, Peter 1448 Draw ½ - 4½
Bd Grade Kingdom Knights (5) vs (1) Edinburgh 1 Grade Comments 1 2308 Burns-Mannion, Stephen R (IM) 1 - 0 Brechin, Hugh R 2045 Home Win 2 0 Carpenter, Paul 0 - 1 Kynoch, Richard J P 2024 Away Win 3 1752 McBride, John ½ - ½ Murdochy, Shivan 1894 Draw 4 1730 Roy, Michael 1 - 0 Ridge, Michael 1892 Home Win 5 1448 Horne, Peter 0 - 1 Sykes, Chris 1822 Away Win 2½ - 2½
Division four league tables copied from
Boards Matches Played Defaults Score Pos Team Team Name P W D L Pts W D L W D L Boards % 1 7 North Ayrshire Crusaders 6 5 0 1 10 15 3 6 6 0 0 22½ 75 2 1 Forth Valley 2 6 4 0 2 8 13 5 6 6 0 0 21½ 72 3 2 CSBOS 2 6 4 0 2 8 11 7 10 0 0 2 14½ 48 4 4 Corstorphine 6 3 0 3 6 13 3 13 0 0 1 14½ 48 5 8 SJC 6 2 1 3 5 7 1 16 6 0 0 13½ 45 6 5 Giffnock and Clarkston B 6 2 0 4 4 6 6 12 5 0 1 14 47 7 6 Kingdom Knaves 6 1 1 4 3 7 7 16 0 0 0 10½ 35 8 3 Bon Accord 6 2 0 4 -2 8 0 1 1 0 20 9 30 48 23 2 23 48 80 32 80 24 0 24 120
Bd Grade Kingdom Knaves (6) vs (2) CSBOS 2 Grade Comments 1 1431 Morris, Ian G 1 - 0 Heatlie, Douglas S 1587 Home Win 2 1341 O`Rourke, Bryan ½ - ½ Bate, Simon 1560 Draw 3 0 Skellern, Barry 0 - 1 Russell, Graeme R 1491 Away Win 4 1130 Stewart, Charlie ½ - ½ Forbes, Alistair 1440 Draw 5 954 Connelly, Joe 0 - 1 West, Nicholas C 1278 Away Win 2 - 3
Bd Grade Forth Valley 2 (1) vs (6) Kingdom Knaves Grade Comments 1 1550 Hewitt, David A ½ - ½ Morris, Ian G 1431 Draw 2 1529 Anderson, Graham C 1 - 0 Newton, Calum 1148 Home Win 3 1519 Gray, William B 1 - 0 Stewart, Charlie 1130 Home Win 4 1511 Hanlon, Hugh 1 - 0 Connelly, Joe 954 Home Win 5 1252 Brodie, David 1 - 0 Innes, Leon 0 Home Win 4½ - ½
Division four league tables copied from
| Boards | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matches | Played | Defaults | Score | ||||||||||||
| Pos | Team | Team Name | P | W | D | L | Pts | W | D | L | W | D | L | Boards | % |
| 1 | 7 | North Ayrshire Crusaders | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 22½ | 75 |
| 2 | 1 | Forth Valley 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 21½ | 72 |
| 3 | 2 | CSBOS 2 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 14½ | 48 |
| 4 | 4 | Corstorphine | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 3 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14½ | 48 |
| 5 | 8 | SJC | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 13½ | 45 |
| 6 | 5 | Giffnock and Clarkston B | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 47 |
| 7 | 6 | Kingdom Knaves | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10½ | 35 |
| 8 | 3 | Bon Accord | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | -2 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 30 |
| 48 | 23 | 2 | 23 | 48 | 80 | 32 | 80 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 120 | ||||
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