"Always make a total effort, even when the odds are against you." - Arnold Palmer

Monday 25 March 2013

4NCL: Pandora's Box Lost in First Round of Championship Pool

Round 7 and 8 of 4NCL had been played last weekend in Puma Hotel Hinckley Island at Hinckley. 
Pandora's Box Grantham, this time  beefed up by IM Jerzy Slaby on the top board, Paul Cumbers, who replaced Claudio Mangione and Daniel Wells started very well and in round 7 beat convincingly Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg 1 6½ - 1½.Next day Pandora lost to White Rose 2 3 - 5.



Round 7


Rhyfelwyr Essyllwg 1
1½ - 6½
Pandora's Box Grantham
231
w
Jones, Richard S
im
2399
½ - ½
Slaby, Jerzy
im
2476

232
b
Kett, Timothy J
2220
0 - 1
Crouch, Colin S
im
2388

233
w
Trevelyan, John
2129
0 - 1
Ross, Chris N
cm
2247

234
b
Young, Alan
2063
0 - 1
Batchelor, Peter J
j
2306

235
w
Spice, Alan P
2104
½ - ½
Birtwistle, Nigel
2148

236
b
Brown, Tom
2091
0 - 1
Cumbers, Paul
2147

237
w
Hatchett, Paul D
2070 
½ - ½
Wells, Daniel J
2022

238
b
Thorpe, Thomas G
j
1863
0 - 1
David, Ivan
1777



Round 8 - Championship Pool


Pandora's Box Grantham
3 -5
White Rose 2
221
w
Slaby, Jerzy
im
2476
1 - 0
Weller, Jean-Luc
2176

222
b
Crouch, Colin S
im
2388
1 - 0
Gayson, Peter M
2215

223
w
Ross, Chris N
cm
2247
0 - 1
Burnett, Jim
2143

224
b
Batchelor, Peter J
j
2306
½ - ½
Shaw, Peter
2151

225
w
Birtwistle, Nigel
2148
0 - 1
Adams, David M
2216

226
b
Cumbers, Paul
2147
½ - ½
Arnott,Jonathan W
cm
2188

227
w
Wells, Daniel J
2022
0 - 1
Weller, Pierre
j
2124

221
b
David, Ivan
1777
1 - 0
Sullivan, Daniel JS
c
2130







Games of Round 7






Games of Round 8 - Championship Pool





After this defeat Pandora's Box doesn't have an easy position and promotion into division one is less likely.
Next rounds of 4NCL (Round 9 to 11) will be played 4th-6th May 2013 again at Hinckley Island.





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