With the school holidays on last night was to be a casual chess night, but the cry went up for a round robin so an impromptu seven rounds of 3 + 3 eventuated. Graham top scored on 7 points. Richard and Ian tied for second with 5 each. Club ratings have been updated (Craig, Ian, and Graham achieve new personal bests, with Graham now number 3 in the club ranking). Casual chess again next week. Visitors welcome. (last nights crosstable appears below …)
| 1 | Graham Nolan | 7.0 | +B4 | +W5 | +B10 | +W6 | +B3 | +W2 | +B9 |
| 2 | Richard Dare | 5.0 | — | +B11 | +W9 | +B7 | +W4 | -B1 | +W5 |
| 3 | Ian Kennedy | 5.0 | +B13 | +W6 | -B5 | +W10 | -W1 | +B11 | +W4 |
| 4 | Sivoram Manoharan | 4.0 | -W1 | +BYE | +B8 | +W5 | -B2 | +W10 | -B3 |
| 5 | Daniel Davis | 4.0 | +W7 | -B1 | +W3 | -B4 | +W8 | +B9 | -B2 |
| 6 | Gary Judkins | 4.0 | +W12 | -B3 | +W7 | -B1 | -W9 | +BYE | +B10 |
| 7 | Matt Crombie | 3.5 | -B5 | +W13 | -B6 | -W2 | +BYE | =B8 | +W12 |
| 8 | Joel Crombie | 3.5 | -W9 | +B12 | -W4 | +B11 | -B5 | =W7 | +W13 |
| 9 | Craig Scott | 3.0 | +B8 | -W10 | -B2 | +W12 | +B6 | -W5 | -W1 |
| 10 | Richard Jackson | 3.0 | +W11 | +B9 | -W1 | -B3 | +W13 | -B4 | -W6 |
| 11 | Darius Hasan-Stein | 3.0 | -B10 | -W2 | +B13 | -W8 | +B12 | -W3 | +BYE |
| 12 | Sean Clark | 2.0 | -B6 | -W8 | +BYE | -B9 | -W11 | +B13 | -B7 |
| 13 | Adam Hasan-Stein | 1.0 | -W3 | -B7 | -W11 | +BYE | -B10 | -W12 | -B8 |
Hamilton Chess Club 