We have 27 hopefuls for the title of Club champion 2018. The first night produced some exciting and close games with honourable mention to Kevin who punched well above his weight in a match with Hilton. Kevin had a small but definite edge at one point. He sacrificed a piece to try and get a pawn through, but in the end the compensation was not quite enough. A lot of the older and more experienced members are going to succumb to Kevin in coming weeks. Beware!
The crosstable so far is below
| 1 | Richard_Dare | 1.0 | +W18 |
| 2 | Hilton_Bennett | 1.0 | +B19 |
| 3 | Prashant_Mistry | 1.0 | +W20 |
| 4 | Eushin_Kang | 1.0 | +B21 |
| 5 | Graham_Nolan | 1.0 | +B22 |
| 6 | William_Crombie | 1.0 | +B23 |
| 7 | Christopher_Symon | 1.0 | +W24 |
| 8 | Lara_Heppenstall | 1.0 | +B25 |
| 9 | Ian_Kennedy | 1.0 | +W26 |
| 10 | Rowan_Lightfoot | 1.0 | +B27 |
| 11 | Leo_Dizon | 1.0 | +B16 |
| 12 | Ronja_Ripp | 1.0 | +B17 |
| 13 | Milton_Severinsen | 0.5 | =BYE |
| 14 | Murray_Tuatini | 0.5 | =BYE |
| 15 | Ruchira_Silva | 0.5 | =BYE |
| 16 | William_Lynn | 0.0 | -W11 |
| 17 | Gary_Judkins | 0.0 | -W12 |
| 18 | Michael_Lin | 0.0 | -B1 |
| 19 | Kevin_Li | 0.0 | -W2 |
| 20 | Alex_Treat | 0.0 | -B3 |
| 21 | Daniel_Dizon | 0.0 | -W4 |
| 22 | Maureen_Murphy | 0.0 | -W5 |
| 23 | Sean_Clark | 0.0 | -W6 |
| 24 | Nathanial_Loy | 0.0 | -B7 |
| 25 | Andy_Song | 0.0 | -W8 |
| 26 | Joel_Crombie | 0.0 | -B9 |
| 27 | Lasen_Silva | 0.0 | -W10 |
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