Four Nations Chess League 1995/96

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The 1995/96 season was the third season of the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). Of the 12 participants of the previous season were Invicta Knights Maidstone , the Barbican Chess Club not represented and Covent Garden, for the first time Guildford, Richmond, Hertford, Croydon and Newcastle went to the start, took part so that 14 teams that a simple round-robin tournament played .

The defending champions Midland Monarchs and Slough were able to distance the rest of the field significantly, one point gap decided the title race in Slough's favor. A relegation was not planned this season. For the reported team squads, see the Four Nations Chess League team squad 1995/96 .

Dates and venues

The competitions took place on November 25th and 26th, 1995, January 20th and 21st, February 17th and 18th, March 16th and 17th, April 27th and 28th and May 25th, 26th and 27th 1996. The first two rounds were held in Cheltenham , third and fourth in Abergavenny , fifth and sixth in Birmingham , seventh and eighth in Hertford , ninth and tenth in Newcastle and the last three in Warwick .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp G U V MP Board P.
01. Slough Chess Club 13 11 2 0 24: 2 75.0: 29.0
02. Midland Monarchs (M) 13 11 1 1 23: 3 74.5: 29.5
03. Wood Green 13 9 1 3 19: 7 68.5: 35.5
04th British Chess Magazine 13 8th 3 2 19: 7 62.0: 42.0
05. Witney 13 6th 2 5 14:12 52.0: 52.0
06th South Wales Dragons 13 6th 2 5 14:12 48.5: 55.5
07th Guildford 13 6th 1 6th 13:13 53.5: 50.5
08th. Richmond 13 5 3 5 13:13 52.0: 52.0
09. Hertford 13 5 2 6th 12:14 50.0: 54.0
10. North West Eagles 13 5 1 7th 11:15 44.0: 60.0
11. Croydon 13 3 2 8th 8:18 41.0: 63.0
12. Well Fianna 13 2 1 10 5:21 32.5: 71.5
13. Bristol & District 13 1 2 10 4:22 37.5: 66.5
14th Newcastle 13 0 3 10 3:23 36.0: 68.0

decisions

British Champion: Slough Chess Club
Relegated: none
(M) Last season champions

Crosstab

Results 01. 02. 03. 04th 05. 06th 07th 08th. 09. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14th
01. Slough Chess Club 5½ 6½ 7th 6th 4½ 5½ 7½ 6½ 4th 5½ 6½ 6th 4th
02. Midland Monarchs 2½ 4½ 6th 6½ 5½ 6th 4th 6½ 6th 7½ 7th 6½ 6th
03. Wood Green 1½ 3½ 4th 5½ 3½ 4½ 6th 7½ 7½ 5 6½ 6½ 7th
04th British Chess Magazine 1 2 4th 7th 4th 5 4½ 4th 7½ 7th 6th 5 5
05. Witney 2 1½ 2½ 1 3½ 5 5 4½ 5½ 4th 4th 6½ 7th
06th South Wales Dragons 3½ 2½ 4½ 4th 4½ 1½ 2½ 4th 3 4½ 5 4½ 4½
07th Guildford Chess Club 2½ 2 3½ 3 3 6½ 4½ 3 5 7th 4½ 4th 5
08th. Richmond Chess Club ½ 4th 2 3½ 3 5½ 3½ 5 4½ 6th 6½ 4th 4th
09. Hertford Chess Club 1½ 1½ ½ 4th 3½ 4th 5 3 4½ 2½ 7½ 6th 6½
10. North West Eagles 4th 2 ½ ½ 2½ 5 3 3½ 3½ 4½ 5½ 5 4½
11. Croydon Chess 2½ ½ 3 1 4th 3½ 1 2 5½ 3½ 6th 4½ 4th
12. Well Fianna 1½ 1 1½ 2 4th 3 3½ ½ ½ 2½ 2 5 5½
13. Bristol Chess Club 2 1½ 1½ 3 1½ 3½ 4th 4th 2 3 3½ 3 5
14th Newcastle Chess Club 4th 2 1 3 1 3½ 3 4th 1½ 3½ 4th 2½ 3

Note : In the match between Richmond and Na Fianna both teams left the last board vacant, so that this game was rated 0-0.

The championship team

1. Slough Chess Club
Chess pieces

Michael Adams , Tony Miles , Jonathan Speelman , Julian Hodgson , Bogdan Lalić , Anthony Kosten , Mark Hebden , Michael Hennigan , Aaron Summerscale , Ali Mortazavi , James Poulton, Clive Cubitt, Susan Lalić , John Richardson, Andrew Smith, Richard Webb, Miroslav Houska , Robert Noyce, Arthur Brameld, Jovanka Houska .

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