Results – 1997-98

MUSHROOMS CHESS CLUB

RESULTS FOR SEASON 1997-1998

London League Div I

Eastman Cup

National Club Open Championship

National Club Rapidplay Championship

LONDON LEAGUE DIV I  1997-1998

Mon	Sep	22	Drunken Knights	won 7½-4½
Tues	Oct	14	Ilford	lost 4½-7½
Mon	Oct	27	Hackney	lost 3½-8½
Tues	Nov	18	Kings Head	lost 5½-6½
Wed	Dec	17	Wood Green	lost 2-10
Tues	Jan	13	Charlton	lost 2½-9½
Thur	Jan	29	Barbican	lost 5½-6½
Tues	Feb	10	Lewisham	Drew 6-6
Thur	Mar	19	Cavendish	won 6½-4½ (+ 1 double default)
Tues	Mar	31	Streatham & Brixton	lost 2½-9½
Mon	Apr	27	Beckenham & Bromley	won 6½-5½

	MUSHROOMS			DRUNKEN KNIGHTS			22.9.97
1	Bill Linton	½	½	Clive Cubitt
2	Mike Prizant	½	½	Richard Black
3	Ron Harris	0	1	A Hammond
4	Tim Pelling	1	0	P Girdlestone
5	Paul Gait	1	0	N Alldritt
6	Rory O’Kelly	1	0	Alex Harakis
7	David Sedgwick	0	1	Nevil Chan
8	Dave Smith	1	0	S Butler
9	Mike Smith	1	0	Suri Rodericks
10	Chris Carew	½	½	S Wild
11	David Drakeford	1	0	R Kane
12	Jeff Palmer	0	1	P Martin
	Final score	7½	4½
	Mushrooms black on odds

	MUSHROOMS			ILFORD			14.10.97
1	default	0	1	Richard Tozer
2	Ron Harris	1	0	D Coleman
3	Rory O’Kelly	1	0	Eddie Dearing
4	Dave Smith	0	1	Mike Twyble
5	Mike Smith	½	½	John Hodgson
6	Steve Lorber	1	0	J Moore
7	default	0	1	C Karayiannis
8	Roland Gronau	0	1	R White
9	David Drakeford	1	0	C Dorn
10	Jeff Palmer	0	1	W Saunders
11	Bob Faint	0	1	David Millward
12	Paul Durrant	0	1	Neville Twitchell
	Final Score	4½	7½
	Colours unknown

	MUSHROOMS			HACKNEY			27.10.97
1	Bill Linton	0	1	IM Danny Gormally
2	Tim Pelling	0	1	E Williams
3	Ron Harris	0	1	M Houska
4	Paul Gait	0	1	J Naylor
5	Rory O’Kelly	½	½	Mark Lyell
6	Dave Smith	0	1	Bob Eames
7	David Sedgwick	1	0	Francis Chin
8	Mike Smith	½	½	G Killoran
9	Peter Sullivan	1	0	J Simons
10	Chris Carew	0	1	M Paley
11	Bob Faint	0	1	T Donnelly
12	Frank Lukey	½	½	P Burgoyne
	Final score	3½	8½
	Mushrooms white on odds

	MUSHROOMS			KINGS HEAD	18.11.97
1	Bill Linton	0	1	IM Andrew Whiteley
2	Tim Pelling	½	½	David Okike
3	Ron Harris	0	1	S Arnold
4	Paul Gait	1	0	J Ward
5	Rory O’Kelly	½	½	Robin Pearce
6	David Sedgwick	0	1	Colin MacKenzie
7	Mike Smith	0	1	A Compton
8	Dave Smith	1	0	Bill Osborne
9	Chris Carew	½	½	M Watkins
10	David Drakeford	1	0	G Parker
11	Roland Gronau	0	1	G Brown
12	Bob faint	1	0	G Sweetland
	Final score	5½	6½
	Mushrooms black on odds

	MUSHROOMS			WOOD GREEN	17.12.97
1	Bill Linton	0	1	IM Paul Littlewood
2	Paul Gait	½	½	Peter Sowray
3	Ron Harris	0	1	Graham Lee
4	Tim Pelling	1	0	Dr J Friedland
5	David Sedgwick	½	½	Chedu Maduekwe
6	Dave Smith	0	1	Chris Briscoe
7	David Drakeford	0	1	Howard Tebbs
8	Roland Gronau	0	1	Jonathan Century
9	Jeff Palmer	0	1	WGM Sheila Jackson
10	Steve Lorber	0	1	Dr M McCall
11	default	0	1	Bob Turnham
12	Tim Garner	0	1	Martin Cutmore
	Final score	2	10
	Mushrooms black on odds

	MUSHROOMS			CHARLTON			13.1.98
1	Bill Linton	½	½	GM Neil McDonald
2	Paul Gait	0	1	IM Andrew Ledger
3	Rory O’Kelly	½	½	IM Philip Morris
4	Ron Harris	½	½	Tony Stebbings
5	David Sedgwick	0	1	Gary Clark
6	Dave Smith	0	1	Alan Hanreck
7	Mike Smith	0	1	Peter Taylor
8	Steve Lorber	0	1	John Wager
9	default	0	1	L Ndhlovu
10	Chris Carew	½	½	N Donovan
11	Roland Gronau	0	1	D Morris
12	Jeff Palmer	½	½	P Hannan
	Final score	2½	9½
	Mushrooms white on odds

	MUSHROOMS			BARBICAN	29.1.98
1	Bill Linton	0	1	IM Jonathan Parker
2	Paul Gait	½	½	P Lehtivara
3	Rory O’Kelly	1	0	M Piper
4	Ron Harris	1	0	default
5	David Sedgwick	1	0	default
6	Mike Smith	0	1	Gary Kenworthy
7	Chris Carew	0	1	Stewart Reuben
8	default	0	1	M Bautista
9	Roland Gronau	½	½	M Ross
10	Jeff Palmer	0	1	B Keenan
11	Frank Lukey	1	0	M Littleton
12	R Wallace	1	0	S Weston
	Final score	5½	6½
	Mushrooms white on odds

	MUSHROOMS			LEWISHAM	10.2.98
1	Bill Linton	0	1	John Richardson
2	Rory O’Kelly	½	½	Gus Sugden
3	Mike Prizant	½	½	D Farndon
4	Tim Pelling	0	1	G Botley
5	Paul Gait	½	½	J Allen
6	Ron Harris	0	1	D Mukoro
7	David Sedgwick	1	0	Norman Oliver
8	Mike Smith	1	0	M Stewart
9	Peter Sullivan	1	0	Z Mehmet
10	Chris Carew	½	½	P Wood
11	Roland Gronau	0	1	C Brown
12	Jeff Palmer	1	0	default
	Final score	6	6
	Mushrooms white on odds

	MUSHROOMS			CAVENDISH	19.3.98
1	Rory O’Kelly	½	½	Philip Rossiter
2	Mike Prizant	0	1	Zaki Harari
3	Bill Linton	1	0	Danny Wright
4	Tim Pelling	½	½	Michael MacDonald-Ross
5	Paul Gait	1	0	Jeff Goldberg
6	Ron Harris	½	½	T Hebbes
7	David Sedgwick	1	0	Barry Green
8	Mike Smith	½	½	Paul Yerbury
9	Dave Smith	1	0	Anthony Milnes
10	Chris Carew	½	½	Howard Waterman
11	John Carew	0	1	David Malcolm
12	default	0		default
	Final score	6½	4½
	Mushrooms white on odds

	MUSHROOMS			STREATHAM & BRIXTON	31.3.98
1	Rory O’Kelly	0	1	John Carlin
2	Bill Linton	0	1	A Hon
3	Paul Gait	½	½	Jeremy Laeke
4	Tim Pelling	0	1	Dave Leger
5	Ron Harris	½	½	Andrew Stone
6	David Sedgwick	0	1	R Allicock
7	Steve Lorber	0	1	P Kemp
8	Peter Sullivan	1	0	R Thomas
9	David Drakeford	0	1	Robin Haldane
10	Chris Carew	½	½	C Jones
11	John Carew	0	1	J Kaye
12	Gwyn Havard	0	1	A French
	Final score	2½	9½
	Mushrooms white on odds

	MUSHROOMS			BECKENHAM & BROMLEY	27.4.98
1	Rory O’Kelly	0	1	J Vigus
2	Paul Gait	0	1	N Alfred
3	Bill Linton	1	0	J Bennett
4	default	0	1	M Ruston
5	Tim Pelling	1	0	S Huhn
6	Ron Harris	1	0	R Kingdon
7	David Sedgwick	0	1	A Thompson
8	Dave Smith	1	0	J Barnes
9	Mike Smith	1	0	J McKenna
10	Peter Sullivan	1	0	R Hobell
11	Steve Lorber	½	½	J Lewin
12	David Drakeford	0	1	Andy Heard
	Final score	6½	5½
	Mushrooms white on odds

EASTMAN CUP 1997-1998

1st round bye

2nd round v Capablanca won 7½-2½

Semi-Final v Barbican lost 3-7

	MUSHROOMS			CAPABLANCA	2.2.98
1	Bill Linton	1	0	L Toledo
2	Tim Pelling	1	0	J Velaco
3	Ron Harris	1	0	default
4	Mike Smith	1	0	A Orjuela
5	Roland Gronau	1	0	Tolu
6	Frank Lukey	0	1	Julio C.
7	R Wallace	1	0	R Firio
8	Paul Durrant	1	0	J Apaza
9	Brian Jones	½	½	Arturo V.
10	Tim Garner	0	1	A Arteuba
		7½	2½
	Mushrooms black on odds

	MUSHROOMS			BARBICAN	23.4.98
1	Bill Linton	0	1	IM Jonathan Parker
2	Tim Pelling	½	½	J Rogers
3	Ron Harris	1	0	default
4	Mike Smith	½	½	D Sands
5	Dave Smith	1	0	Gary Kenworthy
6	David Drakeford	0	1	Natasha Regan
7	Chris Carew	0	1	Stewart Reuben
8	Roland Gronau	0	1	P de la Mothe
9	Bob Faint	0	1	P Hatton
10	Duncan Burbidge	0	1	D Flower
		3	7
	Mushrooms white on odds

NATIONAL CLUB OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP 1997-1998

1st round v Ilford lost 1-5

Plate: Round 1: Bye

Round 2: v  Southbourne won 4-2

S-F : v  Charlton lost ½-5½

National Club Championship Round 1

	MUSHROOMS			ILFORD	9.11.97
1	Bill Linton	½	½	Kevin Bowden
2	Mike Prizant	0	1	Philip Rossiter
3	default	0	1	Richard Tozer
4	Ron Harris	0	1	M Twyble
5	Rory O’Kelly	½	½	G Moore
6	Roland Gronau	0	1	J Manley
		1	5
	Mushrooms black on odds

National Club Championship Plate Round 2

	MUSHROOMS			SOUTHBOURNE	29.3.98
1	Bill Linton	½	½	Bob Noyce
2	Mike Prizant	½	½	G White
3	Rory O’Kelly	½	½	M Simons
4	Tim Pelling	1	0	C Jenks
5	Ron Harris	1	0	L Laker
6	David Sedgwick	½	½	J Catchpole
		4	2
	Mushrooms white on odds

National Club Championship Plate Semi-Final

	MUSHROOMS			CHARLTON	29.5.98
1	Rory O’Kelly	0	1	IM Danny Gormally
2	Bill Linton	0	1	IM Philip Morris
3	Ron Harris	½	½	Alan Hanreck
4	David Sedgwick	0	1	Tony Stebbings
5	Dave Smith	0	1	Gary Clark
6	Roland Gronau	0	1	N Donovan
		½	5½
	Mushrooms white on odds

NATIONAL CLUB RAPIDPLAY CHAMPIONSHIP 1997-1998

1st round v Guildford lost 4-4 on board count

Plate 1st round: Bye
Plate 2nd round v Basildon won 8-0

Plate Semi-Final v Imperial College lost 3½-4½

National Club Rapidplay Round 1

	MUSHROOMS			GUILDFORD	30.11.97
1	Bill Linton	0	1	IM Nigel Povah
		1	0
2	Tim Pelling	0	1	B Connell
		0	1
3	Ron Harris	1	0	M Anderton
		1	0
4	Rory O’Kelly	0	1	R Abuyasekera
		1	0
		4	4
	Lost on board count

National Club Rapidplay Plate Round 2

	MUSHROOMS			BASILDON
1	Bill Linton	1	0	J E Lutton
		1	0
2	Tim Pelling	1	0	J Sneesby
		1	0
3	Rory O’Kelly	1	0	L J Lutton
		1	0
4	Ron Harris	1	0	J A Lutton
		1	0
		8	0

National Club Rapidplay Plate Semi-Final

	MUSHROOMS			IMPERIAL COLLEGE	1.6.98
1	Bill Linton	½	½	P Gheorghiu
		0	1
2	Tim Pelling	1	0	D Goodwin
		0	1
3	Rory O’Kelly	½	½	J Hastings
		½	½
4	Ron Harris	0	1	D Tong
		1	0
		3½	4½