4NCL Season 1997-98

The 4NCL acknowledge the assistance of John Saunders and the Britbase website in recovering this data.

The results and match cards have been reconstructed from PGN files, and the information may not be entirely correct.

Division 2

  P W D L MP GP
1 Barbican 2 11 7 2 2 16 53
2 Simpsons 11 7 2 2 16 50½
3 Wessex 11 8 0 3 16 45½
4 White Rose 11 7 1 3 15 50
5 Witney 11 7 0 4 14 50
6 Gwent Dragons 11 4 2 5 10 41
7 Invicta Knights 2 11 4 1 6 9 41½
8 Kings Head 11 4 1 6 9 41
9 Bristol 2 11 2 4 5 8 43
10 Coulsdon 11 4 0 7 8 41½
11 Nidum Knights 11 3 1 7 7 35½
12 Guildford 2 11 1 2 8 4 33½

The above table matches that published in Chess magazine at the time of the event. The results reconstructed from the PGN files lead to the following crosstable, which differs in several cases in the number of game points. The differences are highlighted in red below.

  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 MP GP
1 Barbican 2   4-4 3-5 5½-2½ 5-3 3½-4½ 5-3 5-3 4-4 6½-1½ 5½-2½ 6-2 16 53
2 Simpsons 4-4   3½-4½ 5-3 2½-5½ 6-2 6½-1½ 6-2 5-3 4½-3½ 4½-3½ 4-4 16 51½
3 Wessex 5-3 4½-3½   2-6 5-3 4½-3½ 4½-3½ 4½-3½ 2-6 3½-4½ 5½-2½ 4½-3½ 16 45½
4 White Rose 2½-5½ 3-5 6-2   4½-3½ 3½-4½ 4½-3½ 7-1 4-4 5-2 4½-3½ 5½-2½ 15 50
5 Witney 3-5 5½-2½ 3-5 3½-4½   5-3 4½-3½ 3-5 4½-3½ 5-3 6-2 7-1 14 50
6 Gwent Dragons 4½-3½ 2-6 3½-4½ 4½-3½ 3-5   3½-4½ 4½-3½ 4-4 2-6 4-4 5½-2½ 10 41
7 Invicta Knights 2 3-5 1½-6½ 3½-4½ 3½-4½ 3½-4½ 4½-3½   4-4 4½-3½ 2½-5½ 6½-1½ 4½-3½ 9 41½
8 Kings Head 3-5 2-6 3½-4½ 1-7 5-3 3½-4½ 4-4   4½-3½ 5½-2½ 3½-4½ 5-3 9 40½
9 Bristol 2 4-4 3-5 6-2 4-4 3½-4½ 4-4 3½-4½ 3½-4½   5-3 3-5 4-4 8 43½
10 Coulsdon 1½-6½ 3½-4½ 4½-3½ 2-5 3-5 6-2 5½-2½ 2½-5½ 3-5   7-1 3-5 8 41½
11 Nidum Knights 2½-5½ 3½-4½ 2½-5½ 3½-4½ 2-6 4-4 1½-6½ 4½-3½ 5-3 1-7   5½-2½ 7 35½
12 Guildford 2 2-6 4-4 3½-4½ 2½-5½ 1-7 2½-5½ 3½-4½ 3-5 4-4 5-3 2½-5½   4 33½