Our squad remains strong, returning after an excellent performance in 24/25. New results and tables.
| Opposition |
H/A |
Date |
Result |
| Badgers Brooke |
H |
Oct 7 |
4-2 |
| Edinburgh West 1 |
A |
Nov 5 |
3½-2½ |
| Edinburgh 1 |
H |
Nov 11 |
1½-4½ |
| Civil Service 1 |
A |
Dec 2 |
1-5 |
| Edinburgh 2 |
A |
Dec 8 |
0-6 |
| Badgers Brooke 1 |
A |
Jan 12 |
1½-4½ |
| Edinburgh West 1 |
H |
Jan 17 |
3½-2½ |
| Edinburgh 1 |
A |
Feb 12 |
4-2 |
Edinburgh 1 (away, 12 Feb)
A few good results against the odds from Mark, Alan and Elliot. It looked like we might do better but the grading advantages counted in the end.
| Edinburgh 1 |
4‑2 |
Wandering Dragons 1 |
| Ruxton, Keith (2315) |
½‑½ |
Orr, Mark J L (2116) |
| Berry, Neil M (2257) |
1‑0 |
Browning, Isaac (2054) |
| MacQueen, Calum (2175) |
½‑½ |
Minnican, Alan W (2040) |
| Thomson, Craig S M (2105) |
1‑0 |
Fleming, Neil (1950) |
| Kudaibergen, Nurlykhan (2127) |
1‑0 |
Burnett, Walter (1941) |
| Whyte, Brian G (1962) |
0‑1 |
Sloan, Elliot S (1850) |
Edinburgh West 1 (home, 27 Jan)
Mark's bad knight was balanced by his opponent's bad bishop. Tom was winning but lost control in complications and time trouble. Neil comprehensively outplayed his opponent. Walter eventually won with a kingside attack though missed the win of a piece earlier. Eliot lost his queen for 2 pieces but his opponent's king was fatally weak.
| Wandering Dragons 1 |
3½‑2½ |
Edinburgh West 1 |
| Orr, Mark J L (2116) |
½‑½ |
Farrell, Neil R (2166) |
| Leah, Tom (2061) |
0‑1 |
Grant, Jonathan I M (2161) |
| Fleming, Neil (1950) |
1‑0 |
Sharma, Devesh (1925) |
| Burnett, Walter (1941) |
1‑0 |
Robinson, Martin E (1762) |
| Sloan, Elliot S (1850) |
1‑0 |
Darling, Callum (1585) |
| Devos, Alexandre |
0‑1 |
McKenzie, Kyriakos (1462) |
Badgers Brooke 1 (away, 12 Jan)
Another excellent team performance away in Broxbourne.
| Badgers Brook 1 |
1½‑4½ |
Wandering Dragons 1 |
| McGeoch, Kenny R (2014) |
0‑1 |
Orr, Mark J L (2116) |
| Cooke, Susan G (1902) |
½‑½ |
Leah, Tom (2061) |
| Cooke, Mark (1876) |
0‑1 |
Browning, Isaac (2054) |
| Will, Douglas (1839) |
1‑0 |
Fleming, Neil (1950) |
| Rowney, Jonathan (1543) |
0‑1 |
Sloan, Elliot S (1850) |
| Dolan, Corey |
0‑1 |
Carter, Richard G (1799) |
Edinburgh 2 (away, 8 Dec)
The team got a boost from Hamish Olson, who was popping over to Edinburgh for a short visit from his current home in Guernsey.
| Edinburgh 2 |
0‑6 |
Wandering Dragons 1 |
| Rutherford, Willie (1938) |
0‑1 |
Olson, Hamish (2278) |
| Robertson, David A (1911) |
0‑1 |
Orr, Mark J L (2116) |
| Ridge, Michael (1852) |
0‑1 |
Leah, Tom (2061) |
| Kane, Robert (1815) |
0‑1 |
Browning, Isaac (2054) |
| Irving, Neil (1809) |
0‑1 |
Fleming, Neil (1950) |
| Reeves, Andrew R (1780) |
0‑1 |
Sloan, Elliot S (1850) |
Civil Service 1 (away, 2 Dec)
In a dominating win, the only loss was by Jim, who faced an in-form, up and coming youngster and could not find a way round his very accurate play.
| Civil Service 1 |
1‑5 |
Wandering Dragons 1 |
| Van Oijen, Marcel (1936) |
0‑1 |
Orr, Mark J L (2116) |
| Rounds, Matt (1875) |
0‑1 |
Leah, Tom (2061) |
| Gunn-Russell, Charles (1789) |
0‑1 |
Fleming, Neil (1950) |
| Scott, Richard (1702) |
0‑1 |
Kynoch, Richard J P (1882) |
| McDiarmid, Allan (1664) |
0‑1 |
Sloan, Elliot S (1850) |
| Grey, Tom (1635) |
1‑0 |
O'Neil, Jim (1797) |
Edinburgh 1 (home, 11 Nov)
| Wandering Dragons 1 |
1½‑4½ |
Edinburgh 1 |
| Orr, Mark J L (2116) |
0‑1 |
Ruxton, Keith (2315) |
| Leah, Tom (2061) |
½‑½ |
Berry, Neil M (2257) |
| Browning, Isaac (2054) |
½‑½ |
Thomson, Craig S M (2105) |
| Fleming, Neil (1950) |
0‑1 |
Walden, Petros (2176) |
| Burnett, Walter (1941) |
0‑1 |
Kudaibergen, Nurlykhan (2127) |
| Sloan, Elliot S (1850) |
½‑½ |
Parasur, Raghuram (1757) |
Edinburgh West (away, 5 Nov)
In a tough close match, the Dragons lost out as Mark fought to contain an end-game against another up and coming junior and lost out to the clock.
| Edinburgh West |
3½‑2½ |
Wandering Dragons 1 |
| Deepak Ambattu, Rithvik (2011) |
1‑0 |
Orr, Mark J L (2116) |
| Grant, Jonathan I M (2161) |
1‑0 |
Leah, Tom (2061) |
| Neave, George (2040) |
1‑0 |
Fleming, Neil (1950) |
| Sharma, Devesh (1925) |
0‑1 |
Burnett, Walter (1941) |
| Selvaraj, Palaniswamy Raja (1943) |
½‑½ |
Taylor, Ewan (1852) |
| Robinson, Martin E (1762) |
0‑1 |
Sloan, Elliot S (1850) |
Badgers Brooke (home, Oct 7)
An excellent start to the 25/26 season for our top guns, with a 4-2 win for Dragons 1 vs Badgers Brook, top 4 boards drawn, wins for Walter and Elliot.
| Wandering Dragons 1 |
4‑2 |
Badgers Brooke |
| Orr, Mark J L (2116) |
½‑½ |
McGeoch, Kenny R (2014) |
| Leah, Tom (2061) |
½‑½ |
Cooke, Susan G (1902) |
| Browning, Isaac (2054) |
½‑½ |
Cooke, Mark (1876) |
| Fleming, Neil (1950) |
½‑½ |
Will, Douglas (1839) |
| Burnett, Walter (1941) |
1‑0 |
Fleming, Andrew (1772) |
| Sloan, Elliot S (1850) |
1‑0 |
Glassey, Duncan R (1722) |