Round 5 results
Round 5, held on Tuesday 9th December 2008, started with a minute’s silence for IM Bob Wade of Athenaeum, who had sadly passed away since round 4. His club captain, Stephen Walsh, also said a few words in moving tribute.
Dave Chambers kindly continued his splendid Christmas tradition of bringing a bottle of whisky to round 5 for everyone to share: appropriately, he had found one produced by a distillery just a few miles from where Bob was born in New Zealand. Thanks Dave!
The results from the round were as follows.
| Match 1 | |||
| Athenaeum A | Athenaeum C | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | P Tozer | 0-1 | R Dickens |
| 2 | H McMillan | 1-0 | C A H Russ |
| 3 | M J Rose | 1-0 | P D Norris |
| 4 | J R England | ½-½ | T Galizia |
| 2½-1½ | |||
| Match 2 | |||
| United Hospitals | Athenaeum D | ||
| 1 | M Harborne | 0-1 | P D Hopper |
| 2 | N Fordham | 1-0 | S J F Walsh |
| 3 | M Daniels | ½-½ | M Jones |
| 4 | J Faben | 0-1 | G F Parfett |
| 1½-2½ | |||
| Match 3 | |||
| Athenaeum B | RBS 1 | ||
| 1 | J Stevenson | 1-0 | I N Heppell |
| 2 | C McAleenan | ½-½ | B Barlow |
| 3 | M J Silverman | 1-0 | D Tidmarsh |
| 4 | M L Sant | 0-1 | D Chambers |
| 2½-1½ | |||
| Match 4 | |||
| HSBC A | Goldman Sachs | ||
| 1 | J Friend | 0-1 | A Medworth |
| 2 | J Skipworth | ½-½ | B Martensson |
| 3 | M Linden | 1-0 | Y Nikulin |
| 4 | Default | 0-1 | N Alok |
| 1½-2½ | |||
| Match 5 | |||
| Bank of England | RBS 2 | ||
| 1 | I Ahmed | 1-0 | M Lake |
| 2 | P Hatton | 1-0 | J Van Dijk |
| 3 | C Summerfield | 1-0 | B Parr |
| 4 | A Lipinska | 0-1 | E Perry |
| 3-1 | |||
| Standings | ||
| 1 | Athenaeum B | 14½ |
| 2 | Athenaeum D | 12 |
| 3 | RBS 1 | 11 |
| 4= | United Hospitals | 10½ |
| 4= | Athenaeum A | 10½ |
| 4= | Goldman Sachs | 10½ |
| 7 | Athenaeum C | 9 |
| 8 | HSBC | 8½ |
| 9 | Bank of England | 6½ |
| 10 | RBS 2 | 3 |