From Charles Higgie:
On Tuesday November 19th, Shropshire & Friends 1 took another step towards becoming national online chess champions with a 3-1 win over Dundee City A in the 4NCL (4 Nations Chess League – the four nations being England, Scotland. Ireland and Wales). On board 1 Shropshire’s only Grandmaster Keith Arkell drew with International Master Richard Polaczek with White. On 2 Dan Avery won with black in a long game. On 3 captain Charles Higgie won with white. On 4 Mehmet Altinsoy drew with black. With one round left of the current season, Shropshire & Friends 1 top their group in Division 1. A win or a draw in their last match on December 3 would guarantee them a top two finish and would qualify them for the national semi-finals a week later, and if they win that they would be in the national final on December 17.
Shropshire and Friends currently have 4 teams in the 4NCL online, one in Division 1, two in Division 2 and one on Division 4. The league has 5 Divisions with 90 teams.
Division 1
Group A
| rd 1 | rd 2 | rd 3 | rd 4 | rd 5 | rd 6 | P | W | D | L | MP | Def | GP | |||
| 1 | Shropshire & Friends 1 | saf1 | gil1 3½ | hhu 1 | oxf2 3½ | wesb 3 | her1 3½ | duna 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 17½ |
| 2 | Heffalump Hunters | hhu | saba 0 | saf1 3 | wesb 2½ | duna 2½ | gil1 2½ | oxf2 3 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 1 | 13½ |
| 3 | Hertford 1 | her1 | wesb 2 | duna 1½ | gil1 2½ | oxf2 2½ | saf1 ½ | saba 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 0 | 12 |
| 4 | Dundee City A | duna | oxf2 2 | her1 2½ | saba 3½ | hhu 1½ | wesb 4 | saf1 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 14½ |
| 5 | Streatham & Brixton A | saba | hhu 2½ | wesb 2 | duna ½ | gil1 3 | oxf2 1½ | her1 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 10½ |
| 6 | Oxford 2 | oxf2 | duna 1½ | gil1 3½ | saf1 0 | her1 1½ | saba 2½ | hhu 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 10 |
| 7 | Wessex B | wesb | her1 1 | saba 2 | hhu 1½ | saf1 1 | duna 0 | gil1 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 9½ |
| 8 | Guildford 1 | ||||||||||||||