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Leonard Barden

The UK’s national league, the 4NCL, is turning into a two-horse race after last month’s third and fourth rounds at Peterborough. Wood Green, the 2024 and London League champions, and Manx Liberty, the 2023 winners whose core is a group of Romanian and Hungarian grandmasters, have won all four of their matches. After four of the 11 rounds, the leaders are Wood Green 8 match points (24 game points), Manx Liberty 8 (23.5), Cheddleton Savills Catering 6 (19), Barnet Knights 6 (18). The fixture list is geared to producing a climax, so Wood Green v Manx will only occur in May’s final round, when both teams are likely to enhance their squads with strong GM wildcards. Cheddleton’s only loss has been to Manx, and they have a good chance for…

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Guardian Weekly (Digital) - 1 Issue, 7 February 2025

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