** 2020 Chess North West 28th October**

[Peter Hornsby]

Congratulations to Manchester University who prevailed over seven other teams to win the tournament, with Sheffield Durham Alumni and Manchester University B team who also made it through to the Grand Final!

Results and reports can be seen here: http://2020chess.com/northwest.html

Photos: http://2020chess.com/midlands.html

[MartinCarpenter]

Nice to see there a few chess players amongst our utterly massive student population
(The Universities presence in the Manchester league has been very variable.).

[Roger de Coverly]

Results and reports can be seen here

It seems a bit strange to penalise teams with a 2-2 scoreline with a 3-1-0 scoring system. The usual motivation for such schemes is to discourage draws, but drawn matches with decisive games are a natural result in a team competition.

[Mick Norris]

Nice to see there a few chess players amongst our utterly massive student population
(The Universities presence in the Manchester league has been very variable.).

And, they still owe the MCF money from the season they withdrew halfway through, which is irritating since I was promised payment by a University staff member