Graham Marshall had the honour of sitting on the next board to former British champion Julian Hodgson in round two of the Scarborough Chess Congress.

However, he was unable to draw too much inspiration from his neighbour as he failed to trouble the leaders in the Foundation Section.

In total, 14 players from York entered the competition and, although no-one won any prizes, there were some notable performances.

Sri Sriharan had 2 points from his first three games but lost in round four before winning his final game to finish with a respectable 3 points in the Minor Section.

His score was matched by Neville Pearce, although he was never challenging the leaders.

Colin Snowball was York's third entrant in the Minor and scored one point.

In the Major Section, Herbert Lockwood started well with 2 points from his first three games but then lost the next two.

His score was matched by Don Baldwin, while John Cawston, Paul Hopwood and Dave Smith all scored three in the same section.

In the Intermediate Section, Norman Andrews scored a creditable two points, while in the Foundation, Bill Fulton scored 2, Graham Marshall two and Steve

Webster 1.

York had two competitors in the Open Section, Gawain Jones scoring three points and Tim Turner 2.

In the York Evening League, Shepherds I's recent good run continued when they defeated Cavaliers 'B' by four points to two despite defaulting the bottom board at the last minute to a player falling ill.

Barry Marshall, Eric Key, Keith Goodey and Herbert Lockwood all won for Shepherds, while John Goodfellow replied for Cavaliers.

Lady Anne Middleton defeated Kings in convincing style with a five points to one scoreline, with wins from Tony Slinger, Tim Turner, John Cawston and Colin Snowball.

There were draws between Jon Griffith and Don Baldwin and Neville Pearce and John Lafferty.

Updated: 12:24 Thursday, December 06, 2001