In the semi-finals, Joachim Trier capitulated to James Heppell (the current title holder) while Colin Davison was bested by Martin Ollson. I have no details of the games but I imagine they were both hard fought. So James plays Martin for the title ... 2 long play games with reversed colours (tie breaker if 1-1 after that). Watch this space for updates!!
The January grades are out and can be seen on the members page or the ECF grading pages.
Plenty of interesting changes (Brief summary below)
Smallbone, Kieran 215
Shaw, Robert 195
Heppell, James 177
Davison, Colin 160
Olsson, Martin 156
Cattermole, Philip 153
Soames, Anthony 152
Gartside, Carl 151
Colville, Philip 150
Taylor, John Paul 148
Trier, Joachim 148
Lobo, Denzil 144
Laurence, Geoff 142
Brough, Anthony 137
Lane, Tony 121
Murphy, Richard 120
Astley, John 116
Renshaw, Mick 111
Jouannet, Marc 104
Robson, Thomas 98
Woodhall, Brian 74
Dawson, Stephen 64
Curr, Patrick 48
Renshaw, Angie 48
So we now reach the semi-final. A single game played under standard time controls (80m + 10s); based on number of whites/blacks in preliminary rounds we have:
Martin Olsson (B) v Colin Davison (W), Joachim Trier (W) v James Heppell (B).