Peter Myers, “Blitzkrieg Boys
lead at the Half-Way Mark... Varcon storms into second,” Jamaican Chess
Federation, 24 April 2006 (Clarendon,
Jamaica).
LASCO CHESS
LEAGUE
The Blitzkrieg Boys registered back to back wins over the
weekend to take sole leadership of the LASCO Chess League at the half way mark.
On Saturday, the Boys outlasted the Gladiators 2.5 – 1.5 and returned on Sunday
to close out the Reggae Knights 4-0.
The Boys are now on 17.5
points, a half point ahead of Varcon CC who rushed into second place with
impressive 4-0 victories over both the King Rippers and the Little
Giants.
Pre-tournament favourites Knightmares fell to third place
on 16 points, after registering a lacklustre 2.5 – 1.5 win over the Reggae
Knights on Saturday.
The rest of the standings going into the
second half of the tournament are Gladiators 14, Reggae Knight 8.5, King Rippers
7 and Little Giants 4.
Starting Saturday, the teams will play each
other a second time with colours reversed. The feature match in the eighth round
at Holy Childhood on Saturday will be the top-of-the-table clash between
tournament leaders Blitzkrieg Boys and second place team Varcon CC. Other
matches scheduled to take place are Knightmares vs Gladiators and King Rippers
vs Little Giants.
Below are the results of Rounds 6 and 7, and the
points standings and individual standings after for Round 7.