FICS vs Lancashire
Match

FICS vs 'Lancashire Chess Association' took place on FICS on Friday 17 August.
Lancashire CA team (http://www.lancashirechess.co.uk) was composed by GM Keith ARKELL (2436), IM Malcolm PEIN (2424) and the NMs Howard HUGHES and Chris DUNLOP.
FICS instead was represented by the following players:

 TITLE   Name              Nation     Rating      FICS Handle
 IM      STERN Rene        GER        2477        IMStern
 FM      NEVANLINNA Risto  FIN        2330        Neukku
 FM      CORVI Marco	   ITA        2326        cormarc
 FM      VOIGT Ulrich      GER        2313        uvo
 NM      MALLONI Marcello  ITA        2266	  nonspiego
 NM      CORNELISON Paul   USA        2245        Morphy
 NM      DOSS Jason	   USA        2340(USCF)  RMG	
 NM      LUBASHOV Alexey   RUS                    alexeyl
  

The match has been relayed LIVE from the Internet to an audience at the Hilton Hotel in Blackpool as part of Lancashire Chess Festival.

The match was played in three rounds of 3 games each, and all the games were 25 0.
This are the results (FICS players are in bold):

FIRST ROUND

Pein - Stern = 0-1
Malloni - Hughes = 1-0
Dunlop - Lubashov = 0-1

SECOND ROUND

Nevanlinna - Arkell = Draw
Pein - Corvi = 1-0
Voigt - Dunlop = 1-0

THIRD ROUND

Arkell - Cornelison = Draw
Lubashov - Pein = 0-1
Hughes - Doss = Draw

(Here are the games, available for download)

So, with a total score of +4 =3 -2 FICS won the match 5.5-3.5 !

I want to thanks the players who represented FICS in this match, all the people who observed the games, and most of all I want to thanks Lancashire Chess Association (the players, and Carl Tillotson, the Junior organizer of the Lancashire Chess Association) who offered FICS this great opportunity, and we hope that a rematch will take place as soon as possible !