Scottish National Online Chess League R4
Govanhill won their first game in the final round of the Scottish National Online Chess League, a 3-2 victory against Lenzie 2.
The games were played at the 25+10 rapid time control on chess.com, with the scores as follows:
| Board | Govanhill | Score | Lenzie 2 |
| 1 | Faidon Filipsson (w) | 1-0 | Angelo Lynn (b) |
| 2 | Julien Papillon (b) | 1-0 | Chrysa Mitraka (w) |
| 3 | Derek Rankine (w) | 0-1 | Humam Al Dakl Alla (b) |
| 4 | Jass McNeill (b) | 0-1 | Yashwardhan Shankar (w) |
| 5 | Niall McCamley (w) | 1-0 | Tavish Railwani (b) |
On the back of a run of defeats, the result unfortunately wasn’t enough to prevent Govanhill finishing bottom of Division Four. Congratulations to Division winners East Kilbride, who achieved promotion.
The fixtures and standings are available on the league website.
Home Leg: Friendly vs Bearsden
Govanhill suffered a 6-2 defeat at home to Bearsden on 29 March, in the latest of our series of graded friendlies.
While the away leg on 1 March saw Govanhill take a narrow win, Bearsden took revenge with wins on five of the eight boards. James Todd scored Govanhill’s only win on board six, while Rhys (board two) and Giuseppe (board five) achieved draws.
The full results are available on the Chess Scotland website.
Away Leg: Friendly vs Strathclyde
The club also scored a 3.5-1.5 defeat away to Strathclyde University, in a game played on 4 April (pictured above is board three, Zizheng-Harvey).
Rhys, Derek and Harvey lost to strong opponents on boards 1-3, while Giuseppe drew on board four, and Alex Lane, in his first game for the club, scored a win on board five.
Credit to our opponents for winning home and away, following a first leg on 28 February. The results have been published by Chess Scotland.