The 4th round is scheduled for Monday the 8th January and the draw is as follows (first named player has the White pieces of course):

1 Ian Marks (2.5) – Malcolm Tyre (2.5)

2 Allen Taylor (1.5+) – Alan Stewart (2.5)

3 Campbell Dougan (1.5+) – Mike Harkins (1++)

4 Peter Watson (1.5+) – Paul MacDonald (2)

5 Paulius Serelis (1++) – Hassan Rafiq (2)

6 John Topping (1.5) – David Congalton (1.5)

7 Kazik Wozniak (1.5) – Aleem Azam (1+)

8 Alex Waddell (1.5) – Jim Fay (1+)

9 Mac McKenzie (1) – Neil Corrigan (1)

10 Joe Dyer (1) – Stan Beaton (0)

11 Peter Lavelle (0) – Claudius Manyundwa (0)

Here is the draw for round 3. First named player as usual has the White pieces.

1 Alan Stewart (2) – Ian Marks (2)

2 Malcolm Tyre (1.5) – Paulius Serelis (1+)

3 Mike Harkins (1+) – Peter Watson (1.5)

4 Campbell Dougan (1.5) – Allen Taylor (1.5)

5 Paul MacDonald (1.5) – Kazik Wozniak (1)

6 David Congalton (1) – Alex Waddell (1)

7 Hassan Rafiq (1) – Joe Dyer (1)

8 Aleem Azam (0+) – Claudius Manyundwa (0+)

9 John Topping (0+) – Mac McKenzie (0.5)

10 Jim Fay (0+) – Stan Beaton (0)

11 Neil Corrigan (0) – Peter Lavelle (0)

Anyone unable to play please let me and your opponent know. Games should be played on Monday 4 December and any outstanding round 2 games should be played as soon as possible.

Here is the draw for round 2, to be played on 6 November 2017, players with the white pieces named first of course:

1 Peter Watson (1) – Malcolm Tyre (1)

2 Ian Marks (1) – David Congalton (1)

3 Paulius Serelis (1) – Mike Harkins (1)

4 Allen Taylor (1) – Paul MacDonald (1)

5 Kazik Wozniak (1) – Alan Stewart (1)

6 Mac McKenzie (0) – Campbell Dougan (1)

7 Aleem Azam (0) – Jim Fay (0)

8 Alex Waddell (0) – Peter Lavelle (0)

9 Joe Dyer (0) – Neil Corrigan (0)

10 Claudius Manyundwa (0) – John Topping (0)

11 Stan Beaton (0) – Hassan Rafiq (0)

Anyone unable to make it please let me and your opponent know as soon as possible (i.e. preferably before Monday).