Congratulations to St. Clare's chess team who came in third in the OCDL Division 4. The group of IB students were only one match point behind the winners, Witney 4 and MSC/B2, and were five points ahead of the of fourth team, Wantage 2.
In total, the team won 8 matches, drew 2 and lost 4, which is a marked improvement on our efforts last year. Take a look at the league table below:
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Penalty points | Game point
difference | Points |
| Witney 4 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 19 |
| MSC/B2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 19 |
| St. Clare's | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 18 |
| Wantage 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 0 | -14 | 13 |
| Cowley 4 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 12 |
| Cumnor 2 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 1 | -5 | 11 |
| CWorkers 2 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 7 | 2 | -8 | 9 |
| Witney 5 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 0 | -29 | 6 |
Source: www.oxfordfusion.com
Three players performed exceptionally well; on board one Mikita Kudlovich had the toughest opponents and managed to win 4 games, draw 6 and lose only 1 (63.64%); on an equally tough board two Nichita Kiseliov achieved the best result for our team with 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses (76.92%); Demid Monzin was the revelation for us this season, for he stared playing chess only last year and managed to score an impressive 8 points out of 11 matches (72.73%).
However, all the members of the team have deserved kind words for their substantial contribution to our excellent result and their names must also mentioned; reliable captain Niall Evans, tenacious Dean Celaj, conscientious Mortiz Rakow, rising star Lukas Bernotas, wise Ravil Shafiyev, cheerful Artur Khasanov, exuberant Anna Kryshchenko and confident Matthew Muller!