After ten rounds and only three rounds left to play let's have a look at the table:
Atticus 1 performs a nearly perfect chess exhibition and is non-competitive.
Prescot 1, Atticus 3, Southport and Waterloo Old Boys are competing for winning the tournament. Actually Aigburth 1 and Skelmersdale have some chances for winning this tournament.
Have a look at the fixtures of the five top teams in the three final rounds:
| Prescot 1 | Atticus 3 | Southport | Waterloo Old Boys | Aigburth 1 | Skelmersdale | |
| 29/03/2021 | Atticus 3 | Prescot 1 | Aigburth 2 | Wallasey B | Wallasey A | Atticus 1 |
| 12/04/2021 | Atticus 4 | Prescot 2 | Atticus 1 | bye | Wallasey B | Atticus 2 |
| 26/04/2021 | bye | Skelmersdale | Atticus 2 | Aigburth 1 | Waterloo Old Boys | Atticus 3 |
The top matches deciding the champions are:
29/03/2021: Prescot 1 -v- Atticus 3
26/04/2021: Skelmersdale -v- Atticus 3 and Waterloo Old Boys -v- Aigburth 1
Let's have a look at our magical crystal ball. To win the league, a team needs 16 or 17 points:
- To win the league, Prescot 1 has to win both matches to keep the distance to the "chaser" Atticus 3
- To win the league, Atticus 3 has to win against Prescot 1 and at least against Prescot 2 or Skalmersdale
- Southport and Southport have to win all three matches, good luck!
- Assuming that Waterloo Old Boys win against Wallasey A next monday, they might have to win their matches against Wallasey B and Aigburth 1 too for winning the league.
- Aigburth 1 have to win all their three remaining matches to keep their chance of winning the league.
Prescot 2 has chances to improve their ranking, if they win against Wallasey A and Atticus 4.
At the end it is most important to enjoy playing chess. All team captains and all players are co-operating very good. Thank you.
Enjoy the last rounds!
Regards,
Martin