York RI Cavaliers 'A' missed the opportunity to secure the York Chess League division one title when they surprisingly lost 3-2 to Minster Inn.

This leaves them on 22 points and 57 board points with one game remaining against Shepherds.

York University maintained the pressure with a comfortable win over Kings by 4-2. This leaves University in second place with 21 points and 53 board points.

If Cavaliers 'A' win or draw their final match they will

win the league. Unfortunately no further details are available on these two important matches.

Lady Anne Middleton secured third place with a 4-1 win over Whippersnappers with wins

from Tim Turner, Dave Cawston and Laurence Cornhill.

Three of the juniors can be very pleased with their draws, Patrick Gower against Tony Slinger, Fahad

Yousif against Jon Griffith, and C Thompson against Chris Sommerville.

Shepherds kept themselves in fourth place with a 5-1 win

against Cavaliers 'B' and are on

14 points with one game remaining. Minster Inn, however, are only a point behind and have three games left.

In division two, Lady Anne Middleton 2 beat More Whipps by 4-1 to remain top of the table.

They had wins from Colin Snowball, Steve Cooper, Sam

Watson and one by default and a draw between Neville

Pearce and Mark Verity. The highlight for More Whipps

was Jonathan Burr's win on board six.

Shepherds 2 kept up the pressure on LAM2 with a 4-2 win over Conquerors with wins from

Herbert Lockwood, Bob Maltby, Ian Till and Stuart

Acton. Richard Hardy and Chris Vause won for Conquerors.

Don Glasgow, who played for both Shepherds teams for many years as well as being a regular in the York Club Championship and Summer Tournaments, has died.

He was a tenacious player always difficult to beat and he played exceptionally well against stronger players with his very solid style. He was a gentleman at the board and off it.

Updated: 11:45 Thursday, March 14, 2002