Streatham takes first and second place at Bielski Cup

08 March 2015

Streatham A and Streatham B teams played in Bielski cup on 27th of February, achieving great success with Streatham B taking first place and Streatham A the second.

The Bielski is a team blitz tournament with matches played over four boards and each team having a total grade of less than 650. The cup was played using single round-robin system over 9 rounds and time control of 7 minutes with no increment.

Streatham A team started off with a bad result but by Round 6 were in the lead then lost to the “B” Team 3-1 and finished in a comfortable second place.

Streatham B team started well then had a wobbly patch in rounds 5 and 6, but then beat the “A” team in Round 7 and finished off strongly with two 4 -0 wins.

For full results click here.