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To see how he fared go to News/ Newton Abbot.
We wish to apologize for the lack of news etc. during the last two weeks, but your webmaster was forced to spend some time in the local hospital, where, unfortunately internet access was denied.. Every endeavour will be made to update as soon as possible.
The first round of the Eglish Championships was played on Monday 26th July. Games /WECU contains the games of some of the West Country entries.
The ECF have published gradings for the forthcoming season. See News for individual club gradings,
Exeter have changed their playing venue, For details see News/Devon SACRIFICES We all look for the chance to sacrifice a piece or a pawn in order to gain an advantage and more than often time and the depth of analyses required thwart our ambitions. HERE IS an article that may shorten your thought processes and give you some ideas an whether or not the sacrifice is sound. ANDREW GREET WINS THE SCOTTISH CHAMPIONSHIPS Andrew Greet won the Championship of Scotland by a half point margin.. See Games/Others for the games he played with light notes. BROADCLYST PRIMARY SCHOOL GO FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH Already having earned a fine reputation for their chess prowess, Broadclyst Primary School excelled themselves at the EPSCA Championships over the weekend 3rd/4th July, finishing in 6th place and as the highest placed state school. The school has been Devon Schools' team champions for seven years running. This year they had the the best under 11, best under 10, best under 10 girls, best under 9 and best under 9 girls. Our thanks to Charles Warren for this report. SELECTED GAMES FROM THE 2010 YEOVIL CONGRESS Use the links below to view games selected from the 2010 Yeovil Congress.
Our thanks to Jack Rudd CUP WINNERS RECEIVE AWARDS AT DCCA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING Part of the proceedings of the DCCA Annual General Meeting held on 2nd. July, involved the presentation of awards to winners in the 2009/10 season. Stephen Schofield's report can be viewed on NEWS/DCCA page. DUTCH TEAM TO VISIT DEVON Trefor Thynne advises that a Dutch team from Heelevoetsluis near Rotterdam will visit Devon in July and play a number of matches against local clubs. The programme of events and origin of the tour are given by Trefor HERE. BATSFORD COMPLETE A TRILOGY OF IMPORTANT BOOKS Batsford have recently published "Find the Right Plan" by Anatoly Karpov and Anatoly Matsukevich which, together with the last two books published, make an invaluable trilogy that will benefit the students of the game willing to improve. See Articles/Reviews for an appraisal. DEVON NARROWLY LOSE COUNTY SEMI-FINAL Devon lost their Semi-Final match against Warwickshire on board count. See News/DCCA for details and Brian Hewsons report. Selected games from this match can be seen on Games/Devon. THE PETER ROOKE FINAL The Peter Rooke Final produced a close finish and some fine games that can be seen HERE. Our thanks to Trefor Thynne.
HOW ARE YOUR COMBINATIONAL INSTINCTS? RESUMED 31/8/2010 GET YOUR CLUB ORGANISED Is your club coming apart at the seams? Don't let it happen. Take a look at the Editorial and see what can be achieved by enthusiastic organisation. OTHER CLUBS IN DEVON Devon is a very large county and chess players who live in some areas find it difficult to visit and join clubs in the more populated suburbs etc. However, there are smaller clubs that you may find easier to reach. To bring these to your attention, "Chess Devon" has started amother page- see News/Other clubs. "CRITICAL MOMENTS IN CHESS" Batsford Chess have produced a book that is complementary to "Chess Study Made Easy" by Andrew Soltis. Soltis showed as how to study and now Paata Gaprindashvili gives us the material to study. See Articles/Reviews for an appraisal. ANAND RETAINS THE 2010 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP By winning the twelfth game of the match Vishy Anand retains the World Championship.. All games, with notes, can be seen HERE. "STUDYING CHESS MADE EASY" To some extent we all study chess, but do we do so in a systematic and effective manner? Probably not. However, here is a book by Andrew Soltis that will put us on the right path. Bastsford and the author are breaking new ground with this publication. See Articles/Reviews for in in-depth appraisal. THE WECU CHAMPIONSHIPS
The playing area. Photograph courtesy of Brendan O'Gorman More photographs by Brendan can be seen on Congresses/WECU The first round of the 2010 WECU Championships was played at the Beacon Hotel, Exmouth, on 2nd April. Games played in the Open Championship can be downloaded here:-
We regret that Round Six games were repeated as Round Seven. This has been corrected. Our thanks to Ronnie Burton for drawing this to our attention Note: The game Smith/Bass played in the sixth round has been amended. Our thanks to Andrew Smith for drawing this to our attention.. 5th April - Prize list and Open crosstable added. See Congresses/WECU 13th April: Selected games from the Major added HERE. FINAL WECU COUNTY TABLES Philip Meade has provided a summary and tables for all WECU matches played this year. See News/WECU. TWO BRITISH CHAMPIONSHIP PLACES AVAILABLE AT THE 60th PAIGNTON CONGRESS!!!! "Chess Devon" has been advised that, as a concession in recognition of the Jubilee Paignton Congress, TWO places have been made available by the English Chess Federation to the 2011 British Championship. Don't miss this chance! Entry forms will be available at the end of March. DEVON WIN THE HAROLD MEEK CUP By winning their match with Gloucestershire on 13th March, Devon regain the Harold Meek Cup. See News/WECU for details. For selected games go to Games/Devon ARBITER v ARBITER When an arbiter plays another arbiter one would expect a rather quiet game without any oddities. Such is not the case HERE. THE LADIES AT PAIGNTON It is quite well known that Max Euwe, then a former World Champion, played in the first Paignton Congress. It is not so well known that a current World Champion also played in 1967. Click here for more details. A UNIVERSAL OPENING FOR BLACK
Nigel Davies gives us some new ideas on an opening for black on this new ChessBase Fritztrainer DVD. If you do not have the time or patience to study long theoretical lines, then this is for you.
Recently we held a successful sale of second-hand chess books and this appears to have been very popular. We would like to carry on with the venture and invite anyone who has books to sell but no immediate outlet to do so, to contact bill@frostw170.fsnet.co.uk for further details.
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Welcome to Chess Devon. We are a great Chess resource on what's going on in Devon and the West Country. There are lots of sites out there that can tell you about chess, but we keep the information local. You already know that, as well as playing on a casino online, there are real casinos to play at. Just the same you can play chess online or join one of your local clubs. Look around and you might be surprised to find a club more local than you thought! DCCA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS ENTRY FORM FOR THE DCCA INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS CAN BE OBTAINED HERE Devon County Chess Association
at Oldway Mansion, Paignton.
(Courtesy of Torbay Council) Sunday 5th – Saturday 11th September 2010 (Civic Opening Ceremony at 13.30) Early entry advised R FIDE-Rated r British Championship Qualifier ( 2 places) r ECF Grand PrixENTRY FORM FOR THE MAIN CONGRESS CAN BE OBTAINED HERE AND FURTHER DETAILS OF CONDITIONS OF ENTRY, PRIZE LIST, SPECIAL EVENTS, ACCOMODATION, ETC, CAN BE SEEN ON CONGRESSES/PAIGNTON. DETAILS OF HOTELS ETC CAN BE SEEN HERE and HERE NOTE: REGRETFULLY IT HAS BEEN DECIDED TO REMOVE THE JUNIOR INTERNATIONAL TOURNAMENT FROM THE PROGRAMME. See Congresses/Paignton for entries to the Jubilee Premier. To all chess clubs in DEVON: NEWTON ABBOT CHESS CLUB invites you to participate in the annual D.C.C.A. TEAM RAPID-PLAY TOURNAMENT Date: SUNDAY 3rd OCTOBER 2010 Time: 2.30 – 6.30 p.m. Venue: COURTENAY CENTRE Kingsteignton Road, Newton Abbot (Parking available at the Centre and in the adjoining public car-park in Cricketfield Road) TEAMS OF 4 PLAYERS (clubs are welcome to enter more than one team). Junior teams welcome Format: 6 rounds. 12 minutes per player per game. Cost: £10 per team (£2.50 per head) to include refreshments (payable on the day). Entries to: T.F.Thynne, 54 Silverwood Avenue, Newton Abbot. Tel: 01626 337876 e-mail: tthynne@tbgs.torbay.sch.uk BOURNEMOUTH BICENTENARY CHESS CONGRESS (INCORPORATING 45TH DORSET CHESS CONGRESS) Friday 8th October 2010 to Sunday 10th October 2010 To be held at THE BOURNEMOUTH INTERNATIONAL HOTEL PRIORY ROAD, WEST CLIFF, BOURNEMOUTH 01202 551888 Send entries to : N. Mackie, 19 Gwynne Road, Poole, BH12 2AR Tel : 01202 721870 Email : norman.mackie@btinternet.com ENTRY FORM & DETAILS HERE The Jonathan Latham Memorial Congress 22nd-24th October. Gordano Community School, St. Mary’s Road, Portishead, Bristol. BS20 7QR Open Major (U165) Minor (U130) Tournament Organiser: Ben Edgell Email: edgellben@hotmail.com Telephone no.: 01278 453721 Mobile no.: 07896 606194 ENTRY FORM & DETAILS HERE THE 11th ROYAL BEACON SENIORS will be held at the Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth on Monday 8th - Friday 12th November 2010
Details of the Royal Beacon HERE Entries to
DETAILS CAN BE OBTAINED HERE ENTRY FORMS CAN BE OBTAINED HERE DETAILS OF MORE HOTELS IN EXMOUTH HERE 44th TORBAY CHESS CONGRESS will be held at The Riviera Centre Chestnut Avenue, Torquay. TQ2 5LZ 19th,20th. and 21st November 2010
THE ENGLISH CHESS FEDERATION 2009/10 GRAND PRIX EVENT Registered with the E.C.F. for Game Fee OPEN, U-170, U-150, and U-120 Five Round Seeded Swiss Tournaments
Details and Entry Form can be obtained HERE
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ABOUT CHESS DEVON This website is supported by congresses over the West Country, the West of England Chess Union and chess clubs and Leagues within the county of Devon. Every organisation represented here have subscribed to the running costs and we thank them for their contributions. If any other organisation would like to be similarly represented, please contact bill@frostw170.fsnet.co.uk All articles published on this website are © of "Chess Devon." All rights reserved
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