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A VERY UNIQUE BOOK The following very unique book has been brought to the attention of "Chess Devon". 1st Edition of Emmanuel Lasker's "Laskers Manual of Chess" published by E.P. Dutton & Co, New York 1926. Marginal notes by Emmanual Lasker. Two letters written by Lasker seeking an English publisher dated 4/1/1930 and 18/1/1930. Condition of volume- fair to reasonable. Offers are invited (to the webmaster of "Chess Devon) but owner states that there is no obligation to sell. THE 2010 AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIP The 2010 Australian Championship was held in Sydney and finished in January. Paignton born Gary Lane - a former champion - took part and his games can be seen on Games/Devon. A BOVEY TRACEY CHESS CLUB? John Northcott is canvassing for a new chess club in Bovey Tracey and writes: "We are hoping to start a chess club in Bovey Tracey and if there is sufficient interest we shall have an inaugural meeting in the middle of February. At present only eight people have responded to the notices which I have circulated and this is hardly enough to support a viable club considering the expense of hiring accommodation etc. Unfortunately the article in the East Devon Advertiser gave my e-mail address incorrectly so it may be that some people have tried unsuccessfully to contact me by this means. If you know of anyone in the area who might be interested please ask them to get in touch with me at john@boveyt.plus.com or telephone 01626 832288. John Northcott" Note:- The inaugural meeting will be held in the Methodist Hall at 7:30 on 9th February. THE PAIGNTON JUBILEE CONGRESS Plans are beginning to take shape to celebrate the jubilee of the Paignton Congress to be held in September. For more details see Congresses/Paignton. MICHAEL ADAMS IN GIBRALTAR The massive Gibraltar Open first round was played on 25th January 2010 with GM Michael Adams taking part. "Chess Devon" will be following his progress. See Games/WECU for the latest game. THURSDAY 19:30 : STOP PRESS: MICHAEL ADAMS WINS ON PENALTY SHOOT-OUT. DRAWN MATCHES IN COUNTY CLASHES In Harold Meek Cup matches played on Saturday 23rd January, Devon and Hampshire drew, as did Somerset and Gloucestershire. See News/WECU for details. The second team match between Devon and Hampshire was defaulted by Hampshire leaving Devon winners of the Wayling Cup. NEW~ See News/WECU for report on the Somerset v Gloucestershire match together with annotated game by Ben Edgell. NEW- For games played in the Devon v Hampshire clash see Games/Others. INTER COUNTY JAMBOREE The jamboree was played on Sunday 17th January and was won by the North team. We are awaiting details of all the results. 20th Jan Photographs published see News/DCCA. Corus 2010 The first round of the 2010 Corus was played in de Moriaan, Wijk aan Zee, on Saturday 16th January, with Nigel Short playing in the A tournament and David Howell in the B tournament. "Chess Devon" will be publishing all the games of the A tournament and Howell's games.
English Chess Federation Website of the Year 2009 Congratulations to the Leeds Chess Club on winning the Website of the year for 2009. This excellent site can be viewed on http://www.leedschessclub.org/
BROADCLYST COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL Congratulations to the pupils and staff of the Broadclyst Community Primary School on winning all the events for 8-11 year olds at the recently held Devon Junior Chess Championships. THE DEVON CHAMPIONSHIP The Devon Championships are underway and some games have been sent to the Competitions Secretary (Stephen Schofield) for publication. This can be seen HERE with notes by Stephen. New game added 1st December - John Stephens v Andrew Dunn with notes by John. THE TORBAY CONGRESS The first round of the Torbay Congress was played on 20th November 2009. Games played can be seen here:
Go to Congresses/ Torbay for prize list and report by Ray Chubb and photographs courtesy of John Doidge. 24th November - Open crosstable added. Stephen Schofield annotates two of the games that brought him success in the Major - HERE. Selected games from the Major - HERE EXETER & DISTRICT LEAGUE We are pleased to welcome the Exeter & District League back to the pages of "Chess Devon". Their input, supplied by Ken Derrick, can be accessed under the News pages above. "40 BOARD"MATCH The fixture resulting from the challenge issued by the Exeter & District League for a 40 board match with the Torbay & District League was played on Sunday 25th October. The result provided by Exeter League has turned out to be rather contentious. Go HERE for details. ALAN BRUSEY IS THE DEVON CHAMPION OF CHAMPIONS Alan Brusey won the final of the Winterwood Trophy against John Stephens to earn the title of Devon Champion of Champions. See News/DCCA for his route to the Championship and go HERE for the annotated crucial game. The first game can be seen on "The Western Morning News" page. "SHARPEN YOUR CHESS TACTICS IN 7 DAYS" Gary Lane continues his theme of improving your chess in 7 days with this book on chess tactics. See the review in Articles/Reviews and prepare to shock your opponents.
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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A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY Ray Chubb advises that the 2010 Torbay Congress will be held at the Torquay Riviera Centre on 19, 20, and 21st November 2010. Make a note in your diary. Further details will follow. This event has been cancelled, but watch this space for any future developments. TORQUAY CHESS CLUB Simultaneous exhibition by GM Keith Arkell 7 p.m. Friday 5th February 2010 Venue: Torquay Bridge Club, Zion Road, TorquayEntry will be limited to 35 players and those wishing to participate must reserve a place through the Club Secretary:
Norman Tidy, telephone 01803-607519.
The entry fee of £5 must be sent by cheque, payable to Torquay Chess Club, to arrive before 23rd January 2010, to
Norman Tidy, Trevello, Herbert Road, Chelston, Torquay, TQ2 6RW. If funds permit, cash prizes will be awarded to those adjudged to have performed best. The Twenty FourthWILTSHIRE JUNIOR
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