There has been a conflict
of the county Match dates approved at our Council meeting and the 4NCL
dates. Consequently I have altered our dates and append them below for
your comments. Also Somerset have withdrawn from the Wayling Cup
competition but will play a friendly match with Dorset.
Please note that the Hants v Devon match
has been changed to 24th Jan due to clashes
with Hants events of the 10th. I hope this doesn't cause a problem.
WECU
ECF Quarter Finals
Harold Meek
Wayling Cup (Bds)
Open
Minor
Under 175
Under 150
Under 125
Under 100
Cornwall
Yes
No
Devon
Yes
Yes (16)
Yes
Dorset
No
Yes (16)
Gloucester
Yes
No
Yes
Hampshire
Yes
Yes (12)
Yes
Yes
Somerset
Yes
No
Wiltshire
No
No
Next Seasons Proposed Calendar
21st Sep .
2008 Inter-County & Graded Jamboree
11th Oct.. 2008
Devon v Dorset Glos v Cornwall
Somerset v Hants
30th Nov. 2008
Devon v Cornwall Hants v Glos. Dorset v Somerset (friendly)
10th Jan.. 2009 Glos
v Somerset Cornwall Bye
24th Jan. 2009
Hants v Devon
14th Feb.. 2009 Hants v Cornwall
Somerset v Devon Glos Bye
14th Mar..
2009 Cornwall v Somerset Devon v Glos.
Dorset v Hants
28th Mar. 2009 Executive
Committee Meeting
6th June 2009 Council
Meeting.
Brian Hewson
June 2008
Winter-Wood
Tournament 2008/09
BRIAN
HEWSON HAS SENT THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
The
draw is set out below. I have tried to keep the stronger players apart,
as far as possible, as well as keeping apart players from the same club
or area. I have had to include a preliminary round this year so it has
reduced the time frame.
Each
player's details are set out on the accompanying sheet.
No games have yet become available.
By 6th July
Completion by
Completion by
Completion by
Player
Grd.
Representing..
Prelim
Rd. 1
Sun 27th July
Rd.
2
Sun. 24th August
Final
Sun. 14th Sept.
1
Jack Rudd
215
Barnstaple
1 v 2
Rudd
1 or 2
2
John Stephens
168
Exmouth
2 v 1
V
3
Alan Brusey
166
Teignmouth
3 v 4
Brusey
3 or 4
4
Mike
Stinton-Brownbridge
123
Plymouth
4 v 3
1 or 2 or 3 or 4
5
Charlie Howard
150
Totnes
5 v 6
1st game
drawn
Hurst
V
6
Kevin
Hurst
181
Sidmouth
6 v 5
5 or 6
5 or 6 or 7
or 8 or 9
7
Ivor Annetts
142
Tiverton
Annetts
7 or 8 v 9
V
8
Robert Thompson
141
Newton Abbot
8 or 7 v
9
7 or 8 or 9
9
Graham Bolt
175
Exeter
9 v 7 or 8
Please note:
As
can be seen from the chart above, the pairing for the Preliminary
Round is Annetts v Thompson. For Rd.1 the pairings are:- Rudd v
Stephens; Brusey v Stinton-Brownbridge; Hurst v Howard and Bolt v
Annetts or Thompson.
Dates, times and venues should be mutually agreed. Games may be
played at an intermediate neutral venue if both players are in
agreement. The above pairings do not indicate who is the home player
- this must be agreed between the players involved. Note that Round
1 games can be played before the Prelim Round in the 3 ties not
affected.
Toss for colour in the first game in each round. If the first game
is drawn, colours are reversed for each subsequent game.
In
the event of a replay, it is expected that the home player in the
first game should be prepared to travel for the 2nd. It
is difficult to legislate on this point, as individual circumstances
vary so much, but it is hoped that goodwill and common sense will
prevail. A willingness to travel was understood as a condition of
entry.
The
rate of moves is 40 moves in 100 minutes plus 20 minutes for the
rest of the game - the standard rate for county games.
I
am enclosing duplicate score sheets for each player. Both players
should return to me, within 3 working days of the game, their
completed top copy, legible and duly signed, as in any congress. If
you can offer some analysis as well, so much the better.
It
would facilitate the smooth-running of the competition if fairly
prompt starts could be made to each round, as there could be several
replays in some cases, and the ultimate deadline is the DCCA Autumn
meeting, at which it is hoped the presentation will be made.
B W R Hewson (DCCA Competition Secretary)
ECF U175 SEMI- FINAL
DEVON v ESSEX
Played in
Stratford-Sub-Castle - 14th
June 2008
Board
Devon
Grade
Score
Essex
Grade
Score
1
Hewson B.W.R..
169
½
Baptie J.
174
½
2
Derrick K.W
169
1
White K.
171
0
3
Seymour T.P.
164
1
Parker R.
169
0
4
Brusey A.W.
161
½
Hunnable I.
169
½
5
Ozanne M.
162
1
Gregory P.
172
0
6
Stephens J.K.F.
158
0
Spearman D.
166
1
7
Thynne T.F.
158
0
Marden L.
164
1
8
Walton E.T.A.
158
½
Kalinsky S.
161
½
9
Abbott M.V.
154
1
Ramage C.
163
0
10
Ingham H.W.
152
0
Doye P.
152
1
11
Underwood J.
150
0
White J.
151
1
12
Gosling B.G.E.
150
0
Millward D.
158
1
13
Stinton-Brownridge M.H..
146
0
Whitton T.
151
1
14
Howard C.V.
144
½
Donnelly T.
149
½
15
Gorodi J.
138
½
Purse R.
153
½
16
Murray J.S.
136
½
Barclay P.
143
½
Totals
7
9
Brian Hewson writes of the above match:-
"It was a tough match as expected and we were outgraded
by 6 points per board on average. Despite more than holding our own on
the top 5 boards we lost 9 - 7. We were 2 down with 2 to play but Alan
Brusey and Ewan Walton trying their best they could not force the 2 wins
needed. Essex were too strong for us on the middle/lower boards on the
day. Congratulations to Ken Derrick, Tim Seymour, Mark Ozanne and Mark
Abbott for their excellent wins.
I presented the Match Captain's Best Board Award to Jonathan Underwood
for his 5/5 last season and his willingness to travel from Seaton to far
away venues from Liskeard to Leicester."
ECF U175 QUARTER- FINAL
GREATER MANCHESTER v DEVON
Played in Worcester - 17th
May 2008
Board
GLOUC.
Grade
Score
DEVON
Grade
Score
1
Tyton A..
159
0
Bolt G.
174
1
2
Norris M.
159
0
Hewson B.W.R.
169
1
3
Flores M.
154
0
Derrick K.W.
169
1
4
Wordsworth J.
145
½
Regis D.
167
½
5
Vout T.
161
½
Brusey A.W.
161
½
6
Lonsdale J.
136
0
Ozanne M.
162
1
7
Beresford A.
130
½
Waters S.
159
½
8
Burke M.
118
1
Thynne T.
158
0
9
Sainsbury A.
u/g
½
Walton E.T.A.
158
½
10
Clissold J.
125
0
Stephens J.K.F.
158
1
11
Kierman D.
130
0
Abbott M.V.
154
1
12
Nicolson C.
122
1
Ingham W.H.
153
0
13
Chadwick C.
111
1
Gosling B.G.E.
150
0
14
Connolly D.
107
0
M. Stinton-Brownbridge
146
1
15
Lamb I.
91
0
Howard C.V.
144
1
16
Gaskell H.
u/g
0
Thompson R.
121
1
Totals
5
11
Obituary
Victor John Dunleavy.
John Dunleavy, a highly influential
figure in the chess world, died peacefully on Thursday 10th
April at St. Richard's Hospital, Chichester, at the age of 79.
He had caught the chess bug as a small
boy, and it never left him. He retired to Kingsbridge in 1990 and soon
got involved in the Devon County Chess Association. In June 1996, he was
elected as Devon's delegate to the West of England Chess Union, and as
Devon's delegate to BCF Council. The following year, he was elected the
Union's delegate to the British Chess Federation, which gave him a seat
on the B.C.F. Management Board, where he became an influential figure,
particularly so in recent years as the Federation underwent a somewhat
turbulent metamorphosis into the English Chess Federation, firstly as
Chairman of the old BCF's Constitution Committee from October 2004, and
latterly as the first Chairman of the new ECF's Governance Committee.
He was born in Southampton on 15th
March 1929 and attended Taunton's Grammar School, Southampton. Much of
his career was spent at International Computers Ltd. where he rose
through the ranks to become Head of Personnel.
In retirement John had been Devon's
Competitions Secretary and ran the prestigious Paignton Congress for
several years. In collaboration with two colleagues, Ivor Annetts and
Geoff Jenkins, he drafted a new DCCA constitution, which was gratefully
adopted by the Association in 1996.
In 2000, in cooperation with Gerry Walsh,
he was instrumental in securing funding from the Harry Golombek estate
to run a special grandmaster tournament alongside the main congress,
which took place in the Mayor's Parlour of Oldway Mansion. This
commemorated both the life and work of Golombek and the Paignton
Congress's 40th
year. Under John's leadership no detail was too small to escape his
attention, his agendas for the Planning Committee meetings often
containing over 60 separate items.
It was characteristic of him that he
liked to be at the heart of activities, driving things forward, while
never wishing to be in the spotlight himself. He liked to bring
recognition to the work of others while shying away from any plaudits
for his own considerable achievements. Nevertheless, in 2007 his innate
modesty was over-ruled, and he was awarded an honorary Life Vice
Presidency by the D.C.C.A., the W.E.C.U. and the E.C.F. last year in
recognition of his great service at county, union and national level.
Perhaps sensing a creeping ill-health was
reaching more serious proportions, he moved back to his home area last
year, to be nearer his wider family, though he always intended to
maintain his westcountry links as long as possible.
He is survived by his wife, Joan, and two
sons, Alastair and Malcolm.
Funeral arrangements will be a strictly
private affair. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made, if wished, to
the John Robinson Youth Chess Trust via the ECF. These could be (should
be) made gift-aided, and the appropriate gift aid forms may be
downloaded from the ECF website.
R. H. Jones.
(revised 16/4/08)
Gloucestershire 1 v
Devon 1
PLAYED IN W. Buckland - 8th
March 2008
Board
GLOUC.
Grade
Score
DEVON
Grade
Score
1
White M.J.R..
198
1
Mackle D.
188
0
2
Lambourne D.M.
170
1
Wheeler J.F.
180
0
3
Ponter I.
170
1
Regis D.
167
0
4
White S.M.
163
1
Derrick K.W.
169
0
5
Martin P.
161
½
Hewson B.W.R.
169
½
6
Taylor G.P.
158
0
Brusey A.W.
161
1
7
Gilmour A.J.
156
0
Ozanne M.
162
1
8
Meade P.J.
154
½
Walton E.T.A.
158
½
9
Brown G.K.
152
1
Stephens J.K.F.
158
0
10
Dixon R.J.
143
0
Waters S.
159
1
11
Whitelaw B.
135
½
Abbott M.V.
154
½
12
James A.E.
122
½
Ingham W.H.
153
½
13
Richards A.
117
0
Underwood J.
150
1
14
Francis R.N.
117
0
Gosling B.G.E.
150
1
15
Herbert S.N.
114
1
Thompson R.
121
0
16
Baker P.
121
½
Pope S.
138
½
Totals
8½
7½
Below is a proposal made to the
D.C.C.A by the Teignmouth Club suggesting a re-organisation of the
internal competitions. This proposal is offered for discussion at
the spring meeting of the D.C.C.A.
PROPOSAL MADE BY THE TEIGNMOUTH CHESS CLUB
TO
THE DEVON COUNTY CHESS ASSOCIATION
OBJECTIVE
This proposal is made to encourage more affiliated clubs
to enter the DCCA League competitions.
A number of clubs do not currently enter these
competitions for a variety of reasons chief amongst which are that they
are unable to provide a venue on Saturdays, if accommodation is
available it is too expensive, and the distance to travel for away
matches are prohibitive.
PROPOSAL
It is proposed that all competitions be structured into
match tournaments at predetermined central venues and dates that will
take into consideration the problems outlined above.
Venues that could be contemplated are Exeter, Teignmouth,
Newton Abbott and Tiverton.
It is proposed that at the start of the chess season, all
affiliated clubs be advised of the match tournaments and entries be
invited on this basis. The appropriate venues and dates would then be
chosen taking into account the geographical situation of each entry.
The tournaments could be structured in such a manner as
to allow clubs the present flexibility in choice of team members. Thus,
Bremridge and Moyle matches could be played on the same day, as it is
unlikely that the same player would be needed for both teams. A further
clash could be avoided by having a morning and an afternoon event on the
same day.
Individual tournament games could also be incorporated
into this framework.
The funding of the team tournaments would be achieved by
the entry fees, and/or board fees.
It is suggested that a small committee of three members
be established to initiate and administer all aspects of the
competition.
For and on behalf of Teignmouth Chess Club:-
Raymond Chubb
Secretary
E. Devon Premier 2008
1
2
3
4
5
1
Mackle,D.
- 1/16
+ 1/10
- 1/20
+ 1/2
- ½/3
4½
2
Ward,I.
+ 1/15
- 1/4
+ 1/14
- 0/1
+ 1/7
4
3
Wheeler,J.F.
- 0/20
+ 1/8
- 1/9
+ 1/10
+ ½/1
3½
4
Jepps,G.
- 1/11
+ 0/2
- 1/22
+ ½/6
+ 1/12
3½
5
Helbig,P.
+ ½/13
- ½/19
+ 1/17
- ½/18
- 1/11
3½
6
Dilleigh,S.
+ ½/14
- 1/26
+ ½/12
- ½/4
+ 1/18
3½
7
Crickmore,N.
- 1/8
+ ½/18
+ ½/Bye
+ 1/20
- 0/2
3
8
Gibbs,D.V.
+ 0/7
- 0/3
+ 1/26
- 1/27
+ 1/21
3
9
Ozanne,M.
+ ½/Bye
- ½/13
+ 0/3
- 1/24
+ 1/23
3
10
Ponter,I.
+ 1/24
- 0/1
+ ½/19
- 0/3
+ 1/20
2½
11
Cowley,D.
+ 0/4
- 1/24
+ 1/13
- ½/12
+ 0/5
2½
12
Littlejohns,D.
- 1/17
+ ½/22
- ½/6
+ ½/11
- 0/4
2½
13
Woodruff,A.
- ½/5
+ ½/9
- 0/11
+ 1/16
- ½/17
2½
14
Gilmour,A.J.
- ½/6
+ 1/27
- 0/2
- ½/21
+ ½/15
2½
15
Stephens,J.
- 0/2
+ ½/25
- ½/27
+ 1/22
- ½/14
2½
16
Brusey,A.W.
+ 0/1
- 1/37
+ ½/21
- 0/13
+ 1/25
2½
17
Schofield,S.
+ 0/12
- 1/23
- 0/5
+ 1/Bye
+ ½/13
2½
18
Archer-Lock,C.J.
+ 1/37
- ½/7
+ ½/Bye
+ ½/5
- 0/6
2½
19
Jamieson,I.
+ ½/Bye
+ ½/5
- ½/10
- 0/23
+ 1/26
2½
20
Dunn,A.M.
+ 1/3
- 1/21
+ 0/1
- 0/7
- 0/10
2
21
Bolt,G.
- 1/25
+ 0/20
- ½/16
+ ½/14
- 0/8
2
22
Gosling,B.G.E.
+ ½/Bye
- ½/12
+ 0/4
- 0/15
+ 1/27
2
23
Taylor,G.
+ ½/Bye
+ 0/17
- ½/25
+ 1/19
- 0/9
2
24
Howard,C.V.
- 0/10
+ 0/11
- 1/37
+ 0/9
+ 1/Bye
2
25
Bartlett,S.
+ 0/21
- ½/15
+ ½/23
- ½/26
- 0/16
1½
26
Wilkinson,J.
+ ½/Bye
+ 0/6
- 0/8
+ ½/25
- 0/19
1
27
Hamilton,S.
+ ½/Bye
- 0/14
+ ½/15
+ 0/8
- 0/22
1
36
Wright,R.
+ ½/Bye
Withdrawn
½
37
Soares,A.
- 0/18
+ 0/16
+ 0/24
Withdrawn
0
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