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2007/2008

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Junior Chess Cornwall Congress WECU Championships Prize List  
 
WECU CHAMPIONSHIP 2008
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7  
1 James,R. + 1/9 - 1/18 + 1/6 + 1/10 - ½/4 - ½/3 + ½/2 5½
2 Thompson,I. + ½/13 - ½/14 + 1/7 - 1/11 + ½/3 - 1/6 - ½/1 5
3 Hall,D. + 1/12 - 0/6 + 1/18 - 1/13 - ½/2 + ½/1 - 1/8 5
4 Hodgson,J. - 1/15 + 1/5 - ½/10 + ½/Bye + ½/1 + ½/8 - 1/7 5
5 Ponter,I. + 1/17 - 0/4 + 1/19 - ½/12 + 0/6 - 1/16 + 1/10 4½
6 Littlejohns,D. + 1/Bye + 1/3 - 0/1 + ½/8 - 1/5 + 0/2 - ½/11 4
7 Hall,J. + 1/11 - 0/10 - 0/2 + 1/15 + 1/14 - 1/12 + 0/4 4
8 Helbig,P. + 0/18 - 1/9 + 1/13 - ½/6 + 1/12 - ½/4 + 0/3 4
9 Bass,J. - 0/1 + 0/8 - ½/16 + 1/Bye + 1/15 - ½/10 + 1/14 4
10 Bolt,G. - 1/16 + 1/7 + ½/4 - 0/1 - ½/11 + ½/9 - 0/5 3½
11 Dilleigh,S. - 0/7 + 1/16 - 1/15 + 0/2 + ½/10 - ½/13 + ½/6 3½
12 Taylor,G. - 0/3 + 1/Bye + 1/14 + ½/5 - 0/8 + 0/7 - 1/13 3½
13 Young,C. - ½/2 + 1/19 - 0/8 + 0/3 - 1/17 + ½/11 + 0/12 3
14 Pleasants,A. - ½/19 + ½/2 - 0/12 + 1/17 - 0/7 + 1/18 - 0/9 3
15 Brusey,A.W. + 0/4 - 1/17 + 0/11 - 0/7 - 0/9 + 1/Bye + 1/18 3
16 Soares,A. + 0/10 - 0/11 + ½/9 - 1/19 - ½/18 + 0/5 + 1/Bye 3
17 Gosling,B.G.E. - 0/5 + 0/15 + 1/Bye - 0/14 + 0/13 - 1/19 + 1/Bye 3
18 Abbott,M. - 1/8 + 0/1 - 0/3 + ½/Bye + ½/16 - 0/14 - 0/15 2
19 Wilkinson,J. + ½/14 - 0/13 - 0/5 + 0/16 + 1/28 + 0/17 W/D 1½

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WEST OF ENGLAND CHAMPIONSHIPS
     

OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP

     Points

 

 1st Russell James 5½

 

 2nd= Ian Thompson 5

 

   John Hodgson  

 

   Daniel Hall  

 

 Grading Prize - U165 Joshua Hall    =  

 

   John Bass     =  

 

 WECU Championship Cup & British Championship Qualifying place. Ian Thompson  

 

      

MAJOR

      

 

 1st Sarah Hegarty 6½

 

 2nd= John Stephens  

 

   Dave Rogers  

 

 Grading Prize - U137 Tim Woodward  =  

 

   Alan Papier       =  

 

   Robert Thompson  =  

MINOR

      

 

 1st = Christopher Brooker  

 

   John Bashall  

 

   Daniel Frean  

 

 Grading Prize - U100 John Maloney  

 

      

LADIES CHAMPIONSHIP

   Sarah Hegarty  

Our thanks to Bev Schofield for the following.

Wiltshire & West of England Junior Open Congress

New College, Swindon 23rd & 24th February 2008

  
   

Best Overall Girl

 Maria Wang (Oxford)  
     

Major

 1st Peter Poobalasingam (Somerset) 5/5  
  2nd= Lewis Martin (Wiltshire) 4/5  
  2nd= James Jackson (Oxon) 4/5  
     

Controllers Prizes

 Robbie Coats (Wilts) 3½ /5  
  Felix Ynojosa (Berks) 3/5  
  George Tunstall (Berks) 3/5  
  Rhys Cumming (Somerset) 2½/5  
  Megan Owens (Wilts) 2/5  
  Steven Jones (Cheshire) 2/5  

West of England U18 Champion

 1st Peter Poobalasingam (Somerset) 5/5  

West of England U16 Champion

 Lewis Martin  

West of England U14 Champion

 Rhys Cumming  

West of England Girls’ U18, U16 & U14 Champion

Megan Owens  

Wiltshire U18 & U16 Champion

 Lewis Martin  

Wiltshire U14 Champion

 Megan Owens  

Wiltshire U18 Girls’ Champion

 Megan Owens  

Minor

 1st Ben Jackson (Oxon) 5/6  
  2nd= Roger Baxter (Hants) 4½ /6  

 

 2nd= Matthew Turner (Somerset) 4½ /6  
  2nd= Alex Carter (Glos) 4½/6  

Grading Prizes

 U80 Luke Burroughs (Wilts) 3½/6  
  U60 David Coupe (Yorks) 3/6  

Controllers Prize

 Matthew Wilson (Hants)  

Best Girl

Ruby Marsden (Oxon) 3/6

  

U12 Championship

 1st= Peter Batchelor (London) 5/6  
  1st= Marcus Harvey (Oxon) 5/6  
  1st= Maria Wang (Oxon) 5/6  
  1st= Roy Zhang (Berks) 5/6  

Best U11

Peter Batchelor & Roy Zhang

  

Best Girl

 Maria Wang  

West of England U12 Champion

 Adam Burroughs (Wilts) 4½/6  

West of England U12 Girls’ Champion

 Megan Cleeves (Wilts) 3½/6  

Wiltshire U12 Champion

 Adam Burroughs  

Wiltshire U11 Champion & Wiltshire U11 Girls’ Champion

 Megan Cleeves  

Controller Prizes

 Peter Andreev 4/6  

 

 		Anna Wang 4/6  

U12 Challengers

 1st William Claridge-Hansen (Bucks) 5½/6  

 

 2nd= Matthew Wilson (N Somerset) 4½/6  

 

 2nd= Max Papachristos (Berks) 4½/6  

Controllers Prizes

 Frazer Watson (Wilts)  

 

 Calon Watson (Wilts)  

 

 James Tapp (Glos)  

 

 David Colebourn (Herts)  

 

 Thomas Hawkins (Wilts)  

U10 Championships

 1st= Tom Haxby (Sussex) 6/7  

 

 1st= Joris Gerlagh 6/7  

 

 3rd Janinder Morgan (Bath) 5½/7  

West of England U10 Champion

 Janinder Morgan  

West of England U10 Girls’ Champion

 Zoe Strong (Bristol) 4/7  

Wiltshire U10 Champion

 Simon Garnett (Wilts) 4/7  

Best Girl

Zoe Strong, Louise Head (Berks), Cosima Keen (E Sussex)  

 Controllers Prizes

 Brian Hornsby  

 

 Lawrence Demeger  

U9 Championships

 1st Daniel D’Souza-Eva 7/7  

 

2nd= Joseph Gabriel 5/7

  

 

2nd= Irene Mathias 5/7

  

Wiltshire U9 Champion

 Arthur Copping (Wilts) 4/7  

Best Girl

 Irene Mathias  

Controllers Prizes

 Arthur Copping  

 

 Oliver Carter  

 

 Hugh Parry  

 

 Alex Kitshoff  

 

 Ashwin Kalyana  

U8 Championships

 1st James Colebourn (Herts) 5½ /6  

 

 2nd Rebecca Swestun (Essex) 5/6  

 

 3rd Aloysius Lip (Birmingham) 4½/6  

West of England U8 Champion

 Pranav Satish (Wilts) & Megan Scott (Wilts)3½/6  

West of England U8 Girls’ Champion

 Megan Scott  

Wiltshire U8 Champion

 Pranav Satish & Megan Scott  

Wiltshire U7 Champion

 Will Cleeves 2/6  

Best U7

 Joseph Yianni (Herts) 3/6  

Best Girl

 Rebecca Swestun  

Beginners

 1st= Adam Busby (Wilts)  

 

 1st= Daniel Key  

 

 2nd Alessandro Ruggiero (Bristol)  

Controllers Medals

 Joseph Ewins (Bristol)  

 

 Andrew Fraser (Bristol)  

 

 Sammy Petchey (Wilts)  

 

 Mackenzie Steadman (Bristol)  

Best Girl

 Emma Smart (Hants)  

Best Game Prize

 George Grimmer (Wilts)  

Saturday Intermediate

 1st= Bradley White (Wilts)  

 

 1st= Aloysius Lip (Warks)  

 

 3rd= Pranav Satish (Wilts)  

 

 3rd= James Colebourn (Herts)  

Best Girl

Zoe Mathias  

Controllers Prizes

 Joseph Yianni (Herts)  

 

 John Hall (Somerset)  

Sunday Intermediate

 1st Mark Garnett (Wilts)  

 

2nd Jordan Isgin (Wilts)

  

 

 3rd= Jack Swestun (Essex)  

 

 3rd= Oliver Taylor  

Best Girl

Helen Mazagon (Surrey), Katy Jackson (Oxon)  

Controllers Prizes

 George Grimmer (Wilts)  

 

 Jacob Man (Wilts)  

 

CORNWALL CONGRESS

Stithians Village Hall

11th - 13th Janaury 2008

Emigrant Cup (Open):

 

 

 

1st     David Saqui  (cup awarded on tie-break)

169

Penwith   

4/5

          Lloyd Retallick

167

Newquay

 

3rd    Gary Trudeau

140

Liskeard

3/5

4th = Simon Bartlett

146

Newquay

2½/5

          Jeremy Menadue

178

Truro

 

Grading Prize U140

 

 

 

          Barry Moss

129

Falmouth

2½/5

Falmouth Cup (U-125):

 

 

 

1st=   Stefan Leaver   (cup awarded on tie-break)

117

Truro

4/5

           Michael Hill

109

Liskeard

 

           Doug Morton

99

Newquay

 

4th=   Marcus Pilling

112

Truro

3½/5

           Christopher Reeves

111

Truro

 

Grading Prize U100

 

 

 

           Philip Spargo

99

Cambourne

3/5

Grading Prize U80

 

 

 

           Martin Carter

57

Godolphin

3/5

Team prize (Centenary Cup):

 

 

 

Newquay Retallick/Bartlett/Nancarrow/Morton

 

 

 

 

 

Bev Schofield has sent the following report on WECU junior events:

One of the major junior tournaments in the West of England is the Junior Squad Young Masters U21 Tournament in July at Millfield School.  There is a 6 day FIDE rated tournament and a Weekender Tournament for younger players.

Eight West of England players took part in the 36 player FIDE tournament.  The event was won by Dan Hall of Wiltshire on 8/10 ahead of Ankush Khandelwal, Joseff Thomas, Philip Makepeace and James Adair on 7/10.  Other WoE players taking part were Robbie Coats (Wilts), Rhys Cummings (Som), Josh Hall (Wilts), Matthew Harborne (Hants), Sarah Hegarty (Som), Lewis Martin (Wilts) and Sharan Soni (Som).

There were eight West of England players in the 48 player field in the Weekender Tournament won jointly by Dashiell Shaw and Richard Weaving with Toby Hall (Wiltshire) in joint third.  Other WoE participants were Alexander Carter (Glos), Alex Gould (Som), Matthew Marsh (Som), Oliver Schofield (Som), Harry Streeter (Som) and Robert Thompson (Devon).

 

DORSET CONGRESS

REMBRANDT HOTEL, WEYMOUTH, 5th - 7th October 2007

Open Section
1st John Anderson 188 Shell Essex 4½
2nd Alan Brusey 161 Teignmouth 4
3rd Keith Gregory 181 Cosham 3½
Grading Prize (U-170)      
  Jane Richmond 169 Brown Jack 3½
         

Major Section (U-155)
1st Dominic Bennett 152 Bristol & Clifton 4
2nd= David Tomboline 149 Brown Jack 3½
  Peter Wilcock 148 Wimbourne  
  Simon Bartlett 146 Newquay  
  Martin Harris 139 Newcastle-under-Lyme  
  Paul Jackson 137 Coulsdon  
Grading Prize (U-135)      
  Mark Wallace 129 Crowthorne 3½
         

Minor Section (U-125)
1st John Bashall 118 Telepost 4½
2nd Greig Sweetland 122 Bath 4
  John Kelly 117 Weymouth  
  Larry Cox 122 Southborne  
  Robert Davenport 113 Ringwood  
Grading Prize (U-100)      
1st=   Joan Gardner 93 Berkhemstead 4
          Norman Tidy 99 St. Marychurch  

  

Dorset Open Weymouth 2007

  1 2 3 4 5  
1 Anderson,J. - 1/21 + 1/5 - ½/2 + 1/11 - 1/7 4½
2 Brusey,A.W. - 1/10 + 1/14 + ½/1 - ½/8 + 1/6 4
3 Gregory,K. - ½/9 + ½/16 - ½/5 + 1/17 - 1/18 3½
4 Richmond,J. - ½/16 + ½/11 + ½/B - 1/20 + 1/8 3½
5 Jenks,B. - 1/23 - 0/1 + ½/3 + ½/18 - 1/16 3
6 Pleasants,A. + ½/B + 1/9 - ½/7 + 1/12 - 0/2 3
7 Braun,W. + ½/B - 1/20 + ½/6 - 1/13 + 0/1 3
8 Clark,I.C. + ½/26 + 1/19 - 1/17 + ½/2 - 0/4 3
9 House,P.G. + ½/3 - 0/6 - ½/14 + 1/21 + ½/10 2½
10 Krzyzanowski,P. + 0/2 - ½/21 - ½/12 + 1/22 - ½/9 2½
11 Simons,M.J. + ½/B - ½/4 + 1/23 - 0/1 + ½/15 2½
12 Bolt,G. + ½/17 - ½/13 + ½/10 - 0/6 + 1/23 2½
13 Gibbs,D.V. - ½/15 + ½/12 - 1/22 + 0/7 + ½/29 2½
14 Goater,K.P. + ½/B - 0/2 + ½/9 - ½/23 + 1/20 2½
15 Clancy,M.J. + ½/13 - 0/17 + 1/B + ½/16 - ½/11 2½
16 Coburn,J. + ½/4 - ½/3 + ½/18 - ½/15 + 0/5 2
17 Waters,A.C. - ½/12 + 1/15 + 0/8 - 0/3 + ½/19 2
18 Ozanne,M. + ½/B + ½/22 - ½/16 - ½/5 + 0/3 2
19 Hamilton,S. + ½/B - 0/8 + 0/20 + 1/B - ½/17 2
20 Jepps,G.N. - ½/22 + 0/7 - 1/19 + 0/4 - 0/14 1½
21 Bourne,J. + 0/1 + ½/10 + ½/B - 0/9 - ½/22 1½
22 Yeo,M.J. + ½/20 - ½/18 + 0/13 - 0/10 + ½/21 1½
23 House,K.C. + 0/5 + ½/33 - 0/11 + ½/14 - 0/12 1

 NOTE:- Points awarded for all byes are not known

 

Games played in the open can be downloaded HERE

 

 

We are indebted to Bob Jones for the following Report and tables.

WECU Jamboree.

Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton         23rd September 2007

Several factors resulted in arresting the recent decline of this traditional get-together of westcountry teams.

(a)   Identification of a suitable venue, central to the Union's area.

(b)   Early notification to county captains of the event details.

(c)   Avoiding clashes with other events, such as 4NCL weekends. 

The Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre came to the rescue last year, when another projected venue fell through at short notice, yet, as it turned out, this may have been a stroke of good fortune, as the Taunton venue has proved eminently suitable. Martin Worrall,  of the Taunton Chess Club is also a member of the technical staff there, and was able to get much of the preliminary work done, and provided free liquid refreshments throughout the afternoon.

All this resulted in there being four teams in each section, providing a good mix of almost 100 players from as far apart as Plymouth, Cheltenham and Weymouth.

Devon's stranglehold on the top section was broken, partly by the welcome entry of a strong contingent from Wiltshire, who eventually romped home by 2 clear points.

In the graded section, the captain of the defending team was unable to raise sufficient interest to be able to field a strong side, and Torbay took the opportunity and won well.

WECU president, Gerry Jepps, presented the cups, noting en passant, that he had just been appointed the first ECF Arbiter, thus becoming a "small footnote in chess history".

RESULTS

SENIOR SECTION

 

Code Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 tot Pos
A Devon 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 6½ 2nd
B Glos 1 0 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 4½ 3rd=
C Somerset ½ 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 4½ 3rd=
D Wiltshire ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 0 0 8½ 1st

 

Bd Pairing Team White Grd Res Res Black Grd Team
1 A1-B1 Devon D.Mackle 188 0 1 M.White 198 Glos
2 C1-D1 Som B.Edgell 177 ½ ½ P.Girdlestone 198 Wilts
3 B2-C2 Glos I.Ponter 170 0 1 P.Chaplin 176 Som
4 D2-A2 Wilts P.Richmond 199 1 0 D.Cowley 190 Devon
5 A3-C3 Devon J.Wheeler 180 1 0 D.Littlejohns 166 Som
6 B3-D3 Glos N.Hosken 169 ½ ½ T.Headlong 187 Wilts
7 D4-B4 Wilts S.Zeidler 186 1 0 G.Taylor 158 Glos
8 C4-A4 Som G.Jepps 163 1 0 S.Homer 180 Devon
9 C5-B5 Som A.Footner 159 0 1 P.Meade 154 Glos
10 A5-D5 Devon A.Kiel 175 0 1 R.Haydon 185 Wilts
11 B6-A6 Glos P.Dodwell 153 1 0 K.Hurst 172 Devon
12 D6-C6 Wilts J.Richmond 169 1 0 M.Richardt 151 Som
13 A7-B7 Devon B.Hewson 169 1 0 G.Brown 152 Glos
14 C7-D7 Som A.Bamford 146 0 1 J.Bourne 166 Wilts
15 B8-C8 Glos B.Whitlaw 135 1 0 C.Purry 145 Som
16 D8-A8 Wilts A.Cooper 164 ½ ½ D.Regis 167 Devon
17 A9-C9 Devon A.Brusey 161 1 0 N.Senior 145 Som
18 B9-D9 Glos A.Bentley 133 0 1 J.Hall 160 Wilts
19 D10-B10 Wilts D.Tomboline 149 1 0 A.Richards 117 Glos
20 C10-A10 Som D.Wood 134 0 1 E.Walton 158 Devon
21 C11-B11 Som C.McKinley 134 1 0 R.Francis 116 Glos
22 A11-D11 Devon S.Waters 159 1 0 R.Coats 137 Wilts
23 B12-A12 Glos P.Baker 109 0 1 J.Underwood 150 Devon
24 D12-C12 Wilts T.Hall 108 0 1 R.Turner 130 Som

 

WILTSHIRE
Board Code Name Grd Score
1 D1 P.Girdlestone 198 ½
2 D2 P. Richmond 199 1
3 D3 T. Headlong 187 ½
4 D4 S. Zeidler 186 1
5 D5 R. Haydon 185 1
6 D6 J. Richmond 169 1
7 D7 J. Bourne 166 1
8 D8 A. Cooper 164 ½
9 D9 J. Hall 160 1
10 D10 D. Tomboline 149 1
11 D11 R. Coats 137 0
12 D12 T. Hall 108 0
   

Totals

 2,008 8½
 

DEVON
Board Code Name Grd Score
1 A1 D. Mackle 188 0
2 A2 D. Cowley 190 0
3 A3 J. Wheeler 180 1
4 A4 S. Homer 180 0
5 A5 Keil A. 175 0
6 A6 Hurst K 172 0
7 A7 Hewson B 169 1
8 A8 Regis D. 167 ½
9 A9 Brusey A. 161 1
10 A10 Walton E. 158 1
11 A11 Waters S. 159 1
12 A12 J.Underwood  150 1
   

Totals

 2,049 6½