Devon’s Inter-Area Jamboree 2015 Results

Four teams of 12 players from the four corners of the county contested Devon’s annual Inter-Area Jamboree, hosted this year by the East, at the Isca Centre in Exeter. There is a total grading limit of 1,650 for each team, which means the county’s middle strength players feature most. The formula for pairing means that each team has 6 Whites and 6 Blacks, and that 3 X 4 players from any team will face other other teams (complicated to explain, but, if unsure, check the charts below).

The playing room was large, with well-spaced individual tables for each game, and was warm, well-lit and totally quiet. The teams were so closely matched that every game would clearly have a bearing on the final result.

Even though they lost their top 3 games, it was the West team (Plymouth) that edged out as winners, a point ahead of East and North. Ben Wilkinson, as Captain of the West team, received the trophy from DCCA President, Paul Brooks.

The games will appear on the chessdevon website in due course.

General view of the playing area

Bd. 1 game: Tim Paulden vs Brian Hewson.

Former TV presenter, Adam Hart-Davis vs former British U-16 hopeful, Chris Scott.

Wilf Taylor vs Oliver Wensley nearest.

Norman Tidy vs Jon Duckham

West Captain, Ben Wilkinson, receives the trophy from Devon President, Paul Brooks.

	Team A		Team B		Team C		Team D
	East		North		South		West
1	T. Paulden	185	B. Hewson	174	A. W. Brusey	176	M. Brownbridge	164
2	C. J. Scott	157	S. Bartlett	169	P. Brooks	154	A. Hart-Davis	161
3	B. G. Gosling	149	I. Annetts	162	A. Kinder	147	B. Medhurst	157
4	O. Wensley	149	K. P. Atkins	157	W. Taylor	142	N. Butland	154
5	S. Pope	144	J. Duckham	152	N. F. Tidy	137	S. Levy	145
6	W. Marjoram	132	S. Clarke	133	J. E. Allen	132	M. Quinn	143
7	E. Palmer	131	K. Hunter	120	N. Mills	132	R. G. Wilby	140
8	D. Thomson	130	R. Dooley	120	M. Hussey	113	N. Hodge	130
9	R. H. Jones	129	M. Dow	115	J. Knott	109	B. Wilkinson	129
10	R. Whittington	123	S. T-Tracey	104	N. Narayanan	101	C. B. Peach	110
11	G. J. Jenkins	111	J. Flanagan	100	M. Cockerton	100	A. Tatam	107
12	S. Blake	102	G. Jones	100	J. Blackmore	100	P. McConnell	102

		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Tot.
A	East	1	1	½	½	½	½	0	½	1	0	0	½	6
B	North	0	½	1	0	1	½	1	1	0	0	½	½	6
C	South	1	½	½	½	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	1	5
D	West	0	0	0	1	½	1	1	½	1	1	1	0	7

Bd		White	Grd				Black	Grd
1	A1	T. Paulden	185	1	0	B1	B. W. R. Hewson	174
2	C1	A. W. Brusey	176	1	0	D1	M. S-Brownbridge	164
3	B2	S. Bartlett	169	½	½	C2	P. Brooks	154
4	D2	A. Hart-Davis	161	0	1	A2	C. J. Scott	157
5	A3	B. Gosling	149	½	½	C3	A. Kinder	146
6	B3	I. S. Annetts	162	1	0	D3	B. Medhurst	157
7	D4	N. Butland	154	1	0	B4	K. P. Atkins	157
8	C4	W. Taylor	142	½	½	A4	O. E. Wensley	149
9	C5	N. F. Tidy	137	0	1	B5	J. Duckham	152
10	A5	S. Pope	144	½	½	D5	S. Levy	145
11	B6	S. Clarke	133	½	½	A6	W. Marjoram	132
12	D6	M. Quinn	143	1	0	C6	J. E. Allen	132
13	A7	E. Palmer	131	0	1	B7	K. Hunter	120
14	C7	N. Mills	132	0	1	D7	R. G. Wilby	140
15	B8	R. Dooley	120	1	0	C8	M. Hussey	113
16	D8	N. Hodge	130	½	½	A8	D. Thomson	130
17	A9	R. H. Jones	129	1	0	C9	J. Knott	109
18	B9	M. Dow	115	0	1	D9	B. R. Wilkinson	129
19	D10	C. B. Peach	110	1	0	B10	S. Thorpe-Tracey	104
20	C10	N. Narayanan	101	1	0	A10	R. Whittington	123
21	C11	M. Cockerton	100*	½	½	B11	J. Flanagan	100*
22	A11	J. Maloney	113	0	1	D11	A. Tatam	107
23	B12	G. Jones	100*	½	½	A12	S. Blake	102
24	D12	P. McConnell	102	0	1	C12	J. Blackmore	100*

Bd

White

Grd

Black

Grd

1

A1

T. Paulden

185

1

0

B1

B. W. R. Hewson

174

2

C1

A. W. Brusey

176

1

0

D1

M. S-Brownbridge

164

3

B2

S. Bartlett

169

½

½

C2

P. Brooks

154

4

D2

A. Hart-Davis

161

0

1

A2

C. J. Scott

157

5

A3

B. Gosling

149

½

½

C3

A. Kinder

146

6

B3

I. S. Annetts

162

1

0

D3

B. Medhurst

157

7

D4

N. Butland

154

1

0

B4

K. P. Atkins

157

8

C4

W. Taylor

142

½

½

A4

O. E. Wensley

149

9

C5

N. F. Tidy