The West of England Chess Union’s annual Jamboree was held on Sunday 17th September, at a new venue, called the Kenn Centre, adjacent to the A38 near the foot of Haldon Hill in Devon. This was designed to make it a little easier for the Cornish players to get there, although it’s still a good distance from Truro.
This year there was no Graded Section, but Devon used their more numerous troops to form a 1st team from the best 12 avaialble players, and a 2nd team from the next best dozen. This latter team used up some of the players who would in earlier years have formed the basis of a grade-limited team.
The Centre proved to be an excellent venue for the event, being modern in construction, with large playing hall, analysis room, kitchen facilities and ample parking. It will be surely used again at some point for chess events.
Clik here to view.
The Organiser, Mark Hassall, (standing centre) having enjoyed a quick win, takes time to monitor the progress of his Cornish team-mates. The nearest game involves clubmates Brian Gosling (B) vs Oliver Wensley (partly obscured) Brian Gosling
The outcome can be best shown in these 2 tables.
| KEY | ||||
| Teams | Pos | Pts | ||
| D1 = Devon 1st team Bd. 1 | 1st | 9½ | ||
| S2 = Somerset Bd. 2 | 2nd | 7 | ||
| C3 = Cornwall Bd. 3 | 3rd | 5 | ||
| D2nd 4 = Devon 2nd team Bd. 4 | 4th | 4½ | ||
| G5 = Gloucestershire Bd. 5 | 5th | 4 | ||
| Bd | Team | White | Grd | Black | Grd | Team | |||
| 1 | C1 | J. Menadue | 191 | ½ | ½ | N. Crickmore | 214 | D1 | |
| 2 | D2nd 1 | J. Haynes | 171 | 0 | 1 | J. Rudd | 215 | S1 | |
| 3 | D2 | W. Braun | 203 | 1 | 0 | M. Ashworth | 192 | G1 | |
| 4 | S2 | F. Fernando | 182 | 1 | 0 | J. Hooker | 178 | C2 | |
| 5 | G2 | J. Jenkins | 185 | 1 | 0 | T. Thynne | 170 | D2nd 2 | |
| 6 | C3 | L. Retallick | 174 | ½ | ½ | P. Brooks | 170 | D2nd 3 | |
| 7 | S3 | A. Footner | 181 | 1 | 0 | P. Meade | 178 | G3 | |
| 8 | D2nd 4 | M. Shaw | 169 | 0 | 1 | G. Bolt | 196 | D3 | |
| 9 | G4 | P. Kirby | 177 | ½ | ½ | D. Saqui | 169 | C4 | |
| 10 | D4 | J. Underwood | 192 | ½ | ½ | A. Bedialauneta | 159 | S4 | |
| 11 | C5 | M. Hassall | 168 | 1 | 0 | P. O’Neill | 188 | D5 | |
| 12 | G5 | P. Masters | 175 | ½ | ½ | D. Freeman | 156 | S5 | |
| 13 | D2nd 5 | D. Regis | 166 | 0 | 1 | R. Kneebone | 164 | C6 | |
| 14 | D6 | S. Martin | 186 | 1 | 0 | R. Ashworth | 161 | G6 | |
| 15 | S6 | R. Knight | 156 | ½ | ½ | V. Ramesh | 164 | D2nd 6 | |
| 16 | C7 | T. Manton | 163 | 0 | 1 | M. Taylor | 144 | G7 | |
| 17 | D2nd 7 | W. Ingham | 163 | 0 | 1 | J. Wheeler | 185 | D7 | |
| 18 | D8 | B. Hewson | 184 | 1 | 0 | N. Senior | 150 | S7 | |
| 19 | S8 | T. Woodward | 150 | ½ | ½ | R. Stephens | 160 | C8 | |
| 20 | G8 | A. Gibson | 139 | 0 | 1 | M. Wilson | 161 | D2nd 8 | |
| 21 | C9 | C. Sellwood | 155 | 0 | 1 | T. Paulden | 183 | D9 | |
| 22 | D2nd 9 | C. Scott | 160 | 1 | 0 | A. Champion | 147 | S9 | |
| 23 | D10 | C. Lowe | 176 | ½ | ½ | A. Richards | 133 | G9 | |
| 24 | S10 | C. Purry | 147 | 1 | 0 | R. Smith | 153 | C10 | |
| 25 | G10 | I. Blencowe | 131 | ½ | ½ | G. Body | 157 | D2nd 10 | |
| 26 | C11 | G. Trudeau | 148 | 1 | 0 | P. Bending | 122 | G11 | |
| 27 | S11 | T. Wallis | 144 | 0 | 1 | P. Hampton | 172 | D11 | |
| 28 | D2nd 11 | T. Lundin | 156 | 1 | 0 | J. Morgan | 146 | C12 | |
| 29 | G12 | D. Walton | 109 | 0 | 1 | N. Mills | 133 | S12 | |
| 30 | D12 | O. Wensley | 172 | 1 | 0 | B. Gosling | 154 | D2nd 12 |
