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E. Devon Congress – Day 2
After extracting his revenge on John Stephens, last night, for his recent league win, Alan Brusey cruised into joint first place, one of only two on 2/2. He also seemed to have a very slight edge...
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E. Devon Congress – Final Day
Sunday morning – Round 4: Of the 6 joint leaders overnight, only Roger de Coverley could post a win, which put him in pole position going in to the final round. Top-graded Mackle, playing the white...
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E. Devon Congress Results 2013
The East Devon Congress finished on Sunday with the following among the prizewinners. Open Section: 1st R. de Coverly (Bourne End). 2nd= D. Mackle (Newton Abbot) & P. Helbig (Bristol). Grading...
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Newman Cup vs Tiverton (13.03.2013.)
This was the key match in this year’s Newman Cup, Devon’s RapidPlay League. As last year, it was a 3-way tie between Tiverton, Exmouth and Seaton, with home and away matches. Earlier in the season,...
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Devon vs Glos & Cornwall vs Somerset (16.03.2013.)
The final scheduled round of the Inter-County competition was held on Saturday. Devon managed to get out a strong side and cruised past Gloucestershire at West Buckland, winning 11½-4½. The details...
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Exmouth’s First Loss of the Season.
Tiverton vs Exmouth – Mamhead Cup Div. 2 – 16.03.2012. Saturday Afternoon At The Tomato doesn’t have quite the same ring about it as the mid-70s classic jazz-fused song “Midnight At The Oasis”, but...
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Exmouth To Retain Newman Cup?
Exmouth put themselves in pole position to retain Devon’s RapidPlay League, the Newman Cup, after a comfortable away win over Seaton, last evening. Exmouth won the toss (for a change) and opted for...
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World Championship Candidates Tourney (23.03.2013.)
The brightest of Devon’s ten wins against Gloucestershire in their recent match was this one from Board 3. White: S. J. Homer (183). Black: S. J. Waterfield (178). Sicilian Defence – Dragon Variation...
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A. S. Hollis R.I.P.
Adrian Swayne Hollis (b. 02.08.1940 – d. Feb. 2013.) Adrian Hollis, former West of England Champion, WECU Vice President and Grandmaster of Postal Chess, died recently at his home in Wells, Somerset...
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West of England Congress – Day 1
After a lot of hard work by a handful of volunteers and the inevitable, unforeseeable glitches, the 65th West of England Championship & Congress, finally got on the road at 10 a.m. precisely, in...
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West of England Congress – Day 2
Saturday dawned with sunny skies and the air like a sparkling white wine - another way of saying freezing cold. This weekend has every prospect of being the coldest Easter Congress ever; beautiful to...
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Life, like chess, has a habit of biting one on the b*m just when you thought things were going well. Having been a little smug yesterday about the virtues of Exmouth as a chess venue, last evening I...
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West of England Congress – Day 4
Easter Monday morning saw the 7th and final round of the Congress. Often this is the opportunity for many players, already exhausted and not in line for a prize, are only too happy to agree to a quick...
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A. S. Hollis (30.03.2013.)
The death occurred recently of former West of England Champion and Britain’s 6th Grandmaster, A. S. Hollis. Born in 1940, Adrian Swayne Hollis was the only child of Sir Roger Hollis and Evelyn Esme...
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West of England Championship (06.04.2013.)
The West of England Championship finished on Monday in Exmouth after the coldest Easter weekend since records began, but although it was bitter outside there was plenty of hot chess inside, with a very...
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West of England Championship (13.04.2013.)
At the end of the recent West of England Championship, held over the Easter weekend, there was a four-way tie at the top of the Open Section and although the cash prize could easily be calculated (£155...
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Teignmouth RapidPlay Tournament (13.04.2013.)
Under grey and lowering skies that deposited rain all day long, 69 players assembled at Trinity School,Teignmouth for their annual RapidPlay event. This number was a little down on average, probably...
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Hampshire v Devon’s Re-Scheduled Match (14.04.2013.)
Originally scheduled for January, the Hants vs Devon match was postponed due to snow; not so much Devon’s problem, but a number of the Hants players could not only not get to the Wincanton venue, some...
View ArticleExmouth Win Devon’s Newman Cup (RapidPlay)
The Newman Cup is DCCA’s RapidPlay trophy. As in recent years, the only entries were Exmouth, Tiverton and Seaton, playing each other at home and away. Last Wednesday evening was Exmouth’s last match,...
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Somerset win the WECU Championship (27.04.2013.)
Last Saturday, Somerset beat Gloucestershire 11-5 and so win the West of England Championship. This was one of Devon’s wins in their recent match against Hampshire. White: Trefor Thynne (158). Black:...
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