Clik here to view.
WECU Inter-County Jamboree 2015 — Devon Dig Deep.
A quick look at the team lists before the start of play showed that Somerset were making a big effort to wrest the Open trophy from Devon’s grip of recent years. The top half of their team were all...
View ArticleRoyal Beacon Seniors 2015 – Current Entry List (13.10.’15.)
Entries are now coming in almost every day, for the 16th Royal Beacon Seniors Congress, which starts on Monday 2nd November at 1 p.m. I hope to keep an up-to-date list of entries so far received, so...
View ArticleClik here to view.
West of England Jamboree – Unexpected Outcomes (03.10.2015.)
The West of England Inter-County Jamboree took place on Sunday at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton, with 3 teams of 12 players contesting the top section. Somerset fielded the strongest team seen...
View ArticleClik here to view.
1st Peter Clarke Memorial Congress (04.10.2015.)
After the well-known chessplayer, author, columnist, problemist and correspondence Grandmaster, Peter Hugh Clarke, died last December, it was his family’s wish that a tournament should be held in his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
From Bude To The Isle of Man (10.10.2015.)
Peter Clarke, the well-known chessplayer, columnist, author and bibliophile died last December after a long illness, and it was his family’s wish that an event of some sort should be held in his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Big Bucks Bring Bonus? (17.10.2015.)
As reported last week, I came 2nd= in the Minor section of the Bude Rapidplay and received £10 for my efforts, an event as rare as it was pleasing. After all, that’s as much as the great English player...
View ArticleThe Cream of Guernsey (Tues. 20th Oct.)
A small number of local players are participating in the top section at Guernsey . Today (Tues.) is Rd. 3 and both Brian Hewson (Tiverton) and Meyrick Shaw (Exmouth are on maximum 2/2 so cannot avoid...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Devon Team Blitz Tournament 2015 (18.10.2015.)
Ten teams of 4 players of all ages gathered at the Newton Abbot Chess Club on Sunday afternoon for DCCA’s annual team Blitz. This was 2 more teams than last year, but still far short of the days of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
That Other Alekhine (24.10.2015.)
To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the founding of their club, Plymouth organised a big congress in 1938, with the top section consisting of 8 invitees, including both current world champions,...
View Article2015 Seniors’ Congress entries as at today- 31.10.2015.
EXMOUTH SENIORS CONGRESS– Entries as at 31.10.’15 Grd SENIORS Grd “JUNIORS” 1 189 Norman Ken X 189 Page Mark 2 177 Footner Andrew X 187 Dilleigh Stephen 3 177 Kendall Paul X...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Poor World Champions (31.10.2015.)
Making a living was very hard work for a chess professional throughout the 19th and 20th centuries, whether they be World Champion or journeyman grandmaster. Writing was hard work for little return and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
16th Exmouth Seniors Congress Day 1 (02.11.2015.)
The day finally dawned, with all the bookstall still to be taken down to the Royal Beacon Hotel and set up, and the playing kit to be laid out. I’d taken this down the day before (Sunday), to find...
View ArticleClik here to view.
16th Seniors’ Congress Day 2 (03.11.2015.)
The Round 2 draw and early results were as follows: SENIORS ROUND 2 Bd White Result Black 1 1 Norman, Kenneth I 184 Price, Andrew 160 2 7 Gamble, Raymond 160...
View ArticleClik here to view.
16th Exmouth Seniors Congress Day 3 (04.11.2015.)
Top boards in the Seniors: never has the bearded Dave Burt been as high as No. 2 in all his previous 15 appearances, nor Marian Cox as high as Bd. 7 Colin Sellwood (nearest) still on a high after...
View ArticleExmouth Seniors Congress Day 4 (5th Nov. 2015)
Of the earlier low-graded high-fliers, Michael Dow and Joseph Clapp refused to be intimidated and continued their flight in the upper atmosphere. There was bad luck for one high-flier when his phone...
View ArticleExmouth Seniors Congress – 5th & Final day (6th Nov. 2015.)
Seniors Final Round and Cross Table. Bd White Result Black 1 Everson, Robert J 165 [3½] ½ – ½ Toms, David A 162 [3½] 2 Adaway, William 175 [3] ½ – ½ Norman, Kenneth 184 [3½] 3...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Shock early result in the Newman Cup (rapidplay) 19.11.2015.
The Exmouth team made their annual pilgrimage to Seaton on a dark stormy midwinter night (nothing unusual there), with little hope of doing anything much against the new Champions. Sure enough, on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New Faces At the Torbay Congress (21.11.2015.)
There was a slight feeling of déjà vu at last weekend’s 49th Torbay Congress as it returned to the Livermead House Hotel on Torquay seafront only weeks after the Paignton Congress had used it. Yet...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Devonian Progress at the World Seniors.
There were 3 adopted Devonians at the World Seniors Championship being held in Italy. Mark Jordon posted this report on Rds. 7 & 8 on the ECF website. Meyrick Shaw at the World Seniors – Rounds 7...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Devon Successes at World Seniors’ Championships (28.11.2015.)
Acqui Terme, midway between Genoa and Turin, is said to be one of the prettiest towns in Italy, and for most of November has been hosting the World Seniors Chess Championships. The bulk of the English...
View Article