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What’s So Royal About the Royal Beacon?
The Royal Beacon Hotel – How Come? Since the millennium, the Royal Beacon Hotel, Exmouth has become one of the best-appointed and popular venues for small to medium chess events. It also has an...
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London Chess Classic 2015
Many of the World’s top players have been gathering in the capital this week for the London Chess Classic, the strongest tournament ever held in the UK, which started yesterday at Olympia and will run...
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Gloucestershire beat Devon & The London Chess Classic (12.12.2015.)
Gloucestershire beat Devon recently for the first time in years, probably due to a combination of Devon missing several of their top players for this match and the fact that Gloucestershire is starting...
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London Chess Classic Results (19.12.2015.)
Wiltshire marked their return to the West of England Inter-County competition with an 8-4 win over Cornwall in the U-160 section at Chudleigh Knighton Village Hall. Compensation for the Cornish was the...
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The post-Christmas period is traditionally the time of the Hastings Chess Congress, one of the longest established in the world. The first was held in 1895 when all the world’s top players took part....
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Hastings Congress Results (09.01.2016.)
The Masters’ Section of the Hastings Congress, which finished on Tuesday, consisted of an eclectic mix of 76 players, including strong contingents from Eastern Europe and India. After the 9th and final...
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Exmouth’s Defence of Bremridge Cup Continues (09.01.2016.)
Exmouth’s defence of the DCCA Div. 1 tournament continued with a match against Tiverton. Originally scheduled as a home match for Exmouth, finding a suitable venue proved very difficult. Finding 5 hrs...
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Devon vs Cornwall 1902 & Remembering Peter Keffler.
The very first match between Cornwall and Devon took place in Truro in October 1902, with the home team winning 15½-9½. No games are known to have survived, but the names alone give an indication of...
View ArticleDevon Jamboree 2016
Devon’s annual Jamboree is a get-together of teams of 12, hopefully from the four quarters of the county. The maximum permitted total team grade is 1,650, giving an average of 137 per player. This...
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Peter Keffler Remembered.
Continuing my tribute to the late Peter Keffler, this fascinating struggle from the 1960 West of England Championship was awarded the Best Game Prize by Dr. Jim Aitken, former WECU and Scottish...
View ArticleExmouth Club’s New Grades – Jan. 2016
The ECF’s new grades are out today, and those listed under the Exmouth heading are as follows. Mostly the changes are little more than a point or two up or down, although worthy of mention are John...
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East Devon Congress Approaches.
County captains are having to beef up their teams these days if they are to keep up with their opponents, and that means getting their very best players out at weekends. In the Somerset vs...
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Dwvon Beat Somerset (13.02.2016.)
After a number of losses to Somerset in recent years, Devon managed to pull one back last weekend in their match at Chedzoy Village Hall, by winning 8½-7½. It was a close but fair result as Devon...
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Bristl Spring Congress 2016 (20.02.2016)
The Bristol Spring Congress started on Friday evening 19th February in the 6th Form Common Room of Bristol Grammar School, and will run through till Sunday evening. As well as the Open Section there is...
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Schols’ Chess Challenge – Regional Heats Results (27.02.016.)
The Inter-Schools chess tournament, in the past often sponsored by The Times newspaper, seemed to have become the preserve of the top private/public schools, with little to offer the smaller, less...
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Exeter-Exmouth Bremridge Cup Result (27.02.2016.)
It was time for another top level encounter between near neighbours on the Exe, Exeter & Exmouth. Exmouth were without 2 of their top players, Stephens and Shaw, while Exeter had been able to beef...
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Bristol League Spring Congress 2016 – Results.
Bristol’s Spring Congress took place last weekend at Bristol Grammar School. The winners were as follows, with grade and club after each name: Open Section: 1st= Keith Arkell (243- Paignton) & Ezra...
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East Devon Congress 2016 Rd. 1
If ever a sign were needed of the enduring popularity of this Exeter-based event, in spite of its financial problems of recent years, the entry of 53 in the Open was surely it, in spite of the fact...
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East Devon Congress 2016 – Day 2
Rd. 2 started with Keith Arkell down among the pack, after his draw against John Wheeler, and due to face Stephen Appleby. Steve knew this in advance and collared me to ensure that when Keith came in,...
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East Devon Congress – 3rd & Final Day.
The final round found 3 players in the joint lead on 3.5/4. Arkell’s draw had been at the expense of John Wheeler, and Rudd’s was due to requesting a bye in order to play for his county on Saturday...
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