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17th Royal Beacon Seniors Congress – Results (06.11.2016.)
It would be easy to claim that it would be ridiculous to have 44 players in one section with grades from 198 to 70, and several former British Champions in different forms of the game, a GM and a...
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Devon’s Team Blitz Results (05.11.2016.)
Devon’s Team Blitz Tournament took place on Sunday at the Newton Abbot Chess Club with 10 teams of 4 players taking part. The players had just 12 minutes for all their moves in each of the 6 games to...
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50th Torbay Chess Congress (19.11.2016.)
The 50th Torbay Congress finished on Sunday evening with the following 48 players featuring in the prizelist. Open: 1st William McDougall (Chichester), 2nd John Edge (Halesowen), 3rd= Chris Lowe...
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50th Torbay Congress 2016 – A Short History.
The 1st Torbay Congress took place in November 1966 at the Raleigh Hotel, Dartmouth. Numerate readers will immediately spot that this should then be the 51st Congress, but about a decade ago the...
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Camborne’s Christmas Cracker (26.11.2016.)
Camborne Chess Club is embracing the approaching festive season with a Camborne Christmas Lightning tournament on Friday 16th December, at Bickford Smith Bowling Club, Tuckingmill, TR14 8RG, starting...
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Plymouth’s Return To The Bremridge Cup (26.11.2016.)
Last Saturday saw a small bit of chess history unfold, as Plymouth returned to the Bremridge for the first time in a period best measured in decades, probably between 25 and 30 years. That they did so...
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Carlsen Shades It (10.12.2016.)
Last weekend in New York, the World Champion, Magnus Carlsen, narrowly beat his challenger, the Russian Sergei Karjakin. The match was over 12 games, at the end of which both players had one win, the...
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New Kids on the Block (17.12.2016.)
The recent 3rd Plymouth Rapidplay tournament was won jointly by Grandmaster Keith Arkell (Paignton) and Paul Hampton (Seaton). Arkell has been one of Britain’s most active and best-known players for...
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Gloucestershire’s Varying Fortunes (24.12.2016.)
Last month, Gloucestershire beat a Somerset side, weakened by defaults, by 9½-6½ points, the details being as follows:- (Glos. names 1st in each pairing). 1.P. Townsend (200) 0-1 J. Rudd (213). 2.J....
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Devon’s Inter-Area Jamboree Results. (21. 01.2017.)
Devon’s annual Inter-Area Jamboree took place in Plymouth on Sunday. The hope is always that teams of 12 will enter from the North, South, East and West of the county. In practice, the North has too...
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Simon Bartlett R. I. P.
Simon Bartlett, one of the most regular figures on the schess scene in Devon & Cornwall, passed away on Wednesday evening, after a short but brave fight against an aggressive form of cancer. His...
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Exotic Wijk aan Zee (28.01.2017.)
After Hastings, the next event on the European chess circuit is that held in the Dutch village of Wijk aan Zee, (pop. 2,400) but sponsored by the nearby steelworks, formerly Hoogovens, then Corus and...
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Team Selection – A Captain’s Dilemma (04.02.2017.)
The semi-final of Devon’s team knock-out tournament, the Rooke Cup, took place on Saturday between Newton Abbot and Exeter. It’s for teams of 8 players whose combined grades must add up to less than...
View ArticleSimon Bartlett – Funeral Arrangements
Ivor Annetts has announced details of the funeral of Simon Bartlett, who passed away a few days ago. He writes:- Dear Chess Friends, Margaret Wallace, Simon Bartlett’s partner, telephoned this evening...
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Mamhead Match: Exmouth vs Newton Abbot (04.02.2017.)
Exmouth hosted a team from Newton Abbot for their match in Devon’s 2nd Division, the Mamhead Cup. Losses by Chris Scott and Malcolm Belt were off-set by a well-judged win by team captain, Oliver...
View ArticleBadlan & Adams (08.02.2017.)
Former club member, Tom Badlan, passed away earlier this week. He was born in Tenbury Wells, on the Shropshire/Worcestershire border, and in his youth played in goal for the local football team. He...
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Capa’s Endgame Techniques (11.02.2017.)
The Cornish County Championship and Congress is currently taking place at Carnon Downs Village Hall and will finish tomorrow tea time. Results here next week. February being a short month and the...
View ArticleClash of the Titans (11.02.2017.)
The current Devon Champions, Exmouth, hosted local rivals, Exeter, in a match on Saturday that would not only confer local bragging rights but probably determine who would win this year’s Devon club...
View ArticleSimon Bartlett – 1954-2017
Simon Bartlett’s funeral was held yesterday (08.02.2017.) and his great friend, Ivor Annetts, has compiled these facts and memories of Simon, and invited anyone to make use of them. He writes as...
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Cream of the Cornish (18.02.2017.)
After a loss to Devon in October, Cornwall came back in their next match recently with a creditable 8-8 draw against Somerset. Cornish names 1st in each pairing:- 1.J. Menadue (189) 0-1 T. Goldie 196)....
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