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18th Royal Beacon Seniors’ Congress Results(18.11.2017.) 960
Last week saw the 18th Royal Beacon Seniors Congress held in Exmouth, with a long list of winners – over a third of the players took home prizes, and here are some (all points out of 5): Seniors...
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51st Torbay Congress Report (25.11.2017.) 961
Within hours of the Seniors Congress finishing in Exmouth, the scene of action moved across the Exe to the Torbay Congress in Torquay, with another 5 games to be played and prizes to be won. The...
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Devon vs Somerset (26.11.2017.)
Devon & Somerset’s 1st and U-160 teams met yesterday at a new venue, Sampford Peverell’s Village Hall. It proved an ideal set-up, situated, as it is, almost on the county border, close to the M5...
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Somerset & Devon in Close Fight (02.12.2017.) 962
Devon and Somerset’s 1st and U-160 teams met on Saturday at Sampford Peverell Village Hall, the latter fielding their strongest team for several seasons. On paper, bds 1-8 looked competitive, while...
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Another Win For The Cornish (09.12.2017.) 963
For many years, Cornwall played their county matches in the Victory Hall, Exminster, but have recently transferred to Shillingford Village Hall, on the other side of the M5, where they played...
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New Year Events (16.12.2017.) 964
The first local congresses of 2018 are the Somerset New Year Congress on Saturday & Sunday 13th & 14th January, at the Walton Park Hotel, a beautiful venue overlooking the Severn estuary in...
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A Christmas Theme (23.12.2017.) 965
Sixteen players took part in last weekend’s Cornish Christmas RapidPlay in Tuckingmill. They all won a prize of some sort, but the main ones were 1st Colin Sellwood (Camborne) on 4½/5. 2nd= were David...
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Hastings History (30.12.2017.) 966
The 93rd Hastings Congress started on Thursday and continues for 9 rounds until next Friday. The top 3 seeds are the GMs Deep Sengupta of India (2589); Alex Fier of Brazil (2587) and Jakhongir Vakhidov...
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Poor Blackburne (06.01.2018.) 967
The 93rd Hastings Congress finished yesterday evening, too late to report on today, but after 7 of the scheduled 9 rounds Keith Arkell was well placed at 3rd=. There was a prize fund of £5,250 to be...
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Hastings Winners (13.01.2018.) 968
Wise Men from the East arrived in Bethlehem shortly after Christmas bringing a gift of gold, so perhaps it was appropriate that they did well at the Hastings Christmas Congress, not bringing but taking...
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Devon’s Annual Graded Jamboree (15.01.2018.)
Devon’s annual jamboree took place at the Isca Centre in Exeter, involving teams from three quarters of the county. The East comprised players from clubs in the Exeter & District League, though not...
View ArticleDevon’s Inter-Area Jamboree 2018 Results (20.01.2018.) 969
On Sunday, Devon’s annual jamboree took place at the Isca Centre in Exeter, involving teams of 12 players from three areas of the county. The East comprised players from clubs in the Exeter &...
View ArticleExmouth’s January 2018 Grades
The January ECF Grading List was released earlier today. Most folk are a few points up or down. Dave Adams’s old Scottish grade has not yet been integrated with his new ECF one. Also, Susan Selley’s...
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Devon vs Gloucestershire – The Result. (27.01.2018.)
The West of England Chess Union covers an area from Penzance c. 230 miles east to Portsmouth and c. 230 miles north-east to Tewkesbury, and because of the return mileages involved in an inter-county...
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1st Simon Bartlett Memorial Results (03.02.2018.) 971
A new event took place last weekend at the Livermead Hotel, Torquay – a specially organised congress in memory of the late Simon Bartlett who passed away a year ago. The winners were as follows:- Open...
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Castle With A Twist (10.02.2018.) 972
Cornwall’s championship and general congress will be held on the weekend of 9th – 11th March at Carnon Downs. The winner of the top section, the Emigrant Cup, will be declared the Cornish Champion,...
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Gambit Crazy (17.02.2018.) 973
On Friday evening the East Devon Congress starts in Exeter’s Corn Hall. At the time of writing, a total of 119 entries had been received: 41 in the Open, 31 in the Major, and 47 in the Minor Section....
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Robert Everson R.I.P. (20.02.2018.)
Robert Everson RIP. Since receiving a couple of e-mails regarding Bob Everson, I’ve take the liberty of melding them together, adding some of my own material. Robert Everson had been a regular attendee...
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Devon’s Div. 1 (Bremridge Cup) Retained (13.02.2018.)
Saturday was the defining day for this year’s destination of the Bremridge Cup, when Exeter were due to travel to neigbours Exmouth for their return match. Exmouth needed a win to retain any hope of...
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Exeter Retain Top Prize (24.02.2018.) 974
Devon’s Premiership club competition was decided on Saturday when Exeter travelled all the way to Exmouth for the final showdown. Both 6-player teams’ grade total were almost 1,100 which made it a very...
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