tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-73276561324288859252024-03-13T08:41:05.533+00:00Westcountry Chess BlogJack Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17433574267085964238noreply@blogger.comBlogger145125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-47886474833979308902012-01-26T14:43:00.002+00:002012-01-26T14:44:56.548+00:00Another game from Matt WardAnother annotated game from Matt Ward. Many thanks to him.<br /><br /><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="550"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&dark=669922&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "S.B.L Div 2 Basingstoke A vs Camberley"] [Site "?"] [Date "2012.01.25"] [Round "?"] [White "Ward, Matthew J"] [Black "Ashmore, Roy E"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D94"] [WhiteElo "175"] [BlackElo "149"] [Annotator "Matt Ward"] [PlyCount "47"] [EventDate "2011.10.01"] [SourceDate "2011.10.01"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 {Okay here my opponent was sneaky, he had decided to transpose into a sideline grunfield, so I decided to play the most solid line.[%csl Yd5][%cal Yf8g7,Yc4d5]} 5. e3 Bg7 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Bd3 $2 {This move could be questionable I suppose, however It’s going to be equal here but, my decision to play this line was to positionally out play my opponent.[%csl Rc5,Re5,Yg7][%cal Rd4e5]} O-O 8. O-O b6 9. Bd2 Ba6 $4 { This is a 2nd dubious move positionally it can’t be sound his N his on the rim not going anywhere and I can gain extra time developing my pieces.} (9... Nc6 10. h3 Bb7 11. Rc1 Rc8 12. Qa4 a5 (12... a6 13. Bxa6 Ra8 14. Bxb7 Rxa4 15. Nxa4 Nb8 16. b3 {blacks is marginally better})) 10. Bxa6 Nxa6 11. Qa4 $1 { positional move just slowly working my advantage} (11. Qb3 Qd6 12. Nb5 Qb8 13. Rac1 Qb7 14. Rc2 Rfc8 15. Rfc1 Rxc2 16. Rxc2 Rc8 17. Rxc8%2B Qxc8 18. Nxa7) 11... Nc7 (11... Qc8 12. Ne5 Qb7 13. f3 $3 { really drying blacks minor piece play stopping all tactics.[%csl Re3,Ye4,Yg4]}) 12. Rac1 Qd7 13. Qb3 Rfc8 14. Ne5 Qd6 {This move is a subtle weakness because after Rc2 or f3 I am aiming with e4 push perhaps or Ne2.} 15. Na4 (15. Ne2 a6 16. Bb4 Qd8 17. Nc6) 15... Ne4 $6 {another inferior move} 16. Bb4 Qe6 17. Rc6 Nd6 18. Rfc1 (18. Bxd6 Bxe5 19. Bxc7 Bxh2%2B 20. Bxh2 Rxc6) 18... Na6 19. Bxd6 Bxe5 (19... Nc5) 20. Qc2 Nc5 21. Rxc8%2B Rxc8 22. Bxe5 f6 23. Bg3 Qd7 24. dxc5 { Okay Finally I won first game back in about 6 Months, very very pleased with performance against Roy E Ashmore 149, just seemed to play a good game!1-0} 1-0 '/></object></div>Jack Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17433574267085964238noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-49315189600677073042011-02-10T16:45:00.002+00:002011-02-10T16:48:55.448+00:00Introducing Matt WardHampshire's Matt Ward has kindly agreed to contribute some pieces to this blog; here is a recent game of his that he has annotated.<br /><br /><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="550"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf"><param name="flashvars" value="orientation=V&tabmode=true&dark=669922&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Club Championships"] [Site "Guildford"] [Date "2010.06.14"] [Round "?"] [White "Deswarte, Ian"] [Black "Ward, Matthew"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C42"] [WhiteElo "161"] [BlackElo "154"] [Annotator "Matthew Ward"] [PlyCount "76"] [EventDate "2010.06.15"] [EventType "schev"] [EventRounds "3"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceDate "2010.06.15"] [WhiteTeam "N/A"] [BlackTeam "Ward team"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nf6 {First time I have tried this opening or e5 over the board in a competitive game, used the Russian game as a psychological tactic.} 3. Nxe5 d6 4. Nf3 Nxe4 $8 {this has been played 100’s of times at top level and has a drawish reputation. However at club level I believe it’s justified as you’ll see in this game.} 5. d4 $11 d5 6. Bd3 {Be7 is a mainline move so is Nbc6, however I believe the latter is more accurate!?} Be7 {[%cal Gb8c6,Ye8g8, Yh8f8,Rf7f5]} 7. O-O Nc6 8. c4 {8.Re1 is a new idea however wasn’t played but a interesting continuation could of been as followed.} (8. Re1 O-O (8... Bg4 9. c3 f5 10. Qb3 O-O 11. Nbd2 Na5 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Qb3 Na5 14. Qc2 Nc6 {This idea of the russian game has basically. One of a kind your taking no risk, and just trying to settle for equality almost instantly.[%csl Rd5,Re4,Rf5][%cal Rg7g6]}) ) 8... Nb4 9. Be2 O-O {Transposed into the mainline from one tempi inaccuracy, this is book. Until he played 13. b3.?? After this awful move black has better positional value} 10. a3 Nc6 11. Re1 Be6 {continue with natural developing moves} 12. Bd3 $5 (12. Nc3 Nxc3 13. bxc3 dxc4 14. Rb1 Rb8 15. Nd2 b5 16. Bg4 {I asssess this evaluation better for black}) 12... Nf6 13. b3 Bg4 { this Bg4 idea is almost a natural resource to use, the idea is to excert the pressure on d4, in which I believe is going to eventually drop, or become very weak if entering an endgame.[%csl Ra1,Rd1,Rd4,Yg4][%cal Rg4d1,Rg4f3,Rf3g4, Rd5c4,Rc6d4,Rd8d4]} 14. Be3 {At first site this looks inaccurate admittedly however if QUEEN takes then d4 is dropping therefore I can take advantage of whites fragmented pawn structure.} Bxf3 15. gxf3 (15. Qxf3 dxc4 16. Bxc4 Nxd4 { [%csl Ra1,Re1,Yf3][%cal Yc4d4,Rd4f3,Rd4c2]} 17. Bxd4 Qxd4 18. Nc3) 15... Qd7 { simply targetting h3 square![%cal Yd7h3]} 16. Nc3 Rad8 17. c5 {dubious move in which I wanted Bf6, targetting weak d4, preparing g6, ng7 e6 idea continuing pressure; Also maybe gives me a chance to break with f5 potentially if it’s ever available.} Nh5 $5 {missed 17. Bxc5 winning pawn or if takes winning piece!!} 18. Ne2 {[%csl Rc3,Re3][%cal Ye7c5,Yd4c5,Rd5d4,Re2c3]} Bf6 19. Qc2 g6 20. Bb5 a6 21. Ba4 Rfe8 22. Ng3 Ng7 23. Qd2 b5 24. cxb6 cxb6 25. b4 b5 26. Bc2 Ne6 {[%csl Yd4][%cal Gf6d4,Yc6d4,Ye7d4]} 27. Ne2 Re7 28. Rac1 Rde8 29. Red1 Ng5 {Found a move Rybka didn’t consider, however after taking it gives me an eval of minus 1.75 at least for black!!} 30. Bxg5 Rxe2 31. Qf4 Bxg5 32. Qxg5 {Bxe5 better?} Qh3 33. Qg3 Qd7 34. Bb3 Rb2 35. Rc3 a5 36. bxa5 Nxa5 37. Rdd3 Rb1%2B 38. Rd1 Rxb3 {This was the final position if kg2, it’s mate in 3 R8e8 check, kg2, with Rg1%2B%2B because of my queen covering Kh3. In general I think I played a disciplined and strategical game plan. Once I had the better position I then came up and continued the pressure thoughout the whole game. 0-1 White resigns.} 0-1 "></object></div>Jack Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17433574267085964238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-76864754040220124882010-09-08T21:41:00.002+01:002010-09-08T21:44:04.355+01:00Westcountry player draws with British ChampionGM Michael Adams did a simul at the Paignton Congress recently, and Will Taylor was one of the players who managed to draw with him, as detailed <a href="http://roadtograndmaster.com/?p=88">here</a>. Here's the game:<br /><br /><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="100%" height="550"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&dark=669922&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "Paignton Simultaneous"] [Site "Paignton"] [Date "2010.09.07"] [Round "?"] [White "Adams, Michael"] [Black "Taylor, William"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C78"] [WhiteElo "275"] [BlackElo "152"] [PlyCount "111"] [EventCountry "GBR"] [SourceDate "2010.09.08"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Bc5 8. a4 d6 9. Bg5 h6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Bd5 Rb8 12. axb5 axb5 13. Nc3 b4 14. Ne2 O-O 15. c3 Bb6 16. Ng3 Ne7 17. Bxb7 Rxb7 18. d4 Rbb8 19. h3 g6 20. Re1 Rbd8 21. Qd2 Kh7 22. Rad1 Nc6 23. Qd3 bxc3 24. bxc3 Rde8 25. Qb5 Na7 26. Qa4 Nc8 27. Nf1 Re7 28. Ne3 Ree8 29. Nd5 Qg7 30. Qc4 f5 31. exf5 gxf5 32. dxe5 dxe5 33. Nxb6 Nxb6 34. Qc5 Rg8 35. g3 f4 36. g4 h5 37. g5 h4 38. Kf1 e4 39. Qf5%2B Qg6 40. Qxg6%2B Rxg6 41. Rd4 Rc6 42. Rdxe4 Rxe4 43. Rxe4 Rxc3 44. Rxf4 Kg7 45. Nxh4 Rxh3 46. Kg2 Ra3 47. Re4 c5 48. Re7%2B Kg8 49. Rc7 c4 50. g6 Ra5 51. Kg3 Rg5%2B 52. Kf4 Nd5%2B 53. Kxg5 Nxc7 54. Nf5 c3 55. Ne3 Kg7 56. Nf5%2B 1/2-1/2'/></object></div>Jack Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17433574267085964238noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-9457415396767517182010-09-04T16:30:00.002+01:002010-09-04T16:32:20.653+01:00World University ChampionshipSome news about the <a href="http://www.fisu.net/en/Chess-2010-1703.html">World University Championship</a>, which starts tomorrow. England have a team of four players in this, three of them at Westcountry universities: Peter Poobalasingam is at Bath, Sarah Hegarty at Bristol and Hannah Dale at Exeter. Good luck to them.Jack Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17433574267085964238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-4436920703654541502010-08-02T10:51:00.003+01:002010-08-03T11:08:23.124+01:00British ChampionshipsApologies for the long delay from my last postings. I've been a little busy trying to organise the Jonathan Latham Memorial Congress. Now that that's up and running I can get back to the important busy of reporting on south- west chess.<br /><br />There are several people from the south- west competing at the British Championships currently taking place in Canterbury. Please note that it doesn't show any players' clubs as best I can see on the site, so if I miss anyone let me know and I'll update this.<br /><br />Firstly, the week 1 rapidplay. <br /><br />Cornwall- born, but now Scotland- resident, IM Andrew Greet was favourite on paper to win this, with a very impressive rapidplay grade of 221. Unfortunately a loss in round 5 against eventual winner Chris Briscoe put paid to his chances, and he finished on 4.5/6.<br /><br />Millfield pupil Rhys Cummings was jointly- leading the field after 4 rounds, with a perfect score. Sadly losses in the last 2 rounds saw him finish in a tie for 8th place. Nevertheless, he managed 198 grading- performance, well above his rapidplay grade of 185.<br /><br />Newton Abbot's Trefor Thynne started with 2.5/3 before 2 losses and a win saw him finish on 3.5/6.<br /><br />Also from Newton Abbot, youngster Freddie Sugden had a rollercoaster of a tournament, starting and ending with 2 losses, and with 2 wins sandwiched in the middle. 2/6 saw him perform slightly above his published grade.<br /><br />In the Atkins (Open) Weekender, the results only show up to the pairings for round 4. Angelo Castruccio of Clifton was on 2/4, with a half- point bye in round 4. In rd.1 Angelo beat Stephen Pride (grade 155), before losing in rd. 2 against G James Danneberg (187), and then drawing in rd. 3 with Peter Ackley (180).<br /><br />In the Yates (u125/ 1450) Weekender, Freddie Sugden was on 1.5/3 going into Sunday morning's fourth round. So far he has defeated Phillip Green (81 grade), had a half- point bye in round 2, and lost against Alexander Harwick (131). His opponent in round 4 was David Everitt (123).<br /><br />In the Major Open, Hannah Dale, who I believe is a student in Exeter, is currently on 2.5/6. She has scored several notable results, including beating someone 237 points higher rated then herself, and drawing with 3 other much higher rated opponents.<br /><br />In the British u16 Championship, Millfield student and Downend club member Megan Owens became the British u15 Girls' Champion, scoring 3.5/7. Also in the u16 Championship was Freddie Sugden of Newton Abbott. Freddie scored 2.5/7, scoring wins against 2 opponents who were both nearly 300 points higher- rated then him, and drawing with someone 200 points higher- rated. <br /><br />In the British u140/ 1600 Championship, Tom Thorpe of Pete's Potential club scored an undefeated 3/5, with 1 win and 4 draws. I should also mention that Tom passed his arbiters exam whilst at the British, and so there may very well be a newly- qualified Arbiter in Bristol in the near future.<br /><br />In the British u180/ 2000 Championship, Jerry Humphreys of Downend scored 2/5, losing once and drawing the other 4 games. Also playing in this tournament was Trefor Thynne from Newton Abbott, who also scored 2/5, wining once, drawing twice, and losing twice.<br /><br />In the British Senior Championship, David Collier from Clifton is currently on 1.5/2, and faces Aiden Corish (estimated rating 1890) today.<br /><br />In the British Championship there are many entrants from the south- west this year. England no.1, and Taunton- resident Mickey Adams is currently leading the field by a clear point, with 5.5/6. Today he faces GM Stephen Gordon with black. <br /><br />On board 5, Swindon- based GM Peter Wells is on 4/6, and today faces IM Paul Littlewood.<br /><br />Next up is Bath University student Chris Dorrington, also on 4/6. He has a tough game today against IM- elect Jonathan Hawkins on board 8.<br /><br />On board 10 is Paignton- based GM Keith Arkell. Keith hasn't had the best of tournaments so far, and is lagging somewhat behind on 3.5/6. It's certainly not for want of trying, however. In round 5 he made George Salimbeni play an ending on until move 160 before finally acquiescing to a draw. Today he faces 2233- rated FM Dave Ledger.<br /><br />On board 11 IM Andrew Greet, who drew an epic 100-move+ game in the last round, faces 2208- rated John Anderson today, with both on 3.5/6.<br /><br />Millfield student Rhys Cummings is next, on board 20. He's performing well above his 1986 rating thus far, and today faces 2244- rated David Spence, with both on 3/6.<br /><br />Next board to them is an all south- west match, with fellow blogger IM Jack Rudd facing Bath University student James Jackson. Jack had a tremendous start, defeating 2 GMs and an IM, but has slipped back since then. Nevertheless, it's impressive that this will be the first game at this years Championships where Jack's opponent won't be a titled player. For James' part, he'll be looking to bounce back today after a loss against fellow Bath University student Chris Dorrington yesterday.<br /><br />Devon- based Dominic Mackle is currently on 2.5/6, and today faces 2173- rated Peter Shaw. Dominic has twice beaten higher- rated opponents, and also drew with an opponent rated 200+ points higher then him, and is having a good tournament so far.<br /><br />On board 32, WECU Congress qualifer Paul Helbig is currently on 2/6. He hasn't had the best of tournaments thus far, performing a bit below his rating, and will be looking for a decent latter few rounds.<br /><br />On board 37, Frome Congress qualifier Alan Pleasants is currently on 1.5/6. Alan is performing around about his own rating, having been outrated in every game thus far. <br /><br />Finally on board 38 is Yeovil Congress qualifer Patryk Krzyzanowski, currently on 1.5/6. Patryk scored his first win in the last round, and will be looking to build on that today against similarly- rated Chris Fegan (2051).Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-49876864971034087962010-08-02T10:47:00.003+01:002010-08-02T10:51:03.881+01:00The Jonathan Latham Memorial CongressThe Jonathan Latham Memorial Congress takes place from Fri. 22nd- Sun. 24th October, at Gordano Community School, St. Mary's Road, Portishead, Bristol. BS20 7QR. <br /><br />Any profits from this event will be donated to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution (RNLI). The title to this post links to a page where the entry form can be downloaded.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-24094712829228958052010-07-20T19:20:00.003+01:002010-07-20T19:32:22.678+01:00South Wales International resultsThe South-West players who played in the <a href="http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/home.html">South Wales International</a> had varying results. The full crosstable is <a href="http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI/html/cross_table1.html">here</a>; I shall mention below the region's players who ended up in the prize list:<br /><br />2nd Keith Arkell (Devon) 7<br />3rd= Peter Wells (Wiltshire) 6½<br />Best= untitled player and best= Welsh u-2300 player Allan Pleasants (Dorset) 5½<br />Best= untitled player and best= English u-2300 player Jeremy Menadue (Cornwall) 5½<br />Best= English junior Robert Thompson (Devon) 4<br /><br />I myself had a frustrating tournament, passing up a golden opportunity to beat the eventual winner in round 2; I only had one game I was really satisfied with. On seeing the final table, some might argue that this game ended up being irrelevant.<br /><br />But it's not irrelevant, it's a hippopotamus.<br /><br /><div><object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" width="70%" height="550"><param name="movie" value="http://chessflash.com/releases/latest/ChessFlash.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value='orientation=V&tabmode=true&dark=669922&mtbackground=ffffff&pgndata=[Event "South Wales International"] [Site "Trefforest"] [Date "2010.07.11"] [Round "3.4"] [White "Zhou, Yang-Fan"] [Black "Rudd, Jack"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B06"] [WhiteElo "2348"] [BlackElo "2236"] [Annotator "Rudd, Jack"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2010.07.10"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventRounds "9"] [EventCountry "WLS"] [SourceDate "2010.07.10"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Be3 Nd7 5. Qd2 e6 6. h4 (6. Bd3 h6 7. h4 b6 8. h5 g5 9. f3 Bb7 10. Nge2 Ne7 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Kb1 f5 13. exf5 exf5 14. g4 f4 15. Bf2 Nd5 16. Be4 N7f6 17. Nxd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5%2B Nxd5 19. Qd3 Qf6 20. Qb3 Qf7 { De Asis Dirceu,V (2300)-Callinan,T/ICC INT 2009/1-0 (49)}) 6... h5 (6... h6 { is the alternative, and a move I’ve played before in similar positions.} { I was worried about ideas like} 7. f4 {and a later h5 by white.}) 7. Nh3 Ne7 8. Ng5 a6 9. f3 (9. Bc4 $6 { attempts to go for tactical tricks on e6, but runs into ones of its own:} d5 $1 10. exd5 Nb6 {and black has a good game.}) 9... d5 10. O-O-O (10. e5 c5 { leads to a favourable French-type position for black.}) 10... b5 11. exd5 exd5 12. Bf4 {#} Nb6 {Hippo autopilot at the ready! The knight will swing into c4; if it is swapped off, I will play ...dxc4 and swing the other knight into d5. White needs to act fast to avoid getting a clear positional disadvantage.} 13. Re1 {Effectively forcing me to castle - the downside of my ...d5 advance.} O-O 14. g4 Nc4 (14... hxg4 15. h5 {is not something I wanted to get involved in.}) 15. Bxc4 dxc4 16. gxh5 gxh5 {#} 17. Rxe7 $1 {The exclamation mark is mainly for practical effect: up until now, I’d been happily nursing the idea of a slight edge, which I would work to improve with ...b4 and ...Nd5, bringing the bishop in via f5 to g6, that sort of thing. Now I had to deal with the new narrative of defending against a kingside attack.} Qxe7 18. Rg1 (18. Nd5 $2 Qd8 19. Nxc7 Ra7 {and the knight is trapped.}) (18. Nge4 { immediately may be better; it’s hard to say in a speculative attack like this.} ) 18... Bf5 19. Nge4 Rad8 20. Bg5 f6 (20... Qe6 $4 21. Bxd8 Rxd8 { would be fine if it weren’t for the somewhat inconvenient fork} 22. Qg5 { that results.}) 21. Bh6 Rf7 22. Qf4 Bxe4 23. Nxe4 {#} Rxd4 (23... f5 { is Fritz’s suggestion. The move had not even entered my consciousness -} { perhaps I was subconsciously visualizing} 24. Bg5 $2 {in response -} (24. Nc5 { is unclear.}) {of course} 24... fxe4 {wins.}) 24. Qf5 ({ Zhou was trying to win, and so rejected} 24. c3 Rd3 25. Bxg7 Rxg7 26. Nxf6%2B Qxf6 27. Qxf6 Rxg1%2B 28. Kc2 {gives me at least a draw if I want it.}) (24. Nxf6%2B $4 Rxf6 25. Qxd4 Rxh6) (24. Bxg7 $4 Rxg7 25. Nxf6%2B Qxf6 $1) 24... Qe5 25. Qg6 f5 {Now my pieces are placed quite well for a counter-attack, so white needs to be careful.} 26. c3 Rd3 27. Qxh5 b4 28. Kb1 (28. Bxg7 Rxg7 29. Rxg7%2B Kxg7 30. Qg5%2B {comes to a similar thing, but with white’s having played cxb4 - I’m not sure whether that’s better for him than the game.}) 28... bxc3 29. Nxc3 c6 30. Bxg7 Rxg7 31. Rxg7%2B Kxg7 32. Qg5%2B Kf7 33. a3 {#} Qf6 {Time to start trying to tidy up. My material advantage is good, if not necessarily decisive, but I have the less safe king, and white’s h-pawn could be troublesome. More important, though, Zhou was running very short of time by this point; I didn’t want to allow him to "pass" his way to move 40.} 34. Qf4 Rd4 35. Qc7%2B Kg6 36. Qg3%2B Kh5 37. Qg8 Rxh4 38. Ne2 Kh6 { A clock-catching move: I didn’t want to provoke an "automatic" Ng3%2B.} 39. f4 c3 $5 {(White overstepped the time limit) It’s hard to say whether this is best, although it was probably the hardest to meet with only five seconds left. In practice, the exposed white king would probably have meant I ended up winning.} 0-1 '/></object></div>Jack Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17433574267085964238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-90956384019221622802010-07-08T17:03:00.002+01:002010-07-08T17:08:54.022+01:00South Wales InternationalThe <a href="http://www.southwaleschess.co.uk/SWI">South Wales International</a> starts on Saturday. As always, there are a number of Westcountry-based players in action:<br /><br />GM Peter Wells <span style="font-style: italic;">Wiltshire</span> 2488<br />GM Keith Arkell <span style="font-style: italic;">Devon</span> 2465<br />IM Jack Rudd <span style="font-style: italic;">Somerset </span>2236<br />Jeremy Menadue <span style="font-style: italic;">Cornwall</span> 2155<br />Allan Pleasants <span style="font-style: italic;">Dorset</span> 2032<br />John Waterfield <span style="font-style: italic;">Gloucestershire </span>2020<br />Brian Gosling <span style="font-style: italic;">Devon</span> 1978<br />E. Michael White <span style="font-style: italic;">Gloucestershire</span> 1940<br />Robert Thompson <span style="font-style: italic;">Devon </span>1905<br /><br />I will be in there in my usual combined player/game-inputter category. Check the site for games from the event.Jack Ruddhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17433574267085964238noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-12611802246049478862010-06-23T09:36:00.006+01:002010-06-23T09:48:35.248+01:00Yeovil Congress, picturesThese are pictures taken by Bob Jones at the Yeovil Congress.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGBNQ3huJVT-s4gpMMsbPMZwny5txDNf03y08mVjarnOvxDYQIFebVy9MXN-62irZ2hsUN2YzXoaAvdb8rQqsBdHg7xckf5rLuGakkrHxwzfYmL28Nq-gL9KeR6Rq4oIlpCUwyr4caPo/s1600/YeovilCongress5.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485886332642605314" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 243px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsGBNQ3huJVT-s4gpMMsbPMZwny5txDNf03y08mVjarnOvxDYQIFebVy9MXN-62irZ2hsUN2YzXoaAvdb8rQqsBdHg7xckf5rLuGakkrHxwzfYmL28Nq-gL9KeR6Rq4oIlpCUwyr4caPo/s320/YeovilCongress5.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Brendan O'Gorman, who finished 2nd= on 3.5/5 in the Major.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcT_5I8SbwViY-bhrnLUS8DCSQQmxnI2sBR-_gYiOfoHNy5DWTow883Tu6We7zfeRxocway3LKTFJg-tGfViM8btNPaVJThbmWaGpz1PUSwp2c7FYGgFcx-3uE48ZiHKMp_IGJSO-0_h4/s1600/YeovilCongress4.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485886322209443554" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 238px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcT_5I8SbwViY-bhrnLUS8DCSQQmxnI2sBR-_gYiOfoHNy5DWTow883Tu6We7zfeRxocway3LKTFJg-tGfViM8btNPaVJThbmWaGpz1PUSwp2c7FYGgFcx-3uE48ZiHKMp_IGJSO-0_h4/s320/YeovilCongress4.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Frank Pittman (I believe), winner of the Major with 4/5<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSv37i5ijmX-yknx5XYAywK7GSRkM4i-7HAvjkV8xLXlNYaQUpDTnGJs9X6XO0cHwUwdLSC-f31u5Zimg747wtw9hMRva8rG_y0aZddjE926XIAGRth6ZU4EzoAcBF3MUz0YXuXBJApc/s1600/YeovilCongress3.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485886317978233058" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLSv37i5ijmX-yknx5XYAywK7GSRkM4i-7HAvjkV8xLXlNYaQUpDTnGJs9X6XO0cHwUwdLSC-f31u5Zimg747wtw9hMRva8rG_y0aZddjE926XIAGRth6ZU4EzoAcBF3MUz0YXuXBJApc/s320/YeovilCongress3.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFJHWtg_4TDDVWfzOHQyFRg_XNh8ygXN19P_b2nbc-164IztR0oHbFuPrGnyNAGb-XOSS7AmMGv0sscOzHEwBO4FGK4Eqr0xVtluTU-fkDakiTaQc-N0TckT3oWtwpRKZzVlPPlTs6Ck/s1600/YeovilCongress2.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485886312236629986" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 218px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFJHWtg_4TDDVWfzOHQyFRg_XNh8ygXN19P_b2nbc-164IztR0oHbFuPrGnyNAGb-XOSS7AmMGv0sscOzHEwBO4FGK4Eqr0xVtluTU-fkDakiTaQc-N0TckT3oWtwpRKZzVlPPlTs6Ck/s320/YeovilCongress2.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Me!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZ0A5APvtf1_yngEvfRDv4UaTx4KnDpjJneHt_1CkT1Q3hYPuhZZ2vvaqMn8QAMCvrBK7K6M7IFg2MWEgclileUSgoq_z3rNkeDtTnC06OaKYO7RlLTrO3FdUYgVUBxEInJS0IzoWFSY/s1600/YeovilCongress1.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5485886155893472258" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBZ0A5APvtf1_yngEvfRDv4UaTx4KnDpjJneHt_1CkT1Q3hYPuhZZ2vvaqMn8QAMCvrBK7K6M7IFg2MWEgclileUSgoq_z3rNkeDtTnC06OaKYO7RlLTrO3FdUYgVUBxEInJS0IzoWFSY/s320/YeovilCongress1.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Patryk Krzyzanowski and David Buckley. Congratulations to Patryk on qualifying for the British Championships.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-69916731570045350872010-06-23T08:17:00.002+01:002010-06-23T19:02:51.728+01:00Yeovil Congress resultsFIDE-rated Open:<br />1st Felix Jose Ynojosa (ENG) 4<br />2nd= Sarah Hegarty (ENG), Patryk Krzyzanowski (POL) 3½<br />Grading Prize Amy Hoare (ENG) 3<br />Partial FIDE Ratings achieved by: Chris Purry (ENG), Justin Hadi (ENG) and Julian May (ENG).<br /><br />FIDE-rated Major:<br />1st Frank Pittman (ENG) 4<br />2nd= Shane McCabe (IRL), Brendan O`Gorman (ENG), Robert Kane (ENG), C Lucjan Karpinski (ENG) 3½<br />Grading Prize Geoff Bishop (ENG), Andrew Farthing (ENG) 2½<br />Partial FIDE Ratings achieved by Frank Pittman (ENG), Sydney Jacob (ENG), Graham Steer (ENG), Sean Pope (ENG), Chris McKinley (ENG), Chris Leeson (ENG), Deio Parri (WLS), Paul Brackner (ENG) and Tom Fuller (ENG).<br /><br />Minor:<br />1st Phil Foley 4½<br />2nd= E Barry Sandercock, Peter Manning 4<br />Grading Prize Mike Kaye 3½<br /><br />Team Prize shared by Weymouth and Keynsham with 10½/20.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-81500466691623325772010-06-21T08:21:00.002+01:002010-06-21T08:33:41.189+01:00Warwicks 8-8 Devon, u180 semi-final.Thanks to Brian Hewson for sending me this.<br /><br />In a very exciting match the result was 8-8 but unfortunately this time we lost on board count. We were slightly outgrade with Warwicks averaging 169 v our 166 per board. We had 3 170's and 3 160's unavailable so not far off full strength.<br /> <br />There were no early results then Ian Jamieson (playing left handed due to broken finger and accompanied by an abacas to count his moves!) and Bill Ingham agreed draws. Robert Thompson then won well but Mike Stinton-Brownbridge lost. After much battling with a fine draw from new man Jon Duckham from Tiverton and good wins from Trefor Thynne, Andrew Kinder, Charlie Howard and Alan Brusey, despite a loss by Brian Gosling, Devon were 3 up with 6 to go. But Steve Homer missed his opponents winning bishop sacrifice, Dennis Cowley (having been well placed earlier) and Paul Brooks were lost but fought to the bitter end, Ivor agreed the inevitable draw, Mark Abbott was unlucky that his opponent escaped with perpetual check and John Gorodi clung on as last man to finish.<br /> <br />Trefor pointed out that 6 points were scored by the 7 Newton Abbot members playing.<br /><br />Warwicks Devon<br /><br />Martin D Smyth 174 1-0 Stephen J. Homer 178<br />Alan D Lloyd 173 1-0 Dennis R. Crowley 176<br />David J Ireland 178 0-1 Alan W. Brucey 175<br />Richard W Smith 177 0.5-0.5 Ian M. Jamieson 175<br />Joseph J Stewart 168 0.5-0.5 Mark V. Abbott 174<br />Rob Hearne 173 0-1 Trefor T. Thynne 173<br />Alan Agnew 170 0-1 Robert Thompson 170<br />Robert J Wallman 172 0.5-0.5 William H. Ingham 166<br />Richard C Reynolds 171 0.5-0.5 Jon Duckham 169e<br />Mark A Cundy 169 1-0 Paul Brooks 162<br />Thomas D Robinson 168 1-0 Brian G. E. Gosling 159<br />Michael J Doran 167 1-0 Mike Stinton- Brownbridge 159<br />Simon A Williams 166 0-1 Andrew S. Kinder 158<br />Simon C A Smith 160 0.5-0.5 Ivor S Annetts 156<br />Gary Hope 161 0-1 Charlie V Howard 154<br />Ed H Goodwin 156 0.5-0.5 John Gorodi 155 <br /><br /> 8-8Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-91756412395382932482010-06-09T18:06:00.002+01:002010-06-09T18:08:35.062+01:002nd Bristol RapidplayThanks to Graham Mill-Wilson for sending me this report. The title to this post links to the Bristol Chess website.<br /><br />This was a small but cosmopolitan tournament, which took place on Saturday 5th June. In the Open section (14 players), there was an American, a Venezuelan, a Dutchman and a Welshman! The American (IM James Sherwin of Bath chess club) didn’t even bother to turn up for the first round (actually, he got the times wrong), but he won it anyway, with 5 wins from the five he did play. The half point bye he was given for the first round turned out to be irrelevant! Second equal on 4 points were Arturo Wong (the Venezuelan, who plays for Chard and Ilminster) and Paul Helbig from Bath. The grading prize (under 175) was shared by James Jackson (Bath Univ.), Peter Jaszkiwskyj (Kettering) and Steve Piper (no club).<br /><br />In the Major section (Under 165 - 10 players), the outright winner on 5/6 was Hui Zhu of Bristol University, with John Knee from Malvern in second place on 4½. The grading prize (under 138) was shared by Hugh Price of Cardiff and Chris Lamming of Bath University. Look at all those university players! (Thinks…the exams must be over).<br /><br />The Minor section was not quite an all-play-all, but it was a most-play-most, with 8players. Simon Griffin from Cheltenham, the only player in the section who didn’t get a bye, won with 5/6. Second place and the grading prize (under 110) were shared by James Barnett (Salisbury), Peter Saunders (the league’s treasurer!), Matthew Trigg (Solihull) and Tom Thorpe, a junior who plays for Pete’s Potentials, the Pete in question being the aforementioned treasurer. They all scored 4 points.<br /> <br />Pete’s potentials is a team of juniors coached by Mr Saunders at the junior club he runs in Bristol, who put up a decent show in their first league season. Tom is their star player. His grade of 85 is rubbish, as I know to my cost!<br /><br />We don’t usually send our rapidplay results for grading, but following comments on the ECF forum, I called for a show of hands, the result of which was inconclusive. However, I decided to send them in for grading anyway. The treasurer was not pleased, but then he rarely is.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-8778694696538747192010-06-06T18:33:00.001+01:002010-06-06T18:35:11.298+01:00British Championships qualifiersI've just received news that Arturo Wong is unable to play at the British Championships, after qualifying through the Frome Congress, and Alan Pleasants will be playing instead.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-58750366314517544892010-06-03T16:23:00.004+01:002010-06-03T16:46:57.366+01:00Upcoming tournaments/ eventsQuite a few tournaments/ events etc coming up in the near future:<br /><br /><strong>Saturday 5th June</strong>: <strong>2nd Bristol League Rapidplay</strong><br /><br />Held at the Filton Sports & Leisure Centre, Elm Park, Filton, Bristol. BS34 7PS. <br /><br />http://chessit.co.uk/Bristol%20Rapidplay%202010/BristolRapidplay2010EntryForm.pdf<br /><br />is the link to the entry form.<br /><br /><strong>Saturday 5th June</strong>: <strong>WECU meeting</strong>. <br /><br />This is a closed meeting, but if you have any opinions/ thoughts on anything WECU- related, email me edgellben@hotmail.com or leave a comment here, and I'll raise it at the meeting.<br /><br /><strong>Sunday 6th June, 2pm</strong>: <strong>Sunday Chess in Bath</strong>. <br /><br />This is an open- air chess event designed to help attract attention to chess from tourists and people local to Bath. It takes place just outside the Abbey, in the centre of Bath. I believe the intention this Sunday is to run a 5- minute blitz tournament, so if you are interested in that contact Chris Lamming on en2cpgl@bath.ac.uk, or visit <br />http://chessit.co.uk/Bath%20Abbey%20Chess/2010/Sunday%20Chess%20in%20Bath%202010.htm for more information.<br /><br /><strong>Friday 11th June</strong>: <strong>DCCA AGM</strong>.<br /><br />I'm not sure on any specific details bar the date for this one, I'm afraid. If anyone can provide me with more information, I'll happily update this.<br /><br /><strong>Weds. 16th June</strong>: <strong>Torbay League AGM</strong><br /><br />Held at Torquay Boys' Grammar School, Torquay, starting at 7pm.<br /><br /><strong>Friday 18th- Sunday 20th June</strong>: <strong>Yeovil Congress</strong><br /><br />Held at Westfield Community School, Stiby Road, Yeovil. BA21 3EP. This congress has both the open and major sections Fide-rated. The entry form can be printed from http://www.ecforum.org.uk/download/file.php?id=136 and for any other information contact Jack Rudd on jackkelshallrudd@aol.com<br /><br />If I've missed anything from that list, or if there are any inaccuracies, let me know and I'll update it.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-87179529973813502452010-06-03T15:52:00.002+01:002010-06-03T16:15:41.412+01:00Sunningdale Congress- resultsThe final results for the west country entrants for the Sunningdale Congress last weekend are as follows:<br /><br />Open:<br /><br />GM Keith Arkell: 6/7 1st<br /><br />A tremendous result for Keith, who started with 5/5 and then drew with IM Graeme Buckley and Felix Ynojosa to finish 1st outright. Keith's tournament performance was 2539, 83 points higher then his actual rating.<br /><br />Angelo Castruccio: 3/7<br /><br />Angelo's points came from wins against Gareth Harley- Yeo (2046) and Thomas Brown (2087), and draws against David Coates (2084) and Kevin Winter (1898). His tournament performance of 2092 was an impressive 130 points above his estimated rating.<br /><br />Major:<br /><br />Robert Thompson: 4/7<br /><br />At one point Robert was challenging for the lead with 4/5, but losses in the last 2 rounds against opponents that finished the tournament 3rd and 4th respectively, saw him slip back. Nevertheless, his tournament performance of 1980 was 99 points higher then his current rating, and should see him picking up a fair few rating points from this event.<br /><br />Neil Dunlop: 3.5/7<br /><br />A decent finish of 2.5 points from the final 4 rounds saw Neil recover from a poor start to reach 50%. Neil's tournament performance of 1752 was slightly lower then his converted rating, but given the start a reasonable result all the same.<br /><br />Minor:<br /><br />John Symons: 2.5/5<br /><br />I believe John withdrew after the 5th round. John's tournament performance was slightly below his grade up to that point.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-75550414095057855992010-05-30T10:40:00.002+01:002010-05-30T11:01:19.188+01:00Sunningdale CongressAlso currently taking place is the Sunningdale Congress. This one has 7 rounds over 4 days (1 round Friday, 2 each of the other days). Representing the south west in the open are GM Keith Arkell and Angelo Castruccio from Clifton, who is looking to gain a full rating from this event, I believe. Robert Thompson (Newton Abbott) and Neil Dunlop (Bath) are representing the south west in the major section, with John Symons (Salisbury) in the minor.<br /><br />After 3 rounds Keith Arkell is on a perfect score, having defeated Paul Dupre (2055), Thomas Brown (2087), and Svetoslav Mihajlov (2117). Round 4 will bring Keith's first big test, as he has white against the Russian FM Alexei Slavin.<br /><br />Angelo Castruccio is currently on 1.5/3. In the first round he lost against Alan Merry (unrated, but 2074 converted from his grade). He then bounced back with a win against Gareth Harley- Yeo (2046), before drawing with David Coates (2084). Next up for Angelo is Adrian Ociepka (2178). Given that Angelo's only loss so far was against an unrated player, his performance so far stands at a very impressive 2258. <br /><br />Robert Thompson is doing very well so far in the major, with 2.5/3. He took a half point bye in the first round, and has beaten Anna Wang (1706 converted) and Alireza Manuchehri (1793) in rounds 2 and 3. Next up is Paul Jackson (1863).<br /><br />Neil Dunlop currently stands on 1/3, although he has had a very unfortunate draw. In the first round he lost against 2nd seed, Vincent Saques (1977), before beating Dominic Pozzo (1558). In the third round Neil had to face the 9th seed, Christopher Kreuzer (1907), and lost. Neil's 4th round opponent is Anna Wang (1706 converted).<br /><br />John Symons is on 1.5/3 so far. John took a bye in round 1, and then drew with Charlie Nettleton (121 grade) and Ed Magee (108). John's next opponent will be John Torrance (138).Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-45078250712311056192010-05-30T10:33:00.002+01:002010-05-30T10:40:34.370+01:0043rd Cotswolds CongressShould really have mentioned this one earlier in the week to give people a chance to enter late (apologies). Anyhow, the Cotswolds Congress is currently taking place in Cheltenham, and uses the bank holiday tomorrow to make it a 6 round tournament (2 rounds each day.) It's taking place at St. Edwards School, Cirencester Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. GL53 8EY.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-1391800631526473032010-05-26T09:44:00.002+01:002010-05-26T09:49:38.873+01:00Other county national resultsThanks to the SCCU website for this. I've decided to group the other results together as they only have the bare match score, so I can't provide any details.<br /><br />Minor: Gloucs 5.5- 10.5 Leics, Middlesex w/o Hants<br />U140: Hants 8.5-7.5 KentBen_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-65729213656739889102010-05-26T09:28:00.002+01:002010-05-26T09:42:29.114+01:00National County U-180, Devon 8-8 SurreyThanks to Bob Jones for this. For a full match report click on the title to this post, which links to the Keveral Chess site.<br /><br /> National U-180 25/5/10<br /><br /> Surrey Devon<br />1. S. McCullough 177 0-1 S. Homer 178<br />2. N. Cooper 178 0.5-0.5 D. Cowley 176<br />3. P. Stimpson 179 0.5-0.5 A. Brucey 175<br />4. J. Shepley 178 0.5-0.5 I. Jamieson 175<br />5. A. Punnett 173 0.5-0.5 T. Thynne 173<br />6. A. French 173 0-1 R. Thompson 170<br />7. D. Sedgwick 174 0.5-0.5 D. Regis 165<br />8. P. Archer 169 0-1 W. Ingham 166<br />9. N. Grey 157 0.5-0.5 J. Underwood 165<br />10. P. Barasi 162 1-0 S. Schofield 162<br />11. G. Marchant 164 0.5-0.5 P. Brooks 162<br />12. T. Jones 156 0.5-0.5 B. Gosling 159<br />13. I. Deswarte 161 1-0 A. Kidner 158<br />14. A. MacLeod 156 1-0 J. Gorodi 155<br />15. S. Wrigley 158 0.5-0.5 J. Allen 143<br />16. A. Waldock 150 0.5-0.5 R. Jones 140<br /><br /> 8-8 (Devon won on board count)<br /><br />A fine result for Devon, who now go on to play the winner of Warwickshire v Lancs.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-86311159400291880522010-05-24T12:09:00.003+01:002010-05-24T16:57:09.351+01:00Jonathan LathamJonathan Latham passed away at home on Tuesday 18th May 2010.<br /><br />Jonathan was a very active player in the west country playing for Clevedon in the Bristol League, Weston in the Somerset League and regularly playing for his County, Somerset. In fact he played earlier this month at the Frome Congress and scored a recent win for Somerset against Hampshire. Many players in the Bristol League and beyond would have got to know Jonathan over the years including myself. He always found the time to stop for a chat and was very considerate and helpful to others and will undoubtedly be a great loss to his family and friends.<br /><br />Funeral to be held at Church of St John the Baptist, Axbridge, Somerset - Wednesday 2nd June 12 PM - ( Wake at Weston Golf Club )<br /><a href="http://www.stjohnthebaptistaxbridge.org.uk"><br />www.stjohnthebaptistaxbridge.org.uk</a><br /><br />The above was copied across from the chessit.co.uk site.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-76710998967099284122010-05-21T15:28:00.002+01:002010-05-21T15:39:23.546+01:00Entrants to other tournaments at the British ChampionshipsThere are plenty of other tournaments besides the Championships themselves, and here is a list of the people south-west based who have entered one or more of them. Again, if I've missed anyone let me know.<br /><br />British Senior Championship:<br />Ivor Annetts<br />Gillian Moore<br /><br />British U180 Championship:<br />Trefor Thynne<br /><br />British U120 Championship:<br />Alfred Bullock<br /><br />British U16 Championship:<br />Freddie Sugden<br /><br />5 Day Open AM Week 2:<br />Trefor Thynne<br /><br />Weekender Yates- U125:<br />Freddie Sugden<br /><br />1st Rapidplay Sunday 25th July:<br />Trefor Thynne<br />Freddie Sugden<br /><br />1nd Rapidplay Sunday 1st August:<br />Dominic MackleBen_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-71854179990867520132010-05-21T14:58:00.003+01:002010-05-21T15:28:22.752+01:00South-west British Championship qualifiersI'm not sure if the list on the official site is entirely up- to- date, so let me know if I miss anyone. Here are the people south-west based or born who have qualified for the 2010 British Championships so far, along with how they got there:<br /><br />Michael Adams (Rated over 2350)<br />Keith Arkell (Rated over 2350)<br />James Cobb (Rated over 2350)<br />Rhys Cumming (Major Open 2009)<br />Andrew Greet (Rated over 2350)<br />Gary Lane (Rated over 2350)<br />Dominic Mackle (Torbay Congress)<br />Peter Poobalasingam (Uxbridge International Rating over 2350)<br />Jack Rudd (British Championship 2009)<br />Matthew Turner (Rated over 2350)<br />Peter Wells (Rated over 2350)<br />Paul Helbig (WECU Congress)<br />Arturo Wong (Frome Congress)Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-13130122055807778752010-05-21T14:46:00.004+01:002010-05-21T14:57:12.886+01:00Olympiad teams.A quick note to congratulate Bristol University student Sarah Hegarty on being selected for the 2010 women's Olympiad team. The Olympiad takes place between 19th September and 4th October, in Khanty- Mansiysk, Russia. For anyone who, like me, thought "where the heck is Khanty- Mansiysk?", I've included a link to its Wikipedia page in the title to this post.Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-31753969558767702872010-05-21T14:41:00.003+01:002010-05-21T14:46:20.329+01:00Sunday Chess in BathI've copied the following from an email I received from Christopher Lamming, who runs this event. The title to this post links to photos from last year's sessions.<br /><br />This year, the sessions will run from 2-430ish, fortnightly starting last Sunday (9th May), and until the end of September. The idea is to give people the chance to play in a different environment to that which they may associate with chess. My thoughts are that there are a lot of players out there who are put off by the usual style of chess club (school room, quiet, serious etc) and that given the right opportunity, will really enjoy a game in the right surroundings. Last year, this proved fairly correct, as we had no shortage of locals and tourists, men and women, young and old, stopping to play or just to watch. <br /><br />Maybe see you there sometime for a game!Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7327656132428885925.post-87210443731650521942010-05-17T11:00:00.002+01:002010-05-17T11:03:54.759+01:00Chipping Sodbury Rapidplay resultsThanks to Joey Stewart for posting the results up on the ECForum, which I've copied across to here.<br /><br />Open: <br />1st= Jim Sherwin (Bath) 5/6<br />1st= Joey Stewart (Gloucester) 5/6 <br /><br />Grading Prize for best under 170: <br />John Jenkins (Stroud) 3/6<br />Dr Ian Bourne (No Club) 3/6<br /><br />Under 150: <br />1st= B.Hunt (Cardiff) 5/6<br />1st= Duncan MacArthur (Keynsham) 5/6<br /><br />Grading Prize: <br />Tom Thorpe (Downend) 4/6 <br /><br />Junior Prize: <br />A. KALAIYALAHAN 2/6Ben_Edgellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07054281676126592541noreply@blogger.com0