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| 2017 | |
| Sat Nov 4 | Cornwall v Devon (U160) Altarnun Village Hall, Launceston, PL15 7RL. 1430 start. |
| Sat Nov 18 | Cornwall Junior Championships Marazion School, School Lane, Marazion, TR17 0DG. u7, u8, u9,u10, u11 and u16. Details here |
| Sat Nov 25 | Cornwall v Gloucestershire (1st team only) Shillingford Village Hall, Manstree Junction, Shillingford St George, Exeter, EX2 9QW |
| 2018 | |
| Sat Jan 20 | Cornwall v Somerset (1st team only) Kenn Centre, Exeter Road, Kennford, Exeter, Devon, EX6 7UE |
| Jan 26-28 | Simon Bartlett Memorial Tournament Livermead House Hotel, Torbay Road, Torquay, TQ2 6QJ. Details and entry form will published on the Bude Chess Club website when available. |
| Sat Mar 3 | Cornwall v Devon (1st team only) Plymouth Bridge Club, 1 Moor View Terrace, Mutley PL4 7EB |
| Mar 9-11 | Cornwall Chess Weekend Carnon Downs Village Hall. Emigrant Cup and Falmouth Cup. Details TBA |
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There are 3 positions to solve of increasing difficulty. Choose L1, L2 or L3 and solve the displayed position by dragging and dropping the piece from one square to another on the board. "Hint" highlights a relevant square.
When you have finished one position you can put up another one and start again. "More" displays a graded series of training positions. The more difficult positions are usually at the higher levels of this section.
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The Cornwall Junior Championships will be held at Marazion School on Saturday 18th November.
Details as follows:
Full details here
At the ECF Council meeting on 1st September the 2017/18 budget was passed. The new membership rates, effective from 1st September 2017 are:
The system of charges for graded games played by non-members has changed. For league, club championship and games played in tournaments within the county, game fee has been abolished. From 1st September 2017 each non-member can have 3 games graded for free. Thereafter, he or she will have to pay a flat fee of £16 (equivalent to a bronze membership) as soon as they exceed the 3 graded games. Bronze members and higher will have their games graded for free. The response of the ECF office to my query suggests that this rate also applies to juniors with no discount.
This means that our arrangements for next season's team and individual competitions will need to take these changes into account in order to avoid the county association and its members incurring unnecessary costs.
Please note that in another change to the system the final date for acquiring or renewing ECF membership is 30th June. The ECF will not accept membership applications for the current season after that date.
Cornwall Chess provides a full programme for juniors with competitions, including age-group Cornwall championships for all years from Under 7 to Under 18.
Details of all our junior chess events, and advice for parents, here
Please send news of Cornwall chess events, interesting games, corrections, notifications, broken links and suggestions for improving the website to Ian George
Last updated 18/10/2017
Complete fixture lists for each club can be found on the club pages
Expanded league tables, the draws for the cup competitions and links to the detailed results are here.
Win = 4, draw = 2, loss = 1, default = 0 points
| Played at Carnon Downs on 20/09/2017 | |||||
| Truro | 3 - 2 | Falmouth | |||
| 1 | 191 | Jeremy Menadue | 1 - 0 | Robin Kneebone | 164 |
| 2 | 168 | Mark Hassall | ½ - ½ | Richard Stephens | 160 |
| 3 | 145 | Adam Hussain | 0 - 1 | Ian Renshaw | 121 |
| 4 | 145 | Marcus Pilling | ½ - ½ | Colin Gardiner | 89 |
| 5 | 139 | Mick Hill | 1 - 0 | Bryan Jones | 116 |
| Truro had whIte on the odd boards | |||||
Win = 4, draw = 2, loss = 1, default = 0 points
| Played at Calstock on 28/09/2017 | |||||
| Calstock | 2½ - 1½ | Truro | |||
| 1 | 125 | Jason Henderson | 0 - 1 | Robin Kneebone | 164 |
| 2 | 121 | David R Jenkins | ½ - ½ | Mick Hill | 139 |
| 3 | 115 | Alistair Bissell | 1 - 0 | Guy Bolton | 99 |
| 4 | 68 | Steve Knight | 1 - 0 | Hugh Brown | 93 |
| Calstock had white on the odd boards | |||||
| Played at Newquay on 25/09/2017 | |||||
| Newquay | 2½ - 1½ | Falmouth | |||
| 1 | 124 | Martyn Probert | 1 - 0 | Ian Renshaw | 121 |
| 2 | 115 | Martin Jones | 1 - 0 | Bryan Jones | 103 |
| 3 | 106 | Richard Nancarrow | ½ - ½ | Colin Gardiner | 89 |
| 4 | 43 | Ted Needham-Williams | 0 - 1 | Rebecca Gardiner | 69 |
| Falmouth had white on the odd boards | |||||
Win = 4, draw = 2, loss = 1, default = 0 points
| West Division | ||
| Camborne | 2 | 8 |
| Penwith | 2 | 5 |
| Truro | 2 | 2 |
| Falmouth | 2 | 1 |
| East Division | ||
| Lerryn | 2 | 5 |
| Liskeard | 2 | 5 |
| Calstock | 1 | 4 |
| Bude | 1 | 1 |
| Played at Camborne on 06/10/2017 | |||||
| Camborne | 5½ - 2½ | Falmouth | |||
| 1 | 162 | Ian George | 1 - 1 | Richard Stephens | 171 |
| 2 | 134 | Richard Smith | 1½ - ½ | Colin Gardiner | 108 |
| 3 | 99 | Philip Spargo | 1 - 1 | Bryan Jones | 99 |
| 4 | 68 | Thomas Oates | 2 - 0 | Rebecca Gardiner | 61 |
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| Played at Ludgvan on 03/10/2017 | |||||
| Penwith | 4½ - 3½ | Truro | |||
| 1 | 144 | David J Jenkins | ½ - 1½ | Robin Kneebone | 159 |
| 2 | 130 | Jan Rodrigo | 1 - 1 | Marcus Pilling | 142 |
| 3 | 114 | Richard Humpleby | 1 - 1 | Adam Hussain | 139 |
| 4 | 104 | Harvey Richings | 2 - 0 | Tamara Burgess | 54 |
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| Played at Liskeard on 02/10/2017 | |||||
| Liskeard | 4 - 2 | Lerryn | |||
| 1 | 110 | David Lucas | ½ - 1½ | Gary Trudeau | 152 |
| 2 | 105 | Gabriel Rusalowicz | 2 - 0 | Jason Henderson | 114 |
| 3 | 93 | Eric Westlake | 1½ - ½ | David R Jenkins | 132 |
| 4 | 83 | Stuart Lee | 0 - 2 | Stephen Pearce | 106 |
Lerryn exceeded the grading limit and incurred a two point penalty |
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