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County Matches 2019/20

Played at Plymouth Bridge Club on 15th February 2020
  Devon 10½ - 5½ Cornwall
1 201 Paul O'Neill ½ - ½ Lloyd Retallick 182
2 198 Dominic Mackle 1 - 0 Jeremy Menadue 179
3 189 Jonathan Underwood 1 - 0 Grant Healey 167
4 185 Paul Hampton ½ - ½ Robin Kneebone 167
5 184 Steven Levy 0 - 1 Ian George 163
6 183 Jos Haynes ½ - ½ Jamie Morgan 157
7 181 Tim Paulden 1 - 0 Gary Trudeau 156
8 177 Tom Thorpe ½ - ½ Percy Gill 148
9 177 Chris Lowe ½ - ½ Jan Rodrigo 146
10 176 Alan Brusey 1 - 0 Nigel Kirkman 146
11 172 Chris Bellers ½ - ½ Richad Smith 145
12 171 Mark Bowhay ½ - ½ Jeff Nicholas 144
13 170 Oliver Wensley ½ - ½ Colin Sellwood 138
14 169 John Wheeler 1 - 0 Mick Hill 137
15 169 Steven Martin ½ - ½ David Jenkins 111
16 159 Mike Stinton-Brownbridge 1 - 0 Beatrice Steele UG

Match Report

A big thank you to everyone for making the trip in terrible weather, Especially Prof David Jenkins who came in at short notice as a very late replacement.

We had 9 draws by Lloyd, Robin, Jamie, Percy, Jan, Richard, Jeff, Colin, and David against a really strong Devon team. Each opponent was about 20 to 30 grading points higher on average.

Lovely to see a fantastic return to county chess, after a 10 year hiatus, by Ian George with our only win (see Game of the Week)

Richard Smith

Played at Plymouth Bridge Club on 18th January 2020
  Devon Under 160 10 - 6 Cornwall Under 160
1 157 Giles Body 1 - 0 Gary Trudeau 158
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3 156 Nick Butland 0 - 1 Toby Willis 153
4 156 Brian Gosling 1 - 0 Jan Rodrigo 152
5 154 Meyrick Shaw 1 - 0 Percy Gill 149
6 154 Steve Dean ½ - ½ David Grant 146
7 148 James Schofield ½ - ½ Richard Smith 142
8 145 Sean Pope 1 - 0 NIgel Kirkman 142
9 UG Danilo Gouveia Wasques 1 - 0 Mick Hill 142
10 140 Alan Dean 0 - 1 Colin Sellwood 142
11 139 Steve Clarke ½ - ½ Jeff Nicholas 142
12 135 Patrick Dillon ½ - ½ Geoff Lingard 141
13 132 Robert Wilby 0 - 1 Jason Henderson 137
14 129 Bob Jones ½ - ½ Stephen Savill 134
15 123 Richard Smith ½ - ½ Alistair Bissell 128
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Match Report

The match was played in a very friendly atmosphere. Another big thank you to Tony Tatam for providing and setting up all the sets, clocks and scoresheets. Plus, Tony worked tirelessly, all afternnon, to provide tea, coffee, cake and biscuits to all the players and spectators.

Cornwall were 2 - 0 down before the start - due to unforseen circumstances and too late to get replacements. Nevertheless, there was some great chess played by Toby Willis, Colin Sellwood and Jason Henderson.

It was great to see some new Cornish players and those had hadn't played for Cornwall for quite a while. A big thank you to all who made it to Plymouth. Jan Rodrigo, for example, travelling by train from St Ives.

Richard Smith

 
Played at Victory Hall, Exminster on 5th October 2019
  Cornwall 9½ - 6½ Somerset
1 187 Jeremy Menadue 0 - 1 Jack Rudd 219
2 177 Lloyd Retallick 1 - 0 Kevin Thurlow 172
3 160 Jamie Morgan ½ - ½ Chris Purry 161
4 158 Gary Trudeau ½ - ½ Roger Morgan 160
5 148 Richard Clark 1 - 0 Gerry Jepps 155
6 142 Nigel Kirkman ½ - ½ Mark Baker 146
7 142 Colin Sellwood 1 - 0 Phil Chapman 140
8 142 Jeff Nicholas 1 - 0 Chris Greenaway 126
9 142 Richard Smith 1 - 0 Tom Alsop 123
10 122 Bryan Jones ½ - ½ Adrian Byrne 122
11 122 Thomas Oates 0 - 1 Guy Greenland 116
12 113 David Jenkins 0 - 1 Stan Wojcik 113
13 112 Andy Young 1 - 0 Ala Stonebridge 111
14 109 Ian Renshaw ½ - ½ John Jeremiah 109
15 101 George Black 1 - 0 Horoon Symond 108
16 85 Eric Westlake 0 - 1 Simon Gray 107

Last updated 21/1/2020