County Chess 08/09

This is the page on which I attempt to keep track of Staffordshires efforts in inter-county chess.

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MCCU Open

Captain: David Anderton

The competition is being run in two sections, the major and the minor. Staffordshire play in the major section.

Fixtures

01 Nov 08	Manch	home
13 Dec 08	Warks	away
28 Feb 09	Shrops	away

	Man	Shr	Sta	War		P	W	D	L	Pt
Manch	xxx	12½	4	7		3	1	0	2	2
Shrops	3½	xxx	4½	3½		3	0	0	3	0
Staff	12	7½	xxx	4½		3	2	0	1	4
Warks	9	12½	11½	xxx		3	3	0	0	6

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	Grade	Warwickshire			STAFFORDSHIRE	Grade
1	198	DONALD MASON	1	0	DAVID ANDERTON	194
2	197	RUSSELL JAMES	˝	˝	DARREN WHEELER	191
3	195	TONY HYNES	˝	˝	ALEX RICHARDSON	178
4	178	IAIN GALLOWAY	1	0	GERALD ACEY	174
5	178	MARK PAGE	˝	˝	JOHN KEAVENEY	172
6	179	ANDREW BARUCH	˝	˝	ALAN CROMBLEHOLME	170
7	184	PHILIP HOLT	1	0	NICHOLAS WALKER	168
8	175	DANI MALIK	˝	˝	JOHN TURNER	163
9	172	ALAN LLOYD	1	0	PATRICK BENNETT	161
10	165	KAISER MALIK	˝	˝	DAVID PRITCHARD	157
11	168	KEITH ESCOTT	˝	˝	DAVID COOPER	154
12	161	MARTIN SMYTH	1	0	BILL ARMSTRONG	144
13	164	ROBERT WILDIG	0	1	JOHN STANIFORTH	142
14	155	ANN-MARIE JAMES	1	0	MARK HANDLEY	141
15	152	COLIN ECKLOFF	1	0	STEPHANE PEDDER	135
16	145	HENRIK STEPANYAN	1	0	BILL REA	129
		TOTAL	11˝	4˝

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	Grade	STAFFORDSHIRE			Greater Manchester	Grade
1	203	Lawrence Cooper	1	0	Richard Beach	189
2	194	David Anderton	˝	˝	David Hulmes	188
3	191	Darren Wheeler	1	0	Stephen Pickles
4	190	Paul Wallace	1	0	Harry Lamb	176
5	185	Philip Briggs	˝	˝	Ali Reza Jaunooby	172
6	178	Alex Richardson	1	0	Mick Norris	162
7	174	Gerald Acey	˝	˝	John Wordsworth	151
8	172	John Keaveney	˝	˝	Ghassan El Gehani	142
9	170	Alan Crombleholme	˝	˝	Alan Beresford	141
10	170	Nicholas Walker	1	0	Jon Lonsdale	136
11	167	Malcolm Armstrong	˝	˝	Mick Connor	131
12	164	John Mangwengwende	˝	˝	Jim Nicolson	128
13	163	John Turner	˝	˝	Dave Newell	129
14	161	Patrick Bennett	1	0	Ray Sumner	113
15	157	David Pritchard	1	0	David Connolly	107
16	142	John Staniforth	1	0	Ian Lamb	96
		TOTAL	12	4

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	Grade	SHROPSHIRE			STAFFORDSHIRE	Grade
1	177	Trevor Brotherton	0	1	Lawrence Cooper	203
2	189	Nick Rutter	1	0	David Anderton	194
3	173	Nigel Ferrington	0	1	Darren Wheeler	191
4	170	Brian Whyte	˝	˝	Lee Grinsell	181
5	169	Philip Makepeace	1	0	Alex Richardson	178
6	159	Richard Bryant	0	1	Gerald Acey	174
7	159	Dave Gostelow	˝	˝	John Keaveney	172
8	159	Glyn Pugh	0	1	Alan Crombleholme	170
9	153	David Everington	0	1	Nicholas Walker	170
10	150	Colin Roberts	0	1	Liam Hylands	167
11	144	Gerald Link	0	1	John Turner	163
12	136	Toby Neal	˝	˝	David Cooper	162
13	133	Iain Wilson	0	1	Patrick Bennett	161
14	125	Ieuan Fenton	˝	˝	David Pritchard	157
15	122	Gareth Edwards	˝	˝	John Staniforth	142
16	119	Windsor Peck	0	1	Mark Handley	141
		TOTAL	4˝	11˝

Staffs qualify for National stages.

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MCCU U150

Captain: Alan Thomason

Fixtures

Subject to alteration

25 Oct 08	Notts	away
22 Nov 08	Warks	away
10 Jan 09	Manch	away
21 Feb 09	Leics	home

	Lei	Man	Not	Sta	War		P	W	D	L	P
Leics	xxx	8½	7½	3	5		4	1	0	3	2
Manch	7½	xxx	6½	9	5		4	1	0	3	2
Notts	8½	9½	xxx	7½	4		4	2	0	2	4
Staff	13	7	8½	xxx	7½		4	2	0	2	4
Warks	11	11	12	8½	xxx		4	4	0	0	8

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Bd	Grade	Nottinghamshire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade
1	147	Kevin Harvey	˝	˝	Philip Porter	145
2	144	Brian Hayward	˝	˝	David Daniels	144
3	143	Will Place	˝	˝	John Staniforth	142
4	142	Drag Sudar	0	1	Frank Wood	141
5	141	Graeme Jennings	0	1	Diarmid Gibson	138
6	138	Steve Hunter	˝	˝	Steve Hill	137
7	137	John Collins	1	0	Martin May	137
8	135	Neil Graham	˝	˝	Peter Leary	136
9	125	Keith Brameld	0	1	Ben Zitha	135
10	123	John Tassi	˝	˝	Mike Groombridge	131
11	122	Norman Davies	1	0	Derek Perks	130
12	121	Marcel Taylor	1	0	William Rea	129
13	120	Phil Court	˝	˝	Alan Thomason	117
14	120	Dave Flynn	˝	˝	Max Wootton	116
15	116	Graham Gibson	0	1	Geoff Lee	113
16	109	Benny Lim	˝	˝	Ken Francis	110
		TOTALS	7˝	8˝

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Bd	Grade	Warwickshire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade
1	149	Adam Draper	0	1	D Daniels	144
2	147	Mark Cundy	1	0	B Armstrong	144
3	147	Richard C Reynolds	1	0	J Staniforth	142
4	144	Tom Robinson	˝	˝	D Gibson	138
5	143	Robert Reynolds	˝	˝	S Hill	137
6	140	Darren Lee	˝	˝	M May	137
7	139	Gary Hope	˝	˝	P Leary	136
8	139	Mike Maher	0	1	B Zitha	135
9	139	Phil  Bull	˝	˝	M Groombridge	131
10	137	Rob Wallman	˝	˝	D Perks	130
11	137	Simon Smith	1	0	R Parker	130
12	136	John Fahy	˝	˝	W Rea	129
13	134	Trevor Holt	1	0	S Harris	126
14	131	Alan Burnet	0	1	M Wootton	116
15	129	Jon Turner	1	0	G Lee	113
16	127	Chris Evans	0	1	K Francis	110
		TOTALS	8˝	7˝

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Board	G MANCHESTER	Grade			STAFFORDSHIRE	Grade
1	John Reed	147	0.5	0.5	Philip Porter	145
2	David Knox	137	0.5	0.5	David Daniels	144
3	Andrew Sainsbury	135	0.5	0.5	Bill Armstrong	144
4	Ghassan El Gehani	142	0.5	0.5	John Staniforth	142
5	Mark Roberts	142	0.5	0.5	Steve Hill	137
6	Alan Beresford	142	1	0	Peter Leary	136
7	Mitchell Burke	133	1	0	Ben Zitha	135
8	James Murphy	135	1	0	Stephane Pedder	135
9	Graham Ball	137	0.5	0.5	Mike Groombridge	131
10	Jon Lonsdale	136	0.5	0.5	Derek Perks	130
11	Mick Connor	131	0.5	0.5	Richard Parker	130
12	David Newell	129	0	1	William Rea	129
13	Jim Nicolson	128	0.5	0.5	Alan Thomason	117
14	Thomas Clements	125	0.5	0.5	Max Wootton	116
15	David Kierman	117	0.5	0.5	Geoff Lee	113
16	Ray Sumner	113	0.5	0.5	Ken Francis	110
	Totals		9	7

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Board	Staffordshire	Grade			Leicestershire	Grade
1	Philip Porter	145	0.5	0.5	I Dodds	137
2	David Daniels	144	1	0	J Bingham	139
3	Bill Armstrong	144	0.5	0.5	P Watkinson	140
4	Martyn Harris	143	1	0	M Tate	137
5	John Staniforth	142	1	0	P Harrison	136
6	Frank Wood	141	1	0	P Deacon	136
7	Diarmid Gibson	138	1	0	B Foreman	134
8	Martin May	137	1	0	S Turvey	133
9	Steve Hill	137	0.5	0.5	J Pattinson	128
10	Peter Leary	136	1	0	S Wylie	130
11	Ben Zitha	135	0.5	0.5	C Tipper	129
12	Mike Groombridge	131	1	0	K Potter	129
13	William Rea	129	1	0	O Hardy	122
14	Alan Thomason	126	0.5	0.5	T Dove	118
15	Kevin Hadley	125	1	0	B Pourmozafari	116
16	Max Wootton	116	0.5	0.5	M Busby	91
	Totals		13	3

Staffs qualify for national stages as runners-up.

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MCCU U125

Captain: John Day

Played in two sections, Staffs being in the west.

Fixtures

11 Oct 08	Worcs	home
29 Nov 08	Shrops	away
24 Jan 09	Warks	home
28 Feb 08	SFinal	neutral
21 Mar 09	Final	neutral

	Shr	Sta	War	Wor		P	W	D	L	Pt
Shrop	xxx	10½	7	4½		3	1	0	2	2
Staff	5½	xxx	7	7½		3	0	0	3	0
Warks	9	9	xxx	10		3	3	0	0	6
Worcs	11½	8½	6	xxx		3	2	0	1	4

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Bd	Grade	STAFFORDSHIRE	Score	Score	WORCESTERSHIRE	Grade
1	123	CLIVE  FERRY	0	1	ROY PATTERS	123
2	117	KENNETH  McNULTY	0	1	ANDREW FARTHING	122
3	116	MAX WOOTTON	1	0	GILES STANTON	122
4	113	JOHN BUTTON	0	1	ANDREW WIGGINS	120
5	113	GEOFFERY  LEE	1	0	JOHN GITTUS	120
6	111	ALAN DOBSON	˝	˝	ANDREW MOORE	119
7	111	TOM HEALEY	˝	˝	DAVID SCRIVEN	117
8	110	SAM ONIONS	1	0	MARK RILEY	116
9	108	KELVIN JONES	0	1	JOHN VARILONE	115
10	108	NICK WRIGHT	˝	˝	JEREMY HUMPHRIES	114
11	107	MATTHEW CARR	0	1	DOUG BOLT	111
12	103	CHRISTOPHER BUXTON	0	1	ARNOLD KIRKLAND	109
13	99	PETER BROOMHALL	1	0	TIM YATES	105
14	99	PETER  SHAW	1	0	IAN CLACK	104
15	99	JOHN DAY	1	0	FRANCIS O'GORMAN	101
16	94	RAY DOLAN	0	1	MICHELE CLACK	89
		TOTALS	7˝	8˝

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Bd	Grade	Shropshire	Score	Score	Staffordshire	Grade
1	123	John Whittaker	0	1	Clive N Ferry	123
2	122	Gareth Edwards	0	1	Kenneth J McNulty	117
3	119	Windsor WA Peck	1	0	Max Wootton	116
4	119	Andrew Tunks	1	0	John E Button	113
5	118	Stefan H Tennant	1	0	Geoffrey S Lee	113
6	Ung	Glyn Randle	˝	˝	Alan F Dobson	111
7	113	Richard G Thompson	1	0	Thomas W Healey	111
8	110	Peter Crean	1	0	Sam Onions	110
9	108	Ian G Davies	˝	˝	Kelvin Jones	108
10	107	John A Westhead	˝	˝	Chris Buxton	103
11	106	Alex Taylor	1	0	Peter Shaw	99
12	103	Roger R Brown	˝	˝	John R Day	99
13	99	Richard Gillespie	1	0	Andrew P Davies	52
14	98	John Tunks	1	0	Robert Brodie	90
15	98	Derrick Powell	˝	˝	Paul J Clapham	82
16	97	George Viszokai	0	1	Steven P Cooper	68
		TOTALS	10˝	5˝

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Bd	Grade	Staffordshire	Score	Score	Warwickshire	Grade
1	123	Andrew Leadbetter	˝	˝	Mike A Biddle	123
2	123	Clive N Ferry	0	1	Jon A Asbury	123
3	117	Kenneth J McNulty	˝	˝	Peter D Oliver	121
4	116	Alan Thomason	˝	˝	Louis S Rawson	120
5	116	Max Wootton	1	0	Robert Statham	119
6	113	John E Button	˝	˝	Andrew Cotton	121
7	113	Geoffrey S Lee	˝	˝	Lennie Johnson	121
8	111	Alan F Dobson	0	1	Sean Ralph	118
9	111	Thomas W Healey	1	0	Garry Evans
10	110	Sam Onions	0	1	Mark E Talllis	115
11	107	Matthew Carr	1	0	Chris East	116
12	94	Ray Dolan	˝	˝	Kim T Gilbert	114
13	99	Peter Broomhall	0	1	Kenneth E Warren	116
14	99	Peter Shaw	˝	˝	Frank G Jiminez	108
15	52	Andrew P Davies	0	1	Michael J Harrington	106
16	99	John R Day	˝	˝	Fred S Dickson	106
		TOTALS	7	9

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MCCU U100

Captains
Bulldogs: David Buckley, Terriers: Paul Clapham

Bulldogs Fixtures

25 Oct 08	Worcs	away
8 Nov 08	Terriers	away
13 Dec 08	Warks	away
10 Jan 09	Shrops	home
7 Mar 09	Leics	away
28 Mar 09	Notts	home

Terriers Fixtures

8 Nov 08	Bulldogs	home
15 Nov 08	Leics	home
13 Dec 08	Notts	away
10 Jan 09	Worcs	home
7 Mar 09	Warks	home
28 Mar 09	Shrops	away

	Lei	Not	Shr	StB	StT	War	Wor		P	W	D	L	Pt
Leics	xxx	5	10½	6	4½	6½	3½		6	2	1	3	5
Notts	7	xxx	6½	5½	7	5	9		6	4	0	2	8
Shrop	1½	5½	xxx	4	5½	4½	4		6	0	0	6	0
St Bull	6	6½	8	xxx	6½	5	4		6	3	1	2	7
St Terr	7½	5	6½	5½	xxx	7½	7½		6	4	0	2	8
Warks	5½	7	7½	7	4½	xxx	7½		6	4	0	2	8
Worcs	8½	3	8	8	4½	4½	xxx		6	3	0	3	6

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Board	Colour	Name	Grade	Score	Name	Grade	Score
1	W	John Day	99	0	Peter Broomhall	99	1
2	B	Peter Shaw	99	.5	Mike Page	93	.5
3	W	Steve Burndred	99	0	Manpreet Sangha	u/g	1
4	B	Denis Nesbitt	96	0	Richard Dawson	91	1
5	W	Ray Dolan	94	0	Robert Brodie	90	1
6	B	John Montague	93	.5	Paul D Walters	90	.5
7	W	Paul Shelley	92	.5	Peter Crozet	88	.5
8	B	Matthew Wyza	85	1	Kevin Moore	79	0
9	W	Dave Tindley	83	1	Simon Jones	75	0
10	B	Oliver Horrocks	80	1	Paul Guest	75	0
11	W	Carl Mustafa	73	1	David Buckley	75	0
12	B	Richard Mansell	u/g	0	Peter Evans	68	1
		Terriers		5.5	Bulldogs		6.5

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Board	Colour	Name	Grade	Score	Name	Grade	Score
1	B	John Day	99	1	Barrie Cooper	97	0
2	W	Peter Shaw	99	0	Ian Farquharson	94	1
3	B	Steve Burndred	99	1	Cyril Johnson	95	0
4	W	Denis Nesbitt	96	1	Charles Eastlake	94	0
5	B	Nicholas Mclean	96	.5	Grant Hammond	93	.5
6	W	Ray Dolan	94	1	Michael Busby	91	0
7	B	John Montague	93	.5	Mike Thornton	88	.5
8	W	Matthew Wyza	85	1	Steven Preocanin	87	0
9	B	Oliver Horrocks	80	0	Stuart Hollingsworth	90	1
10	W	Carl Mustafa	73	0	Richard Davies	91	1
11	B	Robert West	70	.5	George Winterton	83	.5
12	W	Richard Mansell	u/g	1	Ray Beach	68	0
		Terriers		7.5	Leicestershire		4.5

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Board	Colour	Name	Grade	Score	Name	Grade	Score
1	W	Allen Brown	98	0.5	John Day	99	0.5
2	B	Ben Hodson	97	0.5	Peter Shaw	99	0.5
3	W	Robert Parker	96	0	Nicholas Mclean	96	1
4	B	Michael Zhang	96	0.5	John Montague	93	0.5
5	W	Chris Sargeant	95	0	Paul Shelley	92	1
6	B	Ric Dawson	90	0	Matthew Wyza	85	1
7	W	Derek Cronshaw	87	0.5	Paul Clapham	82	0.5
8	B	Andrew Garside	80	1	Carl Mustafa	73	0
9	W	Len Morrell	74	1	Steven Cooper	68	0
10				1	Default		0
11				1	Default		0
12				1	Default		0
		Nottinghamshire		7	Terriers		5

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Board	Colour	Name	Grade	Score	Name	Grade	Score
1	W	John Day	99	0.5	Michele Clack	89	0.5
2	B	Peter Shaw	99	0	Maureen Clark	92	1
3	W	Denis Nesbitt	96	0.5	Rob Bricknell	91	0.5
4	B	Nick Mclean	96	1	Richard Turner	89	0
5	W	Ray Dolan	94	1	Richard Collett	88	0
6	B	John Montague	93	1	Tony Taylor	62	0
7	W	Paul Shelley	92	0.5	Kevin Day	ug	0.5
8	B	Matthew Wyza	85	1	James Friar	ug	0
9	W	Oliver Horrocks	80	0.5	John Holmbery	63	0.5
10	B	Stuart Hull	75	0	Joyce Evans	33	1
11	W	Carl Mustafa	73	0.5	Krzysztof Krowicki	ug	0.5
12	B	John Gater	79	1	Joseph Friar	ug	0
		Terriers		7.5	Worcestershire		4.5

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Board	Colour	Name	Grade	Score	Name	Grade	Score
1	B	N Mclean	96	1	M Phipps	99	0
2	W	J Day	99	1	S Bowen	97	0
3	B	S Burndred	99	0	M Al-Samir	95	1
4	W	P Shaw	99	0	P Hodkinson	92	1
5	B	D Nesbitt	96	0.5	D Horsley	91	0.5
6	W	R Dolan	94	0	P Thompson	90	1
7	B	J Montague	93	0.5	J Green	89	0.5
8	W	K Grzybowski	88	1	K Wise	88	0
9	B	M Wyza	85	1	G Gee	84	0
10	W	O Horrocks	80	1	P Woodward	84	0
11	B	C Mustafa	73	0.5	J Pakenham	84	0.5
12	W	J Gater	72	1	P Kearns	u/g	0
		Terriers		7.5	Warwickshire		4.5

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Board	Colour	Shropshire			Terriers
1	B	Peter Mellor	85	1	N Mclean	96	0
2		Athar Mehmood	78	˝	J Day	99	˝
3		Nathanael Paul	65	1	S Burndred	99	0
4		Mark Richards	59	0	P Shaw	99	1
5		Huw Davenport	56	0	D Nesbitt	96	1
6		Francis Rooney	49	0	R Dolan	94	1
7		Jonathan Newey	49	˝	J Montague	93	˝
8		Matthew Best	37	1	P Shelley	92	0
9		Jamie Allen	35	˝	K Grzybowski	88	˝
10		Joe Mellor	29	0	M Wyza	85	1
11		Matthew Mellor	23	0	C Mustaffa	73	1
12		Angelica Bell	Ung	1	J Gater	72	0
				5˝			6˝

Terriers MCCU champions on split tie.

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