County Chess 05/06
This is the page on which I attempt to keep track of Staffordshires efforts in inter-county chess.
MCCU Open
Captain: Diarmid Gibson
This year the competition is being run in two sections, the championship and the minor.
Staffordshire have been placed in the minor section.
Fixtures
| 29 Oct | Leics | home
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| 26 Nov | Worcs | home
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| 28 Jan | Derby | away
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| | Der | Lei | Sta | Wor | | P | W | D | L | Pt
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| Derby | xxx | 4½ | 9 | 7.5 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2
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| Leics | 11½ | xxx | 10 | 10 | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6
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| Staffs | 7 | 6 | xxx | 11½ | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2
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| Worcs | 8.5 | 6 | 4½ | xxx | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2
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| | Staffordshire | | | Worcestershire |
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| 1 | 207 | Lawrence Cooper | 1 | 0 | E Myers | 175
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| 2 | 193 | David Anderton | ½ | ½ | G M Boyce | 173
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| 3 | 189 | Lee Grinsell | ½ | ½ | P Kitson | 171
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| 4 | 183 | Alan Crombleholme | 1 | 0 | N Towers | 164
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| 5 | 179 | Jana Bellin | ½ | ½ | J Wrench | 160
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| 6 | 171 | John Mangwengwende | ½ | ½ | J Fallowfield | 148
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| 7 | 167 | Mark Handley | ½ | ½ | M Bissell | 148
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| 8 | 166 | David Cooper | ½ | ½ | I Howarth | 135
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| 9 | 166 | Pat Bennett | ½ | ½ | A Ambrose | 134
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| 10 | 166 | John Turner | 1 | 0 | J Wilson | 132
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| 11 | 154 | John Keaveney | 1 | 0 | A Kirkland | 132
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| 12 | 150 | Darren Whitmore | 1 | 0 | M Riley | 131
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| 13 | 147 | Alan Drost | 1 | 0 | A Wiggins | 128
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| 14 | 140 | John Staniforth | 1 | 0 | E Horwill | 125
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| 15 | 140 | Derek Perks | 0 | 1 | D Scriven | 125
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| 16 | 134 | Steve Hill | 1 | 0 | M Kitchen | 103
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| | RESULT | 11½ | 4½ | |
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MCCU U175
Joint Captains: Diarmid Gibson, Stephane Pedder
To be run as a one day Jamboree event for teams of 12
Date: 21 Jan 06
Venue: TBA
Entries: Leics, Northants, Notts, Staffs.
Became a 2 team event, with Leics beating Northants 10 - 2
MCCU U150
Captain: Stephane Pedder
01543 877224 stephanepedder@f2s.com
Fixtures
Subject to alteration
| 19 Nov | Leics | away
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| 14 Jan | Warks | away
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| 11 Feb | Manch | away
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| 18 Mar | Notts | home
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| | Lei | Man | Not | Sta | War | | P | W | D | L | P
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| Leics | xxx | | 4.5 | 9.5 | 8.5 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4
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| Manch | | xxx | 8 | 8 | 8 | | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3
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| Notts | 11.5 | 8 | xxx | | 6.5 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
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| Staffs | 6.5 | 8 | | xxx | 7.5 | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1
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| Warks | 7.5 | 8 | 9.5 | 8.5 | xxx | | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5
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MCCU U125
Captain: Geoff Rosser
This is being run in two sections - East and West - with play-offs to decide overall winners.
Fixtures
Subject to alteration
| 8 Oct | Shrops | home
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| 29 Oct | Worcs | home
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| 3 Dec | Warks | away
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| 28 Jan | SFinal v Notts A | neutral, lost 7 - 9
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| 25 Feb | Final | neutral
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| | Shr | Sta | War | Wor | | P | W | D | L | Pt
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| Shrops | xxx | 6.5 | 8 | 11.5 | | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3
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| Staffs | 9.5 | xxx | 7 | 10.5 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4
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| Warks | 8 | 9 | xxx | 11.5 | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5
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| Worcs | 4.5 | 5.5 | 4.5 | xxx | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0
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Meanwhile, over in the East, final table is Notts A 5 points, Leics 4, Notts B 3, Derby 0.
MCCU U100
This is being run in two sections - East and West - with play-offs to decide overall winners.
Captains
A team: David Buckley, B Team: Traci Whitfield
Traci: 01782 623361 (before 9pm)
A Team Fixtures
Subject to alteration
| 15 Oct | Staffs B | home
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| 26 Nov | Shrops | away
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| 14 Jan | Worcs | away
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| 11 Feb | SFinal | neutral
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| 4 Mar | Final | neutral
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B Team Fixtures
Subject to alteration
| 15 Oct | Staffs A | away
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| 26 Nov | Worcs | home
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| 14 Jan | Shrops | home
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| 11 Feb | SFinal | neutral
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| 4 Mar | Final | neutral
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| | Shr | StA | StB | Wor | | P | W | D | L | Pt
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| Shrops | xxx | 8 | 7 | 5.5 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4
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| Staffs A | 4 | xxx | 7.5 | 5.5 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2
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| Staffs B | 5 | 4.5 | xxx | 6 | | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1
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| Worcs | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6 | xxx | | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5
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In the East:
| | LeA | LeB | Not | War | | P | W | D | L | Pt
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| Leics A | xxx | 12 | 7.5 | 4.5 | | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4
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| Leics B | 8 | xxx | 3.5 | 4.5 | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0
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| Notts | 4.5 | 8.5 | xxx | 5.5 | | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2
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| Warks | 7.5 | 7.5 | 6.5 | xxx | | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6
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Something wrong here. These are the results as reported on the MCCU site, which then gives Warks and Notts as qualifiers for play-offs!
| STAFFORDSHIRE A | | | | | STAFFORDSHIRE B | |
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| Board | Name | No | Grade | | | Name | No | Grade
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| 1 | R BRODIE | 143228L | 98 | ½ | ½ | PAUL CLAPHAM | 186538K | 90
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| 2 | R GOGERTY | 111339C | 93 | ½ | ½ | JAMES ROTHWELL | 255717E | 91
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| 3 | D ANDERTON | 141743F | 93 | ½ | ½ | ROBERT BROCK | 107327J | 82
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| 4 | A MEAKIN | 104387A | 90 | 0 | 1 | EMMA ATKINS | 185226H | 82
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| 5 | B HALL | 111900L | 86 | 1 | 0 | NIGEL HEARSON | 222766G | 75
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| 6 | K MOORE | 181458J | 86 | 0 | 1 | CHRIS FORD | 262458J | 73
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| 7 | M SAVIN | 118546K | 85 | ½ | ½ | EBRAHIM ARSHAD | 245795H | 77
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| 8 | A COLABELLA | 108613D | 84 | 1 | 0 | CALUM YOUNG | 262078K | 74
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| 9 | P EVANS | 128860L | 91 | 1 | 0 | COLIN HOCK | 257803H | 57
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| 10 | S JONES | 113908D | 80 | ½ | ½ | ADAM LOVETT | | UG
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| 11 | D BUCKLEY | 107597E | 75 | 1 | 0 | ANDREW SMITH | 241608G | 35
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| 12 | P GUEST | | UG | 1 | 0 | SARAH DAVIES | 253330D | UG
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| | | | 7 ½ | 4 ½ | | |
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| Board | Name | Result | Result | Name
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| Staffordshire B
| 6
| 6
| Worcestershire
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| 1
| Peter Tomczak
| 0
| 1
| Ian Ellis
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| 2
| Paul Clapham
| ½
| ½
| Terry Pantrey
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| 3
| James Rothwell
| 0
| 1
| Michelle Clack
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| 4
| Emma Atkins
| 0
| 1
| Maureen Clark
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| 5
| Robert Brock
| ½
| ½
| Penny Wood
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| 6
| Nigel Hearson
| ½
| ½
| William Pugh
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| 7
| Chris Ford
| 1
| 0
| Martin Bareley
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| 8
| Calum Young
| 1
| 0
| Peter Bronkin
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| 9
| Andrew Davies
| ½
| ½
| Aleric Stephens
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| 10
| Michael Brown
| 0
| 1
| Paul Sarafina
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| 11
| Alex Brian
| 1
| 0
| Stephen Weaver
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| 12
| Adam Lovett
| 1
| 0
| Adam Field
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Apologies to anyone whose name I have misspelt.
I saw little of the top board game, but certainly elsewhere there was plenty of enterprise shown, with the games being very watchable as a result.
On 2 Paul Clapham looked as though he might find a way into his opponents position, but this proved to be an illusion. James Rothwell on 3 on the other hand went for a very double edged game, parking his king in the centre so as to create threats on both wings. Inevitably in this sort of game their are inaccuacies in play from both sides, but James had the dubious privilege of making the last mistake.
There was another double edged game on board 4 where Emma Atkins decided to mix it instead of taking the slow road to equality. It turned out to be the wrong decision.
Kidsgrove took up residence on boards 5 to 7. On 5 Robert Brock was never able to get enough of an edge to obtain the full point, on 6 Nigel Hearson was thankful for a huge knight that played a major part in preventing his opponent making progress despite having queen for knight and bishop. Chris Ford on 7 took his time to create several weaknesses before starting to eat pawns and exchange pieces. The full point was just reward for a very nicely played game.
It should have been over to juniors for the balance of the team, but with one no-show county secretary Andrew Davies found himself forced into action on board 9. He gained a definite edge, but the game eventually petered out into an opposite coloured bishop ending of the more boring type.
Calum Young on 8, Alex Brian on 11 and Adam Lovett on 12 all got the upper hand in their games and showed good temperament in refusing to allow their opponents any chance to escape. Michael Brown on 10 clearly intended his game to go the same way, but unfortunately overlooked one of his opponents counter-threats and so came off second-best.
Well done to all.
| STAFFORDSHIRE B | | | | SHROPSHIRE |
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| Board | Name | Grade | Result | Result | Name | Grade
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| 1 | PETER TOMCZAK | 93 | 0 | 1 | ROGER BROWN | 94
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| 2 | PAUL CLAPHAM | 90 | 0.5 | 0.5 | CHRIS LEWIS | 97
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| 3 | JAMES ROTHWELL | 91 | 1 | 0 | D OGUMDIPE | 99
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| 4 | EDDIE RUBIN | 94 | 0 | 1 | IAN DAVIES | 92
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| 5 | EMMA ATKINS | 82 | 0.5 | 0.5 | DEREK POWELL | 92
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| 6 | DAVID HALLEN | 87 | 0 | 1 | ANDY JONES | 80
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| 7 | NIGEL HEARSON | 75 | 0.5 | 0.5 | ALAN PICKLES | 86
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| 8 | CHRIS FORD | 73 | 0.5 | 0.5 | PAUL BRODERICK | 76
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| 9 | EBRAHIM ARSHEAD | 77 | 1 | 0 | ALEX TAYLOR | 83
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| 10 | CALUM YOUNG | 74 | 0 | 1 | DEREK IRVING | 76
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| 11 | RICHARD MANSELL | UG | 0 | 1 | HENRY GRAHAM | UG
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| 12 | ADAM LOVETT | UG | 1 | 0 | DEFAULT |
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| | | 5 | 7 | |
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The B team completed their season with this match at the bridge club. Calum and Emma both rapidly reached highly tactical positions. Calum pressed on too quickly and duly lost, whereas Emma decided that discretion was the better part of valour and agreed a draw. Ebrahim and Richard both had games in which fortunes swung both ways, so a win and a loss between these two boards seems fair. Peter shed a pawn in the opening, but was never able to get sufficient compensation for it, whilst James broke through with a sacrifice that may not have been sound. David found that his material advantage was no match for his opponents passed pawn, Nigel played well to reach an ending a pawn up, but a small inaccuracy enabled his opponent to escape with a draw. Paul and Chris gave nothing away in their draws, but I confess to missing the important part of Eddie's game. County secretary Andrew Davies played Adam so that everyone got a game. There were no tears, though as ever the odd cat may have been kicked in the privacy of the loser's homes.
Results 2004/5
Results 2003/4
Minor County success 2002/3