County Chess 07/08

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 have been promoted to the major section. Shropshire, Derbyshire, Lincs and Leics will contest the minor section.

Fixtures

13 Oct	Worcs	home
08 Dec	Manch	away
26 Jan	Warks	home

	Man	Sta	War	Wor		P	W	D	L	Pt
Manch	xxx	10½	9½	11½		3	3	0	0	6
Staffs	5½	xxx	5½	11		3	1	0	2	2
Warks	6½	10½	xxx	14		3	2	0	1	4
Worcs	4½	5	2	xxx		3	0	0	1	3

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Bd	STAFFORDSHIRE	Grade	Score	Score	WORCESTERSHIRE	Grade
1	LAWRENCE COOPER	206	½	½	JOHN EDGE	174
2	DARREN WHEELER	191	½	½	PETER KITSON	169
3	DAVID ANDERTON	190	1	0	STEPHEN MELLOR	165
4	SIMON HOOD	182	0	1	JEREMY FALLOWFIELD	163
5	GERALD ACEY	180	1	0	MIKE HADLEY	149
6	LEE GRINSELL	177	½	½	MAURICE BISSELL	147
7	ALEX RICHARDSON	176	1	0	NIGEL TOWERS	145
8	MALCOLM ARMSTRONG	174	½	½	STEPHEN FOSTER	138
9	ALAN CROMBLEHOLME	174	1	0	ERIC HORWILL	138
10	PATRICK BENNETT	170	½	½	ANDY AMBROSE	135
11	NICHOLAS WALKER	168	1	0	RAY COLLETT	139
12	JOHN MANGWENGWENDE	165	½	½	JIM KEENE	130
13	JOHN KEAVENEY	162	1	0	ANDREW WIGGINS	125
14	JOHN TURNER	160	½	½	MARK RILEY	122
15	DAVID COOPER	158	½	½	JOHN VARILONE	119
16	DAVID PRITCHARD	153	1	0	DAVID SCRIVEN	119
	TOTALS		11	5

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	Grade	MANCHESTER	Score	Score	STAFFORDSHIRE	Grade
1	204	David Hulmes	1	0	David Anderton	190
2	203	Adam Ashton	½	½	Gerald Acey	180
3	199	Alex Longson	0	1	Lee Grinsell	177
4	192	Alan Walton	1	0	Alex Richardson	176
5	192	Stephen Pickles	1	0	Malcolm Armstrong	174
6	186	Richard Beach	1	0	Alan Crombleholme	174
7	185	Ali Reza Jaunooby	1	0	Nicholas Walker	168
8	183	Mike Surtees	1	0	John Mangwengwende	165
9	175	Harry Lamb	½	½	John Keaveney	162
10	173	Paul Kane	1	0	John Turner	160
11	159	Mick Norris	½	½	David Cooper	158
12	154	Marcial Flores	1	0	Mark Handley	156
13	145	Mike Tunstall	½	½	David Pritchard	153
14	140	Tom Vout	½	½	John Staniforth	146
15	130	Dave Pardoe	0	1	Stephane Pedder	138
16	129	Mick Connor	0	1	Bill Rea	123
		TOTAL	10½	5½

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	Grade	STAFFORDSHIRE			WARWICKSHIRE	Grade
1	206	LAWRENCE COOPER	½	½	NICK THOMAS	208
2	197	PAUL WALLACE	0	1	DON MASON	198
3	191	DARREN WHEELER	½	½	TONY HYNES	188
4	190	DAVID ANDERTON	½	½	JOHN PITCHER	191
5	180	GERALD ACEY	½	½	STEWART FISHBURNE	170
6	177	LEE GRINSELL	½	½	IAN GALLOWAY	178
7	176	ALEX RICHARDSON	0	1	ANDY BARUCH	173
8	174	MALCOLM ARMSTRONG	0	1	KEITH ESCOTT	181
9	174	ALAN CROMBLEHOLME	0	1	ALAN LLOYD	166
10	168	NICHOLAS WALKER	0	1	PABLO PADILLO	161
11	165	JOHN MANGWENGWENDE	½	½	KEITH INGRAM	160
12	162	JOHN KEAVENEY	½	½	KAISER MALIK	160
13	160	JOHN TURNER	0	1	DANI MALIK	153
14	158	DAVID COOPER	½	½	BOB WILDIG	156
15	153	DAVID PRITCHARD	½	½	JOEY STEWART	151
16	146	JOHN STANIFORTH	1	0	ED GOODWIN	153
		TOTAL	5½	10½

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MCCU U175

Captain:

To be run as a one day Jamboree event (perhaps). Staffordshire are not entering a team.
Date:
Venue: TBA

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MCCU U150

Captain: Stephane Pedder

01543 877224 stephanepedder@f2s.com

Fixtures

Subject to alteration

03 Nov	Warks	home
01 Dec	Notts	home
19 Jan	Manch	away
29 Mar	Leics	away

	Lei	Man	Not	Sta	War		P	W	D	L	P
Leics	xxx	10½	8	7½	8		4	1	2	1	4
Manch	5½	xxx	3½	16	6½		4	1	0	3	2
Notts	8	12½	xxx	12*	6		4	2	1	1	5
Staffs	8½	d	3*	xxx	4		4	1	0	3	2
Warks	8	9½	10	12	xxx		4	3	1	0	7

* 1 board undecided.

		Staffordshire				Leicestershire
1	Black	Craig M Whitfield	141	1	0	M Cowley	146
2		Simon R Edwards	148	1	0	B Clarke	122
3		John Staniforth	146	½	½	A Jex	141
4		Phillip D Porter	143	1	0	D Farrall	137
5		David Daniels	134	0	1	P Colburn	135
6		Peter Leary	129	½	½	I Dodds	134
7		Kevin D Hadley	Ung	0	1	PK Harrison	133
8		Max Wotton	126	½	½	S Turvey	133
9		Stephen R Wilcox	125	½	½	S Wylie	132
10		Manoj Arora	124	½	½	M Tate	131
11		Kenneth McNulty	120	1	0	O Hardy	131
12		Ken AJ Francis	118	½	½	P Harlow	130
13		K Roger Grainger	114	1	0	R Collins	128
14		Andy Lenz	Ung	½	½	K Potter	127
15		Stephen M Harris	111	0	1	F Katumwa	122
16		John E Button	102	0	1	D Busby	94
				8½	7½

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MCCU U125

Captain: Alan Thomason

Played in two sections, Staffs being in the west.

Fixtures

Subject to alteration

06 Oct	Shrops	home
15 Dec	Warks	away
02 Feb	Worcs	away
01 Mar	SFinal	neutral
22 Mar	Final	neutral

	Shr	Sta	War	Wor		P	W	D	L	Pt
Shrop	xxx	6½	6½	6		3	0	0	3	0
Staffs	9½	xxx	3½	6½		3	1	0	2	2
Warks	9½	12½	xxx	9		3	3	0	0	6
Worcs	10	9½	7	xxx		3	2	0	1	4

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Bd	Staffordshire	Grade	Score	Score	Shropshire	Grade
1	Manoj Arora	124	0	1	Mark Billington	120
2	Kenneth McNulty	120	1	0	Peter Crean	118
3	Andrew Pitcher	118	1	0	John A Westhead	117
4	Clive Ferry	114	1	0	John Liddell	113
5	Steve Colwell	114	½	½	Ian G Davies	110
6	Steve Harris	111	1	0	Andrew Tunks	110
7	Mike Page	106	1	0	Alex Taylor	105
8	Peter Shaw	104	0	1	Joseph Pym	105
9	John Button	102	1	0	John Tunks	103
10	Ray Dolan	98	½	½	Neil Sampson	94
11	Robert Brodie	95	0	1	Roger Brown	91
12	John Montague	93	½	½	Andrew Jones	87
13	Peter Crozet	90	0	1	Derrick Powell	87
14	Bryan Hall	89	1	0	Richard Gillespie	83
15	Tony Meakin	85	0	1	Peter Mellor	80
16	Matthew Carr	82	1	0	David Lovegrove	76
	TOTALS		9½	6½

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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

27 Oct	Staffs B	home
17 Nov	Shrops B	away
12 Jan	Shrops A	home
26 Jan	Worcs	away
08 Mar	SFinal	neutral
29 Mar	Final	neutral

B Team Fixtures

Subject to alteration

27 Oct	Staffs A	away
08 Dec	Shrops A	away
26 Jan	Shrops B	home
23 Feb	Worcs	home
08 Mar	SFinal	neutral
29 Mar	Final	neutral

	ShA	ShB	StA	StB	Wor		P	W	D	L	Pt
Shrops A	xxx	9½	5	6½	5½		4	2	0	2	4
Shrops B	2½	xxx	2½	2½	lost		4	0	0	4	0
Staffs A	7	9½	xxx	3	6½		4	3	0	1	6
Staffs B	5½	9½	9	xxx	7½		4	3	0	1	6
Worcs	6½	won	5½	4½	xxx		4	2	0	2	4

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Bd	Staffordshire A The Bulldogs	Grade	Score	Score	Staffordshire B The Terriers	Grade
1	D MOLINEUX	99	0	1	G LEE	97
2	D BRODIE	95	0	1	S BURNDRED	97
3	P CROZET	90	½	½	M ANDREWS	95
4	P O'DONOGHUE	90	0	1	J MONTAGUE	93
5	P BROOMHALL	89	0	1	J GATER	93
6	B HALL	89	0	1	R DOLAN	90 e
7	P EVANS	88	½	½	P CLAPHAM	90
8	A COLABELLA	84	0	1	M WYZA	85
9	M CARR	82	1	0	K MOORE	83
10	D BUCKLEY	82	½	½	R WEST	74
11	C BATESON	81	0	1	C MUSTAFA	74
12	P GUEST	69	½	½	N McLEAN	72
	TOTALS		3	9

Bd	Grade	Shropshire A	Score	Score	Staffordshire Terriers (Staffs B)	Grade
1	98	Viszokai, George	0	1	Lee, Geoffrey	97
2	94	Sampson, Neil	1	0	Burndred, Steve	97
3	92	Ogundipe, Dele	1	0	Tindley, David	96
4	91	Brown, Roger	½	½	Montague, John	93
5	87	Jones, Andrew	1	0	Dolan, Ray	90 est
6	83	Gillespie, Richard	½	½	Robert Taylor	85 est
7	78	Broderick, Paul G.	½	½	Wyza, Matthew P	85
8	75	Davies, Sellick L	1	0	Moore, Kevin J	83
9	75	Pickles, Alan	½	½	Young, Calum A	76
10	56	Szwajkun, Richard	0	1	West, Robert	74
11	49	Szwajkun, Steve	½	½	Mustafa, Carl K	74
12	48	Brown, Bryan C.	0	1	McLean, Nicholas	72
		TOTALS	6½	5½

Board	Staffs Terriers	Grade	Score	Score	Shrops B	Grade
1	Geoff Lee	97	0	1	Peter Mellor	80
2	Steve Bundred	97	0	1	Athar Mehmood	74
3	Paul Shelley	95	1	0	Henry Graham	61
4	John Smith	97	1	0	Chris Lovejoy	55
5	John Gater	93	1	0	Huw Davenport	44
6	Geoff Yates	93	0·5	0·5	Francis Rooney	38
7	Paul Clapham	90	1	0	Matthew Mellor	30
8	Ray Dolan	90e	1	0	Joe Mellor	28
9	Matthew Wyza	85	1	0	Matthew Best	15
10	Robert Taylor	85e	1	0
11	Carl Mustafa	74	1	0
12	Matthew Greenwood	30	1	0	Angelica Dean	U
	TOTAL		9·5	2·5	TOTAL

Board	Staffs Terriers	Grade	Score	Score	Worcs	Grade
1	Geoff Lee	97	1	0	John Clark	98
2	Paul Shelley	95	½	½	Maureen Clark	94
3	John Smith	97	½	½	Terry Pountney	93
4	John Gater	93	0	1	Richard Collett	90
5	Geoff Yates	93	0	1	Richard Turner	87
6	Paul Clapham	90	½	½	Penny Wood	87
7	Matthew Wyza	85	½	½	William Pugh	79
8	Ebrahim Arshad	84	0	1	Tony Taylor	69
9	Carl Mustafa	74	½	½	Neil Ryder	UG
10	Nick McLean	72	1	0	John Holmberg	70
11	Eliot Green	69	1	0	Ronald Thompson	55
12	Richard Mansell	UG	1	0	Default	U
	TOTAL		7½	4½	TOTAL

In the East:

	LeA	LeB	Not	War		P	W	D	L	Pt
Leics A	xxx	7	5	5		3	1	0	2	2
Leics B	5	xxx	2	1½		3	0	0	3	0
Notts	7	12	xxx	5½		3	2	0	1	4
Warks	7	10½	6½	xxx		3	3	0	0	6

MCCU semi-finals:

Board	Staffs Terriers	Grade	Score	Score	Notts	Grade
1	Geoff Lee	97	1	0	Derek Cronshaw	96
2	Oliver Horrocks	98	0	1	Micahel Zhang	90
3	Paul Shelley	95	0	1	Pritesh Patel	UG
4	Dave Tindley	96	0	1	Ben Hobson	86
5	John Montague	93	0·5	0·5	Len Morrell	83
6	John Gater	93	0	1	Hamzah Ali	85
7	Paul Clapham	90	1	0	Richard Dawson	80
8	Ray Dolan	90e	1	0	Andrew Garside	74
9	Matthew Wyza	84	0·5	0·5	Stuart Swift	UG
10	Robert West	74	0·5	0·5	Ashton Alfred	73
11	Carl Mustafa	74	0·5	0·5	Arun Maini	58
12	Nick McLean	72	1	0	Joseph Pacitto	38
	TOTAL		6	6	TOTAL

Notts win on board count

Terriers qualify for national stages as third Midlands team. They will be away to the winners of the East Anglian Union, which I believe are Suffolk.

National quarter final:

Board	Suffolk	Ref No	Grade	Score	Staffs Terriers	Ref No	Grade	Score
1	M Spalding	119463L	98	0	G Lee	266811H	97	1
2	K Abbott	149203C	95	0.5	S Burndred	107695E	97	0.5
3	B Mitchell	161750D	96	0	J Smith	133476B	97	1
4	K Lunn	114676C	94	1	D Tindley	230977E	96	0
5	D Myhill	227473F	94	1	M Andrews	186527E	95	0
6	D Wild	211043L	91	0	D Nesbitt	171039E	94	1
7	M Coughtrey	108933L	90	0.5	J Gater	255708D	93	0.5
8	K Woodcock	268732L	90	1	J Montague	179091C	93	0
9	A McCormick	115230A	91	1	P Clapham	186538K	90	0
10	J Fitzsimons	253176J	79	0	R Dolan	157184K	86	1
11	C Dickinson	258782J	73	1	M Wyza	240298B	85	0
12	M Fogg	252129F	74	1	Default			0
			Total	7			Total	5

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