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County Matches 2023/24

Played at Plymouth Bridge Club on Sunday 10 December 2023
  Devon 9 - 7 Cornwall
1 2146 Stephen Homer 1 - 0 Lloyd Retallick 2046
2 2103 Paul Hampton 1 - 0 Jeremy Menadue 2059
3 2096 Jonathan Underwood ½ - ½ Ian George 1879
4 2054 Graham Bolt 1 - 0 Jamie Morgan 1873
5 2037 Thomas Thorpe 1 - 0 Clive Rothery UG
6 1981 Meyrick Shaw ½ - ½ Kieran Macphail 1830
7 1989 Martin Goldschmidt ½ - ½ Richard Smith 1802
8 1978 Caleb Caleshu 1 - 0 Oliver Twentyman 1790
9 1981 Alan Brusey 1 - 0 Colin Sellwood 1766
10 1967 Chris Lowe ½ - ½ Jeff Nicholas 1742
11 1899 Paul Brooks ½ - ½ Nigel Kirkman 1763
12 1877 William Ingham 0 - 1 David J Jenkins 1754
13 1882 Michael Stinton-Brownbridge 0 - 1 Percy Gill 1747
14 1536 Tony Tatam ½ - ½ Bryan Jones 1603
15   Default 0 - 1 Ajna Fern 1666
16   Default 0 - 1 Hugh Brown 1339

Match Report

A battling performance against stern opposition, falling just short of equality.

Thanks especially to Ajna and Hugh for traveling to Plymouth only to discover that Devon were two players short. Richard also, for putting himself in harm's way despite being under the weather.

As usual, Devon were tough opponents and as so often, we performed relatively well, even coming tantalisingly close to a result.

Today, the lower boards shone. David scored against the formidable Bill Ingham and Percy went the distance, keeping his head in trying circumstances to secure the point. Bryan allowed the experienced arbiter and all-round splendid fellow (providing boards, sets, clocks, scoresheets, refreshments and geniality) Tony Tatam to escape, with a demonstration of expertise in the discontinuous threefold-repetition draw claim (nevertheless a valuable contribution).

Jeff and Nigel more than held their own against very experienced and strong players. Kieran and Richard similarly, therefore Cornwall drew the 6-to-14 board match.

Colin, trusty stalwart of Cornish chess, characteristically gave his all, on this occasion without reward.

In the top-5 competition, only Ian managed to tame his opponent, captain Underwood. Lloyd fought hard against in-form Homer, Jeremy strayed after time scramble equality and Clive fell foul of a powerful knight sacrifice. Graham (Bolt) seemed to allow me all the time and space in the world, yet I somehow conspired with him to have precious little of either.

Finally, by no means leastly, thank you Oliver for making your debut representing our county. We all wish you the very best for your life in Scotland.

Jamie Morgan

Played at Victory Hall, Exminster on Saturday 27 January 2024
  Cornwall 4½ - 11½ Somerset
1 2109 David Phillips 0 - 1 Jack Rudd 2327
2 2051 Jeremy Menadue ½ - ½ Oleksandr Matlack 2298
3 2042 Lloyd Retallick 0 - 1 Arturo Wong, Snr 2079
4 2027 Petra Nunn 1 - 0 Kevin Thurlow 2023
5 1890 Ian George 1 - 0 Andrew Footner 2014
6 1867 Jamie Morgan ½ - ½ David Stone 1926
7 1828 Kieran Macphail 0 - 1 George Milller 1934
8 1791 Gary Trudeau 0 - 1 Dominic Gibbs 1968
9 1774 David J Jenkins 0 - 1 John Waterfield 1934
10 1773 Colin Sellwood ½ - ½ Alex Conway 1897
11 1739 Jeff Nicholas ½ - ½ GA Harvey 1859
12 1726 Ian Murray ½ - ½ Chris Purry 1825
13 1697 Mick Hill 0 - 1 Chris Strong 1814
14 1635 Aaron Hands 0 - 1 Paul Humphreys 1798
15 1601 Bryan Jones 0 - 1 Niall Horner 1733
16 1682 Ajna Fern 0 - 1 Phil Johnson 1656
 

Match Report

 

Jamie Morgan

Played at Victory Hall, Exminster on Saturday 27 January 2024
  Somerset U1900 5½ - 5½ Cornwall U1900
1 1596 Adrian Byrne 0 - 1 David Pemberton UG
2 1572 Binoy Manimala 1 - 0 Ian Renshaw 1546
3 1583 Haroon Symonds 1 - 0 John Constable 1540
4 1551 John Jeremiah 1 - 0 Christine Constable 1472
5 1447 Harry Ryan ½ - ½ Peter Doubleday 1415
6 1431 Ian Leslie 0 - 1 Andy Beach UG
7 1338 Hanni Laurie 1 - 0 Lloyd Russell 1283
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Jamie Morgan

 

Played at Plymouth Bridge Club on Sunday 25 February 2024
  Cornwall U1900 7 - 9 Devon U1900
1 1890 Ian M George ½ - ½ Mark V Abbott 1884
2 1894 Jamie Morgan ½ - ½ Giles Body 1838
3 1814 Kieran Macphail 1 -0 Charlie V Howard 1834
4 1809 Richard AL Smith ½ - ½ Sean Pope 1804
5 1768 David J Jenkins 1 - 0 Peter E Halmkin 1778
6 1786 Nigel J Kirkman 0 - 1 Terje Lundin 1774
7 1753 Colin Sellwood 0 - 1 Gerard T'Hart 1761
8 1728 Percy TP Gill ½ - ½ Jack Wills 1676
9 1702 Ian R Murray ½ - ½ James Day 1714
10 1763 Jeff J Nicholas ½ - ½ Freddie Sugden* 1720
11 1666 Michael Hill 0 - 1 Alastair Marston 1660
12 1689 Anthony Rundle 1 - 0 Tim Starkey 1693
13 1541 Ajna Fern 0 - 1 Jun Li Yeap 1676
14 1612 David Pemberton ½ - ½ Christopher M Southall 1682
15 1501 Richard Humpleby 0 - 1 Paul Wood 1674
16 1417 Andy Beach ½ - ½ Robert G Wilby 1663

Match Report

 

Jamie Morgan

Last updated 26/2/2023