County Matches 2016/17

	Played at Mark Village Hall, near Highbridge on 13^th May 2017
	CORNWALL		1½ - 12½	LEICESTERSHIRE
1	238	Andrew Greet	1 - 0	Martin Burrows	205
2	183	Mark I Hassall	0 - 1	Nghia dong	210
3	177	James Hooker	0 - 1	Shabir Okhai	194
4	176	Lloyd Retallick	0 - 1	Rafal Malczyk	194
5	176	David A J Saqui	0 - 1	Alan Agnew	185
6	170	Jamie Morgan	0 - 1	Andy Morley	182
7	154	Colin Sellwood	0 - 1	Brian Galligan	178
8	153	Gary Trudeau	0 - 1	Ray Burgess	182
9	147	Jeff Nicholas	0 - 1	John Robinson	173
10	146	Richard Clark	0 - 1	Paul Colburn	172
11	141	Richard Snith	0 - 1	Dave Farrall	166
12	135	Adam Hussain	0 - 1	Sean Hewitt	162
13	129	Jason Henderson	0 - 1	John Mitchell	157
14	125	David R Jenkins	½ - ½	Phil Harlow	149
15	UG	Jan Rodrigo	0 - 1	John Pattinson	147
16	90	Hugh Brown	0 - 1	Ben Pourmazafari	142

	Played at Kenn Centre,Kennford on 25^th February 2017
	CORNWALL		13 - 3	GLOUCESTERSHIRE
1	189	Jeremy F S Menadue	½ - ½	John Jenkins	185
2	177	James Hooker	½ - ½	Chris Mattos	181
3	176	Lloyd Retallick	½ - ½	Paul Masters	176
4	176	David A J Saqui	½ - ½	Peter Kirby	169
5	174	Robin F G Kneebone	½ - ½	Philip Meade	166
6	170	Jamie Morgan	½ - ½	Richard Dixon	160
7	154	Colin Sellwood	1 - 0	Ainsley Killey	134
8	153	Gary Trudeau	1 - 0	Ian Blencowe	132
9	UG	Tim Manton	1 - 0	Alun Richards	129
10	149	Percy T P Gill	1 - 0	Peter Bending	111
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Match Captain's Report

Cornwall won 13-3. There was a certain symmetry about the result with the top six boards being drawn and the bottom ten won, unfortunately the bottom six by default. The gloucester captain notified us prior to the match and after some travel rearrangements then we had the luxury of having a travelling reserve, myself. As a result of this I was able to watch the games.

First to finish was Tim Manton, returning to the cornwall team after a long non chess playing absence with a very simple win. Good to see him back playing. Gary Trudeau was the next to win. Gary seems to have been in good form recently. Colin won with his Patent (?) 0-0 against the old main line Bg5 Najdorf. You need nerves of steel to play this. Percy Gill ground his opponent down to win a long game.

Of the draws David Saqui’s was a long drawn out rook and pawn ending which I thought his opponent did well to draw. Apart from Jeremy’s game the other four were relatively uneventful. Jeremy’s game ended controversially but seemingly amicably.

The new venue was spacious and we will try to use it again.

The other match played today finished Devon 12.5 Somerset 3.5.

The union stage of the completion ended with us in second place with 50%. Devon won with 3 out of 3. Gloucs were third with 1 out of 3 and somerset last with 0.5 from 3. Devon were much better than the rest. We came second because we turned out 16 players per match and were able to get our players to play regularly.

As usual Devon will play in the u180 competion. We qualify for the first round of the inter region completion and gloucs will play in the preliminary round. The draw will be done next month.

Mark Hassall

	Played at Victory Hall, Exminster on 21^st January 2017
	CORNWALL		8 - 8	SOMERSET
1	189	Jeremy F S Menadue	0 - 1	Thomas Goldie	196
2	183	Mark I Hassall	½ - ½	Ben Edgell	200
3	177	James Hooker	½ - ½	Max French	170
4	176	Lloyd Retallick	1 - 0	Dave Littlejohns	176
5	176	David A J Saqui	1 - 0	Mike Richardt	184
6	174	Robin F G Kneebone	½ - ½	Gerry Jepps	159
7	170	Jamie Morgan	½ - ½	A Champion	153
8	154	Colin Sellwood	0 - 1	Chris Purry	149
9	153	Gary Trudeau	1 - 0	Jim Fewkes	142
10	149	Percy T P Gill	1 - 0	Martin Worrall	139
11	148	Richard Stephens	0 - 1	Mark Baker	137
12	147	Jeff Nicholas	1 - 0	Chris Mckinley	127
13	143	Mick Hill	0 - 1	Adrian Byrne	127
14	129	Jason Henderson	0 - 1	Guy Greenland	113
15	125	David R Jenkins	1 - 0	Martyn Maber	104
16	121	David G Lucas	0 - 1	Jamie Beviss	90
Somerset had white on the odd boards

	Played at Plymouth Bridge Club on 8^th October 2016
	CORNWALL		4 - 12	DEVON
1	189	Jeremy Menadue	½ - ½	Dominic Mackle	208
2	183	Mark Hassall	0 - 1	Tim Paulden	187
3	177	James Hooker	1 - 0	Stephen J Homer	190
4	176	Lloyd Retallick	0 - 1	Paul O'Neill	185
5	176	David Saqui	½ - ½	Jonathan W R Underwood	183
6	174	Robin Kneebone	0 - 1	Humphrey Andolo	181
7	170	Jamie Morgan	0 - 1	Brian.W.R.Hewson	182
8	154	Colin Sellwood	1 - 0	Steven Martin	182
9	153	Gary Trudeau	0 - 1	Dave Regis	175
10	149	Percy Gill	0 - 1	Plamen D Sivrev	175
11	148	Richard Stephens	½ - ½	Chris Lowe	175
12	147	Jeff Nicholas	0 - 1	John F Wheeler	174
13	141	Richard Smith	0 - 1	Trefor F Thynne	170
14	135	Adam Hussain	0 - 1	Oliver Wensley	168
15	125	David Jenkins	0 - 1	Michael O Marshall	166
16	121	David Lucas	½ - ½	William H Ingham	162

Match Captain's Report

Firstly I would like to welcome two newcomers to the squad this year Jamie Morgan and Percy Gill, Percy returns after I believe a twenty year absence. They are very welcome.

The team we fielded was only short of two players who have made themselves available this year. I was unable to raise a second team as we only had three other players. If other players wish to play them can they contact me.

Devon put out their usual strong team . They appear to have at least four times as many players as ourselves. Their declared under 160 team had a board 12 graded 155.

The games were much closer than the final result looks. After two hours I looked around and thought we were only slightly behind.

Two particular games stood out .Colin Sellwood seems to be making a habit of beating strong Devon players. I sat next to a really interesting game involving James Hooker.

As my game was the last to finish, I didn’t see much of the other games, but David Saqui must have played particularly well to hold an unpleasant position.

The final result was ½ point behind that which gradings would have predicted. That was my fault for losing a game that I was a pawn up in at the time control.

Thanks to everybody who played and I hope for a better result in our next match v somerset in the new year.

Mark Hassall

	WECU Jamboree played at Ladymead School, Taunton on 11^th September 2016
	CORNWALL		3½ - 8½	COMBINED
1	189	Jeremy Menadue (B)	0 - 1	Jack Rudd	213
2	183	Mark Hassall (W)	1 - 0	Stephen Homer	190
3	177	James Hooker (B)	½ - ½	Tim Paulden	187
4	176	Lloyd Retallick (W)	0 - 1	Thomas Goldie	195
5	174	Robin Kneebone (B)	0 - 1	Andrew Footner	175
6	157	Gary Trudeau (W)	0 - 1	Brian Hewson	182
7	149	Percy Gill (B)	0 - 1	Dave Regis	175
8	148	Richard Stephens (W)	½ - ½	Darren Freeman	163
9	146	Richard Clark (B)	0 - 1	Roger Knight	150
10	135	Adam Hussain (W)	1 - 0	Meyrick Shaw	163
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12	123	David R Jenkins (W)	½ - ½	Chris Purry	150

Last updated 15/5/2017