Nottinghamshire Chess Association - Inter-County Championship results 2010-11

Inter-County Championship 2010–11

Open

Under 180

Under 160

Under 140

Under 120

Under 100

Devon U180 – Nottinghamshire U180

Lancashire U180 – Nottinghamshire U180

Nottinghamshire U180 – Kent U180

Nottinghamshire U180 – Warwickshire U180

Suffolk U160 – Nottinghamshire U160

Greater Manchester U160 – Nottinghamshire U160

Warwickshire U160 – Nottinghamshire U160

Nottinghamshire U160 – Leicestershire U160

Kent U140 – Nottinghamshire U140

Worcestershire U140 – Nottinghamshire U140

Shropshire U140 – Nottinghamshire U140

Nottinghamshire U140 – Derbyshire U140

Nottinghamshire U140 – Warwickshire U140

Leicestershire U120 – Nottinghamshire U120

Staffordshire Bulldogs U120 – Nottinghamshire U120

Warwickshire U120 – Nottinghamshire U120

Lancashire U100 –Nottinghamshire U100

Results and reports from the county’s matches will appear here throughout the season.

Last updated: 17th July 2011.

The Semi Final's were played 11th June. The U180 reached the finals for the second year running but sadly the U160's missed out.

Previous years

Sadly Nottinghamshire were unable to raise a team for the 4th December fixture against Warwickshire. As such Nottinghamshire forfeited the match.

The U180 team reached the ECF final and had a close match against Devon, eventually winning 8½-7½. This made up for last year's final defeat against Warwickshire.

Devon U180 - Nottinghamshire U180
2 July 2011
Moat Community College, Leicester
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Hewson, Brian	176	½–½	Halfpenny, Glen	179
2	Thynne, Trefor	177	1-0	Walker, Tim	179
3	Brusey, Alan	175	½–½	Harrison, John	176
4	Paulden, Tim	174	½–½	Hearne, Rob	174
5	Underwood, Jonathan	172	½–½	Flynn, Dave	170
6	Cowley, Dennis	170	½–½	Swain, John	168
7	Regis, Dave	166	1-0	Antunes, Andre	166
8	Kinder, Andrew	166	0-1	Kingston, Ian	166
9	Duckham, Jon	165	½–½	Burke, Steven	165
10	Ingham, William	164	½–½	Gibson, Geoff	165
11	Brooks, Paul	160	½–½	Sudar, Drag	162
12	Howard, Charlie	158	½–½	Foster, Stephen	161
13	Gosling, Brian	156	0-1	Levens, David	159
14	Billings, Alex	148	½–½	Garside, Andrew	163
15	Kennedy, Philip	151	½–½	Hayward, Brian	158
16	Gorodi, John	150	0-1	Williamson, Eric	155
			7½-8½

Lancashire U180 - Nottinghamshire U180
11 June 2011
The Bridge Club, Newcastle-under-Lyme
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Whitehead, Mark	178	0-1	Halfpenny, Glen	179
2	Owen, Denis	178	½–½	Walker, Tim	179
3	Woodcock, Simon	178	0-1	Hearne, Rob	174
4	Cooper, John	175	½–½	Flyn, Dave	170
5	Lyth, John	173	½–½	Swain, John	168
6	Riley, Scott	170	½–½	Kingston, Ian	166
7	Hamer, Martyn	169	1-0	Gibson, Geoff	165
8	Jones, Steven	168	0-1	Burke, Steve	165
9	Taylor, Phillip	167	1-0	Foster, Stephen	161
10	Catz, Armand	166	½–½	Poole, Tim	161
11	Dobson, Emlyn	164	½–½	Levens, David	159
12	Boyd, David	162	0-1	Tassi, John	148




			5-7

Nottinghamshire U180 - Kent U180
21 May 2011
Milton Keynes

Notts were white on odds.
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Halfpenny, Glen	179	1-0	Morris, David	177
2	Harrison, John	176	½–½	Hyde, Keith	176
3	Harvey, Kevin	173	½–½	Heard, Andrew	163
4	Swain, John	168	½–½	Anstead, Jerry	162
5	Kingston, Ian	166	1-0	Wood, Peter	162
6	Gibson, Geoff	165	1-0	Heath, David	162
7	Burke, Steve	165	1-0	Sydney, Jacob	160
8	Sudar, Drag	162	½–½	Waters, Andrew	160
9	Foster, Stephen	161	½–½	Kalid, Raphael	147
10	Poole, Tim	161	1-0	Sharp, Gary	146
11	Levens, David	159	1-0	Lettington, David	132
12	Kenyon, Mark	153	1-0	Kalid-Filho, Targino	117
13	default		½–½	default
14	default		½–½	default
15	default		½–½	default
16	default			default
			9½-2½

Report by David Levens:

In the match played last Saturday, at Bramcote, Notts. scored a convincing victory by 10.5 - 5.5 (Full details attached). Though there is little doubt that Warwickshire fielded a side much weakened by other events in their area Notts can be encouraged by the fact that the match was won mainly by the the players on the top 8 boards, where we only outgraded the opposition by an average of 2.5 points. In fact we only lost one game in the top half, winning this part of the match 6-2!! On boards 9-16 where we outgraded the opposition by an average of 9 point per board we only won 4.5-3.5.

I must record my thanks to those who turned up to help set everything out at the start and those who stayed behind to help with the housework! Also my apologies to those able players I omitted to ask to play, but trying to arrange matches for the Open side, the under 180 team and the under 100 team, as well as standing in for the captain of the U-160 team, while being heavily involved with developing junior chess, has not been easy. As usual YOUR Association is short of officers. If you want to be certain of a game in future the NCA would welcome almost anyone willing to take on the task.

Nottinghamshire U180 - Warwickshire U180
26 February 2011
Bramcote Memorial Hall, Nottingham

Notts were black on odds.
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Walker, Tim	179	1-0	Smith, Simon	175
2	Harrison, John	176	1-0	Escott, Keith	179
3	Harvey, Kevin	173	0-1	Cundy, Mark	169
4	Flynn, Dave	170	1-0	Williams, Simon	166
5	Truman, Richard	169	½–½	Wallman, Rob	165
6	Swain, John	168	½–½	Soszynski, Mark	167
7	Kingston, Ian	166	1-0	Robinson, Tom	159
8	Levens, David	159	1-0	Holt, Trevor	160
9	Garside, Andrew	163	0-1	Doran, Mike	153
10	Sudar, Drag	162	1-0	Lawrence, Roy	156
11	Poole, Tim	161	½–½	Lee, Darren	155
12	Hayward, Brian	158	1-0	Fahy, John	151
13	Lane, Tim	156	½–½	Ralph, Sean	149
14	Williamson, Eric	155	1-0	Asbury, John	143
15	Kenyon, Mark	153	½–½	Diddle, Mike	141
16	Murphy, Ross	E150	0-1	Burnet, Alan	138
			10½-5½

Suffolk U160 - Nottinghamshire U160
21 May 2011
Yelling Village Hall, Yelling, St Neots.
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Pott, Laurie	157	0-1	Hayward, Brian	158
2	Fogg, Martin	155	½–½	Broughton, Daniel	158
3	Roberts, Colin	156	1-0	Walters, Keith	158
4	Lamont, Richard	151	½–½	Lane, Tim	156
5	Brown, David	153	½–½	Place, Will	156
6	Taylor, Scott	150	0-1	Thompson, Brian	155
7	Hadrych, Craig	148	0-1	Williamsomn, Eric	155
8	Pearce, Dave	145	0-1	Roper, Keith	152
9	McNaughton, Michael	141	½–½	Cranmer, Stanley	148
10	Watkins, Andrew	143	0-1	London, Nick	148
11	Stephens, Robert	141	0-1	Tassi, John	148
12	Bettley, Mark	148	½–½	Morgan, Philip	147
13	Kirkham, Ed	141	½–½	Hamzah, Ali	145
14	Lastochkin, Nikolay	140	½–½	Taylor, Robert	144
15	Woodward, Vivian	e143	1-0	Davies, Norman	144
16	Lambert, John	137	½–½	Ince, Darran	140
			6-10

Nottinghamshire perfomed well under pressure to come away with a draw. I believe 3 of the top boards had to pull out of the match at the last minute.

Greater Manchester U160 - Nottinghamshire U160
11 December 2010
Newcastle-under-Lyme & Newcastle-under-Lyme bridge and chess club; Newcastle-under-Lyme.
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Ball, Graham	159	½–½	Walters, Keith	158
2	Sheppard, Dan	158	½–½	Lane, Tim	156
3	Trueman, Glenn	158	½–½	Place, William	156
4	Pardoe, Dave	156	0-1	Thompson, Brian	155
5	Connor, Mick	151	½–½	Williamson, Eric	155
6	Lonsdale, Jon	147	1-0	London, Nick	148
7	Beresford, Alan	146	½–½	Tassi, John	148
8	King, Peter	146	0-1	Wagenbach, Janos	148
9	Kierman, David	146	1-0	Morgan, Philip	147
10	Edmunds, Dave	u/g	½–½	Ali, Hamzah	145
11	Nicolson, Jim	143	½–½	Taylor, Marcel	145
12	Connolly, David	139	½–½	Radford, Mark	145
13	Phythian, Graham	138	0-1	Taylor, Robert	144
14	Fox, Richard	129	0-1	Willoughby, Robert	141
15	Sumner, Ray	133	1-0	Default
16	Brooks, Harry	124	1-0	Default
			8-8

Warwickshire U160 - Nottinghamshire U160
13 November 2010
Tysley & District working men's club; Tyseley, Birmingham
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Robinson, Tom	159	0-1	Levens, David	159
2	Reynolds, Robert	154	1-0	Hayward, Brian	158
3	Sadler, Anthony	158	1-0	Broughton, Daniel	158
4	Lee, Darren	155	1-0	Walters, Keith	158
5	Reynolds, Richard	149	½–½	Lane, Tim	156
6	Hope, Gary	151	½–½	Hunter, Steve	155
7	Thomas, Keith	154	0-1	Williamson, Eric	155
8	Ralph, Sean	149	½–½	Kenyon, Mark	153
9	Brodie, Ian	150	½–½	Roper, Keith	152
10	Cottom, Andy	147	1-0	London, Nick	148
11	Brelsforth, Dave	145	½–½	Tassi, John	148
12	Asbury. John	143	½–½	Morgan, Phil	147
13	Tallis, Mark	143	½–½	Kenyon, Alan	133
14	Biddle, Mike	141	½–½	Ali, Hamzah	145
15	Burnet, Alan	138	½–½	Radford, Mark	145
16	Emery, Ian		½–½	Taylor, Robert	144
			9-7

Nottinghamshire U160 - Leicestershire U160
30 October 2010
Bramcote Memorial Hall
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Levens, David	159	½–½	Bingham, James	157
2	Hayward, Brian	158	½–½	Dodds, Iain	157
3	Broughton, Daniel	158	0-1	Cowley, Michael	156
4	Walters, Keith	158	½–½	Pattison, John	155
5	Lane, Tim	156	1-0	Jimenez, Alfonso	154
6	Place, William	156	½–½	Adcock, Gregory	154
7	Hunter, Steve	155	1-0	Booley, Graham	153
8	Williamson, Eric	155	1-0	Watkinson, Phil	152
9	Roper, Keith	152	½–½	Turvey, Steven	146
10	London, Nick	148	1-0	Glover, John	145
11	Tassi, John	148	1-0	Harlow, Phil	145
12	Cranmer, Stan	148	½–½	Tate, Michael	145
13	Morgan, Phil	147	½–½	Ensor, Rob	139
14	Ali, Hamzah	145	1-0	Reynolds, David	137
15	Radford, Mark	145	1-0	Adcock, Terry	136
16	Taylor, Robert	144	½–½	Farquharson, Ian	134
			11-5

Kent U140 - Nottinghamshire U140
21 May 2011
Milton Keynes
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Lane, Robert	139	½–½	Maini, Arun	139
2	Thomas, Peter	138	½–½	Allen, Patrick	135
3	Stampe, Chris	138	0-1	Graham, Neil	134
4	Woodfield, Richard	137	½–½	Kenyon, Alan	133
5	Keane, David	137	1-0	Kenyon, James	133
6	Hollands, George	133	1-0	Thomson, James	133
7	Cove, Henry	137	0-1	Kendall, James	130e
8	Wood, Mike	137	1-0	Nailard, Mike	132
9	Giles, Yasmin	133	1-0	Gibson, Graham	128
10	Bansal, Rohan	133	1-0	Harper, Mick	127
11	East, Robin	132	1-0	Neil, Graham	122
12	Hawkes, Mick	130	1-0	Sayer, Ray	127
13	Houghton, Mark	129	½–½	Brown, Allan	124
14	Bond, Stephen	128	1-0	Morrell, Len	120
15	Homden, Kevin	127	½–½	Budd, Chris	120
16	Andrews, Paul	126	1-0	Mehan, Saaras	121
			11½-4½

For a second year Notts and Worcestershire met at Water Orton for the final zonal round in the MCCU Under 140 contest. In many ways the match mirrored that of 2010, in that Worcestershire had already qualified whilst Notts needed a victory to progress. However the scenario this year was rather different, Worcs had already won the MCCU title and Notts needed at least a 9-7 victory to go forward as either second or third nominees so we thought – last year Notts overhauled Worcs but this time there was no way we could achieve this.

Anyway the match started badly for the West Midlands team when a player failed to turn up thus giving Notts a default win. Unfortunately Ross Mackay didn't get a game however at least he didn't have to wait for five hours to get a lift back. Notts then managed to maintain a slight edge throughout the match; several games were drawn; the Worcs top board overpressed and lost and the only Notts loss on the scoresheet as the match drew to a conclusion was on Board 9. James Kenyon beat another promising junior, I won and we collected the full points on Boards 14 & 15. Saaras Mehan, making his debut, played a very long game which was eventually halved with an ending of bishops of opposite colour. The penultimate game to finish was Ray Sayer who again showed his endgame technique to score the full point leaving Alan Kenyon's game to give Worcs their second win of the match after a prolonged tactical battle. Final score of 10½-5½ was enough to see us through as runners-up.

The zone was very closely matched this year with twelve of the fifteen games finishing 9-7 or closer. We play Kent 1 (SCCU 1) in a tough starter in May.

Derbyshire III who had to play a preliminary have already been knocked out by SCCU opponents. Hertfordshire (SCCU 3).

Worcestershire U140 - Nottinghamshire U140
19 March 2011
Methodist Church Hall Water Orton
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Holowiczak, Alex	137	0-1	Maini, Arun	139
2	Crockett, Stephen	139	½–½	Redburn, Barry	136
3	Ellis, Ian	137	½–½	Allen, Patrick	135
4	Truscott, Ian	136	0-1	Graham, Neil	134
5	Loynes, John	135	1-0	Kenyon, Alan	133
6	Friar, James	130	0-1	Kenyon, James	133
7	Humphphries, Jeremy	131	½–½	Thomson, James	133
8	Yates, Tim	130	½–½	Kendall, Tim	134e
9	Shaw, Tony	130	1-0	Nailard, Mike	132
10	default		0-1	McKay, Ross	129
11	Spowart, David	129	½–½	Gibson, Graham	128
12	O'Gorman T Francis	129	½–½	Harper, Mick	127
13	Kikland, Arnold	125	0-1	Sayer, Ray	127
14	Clack, Ian	119	0-1	Neil, Graham	122
15	Staunton, Giles	114	0-1	Morrell, Len	120
16	Butler, Richard	u/g	½–½	Mehan, Saaras	121
			5½-10½

Nottinghamshire surrendered their Midland title in a match too close to call which went right down to the last game again. We took an early loss on Board 8 but after that things moved on very well.

Andy Sutton & Mick Harper scored wins and I produced a “cheapest tactic of the week” candidate in time trouble so with nine games declared we lead 5-4. Then suddenly Shropshire hit us with three wins; the most notable being on Board 15 where according to everyone John Buttery missed a mate in one or possibly two. Have you noticed how spectators can always see what the players can't? Board 10 was to our advantage but the Salopian was able to hold a K & B versus K, N & RP easily. It was difficult to see how Graham could have avoided this ending which was clearly drawn. Meanwhile we were able to even things up with wins from father and son Alan & James Kenyon. Alan was always winning but James was able to give up his knight for a KRP and then march through his queenside pawns with the opposition bishop and king still floundering on the king's wing. An excellent game! However back came Shropshire with a win on Board 13; it looked as if we were winning this up to the time control but once a series of exchanges took place we were left with an ending of mobile bishop v passive knight. So the last game went to Shropshire.

Shropshire U140 - Nottinghamshire U140
19 February 2011
Shifnal
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Crean, Peter	139	½–½	Allen, Patrick	135
2	Westhead, John	138	1-0	Kirkland, Christopher	135
3	White, Gary	138	0-1	Graham, Neil	134
4	Carbin, Marvin	136	1-0	Kendall, Tim	134e
5	Tennant, Stefan	136	0-1	Kenyon, Alan	133
6	Wilson, Ian	133	0-1	Kenyon, James	133
7	Tunks, John	132	½–½	Nailard, Mike	132
8	Davies, Ian	127	1-0	Parker, Robert	130
9	Pickles, Alan	125	0-1	Harper, Mick	127
10	Ives, Graham	124	½–½	Gibson, Graham	128
11	Salter, Ivor	124	½–½	Neil, Graham	122
12	Visokai, George	117	½–½	Morrell, Len	120
13	Ogundipe, Dele	115	1-0	Budd, Chris	120
14	Paul, Christopher	115	0-1	Sutton, Andy	120
15	Brown, Roger	115	1-0	Buttery, John	118
16	Powell, Derrick	105	1-0	Sargeant, Chris	109
			8½-7½

2010 saw Notts completely unbeaten (our December match was snowed off); so our next challenge was to see off Derbyshire, captained by Dave Dunne. Quite what he's doing playing for them is a mystery. In a senior moment to better the one in Match 1; this time I managed to turn up with 17 players using the simple expedient of inviting a regular to play then omitting him from the team sheet. I'm indebted to the player concerned for not kicking me under the table as he should have done!

There were two Notts losses on 7 & 8; but these were quickly balanced by wins for the University players drafted in on Boards 15& 16. It was pretty close all the way with Mick Harper winning from an extremely complex situation whilst I scored a rather easier victory. Unfortunately Barry appeared to stumble into a self-mate and with three to declare the match stood at 6½-6½. Graham Gibson stood worse for a substantial time but equalised easily in the ending. The dreaded bishop/knight endings were well in evidence elsewhere. Although pawns down, Christopher Kirkland had hemmed his opponent's king, bishop and rook into a corner with his own knight and rook. The exchange was lost and the ending of R v B was always won for us. So 8-7 to Notts.

However in a replay from last year's game, Mike Nailard was playing Vaughan Smith and this time it was Vaughan's active rook/bishop and king against Mike's passive rook/knight and king. Mike has advised me since that the position was holdable but it always looked difficult over the board. So yet another draw 8-8.

Nottinghamshire U140 - Derbyshire U140
29 January 2011
Bramcote Memorial Hall
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Redburn, Barry	136	0-1	Carter, Mike	137
2	Kirkland, Christopher	135	1-0	Kelsall, John	133
3	Graham, Neil	134	1-0	Walker, Roger	131
4	Thomson, James	133	½–½	Thacker, Steve	130
5	Nailard, Mike	132	0-1	Smith, Vaughan	129
6	Kendall, Tim	134e	½–½	Hickling, Richard	131
7	Garnett, Robert	134	0-1	Harrison, Ron	126
8	Parker, Robert	130	0-1	Sheldon, Phil	130
9	Gibson, Graham	128	½–½	Bramley, Doug	126
10	Harper, Mick	127	1-0	Crofts, Brian	123
11	Neil, Graham	122	½–½	Dawson, Ric	121
12	Cronshaw, Derek	123	0-1	Dunne, Richard	122
13	Morrell, Len	120	½–½	Swift, Jonathan	122
14	Budd, Chris	120	½–½	Marshall, Nigel	118
15	Edwards, John	112	1-0	Loomes, Bert	117
16	Sargeant, Chris	109	1-0	Gibson, Martin	63
			8-8

Notts continued their unbeaten run by drawing with Warwickshire. At the start of the week the Warwickshire captain told me he was “having difficulty raising a team” so in a fit of generosity I offered to reduce the number of boards to 15. At that time I had 14 players in place so it wouldn't have proved too difficult to produce a full side.

Match day arrived and there were plenty of problems. Firstly I'd managed for a second successive match to leave the clipboard with all the paperwork at home. I therefore had to persuade Derek to tear up his scorebook (no scoresheets) and remember what my team was! Secondly, my Board One failed to turn in. I phoned him and he had supposedly “left a message” - where this was I was never able to ascertain. The fact that he hasn't appeared anywhere to play this season might indicate otherwise. I am indebted to Dorothy Blampied who had arrived to spectate for filling in – but it was perhaps inevitable that Warwicks were able to open the scoring on this board.

Andy Sutton and Len Morrell soon put points on the board for Notts. Newcomer Christopher Kirkland played an excellent game and James Thomson, sat on my other side; overwhelmed his opponent. I was losing badly but the West Midland player got into time trouble and collapsed in a heap. Nottinghamshire lead 7½-4½ and although two games were irrevocably lost, I hoped that we might save the bishop v knight ending in the last game. That was until the knight forked K & B. Warwickshire turned up rather stronger than I anticipated – they were the only team to defeat us in 2009/10 so maybe not too bad.

Nottinghamshire U140 - Warwickshire U140
23 October 2010
Bramcote Memorial Hall
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Maini, Arun	139	½–½	Burnet, Alan	138
2	Redburn, Barry	136	½–½	Harrison, Keegan	138
3	Allen, Patrick	135	½–½	Weber, Ralf	136
4	Kirkland, Christopher	135	1-0	Hussain, Adrian	133
5	Graham, Neil	134	1-0	Phipps, Malcolm	133
6	Thomson, James	133	1-0	Al-Samir, Medri	133
7	Nailard, Mike	132	0-1	Warren, Kenneth	130
8	Parker, Robert	130	½–½	Evans, Gary	130
9	Gibson, Graham	128	0-1	Evans, Christopher	127
10	Brown, Allan	124	0-1	Green, John	128
11	Neil, Graham	122	½–½	Johnson, Lennie	128
12	Cronshaw, Derek	123	0-1	Gilbert, Kim	120
13	Sutton, Andrew	120	1-0	Pakenham, John	114
14	Morrell, Len	120	1-0	Trigg, Matt	114
15	Blampied, Dorothy *	82	0-1	Hodkinson, Peter	114
16
	* reserve		7½-7½

Leicestershire U120 - Nottinghamshire U120
05 February 2011
The old school Melton rd, Thurmaston
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Uski, Ville	118	1-0	Gold, David	119
2	Cresswell, Peter	118	0-1	Buttery, John	118
3	Stone, Robert	116	½–½	Hargreaves, Malcolm	112
4	Adams, Michael	119	0-1	Edwards, John	112
5	White, David	113	0-1	Sargeant, Chris	109
6	Gist, Elizabeth	109	1-0	Clegg, Tracey	106
7	Thornton, Mike	108	0-1	Bonnello, Chris	105
8	Hollingworth, Stuart	107	½–½	Morley, Stephen	105
9	Hill, Cyril	103	0-1	Kacprzak, Lucasz	99
10	Smith, Jason	102	0-1	Attwood, Charlotte	98
11	Davis, Richard	101	0-1	Blampied, Dorothy	82
12	Clay, Terry	95	1-0	Seagrave, Michael	74
			4-8

Staffordshire U120 - Nottinghamshire U120
13 November 2010
Bushbury Chess Club, Wolverhampton
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Crozet, Peter	119	0-1	Buttery, John	118
2	Lewis, Barry	118	1-0	Edwards, John	112
3	Meakin, Anthony	117	1-0	Hargreaves, Malcolm	111
4	Brodie, Bob	115	½–½	Sargeant, Chris	109
5	Walters, Paul	114	1-0	Clurow, Gary	109
6	Micklewright, Stephen	111	1-0	Clegg, Tracey	106
7	Tindley, David	108	0-1	Kacprzak, Lukasz	99
8	Torbica, Danny	106	1-0	Attwood, Charlotte	98
9	Jones, Simon	104	½–½	Swanwick, Steve	92
10	Guest, Paul	104	1-0	Blampied, Dorothy	82
11	Cox, Geoff	101	1-0	Lake, Alex	70
12	Buckley, David	94	½–½	Swanwick, Mike	50
			8½-3½

Warwickshire U120 - Nottinghamshire U120
16 October 2010
Moseley All Services Club, Birmingham
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Rourke, Joe	119	1-0	Gold, David	119
2	Byrne, Steve	118	½–½	Buttery, John	118
3	Morgan, Wilf	117	1-0	Sudarshan, Raghav	117
4	Leaper, Richard	115	½–½	Jones, Gareth	115
5	Dixon, Bill	115	½–½	Edwards, John	112
6	Trigg, Matt	114	1-0	Callingham, Harry	111
7	Pakenham, John	114	0-1	Sargeant, Chris	109
8	Hodkinson, Peter	114	0-1	Clegg, Tracey	106
9	Hotchkiss, Steve	112	0-1	Somers, David	100
10	Woodward, Pauline	112	1-0	Blampied, Dorothy	82
11	Rowe, Dave	108	1-0	Jones, Hannah	84
12	Gee, Graham	107	1-0	Lake, Alex	72e
			7½-4½

Lancashire U100 - Nottinghamshire U100
21 May 2011
Newcastle Bridge Club
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Whitehead, Gerry	99	0-1	Kacprzak, Lucasz	99
2	Thorp, Dave	99	1-0	Attwood, Charlotte	98
3	Shaugnessy, Phillip	97	1-0	Chubb, Adrian	92
4	Reid, John	96	1-0	Swanwick, Steve	90
5	Wright, Fergal	92	1-0	Garside, Graham	92
6	Neil, Jennifer	92	1-0	Cairney, Ken	89
7	Marshall, John	90	0-1	Fraser, Chris	87
8	Chapman, Jason	89	1-0	Heath, Ken	86
9	Varney, Gerard	75	½–½	Blampied, Dorothy	82
10	Lally, Martin	63	0-1	Seagrave, Michael	74
11	Varney, Patrick	61	0-1	Barber, Steve	74
12	Rothwell, Adam	40	1-0	Swanwick, Michael	51
			7½-4½

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Derbyshire

Staffordshire

Warwickshire

Shropshire

Report by David Levens:

At an EC meeting earlier in the season Neil Graham, bless him, suggested that we use as many of our juniors as possible for this team. This seemed a really good idea at the time and, because of my involvement with Junior Chess in the county, I foolishly volunteered to captain the team. However, it turned out later that the date of the first match clashed with two major junior events!! The calendars of both junior and adult chess being so full I attempted to raise a primarily adult team, only to discover that we don't really have that many adults graded under 100 and many of those we do have either could not or would not play. In the end we were forced to default 3 boards, but Warwickshire also had to default one and we eventually lost 4-7. A big thank you from me to all who made the journey to Oldbury, West Midlands and an especially big thank you to Steve Swanwick of Nomads, who acted as captain on the day. Due to the lack of entrants in the MCCU stages both sides qualify for the final

Warwickshire U100 - Nottinghamshire U100
04 March 2011
BramedHall(?) Conservative club
Board		Grade			Grade
1	Armitage, Mark	99	0-1	Kacprzak, Lucasz	99
2	Buxton, Aron	99	1-0	Attwood, Charlotte	98
3	Kandra, Jass		1-0	Parham, Simon	94
4	Mallard, Andrew	92	1-0	Fraser, Chris	87
5	Sturch. Alan	92	0-1	Swanwick, Steve	90
6	Hopkins, Stephen	92	½–½	Heath, Ken	86
7	Brown, Eddie	88	½–½	Blampied, Dorothy	82
8	Watkins, Harvey	84	1-0	Singh, Toyaj	78
9	Hillman, Bob	79	0-1	Seagrave, Michael	74
10	Wilmot, Les		1-0	default
11	Clulee, John	89	1-0	default
12	default			default
			7-4