Notts Correspondence Chess Team 2018-19 Report

Report by Phil Morgan

This season Notts are competing in the second tier of County correspondence play – C+DCCC Sinclair division. Each team has 8 members, who each play 2 games

We are doing well. We stand on 9.5/14 with 2 games left in play. We have been very well led by our 2 titled players, SIM Jon Tait, and CCE Gordon Anderson who have each won both their games.

The likely winners of the division look to be Essex B, currently on 7/7, with 9 games in play.

We look likely to be fighting out second place with Midlands rivals, Warwickshire B, currently on 5½/8.

For the latest results please visit the ICCF website.

Crosstable

Team	Bd 1		Bd 2		Bd 3		Bd 4		Bd 5		Bd 6		Bd 7		Bd 8		Total
Nottinghamshire	1	1	1	1	½	½	½	½			1	1	½	1	0	0	9.5
Essex B	1		1								1	1	1	1	1	1	8
Warwickshire B		0		0				½	1	1	1	½	1	½			5.5
Somerset			1	1			½	1			0	0	0	0	0	0	3.5
Yorkshire C	0		0	0			0	½	½		½	0			1	1	3.5
Worcestershire A			½		1	1	½	½	0	0	0	0			0	0	3.5
Surrey C	0	0	0	0	0	0	½			½			0	½	1	1	3.5
Hampshire		1		½	½	½							½	0			3

 

Pairings

Board	1st player	Grade	Team	Game 1	Game 2	2nd player	Grade	Team
1	Jonathan Tait	2420	Nottinghamshire	1-0	1-0	Julien Shepley	1900	Surrey C
2	Gordon Anderson	2333	Nottinghamshire	1-0	1-0	Robert Bruce	1941	Yorkshire C
3	Justin Hadi	2249	Nottinghamshire	½-½	½-½	Richard Ward	2153	Hampshire
4	Alexander Combie	1900	Nottinghamshire	½-½	½-½	John Knee	1765	Worcestershire A
5	Glenn Halfpenny	1900	Nottinghamshire			John Sargent	2216	Essex B
6	John Shaw	1900	Nottinghamshire	1-0	1-0	James Fewkes	1996	Somerset
7	Philip D Morgan	1900	Nottinghamshire	½-½	1-0	Stephen Welch	1800	Surrey C
8	Simon Scott	1800	Nottinghamshire	0-1	0-1	Jose Dimiti	1900	Surrey C

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