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2007-8 Season Correspondence Chess

Published 8 September 2008 supplemented 10 July 2020

 

ECF County & District Correspondence 2007-8 Division 2: The Sinclair Trophy
Team Score Position
Staffordshire 14 ½

 1st
Greater Manchester 13 ½

 2nd
Essex 2 10½

 3rd
Warwickshire 9½

 4th
Worcestershire 7

 5th
Details
  Worcestershire   The Rest
E1 (b) Brian Turner ½ - ½ J Emanuel (Warks)
E2 (w) Ian Clarke 1 – 0 Syd Kalinsky (Essex 2)
E3 (w) Steve Mellor 0 – 1 P Adams (Gtr Manch)
E4 (b) Tony Spittle 0 – 1 G Rosser (Staffs)
E5 (b?) David Close 1 – 0 Paul Savin (Essex 2)
E6 (w) Nic Hyde 1 – 0 R Reynolds (Warks)
E7 (w) Alan Ruffle 0 – 1 J Amison (Staffs)
E8 (b) Arnold Kirkland 0 – 1 R P Vann (Gtr Manch)
E9 (b) Alun Williams ½ - ½ T Adkins (Warks)
E10 (w) Stefan Fuchs 0 - 1 Howard Berlin (Essex 2)
E11 (w) Paul Adamson 0 – 1 J Clissold (Gtr Manch)
N1 (b) Jim Keene 0 – 1 R FHayward (Staffs)
N2 (b) Maurice Bissell ½ - ½ Ron Franklin (Essex 2)
N3 (w) John Knee ½ - ½ T A Lane (Warks)
N4 (w) Eric Horwill 0 – 1 A Wilson (Staffs)
N5 (b) Jim Cox 0 – 1 R Bradney (Gtr Manch)
N6 (b) Dr Raafat 0 – 1 R Harriman (Warks)
N7 (w) Denis Spencer ½ - ½ Phil Thomson (Essex 2)
N8 (w) Geoff Herbert ½ - ½ M Pollard (Gtr Manch)
N9 (b) Noel Hobbs 1 – 0 J White (Staffs)
N10 (b) Bert Foord 0 – 1 John Keeher (Essex 2)
N11 (w) Ken Tyson 0 – 1 M B A Walker (Warks)
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Captain Jim Keene wrote "The result this year did not build on our improvements of last year. None the less people are enjoying their games and one or two indicated their result could have easily gone the other way. Alas not in my case!" E denotes players used e-mail and N that players exchanged moves by post. Board strength was devided between the two methods of exchanging moves. Source: Records from John Knee and Ray Collett.

 

County & District Correspondence 2007-8 Division 3: Brown Pond Trophy
Team Score Position
Essex B 9 1st
Leics B 7½ 2nd
Sussex 2 6½ 3rd
Cumbria B 6 4th
Berks 4 5th
Worcs 2 2½ 6-7th
Warks 3 2½ 6-7th
Dorset B 1 8th
Details. The season opened on the 7th November 2007 and we welcomed a new member Richard Collett from Greenlands Chess Club to the team. This still left one vacancy on Bd. 9 which Carl Forrester of Redditch agreed to fill so he played two games. Worcestershire were out-graded on every board with exception of B1, which was a draw. On other boards the disparity in over-the-board strengths was great, for example Jeffery Fox (119) played S.Ruthen with a rating of 160 and our new member Richard Collett playing on Bd.4, graded 90, was up against Dr Jim Miller (Leics B) graded 155. Although the results on these boards set a precedent for the rest of us, it's no dishonour losing to such opponents. The score of one bright spot, Francis O’Gorman's win, is given here [Opens in new window]. (Ray Collett, based on Tony West’s match report.)
  Worcestershire   The Rest
1. (b) D Gallimore ½ - ½ R W Cox (Warks 3)
2. (w) Jeffrey Fox 0 - 1 S Ruthen (Essex 3B)
3. (w) F O’Gorman 1 - 0 A C Bullock (Dorset B)
4. (b) Richard Collett 0 - 1 Jim Miller (Leics B)
5. (w) Fred Batson 0 - 1 Ian Henderson (Berks)
6. (b) W J (Bill) Pugh 0 - 1 R Selby (Sussex 2)
7. (w) Carl R Forrester 0 - 1 John Hollinsworth (Cumbria B)
8. (b) R Walkowiak 1 - 0 Clive Mounsey (Cumbria B)
9. (w) Carl R Forrester 0 - 1 J H Packenham Warks 3
10. (b) M A (Tony) West 0 - 1 K Chilvers (Essex 3B)
Worcestershire 2½ out of 10

 

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