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The British Chess Magazine
News from the British Isles
The Berks & Bucks Congress was held at
Tyford, 24th–26th August.
Championship: 1st JD Wager (undefeated) 5/6; 2nd MJ Wadsworth 4.5; 3rd= RD de
Coverly and C Purdon both 4 … 16 played.
Challengers: 1st JS Shakespeare 5.5/6;
2nd M Lucey 5; 3rd S Borland 4.5 … 13 players.
Reserves “A”: 1st DJ Turner 5/6; 2nd TJ Rixon 4.5 … 16 ran.
Reserves “B”: 1st= K Sawers and M Smith
both 5/6 … 17 played.
Reserves “C”: 1st= A Balaji and PS Collis
both 5/6 … 15 players.
Brighton. A new club is being set up on
Tuesday afternoons by LifeLines. Players age
50+ welcomed, especially learners. A volunteer led-project. Phone (01273) 684384 and
ask for Krishan.
Delancey UK Schools Chess Challenge,
2013, ‘Terafinal’, held at Loughborough
17th–18th August, was won by Marcus Harvey Marlborough with 16/18, 2nd Akshaya
Kalaiyalahan Nonsuch 15, 3rd= Maria Wang
Oxford High and Yang-Fan Zhou Whitgift
both 14, 5th= William Foo Wellington College, Andrew Horton Ashton, Tharshan
Kuhendiran Wilson’s, Naomi Wei City of
London and J-L Weller All Saints all 13 … 58
played in this top section.
Diary. Basildon Rapidplay, organised by
Two Kings Chess and Basildon CC, is scheduled for Sunday, 17th November. www.
BasildonChess.org. One section, six rounds.
Nathanael Lutton, 23 Whitmore Way, Basildon, Essex SS14 3NT.
South Wales New Year Congress at Heronston Hotel, Ewenny Road, Bridgend, 3rd–
5th January, 2014. Open/U1800/U1550. 5
round Swisses. First round: 6.30 pm start.
Kevin Stavely, 57 Treharne Street, Cwmparc,
Rhondda CF42 6LH. [email protected].
76 played in the Adam Raoof’s Golders
Green Rapidplay on 3rd August. The top
section was won by PS Cooksey with 5.5/6.
Leek. 84 played, 6th–8th September:
Main “A”: 1st AT Richardson 4/5.
Main “B”: 1st MI Connor 4.5/5.
Main “C”: 1st Sharon Daniel 4.5/5.
Obituary
Correspondence and otb player, Robert E.
Rough (?– Inverness 12 ix 2013), has died.
He had been club secretary locally, but his
wit and good humour will be remembered
far and wide. He was 63.
Paignton. 150 played in the longstanding
Devon Congress, now shifted to Torquay.
Premier: 1st KC Arkell – lost to Steve Berry,
see below – 6/7; 2nd SH Berry 5.5; 3rd= F
Rayner (WLS), A Crombleholme, C Fegan, D
Mackle and S Dilleigh all 4.5.
G SH Berry
O KC Arkell
Ron Bruce Premier, 2013
Symmetrical English A39
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f3 f6 6 d4 c×d4 7 ×d4 ×d4 8 ×d4
d6 9 0–0 0–0 10 d3 d7 11 b3 c5 12
d2 b8 13 b2 b6 14 ad1 b7 15 e4
a6 16 fe1 a8 17 e2 d7 18 h4 h5 19