Chess in the Greater Manchester area
County Open 2009/10
County Chess: Open 2009/10
Here are the results and reports of the Manchester County Open team in the MCCU competition.
Here are the results and reports of the Manchester County Open team in the MCCU competition.
Fixtures
October 10th 2009 Derbyshire v Gtr. Manchester
January 30th 2010 Gtr. Manchester v Stafforrdshire
March 13th 2010 Gtr. Manchester v Warwickshire
FINALS: ESSEX v GTR MANCHESTER Saturday April 17th 2010
October 10th 2009 Derbyshire v Gtr. Manchester
January 30th 2010 Gtr. Manchester v Stafforrdshire
March 13th 2010 Gtr. Manchester v Warwickshire
FINALS: ESSEX v GTR MANCHESTER Saturday April 17th 2010
Table
First three qualify
First three qualify
Results
|
Midland Counties Chess Union Open Championship 2009/10 | ||||||
|
Board |
GTR. MANCHESTER |
Grade |
Score |
Score |
Gra de |
DERBYSHIRE |
|
1 |
D HULMES |
211 |
1 |
0 |
196 |
P MADDEN |
|
2 |
R BEACH |
197 |
½ |
½ |
189 |
D LATHAM |
|
3 |
M SURTEES |
194 |
0 |
1 |
189 |
K LAKHANI |
|
4 |
S PICKLES |
n/a |
0 |
1 |
179 |
M JOHNSON |
|
5 |
H LAMB |
181 |
½ |
½ |
171 |
S GILMORE |
|
6 |
A TYTON |
175 |
½ |
½ |
173 |
A MORT |
|
7 |
G EL GEHANI |
171 |
1 |
0 |
183 |
S BRACEY |
|
8 |
J MURPHY |
172 |
1 |
0 |
167 |
R GAMBLE |
|
9 |
G UTYUZHNIKOVA |
177 |
0 |
1 |
168 |
T BOULD |
|
10 |
M TURCAN |
170? |
1 |
0 |
165 |
M HOWARD |
|
11 |
J WORDSWORTH |
164 |
½ |
½ |
163 |
A DOWNHAM |
|
12 |
A BERESFORD |
159 |
½ |
½ |
158 |
D JARVIS |
|
13 |
A WEBBER |
n/a |
1 |
0 |
154 |
P MOORE |
|
14 |
M CONNOR |
147 |
½ |
½ |
154 |
M POLVINA |
|
15 |
D CONNOLLY |
141 |
0 |
1 |
144 |
R HEDGES |
|
16 |
I LAMB |
127 |
½ |
½ |
133 |
E BENTLEY |
|
|
Average grade |
E 168 |
8½ |
7½ |
166 |
Average grade |
MCCU Open Championship.
October 10th 2009.
Venue: Spondon, Derbyshire.
October 10th 2009.
Venue: Spondon, Derbyshire.
Here are three games from the match.
Essex v Gtr Manchester
Finals: Preliminary Round
17th April 2010 ,Syston, Leicestershire.
Finals: Preliminary Round
17th April 2010 ,Syston, Leicestershire.
Hi all,
The journey is over for another season following defeat on Saturday in the County Championship Preliminary Qualifiers versus Essex losing 11.5 - 4.5.
I'd like to announce the end of my tenure as Open Captain and finish with a summary of the 4 matches that were played this season.
1st Match vs Derbyshire - We opened against newcomers Derbyshire to the Open Counties. Probably the weakest of the 4 counties we expected this to be a must win. It proved a little too close for comfort with Derbyshire taking us to the wire eventually coming down to Richard Beach's match. Where Richard sensationally managed to draw what looked to be a lost R+R+2P vs R+R ending. Manchester finally won it 8.5 - 7.5
2nd Match vs Staffordshire - We played this match at a neutral venue at Holmes Chapel proving a very amicable arrangement for all players concerned from both sides. Again this match teetered on a knife edge - both sides evenly matched. We ended up losing the battle for the top boards, holding our own on the middle boards and winning on the bottom boards. Towards the latter stages in the match Harry had a drawn pawn endgame and Mick approached me to ask if Harry should go for the win as he felt he could. In hindsight it's probably best to just allow players to take a draw rather than going "all out" for a win which can backfire as it did in this case. For me this perfectly summarised just how close the match was for all concerned. We narrowly lost the match 8.5 - 7.5
3rd Match vs Warkwickshire - Played at the Newcastle-under-Lyme Bridge Club which I'd like to say is a fantastic venue to play at. Comfortable and within a reasonable distance for both sides. This match was probably the least close of all of the first 3 matches although we managed to hold 5.5-5.5 on the top 11 boards we lost the battle on the bottom boards. We eventually lost the match 9.5 - 6.5.
4th Match vs Essex - We had to travel quite a distance to our encounter with Essex. Roughly 250+ mile round trip to Syston in Leicestershire to the Syston & District Social Club. With the derby match Man Utd vs Man City and Nottingham Congress on the same day in hindsight it probably wasn't the best idea to have played this county match on this day. I don't feel that the final result does justice to our overall play for the match or in fact the campaign as a whole. Many of the games that were lost we were I felt winning in but were unfortunately unable to capitalise.
Due to the various challenges (clashing congress', the infamous derby match [we all know between who] etc.) experienced I was unfortunately unable to field as strong a side as I would have liked for this match but felt that at the very least if I could get a few juniors on board and give them some county experience we could take something positive from the match and possibly if everyone was on their A-game win the match. Unfortunately this wasn't to be and late in the day a couple of the games that looked safe were lost. Eventually we succumbed to a very strong Essex side that saw them fielding IM Lawrence Trent on board 1 - 11.5 - 4.5
Hopefully see you all soon and best of luck for the rest of the season.
Kind Regards,
James Murphy
The journey is over for another season following defeat on Saturday in the County Championship Preliminary Qualifiers versus Essex losing 11.5 -
I'd like to announce the end of my tenure as Open Captain and finish with a summary of the 4 matches that were played this season.
1st Match vs Derbyshire -
2nd Match vs Staffordshire -
3rd Match vs Warkwickshire -
4th Match vs Essex -
Due to the various challenges (clashing congress', the infamous derby match [we all know between who] etc.) experienced I was unfortunately unable to field as strong a side as I would have liked for this match but felt that at the very least if I could get a few juniors on board and give them some county experience we could take something positive from the match and possibly if everyone was on their A-
Hopefully see you all soon and best of luck for the rest of the season.
Kind Regards,
James Murphy
Greater Manchester v Essex
1
b
David Hulmes
211
½
½
Lawrence Trent
223
2
w
Richard Beach
197
0
1
David Sands
212
3
b
Andy Reeve
188
1
0
Jonathan Rodgers
202
4
w
Harry Lamb
188
0
1
Andrew Lewis
207
5
b
James Murphy
172
0
1
John Hodges
193
6
w
Tom Vout
178
½
½
Tim Hebbes
186
7
b
Mitchell Burke
162
0
1
Ivan Myall
185
8
w
Adam Tyton
175
1
0
Ivor Smith
185
9
b
James Wei
160
0
1
Jeff Goldberg
183
10
w
Mick Norris
175
1
0
Kevin White
183
11
b
Steve Jones
143
0
1
John White
179
12
w
John Lonsdale
157
0
1
Larry Marden
178
13
b
Alan Beresford
159
½
½
Philip Gregory
177
14
w
Dave Pardoe
151
0
1
John Moore
173
15
b
Nathan Gittens
134
0
1
David Millward
172
16
w
Ian Lamb
127
0
1
Ian Hunnable
167
4½
11½