WECU Jamboree 2012
September 17th, 2012 | 
Author: This annual pre-season get-together was held at the Tacchi-Morris Arts Centre, Taunton, which has proved a good venue in recent years, being relatively central to the Union’s elongated area.
In the Open Section, Somerset had strong players at the top end and scored well, but fell away badly lower down the order, collecting only 1½/6 points in the bottom half. Peter Chaplin’s short, bright win on Bd. 6 is well worth looking at. Devon’s performance was the mirror image of this, and their 5½/6 points on Bds 7-12 won the day.
The clearly-relieved winning captain’s report to his troops was as follows:-
It was a good team performance with good wins from John Stephens on bd 2, Dave Regis on bd 5, myself on bd7, Alan Brusey on bd 8, Alex Billings on bd 9 and a somewhat fortuitous Meyrick Shaw on bd 10. Solid draws from John Wheeler on bd 3, Steve Homer on bd 4, Brian Gosling on bd 11 and Trefor Thynne on bd 12.
Dominic Mackle succumbed to Jack Rudd’s speed otherwise would have drawn on 1. Kevin Hurst lost a piece under pressure from the dangerous Geoff Taylor on bd 6.
Well played team and everyone was on time!
Brian Hewson.
| Open Section | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Tot. |
| Glos. | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 4 |
| Devon | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 8 |
| Somerset | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 6 |
The individual scores in the Open were as follows:-
| Bd | name | grd | name | grd | ||||
| 1 | D1 | D. Mackle | 202 | 0 | 1 | S1 | J. Rudd | 220 |
| 2 | S2 | D. Buckley | 202 | 1 | 0 | G1 | C. Mattos | 179 |
| 3 | G2 | P. Kirby | 177 | 0 | 1 | D2 | J. K. Stephens | 192 |
| 4 | D3 | J. F. Wheeler | 186 | ½ | ½ | G3 | J. Jenkins | 170 |
| 5 | G4 | P. J. Meade | 169 | 0 | 1 | S3 | D. Littlejohns | 180 |
| 6 | S4 | T. Stuttard | 177 | ½ | ½ | D4 | S. J. Homer | 184 |
| 7 | D5 | D. Regis | 179 | 1 | 0 | S5 | M. Richardt | 177 |
| 8 | S6 | P. Chaplin | 176 | 1 | 0 | G5 | P. Dodwell | 163 |
| 9 | G6 | G. Taylor | 154 | 1 | 0 | D6 | K. J. Hurst | 176 |
| 10 | D7 | B. W. Hewson | 174 | 1 | 0 | G7 | M. Ashworth | 148 |
| 11 | G8 | B. Whitelaw | 147 | 0 | 1 | S7 | A. F. Footner | 174 |
| 12 | S8 | D. Painter | 172 | 0 | 1 | D8 | A. W. Brusey | 174 |
| 13 | D9 | A. J. Billings | 171 | 1 | 0 | S9 | D. Botting | 168 |
| 14 | S10 | C. Purry | 165 | 0 | 1 | G9 | G. Brown | 146 |
| 15 | G10 | R. Dixon | 142 | 0 | 1 | D10 | M. Shaw | 166 |
| 16 | D11 | B. G. Gosling | 164 | ½ | ½ | G11 | P. Baker | 140 |
| 17 | G12 | A. Richards | 139 | 1 | 0 | S11 | G. Jepps | 161 |
| 18 | S12 | D. Wood | 150 | ½ | ½ | D12 | T. F. Thynne | 158 |
The Grade-limited section was complicated by the Exeter League’s failure to produce a full team, due to a combination of misunderstandings, player unavailability, late withdrawals and a promotion to the 1st team. The lower section was reduced to near farce as Organiser, Ben Edgell, struggled to achieve new pairings. He couldn’t avoid a number of defaults, but at least everyone present got a game.
Another consequence is that the first table below shows the team points leading to Torbay winning the trophy, but the second chart shows the games actually played, as per the scoresheets.
| Graded Section | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Tot. |
| Torbay League | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1* | 8 |
| Exeter League | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0* | 5½ |
| Dorset | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1* | 1 | 7½ |
| Somerset ‘B’ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* = default.
| Bd | name | grd | name | grd | ||||
| 1 | T1 | A. S. Kinder | 162 | 1 | 0 | E1 | S. Bartlett | 164 |
| 2 | D1 | M. Littleton | 167 | 1 | 0 | S1 | A. A. Champion | 147 |
| 3 | E2 | I. S. Annetts | 152 | ½ | ½ | D2 | D. Aldwinkle | 149 |
| 4 | S2 | R. D. Knight | 139 | 0 | 1 | T2 | M. Stinton | 159 |
| 5 | T3 | W. Ingham | 158 | 1 | 0 | D3 | M. Litchfield | 142 |
| 6 | E3 | K. Atkins | 143 | 1 | 0 | S3 | C. Strong | 136 |
| 7 | S4 | M. Baker | 136 | ½ | ½ | E4 | J. Morrison | 137 |
| 8 | D4 | J. Bowley | 141 | 1 | 0 | T4 | J. Fraser | 163 |
| 9 | D5 | P. Brackner | 137 | ½ | ½ | E5 | J. Knowles | 128 |
| 10 | T5 | R. Wilby | 145 | 0 | 1 | S5 | C. Stanton | 132 |
| 11 | E6 | R. H. Jones | 130 | 1 | 0 | T6 | Megan O’Brien | 124 |
| 12 | S6 | M. Cooper | 126 | 1 | 0 | D6 | P. Jackson | 133 |
| 13 | E6 | J. Maloney | 117 | 1 | 0 | E7 | R. Scholes | 118 |
| 14 | D7 | I. J. Willis | 130 | 1 | 0 | S7 | K. Stanton | 112 |
| 15 | E8 | E. Palmer | 130 | 0 | 1 | D8 | W. J. Kelly | 129 |
| 16 | S8 | R. Waters | 112 | ½ | ½ | T7 | D. W. Russell | 120 |
| 17 | T8 | J. A. Ariss | 139 | 1 | 0 | D9 | N. Mackie | 161 |
| 18 | E9 | S. Hill | 112 | ½ | ½ | S9 | F.R .Hodge | 115 |
| 19 | S10 | G. Berryman | 112 | 1 | 0 | E10 | B. Aldwin | 101 |
| 20 | D10 | K. C. Spooner | 113 | 1 | 0 | T9 | N. F. Tidy | 119 |
| 21 | D11 | J. George | 108 | 1 | 0 | T10 | C. Zisimides | 106 |
| 22 | T11 | A. Tatam | 110 | 1 | 0 | S11 | S. Gray | 102 |
| 23 | T12 | B. Wilkinson | 121 | 1 | 0 | sub | M. J. Ward | 93 |
| 24 | S12 | V. McAndrew | 93 | 0 | 1 | D12 | M. Kaye | 95 |
http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/games/current/others/base.htm
Games from the Open Section here▲ and the Graded Section here ▼
http://www.chessdevon.co.uk/HTML/games/current/dcca/base.htm
General view of the Open Section getting started.
The top game: Mackle vs Rudd featuring a long endgame.
Nearest: Hewson v Ashworth; Taylor v Hurst & Chaplin v Dodwell.
The Graded Section gets started.
Top games in the Graded Section.
The only lady present, Megan O'Neil, waits for the photographer to finish snapping and start playing.
Captain of the Devon team, Brian Hewson, receives the trophy from organiser, Ben Edgell.
Torbay League captain, Rob Wilby, is pleased to receive the trophy - again.
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