Chiltern County Chess Matches 2013 / 14

Hampshire had a very busy chess season, playing in the West of England, Chiltern League and National stages. Adding all these matches (26!) would make this post too long, and therefore it will be split into separate articles. This post is to cover just the Chiltern League Open, U150 and U125 matches although that is still 14 matches. Full details on the Chiltern League Website.

One of the hopeful benefits of posting a season which is less than 10 years ago (written in 2023) is that I will know a lot more of the players. Although I was not playing county chess at this time (not much chess at all to be honest).

Open
Under 150
Under 125

Hampshire Player Performance
Summary
Acknowledgements and sources

For the record of Hampshire County matches and links to any articles I have written the table on the Hampshire County Chess Matches page will detail these. The Hampshire County Chess History page summaries the leagues Hampshire have played in and the successes Hampshire have achieved. Both of these are available from the menu at the top of the site as well.

In the Open section Hampshire won two matches, drew two and lost two as Buckinghamshire ran away with the Championship, just dropping the one draw. Full details are included on the Chiltern League Website.

Chiltern League Open

Hampshire vs Buckinghamshire – 5 Oct 2013
Hampshire vs Berkshire – 26 Oct 2013
Oxfordshire vs Hampshire – 23 Nov 2013
Buckinghamshire vs Hampshire – 25 Jan 2014
Berkshire vs Hampshire – 22 Feb 2014
Hampshire vs Oxfordshire – 15 Mar 2014

Chiltern League U150

Hampshire won all six matches although the Championship title was not decided until the last match of the year, when Hampshire beat Oxfordshire. Full details are included on the Chiltern League website. Hampshire would go on to win the National U140 Championship in which a number of the players in the Chiltern League U150 would play in. This was a most impressive season for this team, which was captained by Ashraf Syed (as was the Chiltern League U150 team).

Buckinghamshire U150 vs Hampshire U150 – 28 Sep 2013
Hampshire U150 vs Berkshire U150 – 2 Nov 2013
Oxfordshire U150 vs Hampshire U150 – 7 Dec 2013
Hampshire U150 vs Buckinghamshire U150 – 11 Jan 2014
Berkshire U150 vs Hampshire U150 – 1 Mar 2014
Hampshire U150 vs Oxfordshire U150 – 22 Mar 2014

Chiltern League U125

It seems this was to be the same as the Open and Under 150 championships with a home and away match against each County. However this did not happen and Hampshire only played the two matches, with one win and one loss. With Hampshire playing in the WECU as well as the Open and Under 150 this was a very busy schedule, and it was not unexpected that fulfilling all fixtures proved difficult.

Update: The Hampshire AGM Minutes had a bit more information on this and the Hampshire President (Chris Priest) attended the Chiltern League AGM where there was concern about the defaults of our Under-125 team. Chris had assured the Chiltern AGM that Hampshire would improve, but the following year we had the same issues with board defaults, and the U125 competition was soon disbanded (2014/15 was the last season). Personally, as mentioned running 2 teams in the WECU and 3 in the Chiltern was probably a bit too much (with the amount of matches).

Full details are included on the Chiltern League website.

Oxfordshire U125 v Hampshire U125 24 Nov 2013
Hampshire U125 v Berkshire U125 19 Jan 2014

Hants A v Bucks A – 5 Oct 2013

Hampshire started off playing Buckinghamshire at home and although the match was drawn I think they missed a chance to defeat them. This was Bucks weakest team of the season and Hampshire our graded them by 4 points. Hampshire had the benefit this season of two players graded 210 in Ian Thompson and Mark Broom, but they often faced similar rated opponents.

Hampshire winners were Mark Broom, Ivan Stipcevic, David Fowler, Gareth Aneurin Jones, Gillian Moore, Peter Dallas, Bob Cleave and Kevin Steele.

Board	Hampshire A	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Bucks A	Grade	Result
1	Ian D Thompson	Black	210	½	Peter JE Ackley	186	½
2	Mark Broom	White	210	1	Stephen Law	184	0
3	Chris JV Bellers	Black	187	0	Stephen B James	183	1
4	Paul F Cooper	White	178	0	Alex Bullen	181	1
5	Fraser N McLeod	Black	173	½	Simon P Finn		½
6	Timothy J Davis	White	170	0	Graham E Borrowdale	180	1
7	Ivan Stipcevic	Black	167	1	Andy Tinker	172	0
8	David W Fowler	White	167	1	Richard H Symonds	173	0
9	Stuart W Knox	Black	163	0	Mateusz Dydak	165	1
10	Gareth Aneurin Jones	White	163	1	Jonathan T Melsom	157	0
11	David F Thompson	Black	157	0	Herby Ferris	155	1
12	Gillian A Moore	White	148	1	A Graham Brown	153	0
13	Barry A Kocan	Black	148	0	Peter Finn	153	1
14	Paul V Bennett	White		0	Nick J Butland	148	1
15	Peter L Dallas	Black	140	1	Darrell A Watson	142	0
16	Jonathan G Young	White	138	½	David J Turner	141	½
17	Bob A Cleave	Black	138	1	Gregory Edmonds	136	0
18	John H Watts	White	134	0	Richard Cranston	128	1
19	Roy E Ashmore	Black	132	½	Eugene Bolduc	125	½
20	Kevin G Steele	White	129	1	Andrew W Hill	123	0
			161	10		157	10

Hants A v Berks A – 26 Oct 2013

Hampshire met Berkshire also at home, and although their team was weaker than their team against Buckinghamshire, averaging 155 this was still stronger than the travelling Berkshire team. The Hampshire team being weaker than their first match as mainly down to the two 210 players not playing, as the strength in depth remained, with the first under 150 player was not until board 12.

Berkshire had two players graded over 210 in their team and in general out graded Hampshire on the top boards; but from board 6 onwards this trend started to turn with Hampshire fielding the stronger players. Hampshire managed to come out on top winning 11½ – 8½ win. Hampshire winners were Gareth Aneurin Jones, David Thompson, Barry Kocan, Bob Cleave, James Chilton and Kevin Steele.

Board	Hampshire A	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Berks A	Grade	Result
1	William M McDougall	White	193	½	Paul S Cooksey	216	½
2	Chris JV Bellers	Black	187	0	Nicolas Croad	211	1
3	Paul F Cooper	White	178	0	Neil A Bridge	192	1
4	Fraser N McLeod	Black	173	0	Charles ES Bullock	174	1
5	Timothy J Davis	White	170	0	Colin J Lyne	170	1
6	Ivan Stipcevic	Black	167	½	Richard Zhu	162	½
7	David W Fowler	White	167	1	Michael F Redmond	160	0
8	Stuart W Knox	Black	163	½	Dean Close	153	½
9	Gareth Aneurin Jones	White	163	1	Brian G Millis	151	0
10	David F Thompson	Black	157	1	W Peter Tickner	146	0
11	Christopher PA Priest	White	152	½	Trevor Passby	143	½
12	Barry A Kocan	Black	148	1	Adrian K Riley	136	0
13	Gillian A Moore	White	148	½	Roy A Brown	128	½
14	Bob A Cleave	Black	138	1	Gordon G Birch	125	0
15	Jonathan G Young	White	138	½	Steve Pitts	126	½
16	James I Chilton	Black	136	1	Brian Cleves	120	0
17	Timothy J Chapman	White	135	½	Ivor H Kelly	113	½
18	John H Watts	Black	134	½	David Hemmings	112	½
19	Roy E Ashmore	White	132	½	Simon C Sellick	111	½
20	Kevin G Steele	Black	129	1	Ivan Sayer	91	0
			155	11½		147	8½

Oxford A vs Hants A – 23 Nov 2013

The two players graded 210 returned for the Oxfordshire match (and both won) which meant Hampshire were stronger than the previous match. However Oxfordshire had a stronger team in total with no player graded under 150, which is very impressive for a 20 board match.

With this in mind the drawn match was a great result for Hampshire and the fact that Hampshire won on the top 4 boards was key. Hampshire winners were Ian Thompson, Mark Broom, Dominic Tunks, Bill McDougall, Fraser McLeod, Chris Priest, Jamie Chilton and Ray Hartley.

Hampshire’s team also included a future British Chess Champion (2022), Harry Grieve. He was playing his first of two games he played for Hampshire this year, both against the same opponent and he lost both games. Harry was only 12 at the time and already graded 152 and he played for Hampshire until 2016.

Board	Oxford A	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Hants A	Grade	Result
1	Jason P McKenna	Black	195	0	Ian D Thompson	210	1
2	Antonio Sanchez	White		0	Mark Broom	210	1
3	Jon P Manley	Black	192	0	Dominic R Tunks	196	1
4	Rodney J Nixon	White	178	0	William M McDougall	193	1
5	Ray J Starkie	Black	177	½	Chris J Bellers	187	½
6	William Burt	White	176	1	Paul F Cooper	178	0
7	Maria Wang	Black	172	0	Fraser N McLeod	173	1
8	Sean Terry	White	171	1	Timothy Davis	170	0
9	Mike March	Black	170	1	Gareth Aneurin Jones	163	0
10	X Anna Wang	White	169	1	Bernard Cooke	154	0
11	Nick Burrows	Black	168	0	Christopher PA Priest	152	1
12	Clifford Marcus	White	163	1	Harry Grieve	152	0
13	Mike W Marlow	Black	159	1	Barry A Kocan	148	0
14	Neil Staples	White	158	½	Gillian A Moore	148	½
15	Martin L Bush	Black	158	0	James I Chilton	136	1
16	Nigel J Moyse	White	156	1	John H Watts	134	0
17	Nicholas J Hepworth	Black	156	½	Roy E Ashmore	132	½
18	A Philip Neatherway	White	155	0	Ray E Hartley	128	1
19	Robin J Nandi	Black	154	½	James Barnett	124	½
20	Leif JB Dixon	White	153	1	Philip Gething	124	0
			167	10		160	10

Bucks A vs Hants A 24 Jan 2014

The return match against Buckinghamshire saw them bring a much stronger team than the first one. Their board five in this match was playing on board one in the first match. Hampshire had a similar strength team on both matches, but this meant Bucks were averaging 11 rated points more than Hampshire.

The match was fairly close, but Bucks came out ahead 11½ – 8½. Hampshire winners were Dominic Tunks, David Fowler, Jonathan Young, Roy Ashmore and Frank Bonsey. Also noticeable was Stuart Knox’s draw on board 11 against Simon Finn (197), although he seems to have been on a lower board than his grade would have expected. This may be due to him returning to chess, as this was his first grade for 10 years (but it remained fairly constant in the 190’s).

Board	Bucks A	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Hants A	Grade	Result
1	Hans-Peter Hansen	Black	205	½	Ian D Thompson	210	½
2	Philip Bonafont	White	194	½	Mark Broom	210	½
3	Guy Moss	Black	189	0	Dominic R Tunks	196	1
4	Roger de Coverly	White	189	1	Chris J Bellers	187	0
5	Peter Ackley	Black	186	½	Horia D Bogdan	179	½
6	Stephen Law	White	184	½	Paul F Cooper	178	½
7	Stephen James	Black	183	1	Fraser N McLeod	173	0
8	William Claridge-Hansen	White	182	1	Timothy Davis	170	0
9	Alex Bullen	Black	181	0	David W Fowler	167	1
10	Graham Borrowdale	White	180	½	Gareth Aneurin Jones	163	½
11	Simon Finn	Black	197	½	Stuart W Knox	163	½
12	Andrew Tinker	White		1	Christopher PA Priest	152	0
13	Richard Symonds	Black	173	1	Barry A Kocan	148	0
14	John Syner	White	154	1	Gillian A Moore	148	0
15	Peter Finn	Black	153	½	Stephen D LeFevre	140	½
16	Edward Basham	White	148	0	Jonathan G Young	138	1
17	Kevin Hawkins	Black	148	1	Timothy J Chapman	135	0
18	Darrell Watson	White	142	0	Roy E Ashmore	132	1
19	David Turner	Black	141	1	Kevin Steele	129	0
20	Andrew Hill	White	123	0	Frank A Bonsey	129	1
			171	11½		162	8½

Hants A vs Berks A – 22 Feb 2014

Berkshire were much stronger at home than their team which played in Hampshire (170 to 147) and included three players graded over 200. The strength in depth proved too much and Berkshire won 11½ – 8½, which was actually closer than you would expect from the grades difference.

Hampshire winners were Ivan Stipcevic, Michael Roberts, Jamie Chilton and Stephen LeFevre.

Board	Berks A	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Hampshire A	Grade	Result
1	Paul S Cooksey	Black	216	1	Ian D Thompson	210	0
2	Nicolas Croad	White	211	1	Mark Broom	210	0
3	Matthew J Wadsworth	Black	206	1	Paul F Cooper	178	0
4	Neil A Bridge	White	192	1	David W Fowler	167	0
5	John D Wager	Black	186	0	Ivan Stipcevic	167	1
6	Shawn P Tavares	White	189	1	Fraser N McLeod	173	0
7	David Roberts	Black	183	1	Stuart W Knox	163	0
8	Christopher J Archer-Lock	White	163	½	Timothy Davis	170	½
9	Colin J Lyne	Black	170	½	Christopher PA Priest	152	½
10	John Townsend	White		½	Gareth Aneurin Jones	163	½
11	Daniel A Sparkes	Black	172	½	Peter L Dallas	140	½
12	Paul S Janota	White	167	½	Gillian A Moore	148	½
13	Louise Head	Black	167	1	Barry A Kocan	148	0
14	Brian G Millis	White	151	0	Michael Roberts	142	1
15	Mark Wallace	Black	153	0	James I Chilton	136	1
16	George DA Green	White		0	Stephen D LeFevre	140	1
17	Michael F Redmond	Black	160	½	Roy E Ashmore	132	½
18	Dinah M Norman	White	142	½	Bob A Cleave	138	½
19	Gordon G Birch	Black	125	½	Kevin Steele	139	½
20	David Hemmings	White	112	½	Christopher Smith	129	½
			170	11½		157	8½

Hants A vs Oxford A – 15 Mar 2014

Hampshire’s last Open match of the season was against Oxfordshire, who brought a strong team to Hampshire with every player graded in excess of 150. An impressive win by Hampshire 11½ – 8½ with Ian Thompson, Mark Broom, Dominic Tunks, Bill McDougall, Fraser McLeod, Chris Priest, Jamie Chilton and Ray Hartley.

Board	Hampshire A	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Oxford A	Grade	Result
1	Ian D Thompson	Black	210	1	Jason P McKenna	195	0
2	Mark Broom	White	210	1	Antonio SC Sanchez Camacho		0
3	Dominic R Tunks	Black	196	1	Jon P Manley	192	0
4	William M McDougall	White	193	1	Rodney J Nixon	178	0
5	Chris JV Bellers	Black	187	½	Ray J Starkie	177	½
6	Paul F Cooper	White	178	0	William Burt	176	1
7	Fraser N McLeod	Black	173	1	Maria Wang	172	0
8	Timothy J Davis	White	170	0	Sean Terry	171	1
9	Gareth Aneurin Jones	Black	163	0	Mike March	170	1
10	Bernard Cooke	White	154	0	X Anna Wang	169	1
11	Christopher PA Priest	Black	152	1	Nick Burrows	168	0
12	Harry Grieve	White	152	0	Clifford Marcus	163	1
13	Barry A Kocan	Black	148	0	Mike W Marlow	159	1
14	Gillian A Moore	White	148	½	Neil Staples	158	½
15	James I Chilton	Black	136	1	Martin L Bush	158	0
16	John H Watts	White	134	0	Nigel J Moyse	156	1
17	Roy E Ashmore	Black	132	½	Nicholas J Hepworth	156	½
18	Ray E Hartley	White	128	1	A Philip Neatherway	155	0
19	James A Barnett	Black	124	½	Robin J Nandi	154	½
20	Philip Gething	White	124	0	Leif JB Dixon	153	1
			161	11½		167	8½

Bucks U150 vs Hants U150 – 28 Sept 2013

Moving onto the under 150 matches Hampshire’s first opponents were Buckinghamshire and both counties bought teams of the same strength, but Hampshire were comfortable 10 – 6 winners. Peter Dallas, John Watts, Ashraf Syed, Chris Smith, John Wiseman, John Davis and Brian Cochran were the Hampshire winners.

Board	Bucks A	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Hants A	Grade	Result
1	Kevin F Hawkins	Black	148	1	Andy I Manning	149	0
2	Mark Cleary	White	147	½	Gillian A Moore	148	½
3	Yaqub Saeed	Black	140	0	Peter L Dallas	140	1
4	David J Turner	White	141	½	Jonathan G Young	138	½
5	Gregory Edmonds	Black	136	0	John H Watts	134	1
6	Tom J Rixon	White	134	1	Michael R Pope	133	0
7	Richard Pomerenke	Black	134	½	Roy E Ashmore	132	½
8	David Rollinson	White	128	0	Ashraf Syed	132	1
9	Richard Cranston	Black	128	0	Christopher Smith	129	1
10	Joan Gardner	White	127	½	Kevin G Steele	129	½
11	Eugene Bolduc	Black	125	½	James A Barnett	124	½
12	Ian JL Hall	White	121	1	Philip Gething	124	0
13	Fred G Day	Black	114	½	John R Webb	124	½
14	SE Ramesh Boury	White	113	0	John M Wiseman	122	1
15	Andrew P Challinger	Black	109	0	John E Davis	115	1
16	Simon E Chappell	White	95	0	Brian V Cochran	104	1
			128	6		130	10

Hants U150 vs Berks U150 – 2 Nov 2013

Berkshire were Hampshire’s second opponents and Hampshire’s team was on par with their first match, but the travelling Berks had an average grade 12 points lower, which always makes for a tough challenge. Berkshire were very competitive though and only lost by 2 points. Hampshire winners in this match were Peter Dallas, Keith Bateman, Kevin Steele, Philip Gething and John Wiseman.

Board	Hants U150	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Berks U150	Grade	Result
1	Gillian A Moore	Black	148	0	W Peter Tickner	146	1
2	Peter L Dallas	White	140	1	Trevor Passby	143	0
3	Bob A Cleave	Black	138	0	Adrian K Riley	136	1
4	Jonathan G Young	White	138	0	Hamish Sloan	131	1
5	Timothy J Chapman	Black	135	½	Roy A Brown	128	½
6	John H Watts	White	134	½	Steve Pitts	126	½
7	Roy E Ashmore	Black	132	½	Gordon G Birch	125	½
8	Ashraf Syed	White	132	½	Witold Koreywo	122	½
9	Keith R Bateman	Black	129	1	William McVeagh	121	0
10	Christopher Smith	White	129	½	Ivor H Kelly	113	½
11	Kevin G Steele	Black	129	1	Victor J Ballard	112	0
12	Frank A Bonsey	White	129	½	Kevin Sturge	109	½
13	Philip Gething	Black	124	1	David Stallan	109	0
14	John M Wiseman	White	122	1	Connor Sturge	102	0
15	Barry Diaper	Black	116	½	Ivan Sayer	91	½
16	Paul Eyles	White	99	½	Christine Coates	81	½
			130	9		118	7

Oxfords U150 v Hants U150 7 Dec 2013

Hampshire travelled away to Oxfordshire for their third match and met an extremely strong under 150 team, with an average grade on 140! In fact it took until board 11 before Oxford dropped below 140. Hampshire had also beefed up their team averaging 137 with the bottom board graded 128.

Surprisingly Hampshire won the match by 11 points to 5. Gillian Moor, Phil Ash, Stephen Le Fevre, Bob Cleace, Jon Young, Tim Chapman, David Culliford, Roy Ashmore, Ashraf Syed and Jack Armorgie brought home the full points for Hampshire.

With this, Hampshire had won their first three matches and were looking to dominate the Under 150 Championship this year.

Board	Oxford U150	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Hants U150	Grade	Result
1	Gareth Stevens	Black	149	0	Gillian A Moore	148	1
2	Richard Beckett	White	148	1	Alex JP Vanlint	146	0
3	Roly Piggott	Black	147	½	Bogdan Orlowski	143	½
4	Graham L Cole	White	147	1	Michael Roberts	142	0
5	Karl Biswas	Black	147	0	Phil Ash	142	1
6	Pavel Asenov	White	147	0	Stephen D LeFevre	140	1
7	Andrew Varney	Black	146	0	Bob A Cleave	138	1
8	Simon E King	White	143	0	Jonathan G Young	138	1
9	Martin Sheridan	Black	142	0	Timothy J Chapman	135	1
10	Maria Mate	White	140	1	John H Watts	134	0
11	Zaid Marham	Black	137	0	David Culliford	133	1
12	John F Taylor	White	137	½	Michael R Pope	133	½
13	Stephen Rumsby	Black	137	0	Roy E Ashmore	132	1
14	Malcolm Brindley	White	133	0	Ashraf Syed	132	1
15	James Cole	Black	126	1	Chris R Smithers	129	0
16	Ian R Brooke	White	109	0	Jack Armorgie	128	1
			140	5		137	11

Hants U150 vs Bucks U150 – 11 Jan 2014

The home match against Buckinghamshire ended with the same result as the away match. Hampshire ended with a comfortable 10 – 6 win, despite Hampshire defaulting one board. Alex Vanlint, Bob Cleave, Alec Samuels, John Watts, Michael Pope, Roy Asmore and Kevin Steele were the Hampshire winners

Board	Hants U150	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Bucks U150	Grade	Result
1	Barry A Kocan	Black	146	½	Kevin F Hawkins	144	½
2	Gillian A Moore	White	147	½	Mark Cleary	149	½
3	Alex JP Vanlint	Black	143	1	David C Ross (snr)	141	0
4	Ted Black	White	145	½	Darrell A Watson	143	½
5	Peter L Dallas	Black	147	0	Gregory Edmonds	132	1
6	Michael J White	White	138	0	Tom J Rixon	137	1
7	Jonathan G Young	Black	133	½	Derek Simpson	130	½
8	Bob A Cleave	White	134	1	Richard Cranston	122	0
9	Timothy J Chapman	Black	135	½	Stephen Barnes	121	½
10	Alec Samuels	White	140	1	Peter Thomas	121	0
11	John H Watts	Black	122	1	Ian JL Hall	126	0
12	David Culliford	White	131	½	Richard C Keane	123	½
13	Michael R Pope	Black	119	1	David Langford	109	0
14	Roy E Ashmore	White	137	1	Fred G Day	105	0
15	Kevin G Steele	Black	134	1	SE Ramesh Boury	116	0
16	Default	White		0	Default		1
			137	10		128	6

Berks U150 vs Hants U150 – 1 Mar 2014

A much more decisive win against away to Berkshire was achieved, compared to the home match. Hampshire winners in the 11 – 5 score were Peter Dallas, Gillian Moore, Tim Chapman, Bob Cleave, Frank Bonsey, John Watts, Philip Gething and James Barnett. Could Hampshire complete achieve maximum points by beating Oxfordshire in their last match.

Board	Berks U150	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Hants U150	Grade	Result
1	Dinah M Norman	Black	140	0	Peter L Dallas	147	1
2	Trevor Passby	White	137	0	Gillian A Moore	147	1
3	W Peter Tickner	Black	139	1	Barry A Kocan	146	0
4	Colin C Fell	White	137	1	Michael Roberts	145	0
5	Hamish Sloan	Black	134	½	Stephen D LeFevre	139	½
6	Roy A Brown	White	127	½	Roy E Ashmore	137	½
7	Geoff W Naldrett	Black	126	½	Ashraf Syed	136	½
8	William McVeagh	White	120	0	Timothy J Chapman	135	1
9	Brian Cleves	Black	119	0	Bob A Cleave	134	1
10	Witold Koreywo	White	115	½	Jonathan G Young	133	½
11	Gordon G Birch	Black	115	0	Frank A Bonsey	129	1
12	David Hemmings	White	111	½	Christopher Smith	128	½
13	Kevin Sturge	Black	111	0	John H Watts	122	1
14	Victor J Ballard	White	107	0	Philip Gething	119	1
15	Connor Sturge	Black	105	½	John M Wiseman	117	½
16	Ivan Sayer	White	97	0	James A Barnett	111	1
			121	5		133	11

Hants U150 vs Oxford U150 – 22 Mar 2014

Looking at the final table, Hampshire went into this with five wins from five matches, but Oxford had won their other four matches, including a 13 – 3 win against Berkshire. Therefore Hampshire has to ensure they did not lose by more than 4 points to win the championship. In the end despite the closest match of the season Hampshire maintained their 100% record and won the Championship with their 8½ – 7½ match win.

Hampshire winners were Barry Kocan, Ewart Smith, Ashraf Syed, Tim Chapman and Bob Cleave (again!). Both teams were strong, Hampshire averaging 140 and Oxfordshire 137.

Board	Hants U150	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Oxford U150	Grade	Result
1	Peter L Dallas	Black	147	½	Graham L Cole	153	½
2	Gillian A Moore	White	147	0	Roly Piggott	152	1
3	Barry A Kocan	Black	146	1	Karl Biswas	149	0
4	Ted Black	White	145	½	Christopher J Grice	149	½
5	Michael Roberts	Black	145	0	Andrew N Chapman	148	1
6	Ewart J Smith	White	144	1	Rod E Langham	147	0
7	Alex JP Vanlint	Black	143	½	Derek F Edwards	142	½
8	Christopher Smith	White	128	0	Richard Beckett	141	1
9	Robert Davenport	Black	140	½	Maria Mate	141	½
10	Stephen D LeFevre	White	139	½	James Cole	135	½
11	Michael J White	Black	138	½	Sam Harkins	136	½
12	Roy E Ashmore	White	137	½	Malcolm Brindley	130	½
13	Ashraf Syed	Black	136	1	William Stanley (Bill)	125	0
14	Timothy J Chapman	White	135	1	Gary Reynolds	119	0
15	John B Symons	Black	134	0	Ian R Brooke	117	1
16	Bob A Cleave	White	134	1	Richard Barker	112	0
			140	8½		137	7½

Oxford U125 vs Hants U125 – 24 Nov 2013

Alongside the Open, under 150 and WECU matches Hampshire also entered the Chiltern League Under 125 Championship. Only two matches were played and in the first one Hampshire also defaulted four boards in their 9 – 3 loss to Oxfordshire. It was probably a step too far to enter this competition, although I do not have any further details, but I presume Hampshire did think they could fulfil their match commitments?

Jonathan and Benjamin Perryman were the two Hampshire winners in the match.

Board	Oxford U125	Grade	Bd Colour	Result	Hants U125	Grade	Result
1	Oscar J Idle	122	Black	½	Graham PW Payne	120	½
2	Jonathan Fowler	121	White	½	Alan S Willis	109	½
3	Edward Reynolds	105	Black	1	Joe H French	100	0
4	David WD Phillips	104	White	0	Jonathan Perryman	98	1
5	Marianne Hauer	93	Black	1	Ratan Radia		0
6	Default		White	1	Default		0
7	Daniel Rowan	123	Black	1	Rahul Radia	111	0
8	Mark Creasey	122	White	0	Benjamin Perryman	87	1
9	John Harvey	121	Black	1	Samantha Perryman	90	0
10				1	Default		0
11				1	Default		0
12				1	Default		0
		113		9		102	3

Hants U125 vs Berks U125 – 19 Jan 2014

Hampshire had better luck in their match against Berkshire, despite one default then won 8½ – 3½ with James Barnett, Joe French, Jonathan Perryman, Paul Vanlint, Jeremy Doyles, Benjamin Perryman, Samantha Perryman and Charles Coombes winning their games.

Following these matches Hampshire defaulted the remaining four matches.

Board	Hants U125	Bd Colour	Grade	Result	Berks U125	Grade	Result
1	James A Barnett	Black	111	1	David Starley	114	0
2	Alan S Willis	White	115	0	Dhruva Bhagwat	116	1
3	Joe H French	Black	99	1	James C Moody	90	0
4	Jonathan Perryman	White	121	1	James Beckinsale	101	0
5	Paul Vanlint	Black	102	1	Jack Lawrence		0
6	Jeremy Doyles	White		1	Neville Birdi	64	0
7	Christopher Perryman	Black	94	0	David Stallan	107	1
8	Benjamin Perryman	White	114	1	Kevin Sturge	111	0
9	Samantha Perryman	Black	93	1	Ivan Sayer	97	0
10	Charles Coombes	White		1	Connor Sturge	105	0
11	Christopher Stern	Black		½	Christine Coates	86	½
12	Default	White		0	Default		1
			106	8½		99	3½

Hampshire Player Performance – Chiltern League

According to my records 70 players represented Hampshire in the Chiltern League with two players playing in every Open and Under 150 match which is very impressive. Both these players scored 50% or more and Roy Ashmore managed 7½ points from his 12 games.

Bob Cleave probably had the best record with his 6½ points from 8 games, whilst Jamie Chilton and Dominic Tunks both scored 100% from their 4 and 3 games respectively. Kevin Steele and Peter Dallas results also scored heavily.

Hants Player	Win Percentage	Points Scored	Games Played
Roy E Ashmore	62.5%	7.5	12
Bob A Cleave	81.3%	6.5	8
Gillian A Moore	50.0%	6	12
Peter L Dallas	71.4%	5	7
Kevin G Steele	71.4%	5	7
Timothy J Chapman	64.3%	4.5	7
Jonathan G Young	56.3%	4.5	8
James I Chilton	100.0%	4	4
Ashraf Syed	80.0%	4	5
John H Watts	44.4%	4	9
James A Barnett	70.0%	3.5	5
Mark Broom	70.0%	3.5	5
Stephen D LeFevre	70.0%	3.5	5
Dominic R Tunks	100.0%	3	3
David W Fowler	75.0%	3	4
Christopher PA Priest	60.0%	3	5
Ian D Thompson	60.0%	3	5
Gareth Aneurin Jones	50.0%	3	6
Frank A Bonsey	83.3%	2.5	3
William M McDougall	83.3%	2.5	3
Ivan Stipcevic	83.3%	2.5	3
John M Wiseman	83.3%	2.5	3
Christopher Smith	50.0%	2.5	5
Fraser N McLeod	41.7%	2.5	6
Barry A Kocan	27.8%	2.5	9
Ray E Hartley	100.0%	2	2
Jonathan Perryman	100.0%	2	2
Benjamin Perryman	100.0%	2	2
Philip Gething	40.0%	2	5
David Culliford	75.0%	1.5	2
Michael R Pope	50.0%	1.5	3
Alex JP Vanlint	50.0%	1.5	3
Jack Armorgie	100.0%	1	1
Phil Ash	100.0%	1	1
Keith R Bateman	100.0%	1	1
Brian V Cochran	100.0%	1	1
Charles Coombes	100.0%	1	1
John E Davis	100.0%	1	1
Jeremy Doyles	100.0%	1	1
Alec Samuels	100.0%	1	1
Ewart J Smith	100.0%	1	1
Paul Vanlint	100.0%	1	1
Ted Black	50.0%	1	2
Joe H French	50.0%	1	2
Samantha Perryman	50.0%	1	2
David F Thompson	50.0%	1	2
Stuart W Knox	25.0%	1	4
Michael Roberts	25.0%	1	4
Chris JV Bellers	20.0%	1	5
Horia D Bogdan	50.0%	0.5	1
Robert Davenport	50.0%	0.5	1
Barry Diaper	50.0%	0.5	1
Paul Eyles	50.0%	0.5	1
Bogdan Orlowski	50.0%	0.5	1
Graham PW Payne	50.0%	0.5	1
Christopher Stern	50.0%	0.5	1
John R Webb	50.0%	0.5	1
Michael J White	25.0%	0.5	2
Alan S Willis	25.0%	0.5	2
Paul F Cooper	8.3%	0.5	6
Timothy J Davis	8.3%	0.5	6
Paul V Bennett	0.0%	0	1
Andy I Manning	0.0%	0	1
Christopher Perryman	0.0%	0	1
Rahul Radia	0.0%	0	1
Ratan Radia	0.0%	0	1
Chris R Smithers	0.0%	0	1
John B Symons	0.0%	0	1
Bernard Cooke	0.0%	0	2
Harry Grieve	0.0%	0	2

Summary

The highlight of the season was the Under 150 teams 100% record, with the core of the team which went on to win the National Under 140 title, which I will cover in a separate post. But it cannot be underestimated that the season allowed 70 Hampshire players to play County Chess. This is including a number who would not have been able to play in the WECU matches, either due to strength or location.

I am sure the Hampshire Captains had a logistical headache trying to ensure all County teams were able to field suitable players, and juggling the teams to ensure they were all competitive. They completed this successfully, and congratulations were due to Dominic Tunks (WECU), Fraser McLeod (Chiltern Open) and Ashraf Syed (Chiltern U150) who managed this task.

If anyone has anything to add please do let me know, especially games and recollections of the matches.