Hampshire will play six Chiltern county matches this season. Three matches in and Hampshire have won two and lost one. Full details are available on the Chiltern League Website. Hampshire go into this season as current champions.
If any players would like to supply games, or snippets of games from the matches I will add to the report. Hampshirechesshistory@gmail.com
Chiltern League
- Berkshire A 7 – Hampshire A 13 – 23 Sept 2023
- Hampshire A 11 – Oxfordshire A 9 – 28 Oct 2023
- Buckinghamshire A 13 – Hampshire A 7 – 25 Nov 2023
- Hampshire A 9 – Berkshire A 11 – 27 Jan 2024
- Oxfordshire A 13 – Hampshire A 7 – 17 Feb 2024
- Hampshire A 13½ – Buckinghamshire A 3½ – 2 Mar 2024
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.
Berkshire A 7 – 13 – Hampshire A 23 Sept 2023
A great start to the Chiltern League season yesterday with a 13-7 win over Berkshire yesterday – a bad day to be facing anyone called Deacon! and a great win for debutant Toni Martinez-Sykora on board one against a highly rated opponent.
Congratulations also to other winners: Peter Dallas, Phil Pinto, Gillian Moore, Ashraf Syed and Chris McSheehy – details below.
Fraser McLeod – Match Captain
Board | Berks A | Colour | Grade | Result | Hants A | Colour | Grade | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Paul Cooksey | Black | 2349 | 0 | Antonio Martinez-Sykora | White | 2155 | 1 |
2 | Charles Bullock | White | 2002 | ½ | Mark Broom | Black | 2124 | ½ |
3 | David Roberts | Black | 2020 | ½ | Martin Buckmaster | White | 2018 | ½ |
4 | Daniel Sparkes | White | 1965 | ½ | Tim Davis | Black | 1962 | ½ |
5 | Abhishek Pradhan | Black | 1860 | 1 | Fraser McLeod | White | 1930 | 0 |
6 | John Townsend | White | 1855 | ½ | Gareth A Jones | Black | 1919 | ½ |
7 | Jon Lloyd | Black | 1829 | ½ | Stuart Knox | White | 1899 | ½ |
8 | Ayan Pradhan | White | 1791 | 0 | Matthew Deacon | Black | 1889 | 1 |
9 | Peter Tickner | Black | 1758 | 0 | David Deacon | White | 1861 | 1 |
10 | Nigel Dennis | White | 1768 | ½ | Malcolm Cooper | Black | 1821 | ½ |
11 | David Johnson | Black | 1802 | ½ | Graham Stuart | White | 1779 | ½ |
12 | Yawar Jafri | White | 1612 | 1 | Simon Terleckis | Black | 1744 | 0 |
13 | Paul Deane | Black | 1570 | 0 | Peter Dallas | White | 1737 | 1 |
14 | Bob Wooding | White | 1531 | 0 | Phil Pinto | Black | 1707 | 1 |
15 | Hamish Sloan | Black | 1518 | 0 | Gillian Moore | White | 1727 | 1 |
16 | Shruthisriya Ganesh | White | 1504 | 0 | Ashraf Syed | Black | 1684 | 1 |
17 | Calvin Chris Biju | Black | 1491 | 1 | Scott Leadbetter | White | 1671 | 0 |
18 | Gareth Ward | White | 1415 | 0 | Chris McSheehy | Black | 1696 | 1 |
19 | David Lilwall | Black | 1381 | ½ | Simon Lawrence | White | 1590 | ½ |
20 | Alfie Smith | White | 1328 | 0 | Nicholas Deacon | Black | 1529 | 1 |
1717 | 7 | 1822 | 13 |
Hampshire A 11 – 9 – Oxfordshire A 28 Oct 2023
Hampshire won 11-9 in the Chiltern League yesterday against Oxfordshire, making it two wins from two in defence of our title.
Our opponents fielded some very strong players on the top boards and we struggled there apart from a sensational win by Iwan Cave against Yichen Han, rated over 2500.
We had more strength in depth though, and wins were recorded by Jamie Chilton, Malcolm Cooper, Rob McClatchey, Kevin Steele, Tim Chapman, Phil Pinto and Simon Gates (making his league debut).
The result is recorded at https://www.oxfordfusion.com/oca/ViewResult.cfm?LeagueID=464&Display=13852&Org=8 with a copy of the match card shown below.
Fraser McLeod – Match Captain
Game
Iwan Cave has annotated his excellent win against Dutch IM Yichen Han. I think the chess speaks for itself in this game. But for background Yichen has not lost a game since April this year, and was unbeaten in the British Championship, where he finished in equal third behind Michael Adams.
Board | Hants A | Colour | Grade | Result | Oxford A | Colour | Grade | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Iwan Cave | Black | 2162 | 1 | Yichen Han | White | 2506 | 0 |
2 | Antonio Martinez-Sykora | White | 2155 | ½ | David Zakarian | Black | 2337 | ½ |
3 | Mark Broom | Black | 2124 | 0 | Kenneth Hobson | White | 2259 | 1 |
4 | Keith DF Gregory | White | 1982 | 0 | Dimitrios Zakarian | Black | 2121 | 1 |
5 | Timothy Davis | Black | 1962 | 0 | Soren Riis | White | 2094 | 1 |
6 | Fraser N McLeod | White | 1903 | 0 | Gary C Jackson | Black | 1937 | 1 |
7 | Gareth Aneurin Jones | Black | 1919 | ½ | A Philip Neatherway | White | 1801 | ½ |
8 | Stuart W Knox | White | 1899 | ½ | Asif Hameed | Black | 1770 | ½ |
9 | James I Chilton | Black | 1862 | 1 | Richard Beckett | White | 1747 | 0 |
10 | Malcolm Cooper | White | 1821 | 1 | Martin Lambert | Black | 1689 | 0 |
11 | Rob McClatchey | Black | 1790 | 1 | Gary Reynolds | White | 1671 | 0 |
12 | Graham Stuart | White | 1786 | ½ | Ian Gilders | Black | 1670 | ½ |
13 | Steven E Jones | Black | 1778 | 0 | Simon E King | White | 1 | |
14 | Kevin Steele | White | 1767 | 1 | Barry A Kocan | Black | 1613 | 0 |
15 | Simon Terleckis | Black | 1744 | 0 | William (Bill) Stanley | White | 1597 | 1 |
16 | Peter L Dallas | White | 1732 | ½ | Lakshay Prabhu | Black | 1561 | ½ |
17 | Timothy J Chapman | Black | 1734 | 1 | Craig Miller | White | 1534 | 0 |
18 | Gillian A Moore | White | 1696 | ½ | Andrew JP English | Black | 1492 | ½ |
19 | Phil Pinto | Black | 1701 | 1 | Ray Cordon | White | 1291 | 0 |
20 | Simon Gates | White | 1398 | 1 | Hakeem Asif | Black | 1237 | 0 |
1846 | 11 | 1786 | 9 |
Buckinghamshire A 13 – 7 – Hampshire A 25 Nov 2023
Hampshire suffered a 13-7 defeat yesterday at the hands of Buckinghamshire in the Chiltern League match played at Prestwood, Great Missenden.
Sole winners for Hampshire were Stephen Nelson-Smith, making his Hampshire debut, and Peter Dallas.
Fraser McLeod – Match Captain
Board | Bucks A | Colour | Grade | Result | Hants A | Colour | Grade | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Peter-Hans Hansen | Black | 2200 | ½ | Martin J Buckmaster | White | 2013 | ½ |
2 | Andrew P Smith | White | 2192 | 1 | Timothy Davis | Black | 1961 | 0 |
3 | Gary Kenworthy | Black | 2104 | 1 | Fraser N McLeod | White | 1909 | 0 |
4 | Roger D de Coverly | White | 1984 | ½ | Stuart W Knox | Black | 1893 | ½ |
5 | Andy Tinker | Black | 1958 | 1 | Matthew Deacon | White | 1893 | 0 |
6 | Jon Beedle | White | 1968 | ½ | David J Deacon | Black | 1881 | ½ |
7 | Stephen B James | Black | 1951 | 1 | James I Chilton | White | 1875 | 0 |
8 | Peter Kelen | White | 1912 | 1 | Steven E Jones | Black | 1781 | 0 |
9 | Peter Morrisby | Black | ½ | Kevin Steele | White | 1777 | ½ | |
10 | Tim Wheeler | White | 1838 | ½ | Ray E Hartley | Black | 1760 | ½ |
11 | Watt Benjamin | Black | 1815 | 1 | Timothy J Chapman | White | 1730 | 0 |
12 | Ian K Cross | White | 1774 | 0 | Stephen Nelson-Smith | Black | 1731 | 1 |
13 | Ian Woodward | Black | 1818 | 0 | Peter L Dallas | White | 1721 | 1 |
14 | Stephen Cox | White | 1785 | 1 | Simon Terleckis | Black | 1712 | 0 |
15 | David J Turner | Black | 1702 | ½ | Gillian A Moore | White | 1698 | ½ |
16 | Mike Harrison | White | 1699 | ½ | Phil Pinto | Black | 1698 | ½ |
17 | Kevin M Chojnacki | Black | 1685 | ½ | Ashraf Syed | White | 1649 | ½ |
18 | David Rollinson | White | 1644 | ½ | Jonathan G Young | Black | 1597 | ½ |
19 | Eugene Bolduc | Black | 1703 | ½ | Simon Lawrence | White | 1579 | ½ |
20 | Duncan Clarke | White | 1501 | 1 | Nicholas Deacon | Black | 1529 | 0 |
1769 | 13 | 1854 | 7 |
Hampshire A 9 – 11 – Berkshire A 27 Jan 2024
A strong Berkshire team gained revenge on Hampshire yesterday in the Chiltern League, winning 11-9, and making the league table very close with all teams still in contention.
Winners for Hampshire were Raja Pentakota, making a welcome return to the team, Simon Redmill, on debut, Rob McClatchey, Malcolm Cooper, playing their captain (reserve) as their player apparently didn’t arrive due to ‘mobile/satnav battery failure’ (!), Scott Leadbetter, Phil Pinto and Gillian Moore. Full details below.
Fraser McLeod – Match Captain
Board | Hants A | Colour | Grade | Result | Berks A | Colour | Grade | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Iwan Cave | Black | 2182 | 0 | Paul S Cooksey | White | 2341 | 1 |
2 | Mark Broom | White | 2111 | 0 | Theo Khoury | Black | 2258 | 1 |
3 | Rajasekhar Pentakota | Black | 1997 | 1 | Ewan Wilson | White | 2167 | 0 |
4 | Timothy Davis | White | 1974 | 0 | Ben Olugbemiga Ogunshola | Black | 2144 | 1 |
5 | Gareth Aneurin Jones | Black | 1913 | 0 | Forbes Welford-Ranson | White | 2081 | 1 |
6 | Stuart W Knox | White | 1899 | 0 | John D Wager | Black | 2040 | 1 |
7 | Fraser N McLeod | Black | 1898 | ½ | Charles ES Bullock | White | 2014 | ½ |
8 | Simon Redmill | White | 1895 | 1 | David Roberts | Black | 1994 | 0 |
9 | Matthew Deacon | Black | 1893 | 0 | Daniel A Sparkes | White | 1970 | 1 |
10 | Rob McClatchey | White | 1801 | 1 | Hussien Mohamed | Black | 1980 | 0 |
11 | Malcolm Cooper | Black | 1778 | 1 | Gareth W Ward | White | 1405 | 0 |
12 | Kevin Steele | White | 1775 | ½ | Jon D Lloyd | Black | 1816 | ½ |
13 | Timothy J Chapman | Black | 1721 | ½ | Nigel W Dennis | White | 1742 | ½ |
14 | Peter L Dallas | White | 1718 | 0 | Peter W Tickner | Black | 1739 | 1 |
15 | Simon Terleckis | Black | 1714 | ½ | David Johnson | White | 1735 | ½ |
16 | Chris J McSheehy | White | 1699 | 0 | Calvin Chris Biju | Black | 1702 | 1 |
17 | Scott Leadbetter | Black | 1694 | 1 | Harriet Haslehurst | White | 1676 | 0 |
18 | Phil Pinto | White | 1689 | 1 | Manel Fernando | Black | 1660 | 0 |
19 | Philip Tarrant-Edwards | Black | 1646 | 0 | Yawar Jafri | White | 1635 | 1 |
20 | Gillian A Moore | White | 1665 | 1 | Russell Fletcher-Bott | Black | 1737 | 0 |
1833 | 9 | 1892 | 11 |
Oxfordshire A 13 – 7 – Hampshire A 17 Feb 2024
Hampshire were beaten 13-7 by Oxfordshire yesterday in the Chiltern League, at Cumnor. Winners for Hampshire were Mark Broom, Daniel Shek, Stuart Knox, Matthew Deacon, Gillian Moore and Jonathan Young. Full details of the result can be viewed at https://www.oxfordfusion.com/oca/ViewResult.cfm?LeagueID=464&Display=14064&Org=8.
The league is close, with all teams having won and lost at least two matches each but this result, our third loss of the season, probably means we can no longer successfully defend our title.
Fraser McLeod – Match Captain
Board | Hants A | Colour | Grade | Result | Oxford A | Colour | Grade | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mark Broom | White | 2108 | 1 | Jon P Manley | Black | 2157 | 0 |
2 | Keith DF Gregory | Black | 2009 | 0 | Philip T Hayward | White | 2076 | 1 |
3 | Daniel Shek | White | 1970 | 1 | Dave Hackett | Black | 2039 | 0 |
4 | Stuart W Knox | Black | 1910 | 1 | Simon E King | White | 1982 | 0 |
5 | Simon Redmill | White | 1895 | 0 | Nigel J Moyse | Black | 1975 | 1 |
6 | David J Deacon | Black | 1888 | 0 | Carl S Portman | White | 1916 | 1 |
7 | Matthew Deacon | White | 1887 | 1 | Richard Weston | Black | 1870 | 0 |
8 | James I Chilton | Black | 1847 | 0 | Ian Bush | White | 1860 | 1 |
9 | Kevin G Steele | White | 1776 | 0 | Dave Robson | Black | 1837 | 1 |
10 | Malcolm Cooper | Black | 1770 | 0 | Matt Holmes | White | 1825 | 1 |
11 | Steven E Jones | White | 1741 | 0 | Neil Staples | Black | 1810 | 1 |
12 | Simon Terleckis | Black | 1714 | 0 | Reya Li | White | 1808 | 1 |
13 | Scott Leadbetter | White | 1700 | 0 | Graham L Cole | Black | 1805 | 1 |
14 | Gillian A Moore | Black | 1668 | 1 | Gary Hogan | White | 1785 | 0 |
15 | Ashraf Syed | White | 1640 | 0 | Richard Beckett | Black | 1727 | 1 |
16 | Simon Lawrence | Black | 1634 | ½ | Derek F Edwards | White | 1695 | ½ |
17 | Jonathan G Young | White | 1600 | 1 | Barry A Kocan | Black | 1692 | 0 |
18 | Frank A Bonsey | Black | 1578 | 0 | Ian Gilders | White | 1666 | 1 |
19 | Sam J Murphy | White | 1548 | ½ | William Bill Stanley | Black | 1607 | ½ |
20 | Nicholas Deacon | Black | 1526 | 0 | Paul Bizzell | White | 1410 | 1 |
1771 | 7 | 1827 | 13 |
Hampshire A 13½ – 3½ – Buckinghamshire A 2 Mar 2024
Hampshire played their last match of the Chiltern League season yesterday, at home against a much depleted Buckinghamshire team who could only raise 12 players. Hampshire won by 12.5-3.5, including 4 default wins (matches to be played over at least 16 boards).
The Hampshire team welcomed two new players, Paul Janota and Stephen O’Toole, who both won their games, as did Daniel Shek, Fraser McLeod, Matthew Deacon and Jamie Chilton.
The full match card can be viewed here.
Hampshire end the season with a win and a loss against all three opponents. The latest league standings are shown below, with the two remaining matches not being played until April.
If my calculations are correct, we can still dream of sharing the league title if, for example, Oxfordshire beat Berkshire by one point and lose to Buckinghamshire by 5 or 6 points.
Fraser McLeod – Match Captain
Board | Hants A | Colour | Grade | Result | Bucks A | Colour | Grade | Result |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Keith DF Gregory | White | 2015 | ½ | Peter-Hans Hansen | White | 2194 | ½ |
2 | Timothy Davis | Black | 1995 | 0 | Stephen B James | Black | 2002 | 1 |
3 | Rajasekhar Pentakota | White | 1978 | ½ | Jon Syner | White | 1974 | ½ |
4 | Daniel Shek | Black | 1969 | 1 | Jon Beedle | Black | 1961 | 0 |
5 | Stuart W Knox | White | 1907 | ½ | Ian K Cross | White | 1696 | ½ |
6 | Gareth Aneurin Jones | Black | 1899 | ½ | Ian Woodward | Black | 1796 | ½ |
7 | Paul Janota | White | 1894 | 1 | David Rollinson | White | 1636 | 0 |
8 | Fraser N McLeod | Black | 1892 | 1 | Ian JK Hall | Black | 1472 | 0 |
9 | David J Deacon | White | 1888 | ½ | Ray Clark | White | 1328 | ½ |
10 | Matthew Deacon | Black | 1877 | 1 | Juan Perez | Black | 1350 | 0 |
11 | James I Chilton | White | 1837 | 1 | Patrick Collins | White | 1303 | 0 |
12 | Stepehn O’Toole | Black | 1807 | 1 | Robert Giambrone | Black | 1289 | 0 |
13 | Default | 1 | Default | 0 | ||||
14 | Default | 1 | Default | 0 | ||||
15 | Default | 1 | Default | 0 | ||||
16 | Default | 1 | Default | 0 | ||||
1913 | 12½ | 1827 | 3½ |
Professor Martinez Sykora has played for Hampshire before:
https://www.hampshirechess.co.uk/hampshire-draw/
Thanks Jon, I think Fraser was referring to OTB, as you say Professor Martinez Sykora played four games in the 2020/21 WECU online championship. He only lost to GM John Nunn and IM Jack Rudd.
https://hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/wecu-online-county-chess-matches-2021/