Chiltern County Chess Matches 2024 / 25

Hampshire have nine Chiltern county matches this season, with a B team competition added to the mix. Full details are available on the Chiltern League Website.

If any players would like to supply games, or snippets of games from the matches I will add to the report. Hampshirechesshistory@gmail.com

Gillian Moore presenting Chiltern Cup to Yawar Jafri and Forbes Welford-Ranson who contributed 9 of Berkshire’s 60.5 points in their 10 games of the 2023-24 season.

Chiltern League

• Berkshire A 11 – 9 Hampshire A – 19 Oct 2024
• Hampshire B 4 – 6 Oxfordshire B – 26 Oct 2024 (Away)
• Hampshire A 11 – 9 Oxfordshire A – 16 Nov 2024
• Buckinghamshire A 9.5 – 6.5 Hampshire A – 14 Dec 2024
• Hampshire A – Berkshire A – 14 Jan 2025
• Hampshire B – 8 Feb 2025 (Home)
• Oxfordshire A – Hampshire A – 22 Feb 2025
• Hampshire A – Buckinghamshire A – 15 Mar 2025
• Hampshire B – 29 March 2025 (Away)

• Hampshire Player Performance

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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.

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Berkshire A 11 – 9 – Hampshire A 19 Oct  2024

A strong Berkshire team gained revenge for last year’s loss beating Hampshire 11 – 9. Hampshire winners were Raj Pentakota, Simon Redmill, Jack Wicken and Gillian Moore.

Board	Berks A	Colour	Grade	Result	Hants A	Colour	Grade	Result
1	Paul Cooksey	Black	2316	1	Ian D Thompson	White	2147	0
2	Olugbemiga Ogunshola	White	2184	1	Keith DF Gregory	Black	2030	0
3	Forbes Welford-Ranson	Black	2154	½	Martin J Buckmaster	White	2017	½
4	David Roberts	White	2005	0	Rajasekhar Pentakota	Black	1991	1
5	Daniel Sparkes	Black	2002	½	Timothy Davis	White	1978	½
6	Andrew Robbings	White	1937	1	Stuart W Knox	Black	1902	0
7	Ian Duvall	Black	1986	½	Paul Janota	White	1900	½
8	Abhishek Pradhan	White	1913	0	Simon Redmill	Black	1854	1
9	Anton Chebotarev	Black	1924	0	Jack Wicken	White	1853	1
10	Anthony Milnes	White	1889	1	Lukasz Piecha	Black	1815	0
11	John Townsend	Black	1852	0	Kevin Steele	White	1787	1
12	Ayan Pradhan	White	1807	1	Graham Stuart	Black	1774	0
13	John Richardson	Black	1768	½	Malcolm Cooper	White	1724	½
14	Mark Payne	White	1769	1	Steven E Jones	Black	1711	0
15	Russell Fletcher-Bott	Black	1738	1	Timothy J Chapman	White	1702	0
16	Mayank Palav	White	1726	½	Chris J McSheehy	Black	1691	½
17	David Johnson	Black	1704	0	Gillian A Moore	White	1675	1
18	Yawar Jafri	White	1684	½	Simon Lawrence	Black	1626	½
19	Manel Fernando	Black	1698	½	Ashraf Syed	White	1625	½
20	Moksha Suriarachchi	White	1485	½	Dominic Campion	Black	1213	½
			1878	11			1800	9

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Oxfordshire B 6 – 4 -Hampshire B 26 Oct  2024 (Away – Cumnor)

Chiltern League have introduced an Under 1750 competition this season, to ensure County Chess is available to more players. The counties playing in this league in addition to Hampshire are Oxfordshire, Berkshire, and Wiltshire. This is played over 10 boards, with two matches played at the same venue.

Hampshire B played Oxfordshire on Saturday and lost 4 – 6 against an Oxfordshire team with several talented juniors. Berkshire beat Wiltshire 5½ – 4½ in their match.

Board	Oxford B	Colour	Grade	Result	Hants B	Colour	Grade	Result
1	Richard Beckett	Black	1741	½	Timothy J Chapman	White	1702	½
2	Craig Miller	White	1637	1	Chris J McSheehy	Black	1691	0
3	Ville Uski	Black	1631	1	Scott Leadbetter	White	1683	0
4	Keith Foreman	White	1443	1	Gillian A Moore	Black	1675	0
5	Paul Bizzell	Black	1433	0	Jack McBurnie	White	1643	1
6	Aden Kennedy	White	1407	1	Ashraf Syed	Black	1625	0
7	Matalal Tamal	Black	1277	0	Jonathan G Young	White	1580	1
8	Ray Cordon	White	1238	½	David Culliford	Black	1566	½
9	Artem Miller	Black	1222	1	David Long	White	1451	0
10	Default	White		0	Keven A Lamb	Black	1411	1
			1448	6			1603	4

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Hampshire – Oxfordshire A 16 Nov 2024 

Hampshire beat Oxfordshire 11-9 in today’s match in the Chiltern League open section.
Many thanks to David Graham of the Basingstoke club for enabling the match to be played at Basingstoke due to our normal venue being unavailable.
Hampshire winners were Ian Thompson, Raja Pentakota, Tim Davis, Stuart Knox, Simon Redmill, Scott Leadbetter, and three players making their first appearance for Hampshire, Ekramul Basher, Itmam Ekram and Milan Bennett.

Fraser McLeod – Match Captain

Board	Hants A	Colour	Grade	Result	Oxford A	Colour	Grade	Result
1	Ian D Thompson	Black	2156	1	Alexander Hertog	White	2071	0
2	Martin J Buckmaster	White	2030	½	Nigel J Moyse	Black	1994	½
3	Rajasekhar Pentakota	Black	1989	1	Matt Holmes	White	1883	0
4	Timothy Davis	White	1975	1	Joseph Cossins-Smith	Black	1869	0
5	Stuart W Knox	Black	1899	1	Simon E King	White	1865	0
6	Fraser N McLeod	White	1886	0	Andrew Humphrey	Black	1839	1
7	Thomas R Anderson	Black	1871	½	Ian Bush	White	1839	½
8	Simon Redmill	White	1863	1	A Philip Neatherway	Black	1820	0
9	James I Chilton	Black	1808	0	Neil Staples	White	1809	1
10	Tomasz Wilamowski	White		0	AW Tony Burcham	Black	1775	1
11	Kevin Steele	Black	1791	0	Derek F Edwards	White	1748	1
12	Ray E Hartley	White	1732	½	Richard Beckett	Black	1735	½
13	Timothy J Chapman	Black	1710	0	Ian Gilders	White	1692	1
14	Steven E Jones	White	1694	0	David Dyer	Black	1670	1
15	Scott Leadbetter	Black	1636	1	Joshua Cook	White	1661	0
16	Simon Lawrence	White	1621	½	Ville Uski	Black	1640	½
17	Liam Devlin	Black	1624	0	Craig Miller	White	1620	1
18	Ekramul Basher	White	1619	1	Barry A Kocan	Black	1586	0
19	Itmam Ekram	Black	1606	1	William (Bill) Stanley	White	1582	0
20	Milan Bennett	White	1598	1	Keith D Foreman	Black	1472	0
			1795	11			1759	9

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Buckinghamshire A – Hampshire A 14 Dec 2024

Hampshire lost away to Buckinghamshire (9.5-6.5) yesterday in the Chiltern League. Winners for Hampshire were Tomasz Wilamowski, Lukasz Piecha, and Simon Lawrence.
Match details can be viewed at: https://www.oxfordfusion.com/oca/ViewResult.cfm?LeagueID=467&Display=14440&Org=8

Fraser McLeod – Match Captain

Board	Bucks A	Colour	Grade	Result	Hants A	Colour	Grade	Result
1	Hans-Peter Hansen	Black	2182	½	Ian D Thompson	White	2172	½
2	Gary Kenworthy	White	2089	½	Timothy Davis	Black	1958	½
3	Stephen B James	Black	2017	½	Paul Janota	White	1913	½
4	Roger D de Coverly	White	1939	1	Stuart W Knox	Black	1912	0
5	John E Syner	Black	1958	0	Tomasz Wilamowski	White	1871	1
6	Jon Beedle	White	1954	½	Fraser N McLeod	Black	1859	½
7	Tim Wheeler	Black	1840	½	Simon Redmill	White	1865	½
8	Jonathan T Melsom	White	1840	0	Lukasz Piecha	Black	1814	1
9	Stephen Cox	Black	1781	1	Kevin Steele	White	1784	0
10	Ian Woodward	White	1765	1	Steven E Jones	Black	1691	0
11	John Wilkinson	Black	1766	1	Timothy J Chapman	White	1685	0
12	David J Turner	White	1728	½	Malcolm Cooper	Black	1693	½
13	Ian K Cross	Black	1688	1	Liam Devlin	White	1626	0
14	Herby Ferris	White	1652	0	Simon Lawrence	Black	1618	1
15	David Rollinson	Black	1563	½	Jonathan G Young	White	1604	½
16	James Emmett	White	1494	1	Dean Rawlins	Black	1347	0
			1829	9½			1776	6½

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Hampshire – Berkshire A 18th Jan 2025

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Hampshire B – 8 Feb 2025 (Home)

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Oxfordshire A – Hampshire A 22 Feb 2025  

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Hampshire A – Buckinghamshire A 15 Mar 2025

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Hampshire B – 29 Mar 2025 (away Farley Hill)

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Hampshire Player Performance

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Acknowledgements and sources:

Chiltern League Website.

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