Hampshire Chess Championship 2006 – U125

Alongside the Hampshire Chess Open there was a keenly contested Under 125 ECF graded tournament. 24 players entered including a number of well-known local players.

No pictures from the 2006 congress, although the above from the 2004 Congress has Bob Cleave playing Black (pondering what to reply to against b4) against ex Hampshire Treasurer Ken Retallack. Gillian Moore (current Hampshire Treasurer (2022)) is playing on the board behind.


For a list of the winners of the Hampshire Individual Championship and links to any articles I have written the table on the Hampshire Individual Championship is the best place to look. In addition, the table on the Hampshire Tournaments will detail these and any other tournament articles I have completed. Both of these are available from the menu at the top of the site as well.


Round 1

Apart from the two byes all the games ended with a decisive result. Most games were won by the higher graded player, but Portsmouth Chess club player Edward Davies beat experienced Southampton Chess club player John Wiseman. Ed’s grade went from 89 in 2006 to 151 in 2010, although does not appear to play anymore.

PlayerGradeResultPlayerGradeResult
Bob A Cleave1191Edward R Tapper940
Edward G Davies891John M Wiseman1190
Ian D Lamb870Darren Radford1131
Ashraf Syed1111Barrie James880
David Fields1111Rob Davies830
David T Murchie820Trevor A Dickerson1031
Robert E Treloar991Stephen J Billett590
William M Curry720Simon Roberts961
James Wallmanug1John Kooner770
Tony D Robertsug0John W Carr811
Tim Jenner791Kevin Sawersug0
Charlie Goddard110½Bye
Ray K Hunt102½Bye

Round 2

Simon Roberts, Trevor Dickerson and Edward Davies all moved onto two points by winning their second-round game. Waiting half a point behind were six players.

PlayerGradeResultPlayerGradeResult
Darren Radford113½Ashraf Syed111½
James Wallmanug0Edward G Davies891
Trevor A Dickerson1031Tim Jenner790
Simon Roberts961David Fields1110
Ray K Hunt1020Charlie Goddard1101
John W Carr81½Robert E Treloar99½
Edward R Tapper941David T Murchie820
John M Wiseman1190Barrie James881
Kevin Sawersug1William M Curry720
Stephen J Billett59½Rob Davies83½
Ian D Lamb87½Bye
Tony D Robertsug½Bye
Bob A Cleave119½Bye
John Kooner77½Bye

Round 3

Essex’s Trevor Dickerson beat Ed Davies whilst Simon Robers drew with Fareham’s Ashraf Syed, which meant Trevor was in the sole lead on three points.

Bob Cleave beat Robert Treloar and Darren Radford did the same against Charlie Goddard to remain half a point behind with Simon Roberts.

PlayerGradeResultPlayerGradeResult
Edward G Davies890Trevor A Dickerson1031
Ashraf Syed111½Simon Roberts96½
Robert E Treloar990Bob A Cleave1191
David Fields1111John W Carr810
Charlie Goddard1100Darren Radford1131
Tim Jenner790James Wallmanug1
Barrie James88½Edward R Tapper94½
Ian D Lamb871Ray K Hunt1020
John Kooner770Kevin Sawersug1
Tony D Robertsug½Stephen J Billett59½
William M Curry720John M Wiseman1191
Rob Davies83½Bye
David T Murchie82½Bye


Round 4

Bob Cleave took on the tournament leader Trevor Dickerson and came out on top. The other two players on two and a half points were paired together and Simon Roberts beat Ed Davies. Going into Sunday this meant Bob and Simon were at the front of the pack on three and a half points and would be paired in round five.

PlayerGradeResultPlayerGradeResult
Trevor A Dickerson1030Bob A Cleave1191
Simon Roberts961Edward G Davies890
Ashraf Syed1111James Wallmanug0
Kevin Sawersug1Barrie James880
Edward R Tapper94½Ian D Lamb87½
David T Murchie820John Kooner771
John W Carr810Charlie Goddard1101
Tony D Robertsug½Rob Davies83½
Stephen J Billett590William M Curry721
Robert E Treloar99½Bye
John M Wiseman119½Bye
David Fields111½Bye
Darren Radford113½Bye
Ray K Hunt1020Withdrawn
Tim Jenner790Withdrawn


Round 5

Bob Cleave beat Simon Roberts in round five to go into the final round half a point ahead of Ashraf Syed and Darron Radford who beat Dave Fields and Tim Dickerson respectively.

PlayerGradeResultPlayerGradeResult
Bob A Cleave1191Simon Roberts960
Darren Radford1131Trevor A Dickerson1030
Ashraf Syed1111David Fields1110
Edward G Davies891Robert E Treloar990
Charlie Goddard1101Edward R Tapper940
John Kooner770Ian D Lamb871
Rob Davies830James Wallmanug1
John M Wiseman1191Tony D Robertsug0
Stephen J Billett590John W Carr811
William M Curry720David T Murchie821
Kevin Sawersug½Bye½
Barrie James880Withdrawn


Round 6

Bob Cleave continued his winning ways, this time beating Darren Radford. Bob won all the games he played in this tournament as he took a second-round bye. He finished a whole point ahead of Simon Roberts and Charlie Goddard who both won their last games. This was a great achievement for Bob, who has played for Winchester Chess Club for many years and to be fair to his opponents is not normally graded under 125.

Simon Roberts was graded 96 and finishing in joint second place was also an excellent result.

PlayerGradeResultPlayerGradeResult
Bob A Cleave1191Darren Radford1130
Ashraf Syed1110Charlie Goddard1101
Simon Roberts961Kevin Sawersug0
Trevor A Dickerson1031James Wallmanug0
Ian D Lamb870Edward G Davies891
David Fields1111David T Murchie820
John W Carr810John M Wiseman1191
Edward R Tapper941Stephen J Billett590
John Kooner771Rob Davies830
Tony D Robertsug1William M Curry720
Robert E Treloar991Controller Bye


Final Table

As the basis of this is from the ECF rating site, which does not take into account byes the rankings do not match the final real positions. But to amend this I would have to recreate the numbers for each player, which I have not done. But the table can be sorted to allow you to do this.

I would recommend the ECF rating site for looking at Chess Tournaments as well as player ratings, a great resource with results going back twenty years.

RankNameGradeRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Rd 4Rd 5Rd 6Score
1Bob A Cleave1199+bye =18+3+2+7+
2Simon Roberts9622+10+4=5+1–11+
3Trevor A Dickerson10323+19+5+1–7–8+4
4Ashraf Syed11117+7=2=8+10+6–4
5Edward G Davies8912+8+3–2–18+14+4
6Charlie Goddard110bye =24+7–13+9+4+
7Darren Radford11314+4=6+bye =3+1–4
8James Wallman16+5–19+4–21+3–3
9Edward R Tapper941–23+17=14=6–20+3
10David Fields11121+2–13+bye =4–23+
11Kevin Sawers19–22+16+17+bye =2–
12John M Wiseman1195–17–22+bye =15+13+
13John W Carr8115+18=10–6–20+12–
14Ian D Lamb877–bye =24+9=16+5–3
15Tony D Roberts13–bye =20=21=12–22+
16John Kooner778–bye =11–23+14–21+
17Barrie James884–12+9=11–
18Robert E Treloar9920+13=1–bye =5–bye +3
19Tim Jenner7911+3–8–1
20Stephen J Billett5918–21=15=22–13–9–1
21Rob Davies8310–20=bye =15=8–16–
22William M Curry722–11–12–20+23–15–1
23David T Murchie823–9–bye =16–22+10–
24Ray K Hunt102bye =6–14–½


HCA Secretary Report

The Hampshire Chess Secretary produced a report on the congress, which is below.


Acknowledgements and sources:

  • ECF Rating Site

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