WECU Online County Chess Matches 2021

Hampshire played five online county matches in the season.


WECU Online

With the pandemic position in 2021 no West of England County chess competition was held but for the first time an online variety was held. In the past there have been friendly telephone matches between counties and in the 1970’s with the petrol rationing there were discussions in the WECU for County matches to also to be held by telephone. All in all, I think having an online competition was an excellent idea.

The appetite in Hampshire for the competition was less than in the other counties and we only managed the one draw against the combined Wiltshire / Dorset team.

Full details can be located on the LMS system, which also has full tables, stats etc from the competition, noteworthy was GM John Nunn playing four games for Cornwall, all of which he won.

The combined Hampshire Team finished last, but there is always next year!

WECU Online 2021
WECU Online 2021

Hants – Devon 10 Jan 2021 WECU Online

BoardHantsGradeResultDevonGradeResult
1Richard Thurstans19880Dominic Mackle21931
2Rajasekhar Pentakota19410.5Jonathan Underwood21630.5
3Timothy J Davis19410John Stephens22381
4Fraser N McLeod19300Paul O'Neill21571
5James I Chilton18460Walter Braun21551
6Mo Negargar18330.5Jos Haynes21200.5
7Daniel Shek18040Tom Thorpe20851
8Lukasz Piecha17390Alan Brusey20421
9Gillian A Moore17130Paul Hampton20361
10Edward Blanden17120Chris Lowe20241
11Melissa Hamilton16600Chris Archer-Lock20051
12George Feltham16530Oliver Wensley20041
13David Culliford16530Stephen Homer19911
14James Love16460Steve Martin19521
15Alan Willis16150Brian Gosling18831
16Bob A Cleave16081Michael Marshall18740
17682205814

Hants – Dorset/Wilts 7 Feb 2021 – WECU Online

BoardHantsGradeResultDorset/WiltsGradeResult
1Antonio Martinez-Sykora21551Allan Pleasants20690
2Timothy J Davis19410Timothy Headlong20881
3Fraser N McLeod19300Ian Clark20501
4James I Chilton18461Reenen Du Toit19080
5Mo Negargar18330.5Bill Adaway18810.5
6Malcolm Cooper18180Ron Burton18481
7Graham Stuart17730.5Richard Ursell17880.5
8Lukasz Piecha17390Georgia Headlong17571
9Gillian A Moore17131Malcolm Steevens17500
10Edward Blanden17120Danny O'Byrne17431
11Amanda Jones16980Tim Jones16981
12Melissa Hamilton16601Roy Ludlow16750
13George Feltham16530.5Paul Sandy16180.5
14David Culliford16530.5Colin Thompson15700.5
15Stephen D LeFevre16451Wieslaw Stanicki13000
16Alan Willis16151Tim McCullagh13900
1774817588

Hants – Glos 21 Feb 2021 – WECU Online

BoardHantsHants GradeResultGlosGradeResult
1Antonio Martinez-Sykora21551Joey Stewart22450
2Richard Thurstans19881Duncan Dicks21760
3Rajasekhar Pentakota19410Mike Ashworth21491
4Timothy J Davis19410John Jenkins20831
5James I Chilton18460Amogh Sarpotdar20001
6Malcolm Cooper18180.5Alistair Macnaughton19450.5
7Daniel Shek18041Aron Saunders18760
8Default17390Rob Ashworth18570
9Gillian A Moore17130Adrian Walker17621
10Edward Blanden17120Graham Brown17321
11Amanda Jones16980Indy Southcott Myers16551
12Melissa Hamilton16600.5Matt Reekie-Black16080.5
13George Feltham16530Alex Carey15051
14Stephen D LeFevre16451Kevin Markey14660
15Alan Willis16150David Lyall14001
16Manoj Chandar15850Angad Sarpotdar13961
17825180310


Hants – Somerset 7 Mar 2021 – WECU Online

BoardHantsGradeResultSomersetGradeResult
1Antonio Martinez-Sykora21550Jack Rudd23471
2Timothy J Davis19410Peter Chaplin20491
3Fraser N McLeod19300George Miller19421
4James I Chilton18461Nick Best19000
5Mo Negargar18330.5Edward Small18710.5
6Malcolm Cooper18181Chris McKinley18240
7Graham Stuart17730.5Neville Senior17700.5
8Lukasz Piecha17390Golf Sookphanich17351
9Gillian A Moore17130.5Oliver Isaac17130.5
10Edward Blanden17121Arnold Acibar17000
11Amanda Jones16980Peter Dimond16711
12Melissa Hamilton16600Yuvraj Kumar16381
13George Feltham16530.5Guy Greenland16290.5
14David Culliford16530Haroon Symonds15871
15Stephen D LeFevre16450.5William Veitch13900.5
16Alan Willis16151Jack Hill13500
17746.517579.5

Hants – Cornwall 21 Mar 2021 – WECU Online

BoardHantsGradeResultCornwallGradeResult
1Antonio Martinez-Sykora21550John Nunn25611
2Rajasekhar Pentakota19410.5Jeremy Menadue20480.5
3James I Chilton18460Petra Nunn20471
4Malcolm Cooper18180Robin Kneebone20721
5Daniel Shek18041Lloyd Retallick19970
6Gillian A Moore17130Ian George19071
7Edward Blanden17120Jamie Morgan18931
8Amanda Jones16980Philip Williams18421
9Melissa Hamilton16600Gary Trudeau18281
10David Culliford16531Jan Rodrigo17940
11George Feltham16530Nigel Kirkman17191
12James Love16460Richard Smith17281
13Stephen D LeFevre16451Manuel Patino17240
14Alan Willis16150.5Beatrice Steele16270.5
15Kevin Huntley14130Kieran Macphail16291
16Devansh Panda13240Thomas Oates16741
17064188112


Hampshire Player Performance

Hants PlayerWin PercentagePoints ScoredGames Played
Stephen D LeFevre87.5%3.54
Alan S Willis50.0%2.55
James I Chilton40.0%25
Antonio Martinez-Sykora50.0%24
Daniel Shek66.7%23
Gillian A Moore30.0%1.55
Melissa Hamilton30.0%1.55
David Culliford37.5%1.54
Malcolm H Cooper37.5%1.54
Mo Negargar50.0%1.53
Edward Blanden20.0%15
George Feltham20.0%15
Rajasekhar Pentakota33.3%13
Richard Thurstans50.0%12
Graham Stuart50.0%12
Bob A Cleave100.0%11
Amanda Jones0.0%04
Timothy J Davis0.0%04
Fraser N McLeod0.0%03
Lukasz Piecha0.0%03
James Love0.0%02
Devansh Panda0.0%01
Kevin Huntley0.0%01
Manoj Chandar0.0%01

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