Cumnor Chess Club
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The club will not be taking on any more junior players, (under 13's), until further notice.
LATEST DIVISION 4 TABLE
Our overwhelming victory against Witney 3 on Thursday secured third place for Cumnor this season. Cumnor won on all six boards. This is a respectable finish to what was a slow start to the season.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Def. matches | Def. games | Pts deducted | Game pt diff | Points |
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| University 4 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 23 |
| Bicester 2 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 22 |
| Cumnor | 14 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -2 | 14 |
| MCS Blackbirds 2 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 1 | -3 | 13 |
| Oxford City 5 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -12 | 11 |
| Wantage 3 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -6 | 9 |
| Witney 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -14 | 9 |
| Cowley 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -15 | 7 |
Oxfordshire Under 11's zonal competition
The Oxfordshire Under 11's team finished an excellent third in the zonal competition at Basingstoke. An extraordinary first round of 15½/20 put Oxon two points clear of Wey Valley and Sussex, both perennially strong. An equally extraordinary 8½/20 in round two, while Sussex scored 17, dropped Oxon down to third: 6½ behind Sussex and three behind Berkshire. The team bounced back with 13½ in the final round to secure the bronze medals and a place in the final (9 May in Bucks). Final team and individual scores
1 Sussex 46½2 Berkshire 39½3 Oxfordshire 37½4 Devon 36½5 Wey Valley 336 Somerset 307 Buckinghamshire 178 Hampshire 15½9 Wiltshire 14½
| Total | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | |||||||
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| 1 | Anna Wang | 1 | Devon | 0 | Berkshire | 0 | Wey Valley | 1 | ||
| 2 | Cameron Hill | 1 | Hampshire | 0 | Somerset | 0 | Buckinghamshire | 1 | ||
| 3 | Daniel D'Souza Eva | 2½ | Sussex | 1 | Buckinghamshire | ½ | Hampshire | 1 | ||
| 4 | Katherine Klemperer | 1 | Wiltshire (3) | 1 | Sussex | 0 | Berkshire | 0 | ||
| 5 | Alex Anderton | 1½ | Somerset | 1 | Wey Valley | ½ | Devon (6) | 0 | ||
| 6 | Gyu-Won Kim | ½ | Wey Valley | ½ | Hampshire | 0 | Wiltshire | 0 | ||
| 7 | Jack Bancroft | 1 | Wiltshire | 1 | Berkshire | 0 | Sussex | 0 | ||
| 8 | Niall Delaney | 2 | Buckinghamshire | 1 | Devon | 0 | Somerset | 1 | ||
| 9 | Jacob Coxon | 2 | Hampshire | 1 | Somerset | 0 | Devon | 1 | ||
| 10 | Charlie Cook | 2 | Sussex | 0 | Wiltshire | 1 | Wey Valley | 1 | ||
| 11 | Henry Phillips | 3 | Buckinghamshire (12) | 1 | Buckinghamshire | 1 | Wiltshire | 1 | ||
| 12 | Louis Hampden | 2½ | Somerset | 1 | Berkshire (11) | ½ | Hampshire | 1 | ||
| 13 | Jerome Gasson | 2 | Wey Valley | 1 | Sussex | 0 | Berkshire | 1 | ||
| 14 | Irene Mathias | 2 | Berkshire | 1 | Devon | 1 | Sussex | 0 | ||
| 15 | Tiyash Banerjee | 2 | Hampshire | 1 | Somerset | 1 | Devon | 0 | ||
| 16 | Ruth Friedlander | 2 | Wey Valley (15) | 0 | Buckinghamshire | 1 | Wiltshire | 1 | ||
| 17 | William Angwin | 2 | Wiltshire | 1 | Sussex | 0 | Buckinghamshire | 1 | ||
| 18 | Michael Knezevic | 2 | Berkshire | 1 | Wey Valley | 0 | Hampshire | 1 | ||
| 19 | Palden Ball | 2½ | Devon | 1 | Somerset (20) | 1 | Berkshire | ½ | ||
| 20 | Amy Muellbauer | 3 | Buckinghamshire | 1 | Devon | 1 | Sussex (19) | 1 | ||
| Totals: | 37½ | 15½ | 8½ | 13½ | ||||||
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The clubs British Land Chess Challenge 2009 was won by Louis Hampden with 19 points. Patrick came second with 18 points and Tom third with 17 points. Congratulations to Louis, and to all the junior players for making this years tournament extremely competitive. Louis will be awarded his winners trophy next week. The tournament saw a few upsets, David, (16 pts), managed a very good draw against Patrick, Louis beat Patrick and Tom won against Louis. The club will have nine juniors in the Oxon Mega Final, which is being held in May. Cumnor Chess Club will therefore have a very good representaion in this years Mega Final.
However, prior to the final we have a number of juniors entered in this years Oxford Junior Chess Congress, which is being held at Abingdon School on the 8th & 9th April. This is a two day event, incorporating nine games over the two days. This tournament will give our juniors superb competition practice prior to the BLCC Mega Final. There will be a report on our juniors 2009 OJCC progress on the web site later this month.
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The club will be entering two teams in the Oxfordshire Chess Association League next season. Cumnor 2 will be captained by Liam Glenn. We can presume, both Cumnor 1 and 2 will be playing in Division 4 in the 09/10 season, which starts this September. This move will give many more of the clubs members regular league match play. For those of you who have only played a few matches this season, you will find that you will get plenty of matches next season. For the juniors who do not get matches, then now is the time to start to improve. If you catch Liams eye, then you might just possibly be picked to play in a match? This is a great opportunity for all the juniors at the club.
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Susana won two out of her three matches in the 2009 EPSCA, (English Primary School Chess Association), Inter Association Championhips, for the Oxon Girl's Under 11 team, held in Bolton on 28th March. She won against Liverpool and Sussex, playing on board 9 in a 12 player team. Full results of all Oxon's individual players in the Tournament will be published as soon as available.
Oxfordshire Girls Under 11's came 7th.
Final position:
Kent 28 points
Wey Valley 26.5
Manchester 22.5
Nottingham 20.5
Liverpool 20.5
Sussex 20
Oxfordshire 19
Oldham 16
Barnett 15.5
Berkshire 13.5
Yorkshire 9
Lincolnshire 4
You can see how close it was between the Counties in 3rd and 7th place. Only 3.5 points separated 3rd from 7th. Over the three rounds this eqautes to only one win extra per round plus the draw.
Forthcoming Tournaments
We would like to encourage all the juniors at the club to enter the Oxon Junior Congress 2009, which is a two day event held over Wed 8th & Thu 9th April 2009. The tournament is being held at Abingdon School. Click Here for the entry form.
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For all who like to play ‘human’ Blitz chess we will have regular Blitz Nights. 1st money prize: 1’500,- Fini (= €150); this is also a Grand Prix Prix series. The next Blitz Night will be on 28.03.2009 (Sat). Further details
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