ESSEX CHAMPIONSHIPS 2001
Clashes with the National Club finals and the junior Gigafinal in Sheffield meant that the entry for this year's Essex Championship was down but the quality of play remained high. Eddie Dearing, the pre-tournament favourite, was faced with a particularly hard game in round 3 when Robin Slade appeared to have the advantage before going astray towards the end. This set up a clash in round four between Eddie and last year's champion, Marc Brazier. Marc, playing black, failed to develop his king side pieces and paid the penalty. This left us with the 'ideal' pairing (at least from the spectators point of view) with the two highest graded players meeting in the last round. Russell White understandably went all out for the win but his early h4 against the Dragon turned out to be premature. A rook and pawn ending was reached and in the last few minutes Eddie gained both time and material to secure the full point.
Meanwhile, Tom Winter defeated jack Speigel with a nice combination to take the U150 title. My thanks to Peter Walker for his help during the weekend.
Ivor Smith
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ESSEX CHAMPIONSHIPS 2001 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Prize |
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1 |
Eddie Dearing 203 Camb U/Writtle |
1 b17 |
2 w16 |
3 b3 |
4 w2 |
5 b8 |
1st |
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2 |
Marc Brazier 166 Maldon |
1 b21 |
2 w15 |
3 b13 |
3 b1 |
4 w7 |
2nd |
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3 |
Robin Slade 160 Chelmsford |
1 w12 |
2 b6 |
2 w1 |
2½ b14 |
3½ w17 |
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4 |
Andy King 158 Grays/Shell |
1 b24 |
1½ w14 |
1½ b8 |
2½ w25 |
3½ b13 |
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5 |
Bob Latter 154 Brentwood |
½ hpb |
1½ w24 |
2 b14 |
3 w16 |
3½ b9 |
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6 |
Tom Winter 135 Maldon |
1 b28 |
1 w3 |
1½ hpb |
2½ b18 |
3½ w14 |
1st U150 |
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7 |
Peter Doye 164 Metropolitan |
1 w 23 |
1½ b9 |
2½ w27 |
3 w8 |
3 b2 |
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8 |
Russell White 191 Chelmsford |
½ w20 |
1½ b11 |
2½ w4 |
3 b7 |
3 w1 |
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9 |
Les Crane 150 Upminster |
1 b 27 |
1½ w27 |
2 hpb |
2½ b10 |
3 w5 |
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10 |
Aidan Corish 155 Upminster |
½ w25 |
1 b20 |
1½ hpb |
2 w9 |
3 b21 |
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11 |
Peter Laundy 130 Basildon |
½ hpb |
½ w8 |
1 b25 |
2 b27 |
3 w15 |
=2nd U150 |
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12 |
Ljubica Lazarevic 108 Grays |
0 b3 |
0 w 28 |
1 b30 |
2 b23 |
3 w20 |
=2nd U150 |
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13 |
Paul Barclay 163 Wanstead |
1 b19 |
2 w18 |
2 w2 |
2½ b15 |
2½ w4 |
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14 |
Jack Pseigel 127 Southend |
1 b30 |
1½ b4 |
2 w5 |
2½ w3 |
2½ b6 |
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15 |
Steve Collins 130 Chelmsford |
1 w29 |
1 b2 |
2 w28 |
2½ w13 |
2½ b11 |
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16 |
Robert Killeen 135 Chelmsford |
1 w22 |
1 b1 |
2 w20 |
2 b5 |
2½ w19 |
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17 |
Roy Hare 124 Basildon/Wickford |
0 w1 |
1 b29 |
2 w22 |
2½ hpb |
2½ b3 |
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18 |
Kevin Cook 124 Witham |
1 w26 |
1 b13 |
1½ hpb |
1½ w6 |
2½ b25 |
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19 |
Michael Bradford 108 Grays |
0 w13 |
½ b26 |
1 w21 |
2 b28 |
2½ b16 |
U110 GP |
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20 |
Dale Bailey 119 Billericay |
½ b8 |
1 w10 |
1 b16 |
2 w24 |
2 b12 |
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21 |
Graham Walker 115 Customs Southend |
0 w2 |
½ hpb |
1 b19 |
2 b22 |
2 w10 |
JP |
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22 |
Peter Elliott 97 Chelmsford |
0 b16 |
1 w30 |
1 b17 |
1 w21 |
2 w29 |
U100 GP |
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23 |
Alan Riddoch 109 Brentwood |
0 b7 |
0 w27 |
1 b26 |
1 w12 |
2 b28 |
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24 |
Paul Stukas 108 Chelmsford |
0 w4 |
0 b5 |
1 w29 |
1 b20 |
2 w27 |
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25 |
Heather Walker 106 Customs |
½ b10 |
1 hpb |
1½ w11 |
1½ b4 |
1½ w18 |
JP |
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26 |
Darius Ware-Lane 45 Southend |
0 b18 |
½ w19 |
½ w23 |
½ b29 |
1½ bye |
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27 |
Colin White 99 Chelmsford |
0 w9 |
1 b23 |
1 b7 |
1 w11 |
1 b24 |
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28 |
Peter Brander 89 Chelmsford |
0 w6 |
1 b12 |
1 b15 |
1 w19 |
1 w23 |
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29 |
Sid Manning 83 Maldon |
0 b15 |
0 w17 |
0 b24 |
1 w26 |
1 b22 |
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30 |
Tim Meehan 69 - |
0 w14 |
0 b22 |
0 w12 |
Withdrew |
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JP = Junior Prizes presented by the David Wood Memorial Trust |
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