Essex U180 Team 2019-20

Played 19 Oct 2019
at All Saints Church, Childs Hill NW2 2TJ
Essex had Black on odds

	Middx	v	Essex
1	Nigel Fleming 177A	0-1	Kyan Bui 177Aj
2	Jason Covey 179B	½-½	David Spearman 176A
3	Nevil Chan 177A	½-½	Steve Rix 175A
4	Mateusz Dydak 176B	1-0	Edgar Wilson 175A
5	Anthony Fulton 173A	1-0	Philip Gregory 174B
6	Julian Hudson 168A	1-0	Salim Kriman 171B
7	Leon Fincham 167A	0-1	Martin McCall 170B
8	Jonathan Kay 166C	0-1	Larry Marden 170A
9	Paul Kennelly 158A	1-0	John Davenport 166B
10	Andrew Hayler 157A	0-1	Neville Twitchell 166A
11	Raghu Kamath 157A	½-½	Ian Hunnable 167A
12	John Tobisch 159D	½-½	John White 165B
13	Roger Baxter 151D	0-1	Matt Shaw 165D
14	David White 148A	½-½	Paul Kenning 164A
15	Frank Zurstiege 141B	0-1	Mark Murrell 160A (sub)
16	Laith Hayali 140B	½-½	Colin Ramage 158A
	Ave: 162.1; GP: 162.4	7-9	Ave: 168.7; GP: 168.4

Report by Paul Kenning

Essex started well with two quick wins from Kyan and Matt Shaw. Well done both. Even with a two point advantage, the match looked decidedly difficult for Essex for a long time with five or six games seeming to be really uncomfortable. It was therefore a great relief when Larry eventually won to put Essex three ahead but the problems had not gone away. Losses followed and the Essex lead became wafer thin and the result of the match might easily have gone the other way.

A special thankyou to Mark Murrell for coming to watch and stepping in as a late replacement after the match had started. He was next to win from an apparently drawn position. Neville’s aggressive opening play led to a middle-game where he had two minor pieces in exchange for a rook and four pawns. It didn’t look good but he turned it round brilliantly to win a pivotal game.

Ian expertly steered his inferior position into calm waters to secure an important draw and give us at least eight points with just Martin left to finish – he won. Afterwards five or six of the Middlesex team spent ages trying to demonstrate that their player should have won. Despite Martin’s position looking precarious, they couldn’t find the win for their player. Either way this secured the match! As a team Essex showed great resolve in a difficult situation – well done everyone.

Played 16 Nov 2019
at Wanstead House
Essex had Black on odds

	Essex	v	Surrey
1	Roman Ismailov 179B	1-0	Ian Heppell 177A
2	Kyan Bui 177Aj	0-1	Nick Edwards 176A
3	Chris Hampton 177A	0-1	Julian Way 173A
4	David Spearman 176A	½-½	Phil Stimpson 175A
5	Steve Rix 175A	1-0	Petra Nunn 172A
6	Edgar Wilson 175A	½-½	Dan Rosen 171A
7	Philip Gregory 174B	1-0	Nick Faulks 169A
8	Terry Whitton 172A	½-½	Victor Odunaiya 162B
9	Alin Chirea-Florica 171A	1-0	Ian Deswarte 160B
10	Salim Kriman 171B	½-½	Matthew Baker 158A
11	John Moore 171A	1-0	David Sedgwick 165A
12	Larry Marden 170A	1-0	Jonathan Eckert 151A
13	Michael Catabay 168B	0-1	James Fox 151A
14	Ian Hunnable 167A	1-0	Nick Grey 149A
15	Neville Twitchell 166A	1-0	Trevor Jones 152A
16	John White 165B	1-0	Kaddu Mukasa 120C
	Ave: 172.1; GP: 180.4	11-5	Ave: 161.3; GP: 153.1

Report by Paul Kenning

On Saturday, 16th November, we welcomed Surrey to Wanstead. Again, we were able to field a strong team, which included 12 players of 170 grade and above. Indeed, I found myself unable to justify a place in the team. We duly produced an electric start and raced into a 5½-½ lead from which we never looked back. A very early win for Roman Ismailov on his debut for us, set the tone of the match and was followed by wins for Ian Hunnable, Larry Marden, Alin Chirea-Florica (another first game), John White, John Moore, Philip Gregory and Neville Twitchell. Despite some unlucky losses toward the end of the session, the result was never in doubt. Steve Rix completed a successful afternoon when he won a marathon game a long time after everyone else had finished.

A special thanks to Ben Harte for helping set up and then staying all afternoon to help clear up at the end. This was very much appreciated – thank you!

Played 30 Nov 2019
at The Mick Jagger Centre, Shepherds Lane, Dartford, Kent DA1 2JZ.
Essex had Black on odds

	Kent	v	Essex
1	Jim Johnson 176D	0-1	Kyan Bui 177Aj
2	Jerry Anstead 172B	1-0	Chris Hampton 177A
3	Garfield Moore 169E	0-1	David Spearman 176A
4	Jake Modica 165D	0-1	Steve Rix 175A
5	David Clear 167C	½-½	Edgar Wilson 175A
6	David Morris 164C	0-1	Philip Gregory 174B
7	Brendan Keenan 163D	½-½	Salim Kriman 171B
8	Tim Gluckman 169A	1-0	Martin McCall 170B
9	John Lewin 160B	0-1	Larry Marden 170A
10	Andy Waters 159A	0-1	Peter Jaszkiwskyj 167A
11	Freddy Jiang 160Cj	½-½	Ian Hunnable 167A
12	Keith Nevols 157A	0-1	John Davenport 166B
13	Rod Wigbout 150e	½-½	Neville Twitchell 166A
14	Cosmo Charles 152B	0-1	John White 165B
15	David Barnes 155C	½-½	Paul Kenning 164A
16	Howard Turner 147E	½-½	Colin Ramage 158A
	Ave: 161.6; GP: 151.1	5-11	Ave: 169.9; GP: 180.3

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Played 25 Jan 2020
at Wanstead House
Essex had White on odds

	Essex	v	Middx
1	Kyan Bui [177] 181Aj	1-0	Ian Calvert [179] 178A
2	Chris Hampton [177] 171B	1-0	Seshagiri Vaddadi [177] 184D
3	David Spearman [176] 181A	½-½	Nevil Chan [177] 179A
4	Steve Rix [175] 177A	½-½	Mateusz Dydak [176] 185B
5	Edgar Wilson [175] 175A	1-0	Fraser Lees [174] 171B
6	Philip Gregory [174] 168A	0-1	Anthony Fulton [173] 172A
7	Alin Chirea-Florica [171] 158A	1-0	Jonathan Rubeck [171] 166A
8	John Moore [171] 170A	½-½	Christof Brixel [165] 173A
9	Martin McCall [170] 171C	1-0	Jan Lepetun [167] 162B
10	Peter Jaszkiwskyj [167] 170A	½-½	Leon Fincham [167] 162A
11	Ian Hunnable [167] 170A	1-0	Martin Crichton [169] 168C
12	Neville Twitchell [166] 166A	½-½	Guy Batchelor [164] 164D
13	John Davenport [166] 166B	½-½	Paul Kennelly [158] 161A
14	Malcolm Kingsley [165] 163B	0-1	Andrew Hayler [157] 166A
15	John White [165] 168A	½-½	Steven Walsh [158] 156A
16	Colin Ramage [158] 161A	0-1	Laith Hayali [140] 141A
	Ave: 169.8; GP: 177.4	9½-6½	Ave: 168.0; GP: 160.4

[July 2019 Grades] January 2020 Grades

Commentary by Paul Kenning:

Well done everyone who played yesterday in a marvellous 9½–6½ win against a strong Middlesex team. The result makes us U180 SCCU Champions with two matches to spare.

In previous rounds, we have benefitted through being strong all the way down our order and out-grading our opponents on the bottom boards. This time, I am delighted to note that our success was built from the top with Kyan, Chris, Edgar and Alin producing four great wins. Further excellent successes from Martin and Ian cemented our victory. This all after going 0 – 2 down in the early stages of the match.

Played 22 Feb 2020
at Cheam Parochial Halls, 42, The Broadway, Cheam, SM3 8DB
Essex had Black on odds

	Surrey	v	Essex
1	Nick Edwards [176] 177A	½-½	David Spearman [176] 181A
2	Daniel Rosen [171] 168A	½-½	Steve Rix [175] 177A
3	Nick Faulks [169] 168A	½-½	Chris Hampton [177] 171B
4	Anthony Collins [163] 167B	0-1	Salim Kriman [171] 171B
5	Paul Gibbons [168] 159A	1-0	Martin McCall [170] 171C
6	Neil Crosswell [137] 119E (sub)	0-1	Ian Hunnable [167] 170A
7	David Sedgwick [165] 152A	0-1	John Moore [171] 170A
8	Nick Grey [149] 146A	0-1	Peter Jaszkiwskyj [167] 170A
9	Jonathan Eckert [151] 145A	0-1	James Robinson [150] 170B
10	Ken Inwood [134] 134A	0-1	John White [165] 168A
11	Nick Driver [130] 131E	1-0	John Davenport [166] 166B
12	Ljubica Lazarevic [134] 129A	1-0	Colin Ramage [158] 161A
13	Trevor Jones [152] 146A	1d0	Default
14	Alan Romeril [126] 125B	0-1	Paul Kenning [164] 158A
15	Jonathan Young [131] 124A	0-1	Mark Murrell [160] 156A
16	Tony Belton [62] 65D	0-1	Wayland Medlycott [150] 146C
	(15 boards): Ave: 140.6; GP: 143.6	5½-10½	(15 boards): Ave: 167.1; GP: 164.1

[July 2019 Grades] January 2020 Grades

Played 14 Mar 2020
at Wanstead House
Essex had Black on odds

	Essex	v	Kent
1	Kyan Bui [177] 181Aj	1-0	Jim Johnson [176] 177D
2	David Spearman [176] 181A	½-½	Jerry Anstead [172] 173B
3	Robert Gill [178] 177E	1-0	Charlie Metcalfe [153] 161Aj
4	Steve Rix [175] 177A	½-½	Jacques Tivillier [163] 166A
5	Edgar Wilson [175] 175A	0-1	David Barnes [155] 164C
6	Chris Hampton [177] 171B	0-1	Keith Nevols [157] 164A
7	Ian Hunnable [167] 170A	½-½	Tim Gluckman [169] 161A
8	John Moore [171] 170A	½-½	John Allen [166] 162C
9	John White [165] 168A	½-½	Syd Jacob [156] 159A
10	Terry Whitton [172] 170A	0-1	Andy Waters [159] 154A
11	Neville Twitchell [166] 166A	½-½	Cosmo Charles [152] 152B
12	John Davenport [166] 166B	1-0	John Cook [159] 148A
13	Amadeu Alegret Grino [153] 154B	1-0	Tony Packham [156] 154A
14	Ian Woodward [150] 153B	1-0	Andrew Craig [144] 144B
15	Paul Barclay [148] 152A	0-1	Gokhan Kizilay [142] 136B
16	Alex Collyer [142] 143B	½-½	Robert Lane [140] 144A
	Ave: 167.1; GP: 160.6	8½-7½	Ave: 157.4; GP: 164.0

[July 2019 Grades] January 2020 Grades

Opponents	Result	Score	Player	P	W	D	L	Pts	%	GP
Middx	Won	9-7	Ian Hunnable [167] 170A	6	3	3	0	4½	75.00	179
Surrey	Won	11-5	John White [165] 168A	6	3	3	0	4½	75.00	173
Kent	Won	11-5	Kyan Bui [177] 181Aj	5	4	0	1	4	80.00	206
Middx	Won	9½-6½	Steve Rix [175] 177A	6	2	4	0	4	66.67	190
Surrey	Won	10½-5½	Neville Twitchell [166] 166A	5	2	3	0	3½	70.00	175
Kent	Won	8½-7½	David Spearman [176] 181A	6	1	5	0	3½	58.33	182
			Larry Marden [170] 173A	3	3	0	0	3	100.00	204
			John Moore [171] 170A	4	2	2	0	3	75.00	185
			Peter Jaszkiwskyj [167] 170A	3	2	1	0	2½	83.33	187
			John Davenport [166] 166B	5	2	1	2	2½	50.00	153
			Mark Murrell [160] 158A	2	2	0	0	2	100.00	–
			Alin Chirea-Florica [171] 158A	2	2	0	0	2	100.00	–
			Paul Kenning [164] 158A	3	1	2	0	2	66.67	165
			Salim Kriman [171] 171B	4	1	2	1	2	50.00	164
			Martin McCall [170] 171C	4	2	0	2	2	50.00	162
			Philip Gregory [174] 168A	4	2	0	2	2	50.00	169
			Edgar Wilson [175] 175A	5	1	2	2	2	40.00	160
			Chris Hampton [177] 171B	5	1	1	3	1½	30.00	153
			Matt Shaw [165] 166D	1	1	0	0	1	100.00	–
			Roman Ismailov [179] 175C	1	1	0	0	1	100.00	–
			James Robinson [150] 170B	1	1	0	0	1	100.00	–
			Wayland Medlycott [150] 146C	1	1	0	0	1	100.00	–
			Robert Gill [178] 177E	1	1	0	0	1	100.00	–
			Amadeu Alegret Grino [153] 154B	1	1	0	0	1	100.00	–
			Ian Woodward [150] 153B	1	1	0	0	1	100.00	–
			Colin Ramage [158] 161A	4	0	2	2	1	25.00	119
			Alex Collyer [142] 143B	1	0	1	0	½	50.00	–
			Terry Whitton [172] 170A	2	0	1	1	½	25.00	–
			Michael Catabay [168] 169B	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	–
			Malcolm Kingsley [165] 163B	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	–
			Paul Barclay [148] 152A	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	–
			Default	1	0	0	1	0	0.00	–
			Totals:	96	43	33	20	59½	61.98%

P:6 W:6 D:0 L:0 Unf:0 32 Players (including ‘Default’)

Two dummy player records may appear in Player Statistics:
‘Walkover’ records points gained by default where no player is present, usually defaults notified in advance.
‘Default’ represents points conceded by default when not recorded against an individual’s record. Both are sorted to the bottom of the list.

		1	1	2	2	3	3	4	4	MP	GP
1	Essex			9	9½	11	–	11	–	4	40½
2	Middx	7	6½			8	–	10½	–	1½	32
3	Surrey	5	–	8	–			8	–	1	21
4	Kent	5	–	5½	–	8	–			½	18½

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