NCCU U-180 and U-140 Team Championships
Yorkshire
met Lancashire in both the U-180 and U-140
sections of the Northern Counties Chess Union’s inter-county team
championships on Sunday, 08/04/2018, at Wakefield Sports Club, Eastmoor Road,
Wakefield, WF1 3RR, which is the meeting place of Wakefield Chess Club to
whose members thanks are due for assisting with the arrangements.
Both matches
were fairly close, but both Yorkshire teams established a 2-point lead fairly
early on.
Yorkshire
U-180 averaged 174.5 on grading, while Lancashire averaged 163.9, predicting
a “7.27-4.73” result. Yorkshire U-180 managed to notch up a 6˝-3˝ lead,
so the games on the remaining boards, 4 and 6, though interesting, were
unimportant to the overall outcome.
Yorkshire
U-140 team meanwhile reached a 6-4 lead but had the worse of it in both
remaining games. However, even at that stage, Yorkshire was assured of
at least a win on board count. In the event a draw on bottom board, a
pawn down but with opposite coloured bishops, clinched the win without resort
to tie-break.
(See summary of NCCU results
to date below, and notice for ECF
final-stage fixtures.)
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NCCU Under-180
Championship
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Bd
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Col
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Yorkshire
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7-5
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Lancashire
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1
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B
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Rob Woodford (Darnall & Handsworth)
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0-1
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Robert A Newton (Heywood/Morecombe)
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2
|
W
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Steve R Hodge (Hull)
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˝‑˝
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Andrew A Clarkson (Burnley)
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3
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B
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Jim WR Nicholson (York RI)
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1-0
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Scott Riley ()
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4
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W
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Christopher Bak (Bradford)
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˝-˝
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Mark A Whitehead (Rochdale)
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5
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B
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Andrew Bak (Bradford)
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˝-˝
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Tom Leah (Lytham Ex Chess Club)
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6
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W
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Leo A Keely (Huddersfield)
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0-1
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Barry J Hymer (Lancaster)
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7
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B
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Paul SN Kendall (Beverley)
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˝-˝
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John G Cooper (Lytham St Annes)
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8
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W
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David C Wedge (Calderdale)
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1-0
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John Whitfield (Crusaders Blackburn)
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9
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B
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Jeremy A Hamm (Sheffield Nomads)
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1-0
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Armand Catz (Rochdale)
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10
|
W
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John M Morgan (Calderdale)
|
˝-˝
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Graham W Dobson (Crusaders Blackburn)
|
11
|
B
|
D Michael Denison (Wakefield)
|
˝-˝
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John D Lyth (Morecambe)
|
12
|
W
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Richard M Cowan (Brigantes)
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1-0
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William O'Rourke (Heywood)
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NCCU Under-140
Championship
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Bd
|
Col
|
Yorkshire
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6˝‑5˝
|
Lancashire
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1
|
B
|
Phill J Beckett (Worksop)
|
˝-˝
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Paul O'Mara (Preston)
|
2
|
W
|
David Stothard (Hull)
|
˝-˝
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Robert Morris (Crusaders Blackburn)
|
3
|
B
|
Paul A Allison (Hull)
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1-0
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Derrick Taylor (Rochdale)
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4
|
W
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Andy Ross (Rose Forgrove)
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0-1
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Philip N Raynor (Lytham St Annes)
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5
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B
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Neville R Pearce (York RI)
|
0-1
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Michael J Fisher (Rochdale)
|
6
|
W
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John K Holliday (Bradford Chess Club)
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1-0
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Dave S Almond (Heywood)
|
7
|
B
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Alec Grice (Beverley)
|
1-0
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Steve Hutchinson (Radcliff)
|
8
|
W
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Chris R Tinker (Wakefield)
|
1-0
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Jason Widdup (Morecambe)
|
9
|
B
|
Peter Rawcliffe (Harrogate)
|
˝-˝
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David Tuke (Preston)
|
10
|
W
|
Ian D Strickland (West Leeds)
|
˝-˝
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Steven M Flaherty (Heywood)
|
11
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B
|
Paul Gelder (Alwoodley)
|
0-1
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Con Carey (Heywood)
|
12
|
W
|
Norman G Andrews (York RI)
|
˝-˝
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Ian Mitchell (Heywood)
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NCCU
County Championship results to date, in summary, have been as follows:
Section
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Match Results
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Winner
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Open
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Lancashire
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7-5
|
Yorkshire
|
report
|
Lancashire
|
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|
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U-180
|
Yorkshire
|
7-5
|
Lancashire
|
(as above)
|
Yorkshire
|
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|
|
|
U-160
|
Lancashire
|
5˝‑6˝
|
Yorkshire
|
report
|
Yorkshire
|
|
|
|
|
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|
U-140
|
Yorkshire
|
6˝-5˝
|
Lancashire
|
(as above)
|
Yorkshire
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U-120
|
Yorkshire
|
3˝-8˝
|
Merseyside
|
report
|
Merseyside
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Merseyside
|
6˝-5˝
|
Lancashire
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|
Lancashire
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*
|
Yorkshire
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* yet to be played
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