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updated 6.8.14
COUNTY MATCHES
ECF STAGE 2014

DATES
as announced 1st November 2013

Prelim
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Finals

April 26
May 17
June 14
July 12

Dates for the first three rounds are the defaults. The Finals are one week later than the default.

THE DRAW
as published 19.2.14; revised 20.2.14 fixing Controller's oversight; definitive version 1.4.14. We have retained some notes inserted as the Union stage progressed. For further notes on the draw, see foot of page.

OVERVIEW OF RESULTS
Matches shown in red are given in full further down (click on the section headings). Matches shown in blue are not. In the bare match scores of the Overview, an asterisk by a County name indicates a win on board count or elimination. Where a match is given in full, an asterisk by a County name means the result has come from that side (either direct or from the County's website). Where a grade is prefixed "e", it is not simply an estimate but a figure supplied by the Controller for a "cleared" player. It will often be the same as a real January grade.

OPEN
Quarter-finals (A) Staffs (M1) 5½ 10½ Kent (S2); (B) Lancs (N2) 5 10 Surrey (S3); byes Yorks (N1), Middx (S1)
Semi-finals Yorks (N1) 9 7 Kent (S2); Middx (S1) 11 5 Surrey (S3)
Final Yorks (N1) 11½ 4½ Middx (S1)
MINOR COUNTIES
Preliminary Hants (W2) 4½ 11½ E2 Gtr Manchester (M3) (details on ECF site)
Quarter-finals (A) Cambs (E1) 5 11 Essex (S2); (B) Somerset (W1) 7½ 8½ ~~M3 (Gtr Manchester)~~ Suffolk (E2) (details on ECF site); (C) Sussex (S1) 7½ 8½ Leics (M2); (D) Notts (M1) 10 6 Gtr Manchester (details on ECF site)
Semi-finals Essex (S2) 5½ 10½ Suffolk (E2); Leics (M2) 6½ 9½ Notts (M1) (details on ECF site)
Final Suffolk (E2) 9½ 6½ Notts (M1) (details on ECF site)
U180
Quarter-finals (A) M1 (Warwicks) v bye S3 ~~Kent~~ ~~Middx~~ ~~Sussex~~ (Kent, Middx and Sussex decline nomination. Herts, who did not play in the U180 at the Union stage, were then invited but said no. This exhausts the possibilities and there is no S3); (B) Yorks (N1) def w/o Essex (S2); (C) Surrey (S1) 9½ 5½ Lancs (N2); (D) Devon (W) v bye
Semi-finals Devon (W) 7 9 Warwicks (M1) (details on ECF site); Essex (S2) 8½ 7½ Surrey (S1)
Final Warwicks (M1) 9½ 6½ Essex (S2)
U160
Preliminary Cambs (E2) 9 7 Kent (S3)
Quarter-finals (A) Herts (E1) 10½ 5½ Gtr Manchester (M2) (details on ECF site); (B) Middx (S1) 10½ 5½ Lancs (N2); (C) Yorks (N1) 8½ 7½ Essex (S2); (D) Leics (M1) 7 9 Cambs (E2)
Semi-finals Herts (E1) 7 9 Middx (S1); Yorks (N1) 9 7 Cambs (E2) (details on ECF site)
Final Yorks (N1) 10 6 Middx (S1)
U140
Quarter-finals (A) Lancs (N) 8½ 7½ Middx (S3); (B) Kent (S1) 10½ 5½ Staffs (M2); (C) Notts (M1) 9 7 Herts (S2); (D) Hants (W) v bye
Semi-finals Hants (W) 8½ 7½ Lancs (N) (details on ECF site); Kent (S1) 7 9 Notts (M1)
Final Hants (W) 9 7 Notts (M1) (details on ECF site)
U120
Quarter-finals (A) Herts (S1) 6½ 4½ Warwicks (M3); (B) Staffs (M1) 6 5 Essex (S2); (C) Lancs (N) 4½ 7½ Notts (M2) (details on ECF site); (D) Norfolk (E) v bye
Semi-finals Norfolk (E) 5 7 Herts (S1); Staffs (M1) 4½ 7½ Notts (M2) (details on ECF site)
Final Notts (M2) 7 5 Herts (S1)
U100
Quarter-finals (A) Kent (S1) 7 4 Notts (M2); (B) Norfolk (E) 7 5 Surrey (S2); byes Lancs (N), Warwicks (M1)
Semi-finals Lancs (N) 4 8 Kent (S1); Warwicks (M1) 9 3 Norfolk (E) (details on ECF site)
Final Kent (S1) 8½ 3½ Warwicks (M1)

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OPEN

FINAL

	Yorks	12.7.14	Middx*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	James Adair 231 238 (W) Richard Palliser 229 230 Andrew Ledger 219 219 Jonathan Nelson 209 207 David Adams 205 206 Matthew Webb 181 192 Oskar Hackner 199 207 Alan Walton 199 191 Jim Burnett 196 192 Colm Barry 197 189 David Grant 196 198 Kieran O'Driscoll 198 196 John G Cooper 191 194 Phil Watson 184 202 Peter Shaw 193 193 Mark Birkin 175 175	1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½	Richard Bates 229 218 Jochem Snuverink 227 222 Tomer Eden 207 221 Richard McMichael 204 213 Colin Crouch 213 202 Robert Eames 208 193 Andrew Stone 204 200 David Okike 196 201 Carsten Pedersen 191 198 Jochen Wittmann 187 186 Peter Ackley 186 186 Steven Coles 189 186 Colin Mackenzie 184 191 Mateusz Dydak 165 182 D Ian Calvert 174 172 Guy Batchelor 170 173
(Warwick) [200 202]		11½ 4½	[196 197]
Grades are August first.

SEMI-FINALS

	Yorks	14.6.14	Kent
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Richard Palliser 229 230 (W) James Adair 231 238 Andrew Ledger 219 219 Mattias Gantner - e222 JeanLuc Weller 202 209 David Adams 205 206 Alan Walton 199 191 Oskar Hackner 199 207 David Grant 196 198 Phil Watson 184 202 Peter Shaw 193 193 Mark Rogerson 185 183 Julian Chapman - e191 Winston Williams 182 182 Martin Carpenter 171 178 Daniel Sullivan 175 182	½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½	Neil McDonald 224 233 Anthony Stebbings 213 219 Martin Taylor 211 215 Philip Morris 212 213 Alan Hanreck 215 216 Andrew Mayhew 209 212 Ian Snape 207 207 Paul Talsma 199 202 Laurence Ball 192 200 David Tucker 192 194 Gordon Botley 190 191 Chris Howell 176 190 J Nicholas Briggs 182 188 John Sugden 190 183 Robert Everson 167 174 Jerry Anstead 181 168
(Leicester) [201]		9 7	[200]
Grades are August first. Averages, take your pick.

	Middx*	14.6.14	Surrey
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Richard Bates 229 218 (B) Tomer Eden 207 221 Richard McMichael 204 213 Peter Batchelor 199 212 Colin Crouch 213 202 Robert Eames 208 193 Andrew Stone 204 200 Carsten Pedersen 191 198 Peter Ackley 186 186 Steven Coles 189 186 Colin Mackenzie 184 191 Nevil Chan 180 179 Mark Davey 177 183 Michael Tasker 187 177 Trevor Dunmore 182 170 Guy Batchelor 170 173	1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0	Samuel Franklin 215 220 Steve Berry 214 218 Marcus Osborne 214 211 Nigel Povah 215 206 Roger Emerson 194 209 Ben Purton 192 197 Clive Frostick 197 201 Nicholas Grey (r) 154 155 Mark Josse 199 196 Steve Jones 186 193 Dan Rosen 186 193 Julian Way 200 181 Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 178 189 Daniel Staples 185 187 Angus French 185 170 Owen Phillips 170 163
(Willesden) [194 193]		11 5	[193 193]
Grades are August first.

QUARTER-FINALS

	Staffs	17.5.14	Kent*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Lawrence Cooper 216 220 (W) Paul Wallace 202 201 Darren Wheeler 201 204 Lee Grinsell 194 189 Gerald Acey 192 186 Nicholas Walker 190 183 David Anderton 189 194 Mike Townsend 187 189 Patrick Bennett 187 183 Malcolm Armstrong 184 Colin Davison 182 174 Alan Crombleholme 180 176 Nick Roberts 178 175 Ian Jamieson 176 177 John Staniforth 168 164 Robert Taylor 153 149	1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1	Neil McDonald 224 233 Anthony Stebbings 213 219 Martin Taylor 211 219 Alan Hanreck 215 216 Philip Morris 212 213 Andrew Mayhew 209 212 Ian Snape 207 207 Paul Talsma 199 202 Benjamin Spink 192 196 Michael Prizant 194 195 David Tucker 192 194 Gordon Botley 190 191 Graeme Plato 178 181 J Stuart Williams 173 174 Alan Atkinson 176 176 Jerry Anstead 181 168
(Milton Keynes) [186 184]		5½ 10½	[197 199]
Grades are August first.

	Lancs	17.5.14	Surrey*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Paul Littlewood 232 - Graham Morrison 220 220 Nick Ivell 210 208 D Brett Lund 206 213 Martin Mitchell 200 199 Peter Jowett 191 194 Malcolm Peacock 193 184 Jim Sumner Paul Timson 177 185 Bob Newton 190 176 Phil Almond 181 181 Martyn Hamer 181 181 John Cooper 175 175 John Lyth 174 171 Robert Taylor 172 169 Scott Riley 173 174	1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0	Gavin Wall 226 222 (B) Steve Berry 214 218 Marcus Osborne 214 211 Nigel Povah 215 206 Roger Emerson 194 209 Russell Granat 195 202 Clive Frostick 197 201 Ian Sharpe 189 197 Dan Rosen 186 193 Julian Way 200 181 Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 179 188 Dan Staples 185 187 Dave Rowson 185 184 Julien Shepley 179 184 Albert Yiamakis 171 179 Nick Grey 155 154
(Ling Dale Leics) [193 192]		5 10	[193 195]
Grades are August first. Note 25.5.14. Lancs penalised 1 point for ineligibility (so score revised from 6-10 to 5-10). Culprit not named, but we imagine bd 8 had not been cleared so had no grade for board-order purposes. Shortly after: we hear that Surrey have appealed. - No, not really, but they have asked the Controller to make it clear they did not claim this penalty and wouldn't have. That ought to have been made clear. Not that the Controller had much option about imposing the penalty. You have penalties, you impose them. Consistently.

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MINOR COUNTIES

SEMI-FINAL

	Essex	14.6.14	Suffolk
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Jonathan Rogers 214 216 (B) David Sands 201 205 Tim Hebbes 196 198 Russell White 196 196 John Moore 171 191 David Spearman 192 188 Jeff Goldberg 188 186 Larry Marden 173 177 Daniel Gallagher 164 174 Kevin White 176 172 John White 166 172 Jim Howson 171 169 Malcolm Kingsley 164 166 Christopher Hampton 171 163 Naomi Wei 145 161 David Millward 159 159	0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½	Dagne Ciuksyte 222 219 Edmund Player 205 200 Shaun Munson 204 205 Graham Moore 190 192 Stephen Gregory 190 189 Edward Matthewson 183 172 Timothy Lunn 181 184 Stephen Ruthen 176 180 Michael Cook 181 177 Nicholas Savage 174 175 Robert Sanders 171 176 John Peters 169 175 Silas Peck 162 171 Leon Burnett e158 158 Michael Clapham 159 161 John Feavyour 151 160
(Venue not known) [181]		5½ 10½	[181]
Grades are August first, and we will politely suppose the averages to be January.

QUARTER-FINALS

	Cambs	18.5.14	Essex
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Bram Van der Velden (W) Liam Varnam 196 197 David Redman 176 191 Ashley Stewart 185 187 Paul Kemp 189 189 Kevin Clark 188 191 Norman Hutchinson 175 181 Chris Tandy 183 182 Martin Pinner 166 175 Chris Davison 182 176 John Daugman 164 173 Paul McMahon 171 166 Philip Turp 169 165 Mike Dunkley 161 162 Samuel Caraway 162 158 Marcus Connolly 150 153	0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1	Jonathan Rogers 214 216 Neil Carr 209 210 David Sands 201 205 Robin Slade 199 199 Tim Hebbes 196 198 John Moore 171 191 Jeff Goldberg 188 186 Larry Marden 173 177 Daniel Gallagher 164 174 Steven Rix 164 173 Kevin White 176 172 John White 166 172 Ian Hunnable 174 169 Philip Staniland 160 161 Gorak Rajesh 160 161 Naomi Wei 145 161
(Whittlesford DA) [176]		5 11	[183]
Grades are August first. Don't know about Cambs, but we've a feeling Essex's stated average is January and their August one's legal.

	Sussex	17.5.14	Leics
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Feliks Kwiatkowski 205 208 Brian Denman 195 205 Jaimie Wilson 186 195 Jeffrey Boardman 189 193 David Roberts 182 188 Paul Batchelor 187 186 Peter Farr 180 185 James Mansson 187 185 Mustapha Othman Alan Palmer 158 156 Paul Selby 147 158 L John Cannon 153 146 Paul Kington 146 145 Timothy Woods 143 145 W John Marshall 144 140 def	0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1	Mark Hebden 247 249 (W) Martin Burrows 193 198 Alan Agnew 185 197 Graham Sharpe 178 185 Andrew Morley 177 188 John Denton 179 175 Brian Galligan 183 180 Ray Burgess 174 173 John Robinson 178 178 John Mitchell 169 170 Sean Sheahan 166 170 Alfonso Jimenez 175 167 Chino Nwachukwu 171 163 Karl Potter 163 161 Shabir Okhai Sean Hewitt 166 169
(Bushey Herts) [174]		7½ 8½	[180]
Grades are August first. We don't know whether the averages given are August or January, or what figures have been used for the ungraded players.

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UNDER 180

FINAL

	Warwicks	12.7.14	Essex
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Simon Smith 174 170 (B) Keith Escott 173 177 Anthony Green 173 168 Martyn Smyth 162 168 Anthony Hickey 161 182 John Mildenhall 169 166 Robert Wallman 157 169 Ed Goodwin 167 164 Keith Thomas 166 156 Thomas Robinson 162 158 Amrik Singh 154 164 Gary Hope 160 161 Anthony Sadler 155 159 Mark Cundy 155 160 Sean Ralph 151 154 John Fahy 151 148	½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½	Larry Marden 173 177 Vladimir Parols Kevin White 176 172 Dion Huang 166 174 Daniel Gallagher 164 174 Richard Weeber 172 172 John White 166 172 D Ian Reynolds 173 171 Ian Hunnable 174 169 Terry Whitton 169 170 Christopher Hampton 171 163 Colin Ramage 157 165 Neville Twitchell 165 162 Martin McCall 161 161 Philip Staniland 160 161 Naomi Wei 145 159
(Warwick) [164]		9½ 6½	[168]
Grades are August first. Averages, take your pick.

SEMI-FINAL

	Essex*	15.6.14	Surrey*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	John Moore 171 191 (B) Larry Marden 173 177 Dion Huang 166 174 Philip Gregory 173 173 Steven Rix 164 173 Kevin White 176 172 Richard Weeber 172 172 D Ian Reynolds 173 171 Ivor Smith 173 170 Ian Hunnable 174 169 Terry Whitton 169 170 Jim Howson 171 169 Christopher Hampton 171 163 Neville Twitchell 165 162 Martin McCall 161 161 Alin-Dumitru Paveliuc - e156	0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0	Akshaya Kalaiyalahan 178 189 Julien Shepley 179 184 Tariq Oozeerally 178 183 Sebastian Galer 175 177 Angus James 177 177 Albert Yiamakis 171 179 Owen Phillips 170 163 Michael Singleton 173 166 Nicholas Edwards 168 167 David Sedgwick 162 164 Victor Odunaiya 161 164 Paul Barasi 158 162 Daniel Young 159 156 H Trevor Jones 152 157 Nicholas Grey 155 154 Ian Deswarte 158 158
(Wanstead) [171]		8½ 7½	[169]
Grades are August first. Averages, take your pick.

QUARTER-FINAL

	Surrey*	10.5.14	Lancs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Julien Shepley 184 (B) Ian Heppell 178 Albert Yiamakis 179 Sam Porter 174 Philip Stimpson 163 Angus James 177 Sebastian Galer 177 Nicholas Edwards 167 Victor Odunaiya 164 David Sedgwick 164 Nicholas Grey 154 H Trevor Jones 157 Paul Barasi 162 Chris Clegg 148 Ian Deswarte 158 Mike Gunn 128	0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1	Dominic Rabbitte 184 Robert Newton 190 Richard Collins 169 Michael Parker 175 John G Cooper 175 Mike Conroy (1) Brendan Brown 176 John Lyth 171 Scott Riley 174 Robert Taylor 169 Dennis Owen 159 Philip Raynor 160 Colin Liddle 155 Rob Tokeley 153 William O'Rourke 160 Nugith Jayawarna 150
(Syston) [165]		9½ 5½	[168]
Grades are Jan 2014, we hope. ¹ Bd 6. Mike Conroy is ungraded, so needs the Controller's clearance. Did he have it? Hard to tell. The Controller's list in the bottom half of http://www.englishchess.org.uk/competitions-plp/county-championships-2/ does not include him as we write (13.5.14), but it is dated 22.4.14 with a note that the Controller "will try to update this once per week". It doesn't affect the match result in this case. It might have. Note 25.5.14. Score revised from 9-7 to 9½-5½. Presumably (but we can't be sure) this answers the question we asked twelve days ago.

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UNDER 160

FINAL

	Yorks	12.7.14	Middx
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Peter Braham 155 165 (B) Tom Wills Jonathan Swallow 155 154 Gawain Ako 153 159 Robin Browne 156 152 Rupert Jones 156 159 Paul Clarke 150 147 David Adam William Clark Dave Shapland 153 149 Andy Leatherbarrow 152 147 Randolph Donahue 153 153 Ken McIntosh 144 141 David Stothard 141 150 Peter Mason 147 147 Alan McIntosh 143 141	0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0	Kevin Millward Paul Kennelly 155 164 Charles McAleenan 153 161 William Phillips 155 156 Atreya Mandnikar - 152 Richard Thursby 147 151 Frank Zurstiege 148 151 Greg Breed 151 150 Peter Morton 147 149 Keith Jones 147 144 Nigel Colter 143 142 John Woolley 141 141 Charlie Cooke 143 141 Jagdeep Dhemrait 151 138 Michael Price 140 135 Steve Sonnis 133 132
(Stevenage) [151]		10 6	[147]
Grades are August first. Averages, take your pick.

SEMI-FINAL

	Herts	14.6.14	Middx
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Anthony Ball 159 169 (B) Dominic Robinson 159 163 Ian Nelson 153 157 Brian Judkins 150 157 Simon Charles 157 157 Paul Kenning 155 155 Jon Barnes 153 148 James Aldred 146 148 Mark Harris 154 146 Andrew Maclaren 146 145 Ian Mutton 144 144 Gary Ruddick 133 142 Mark Heffer 141 141 Michael Price 133 140 Alan Gore 136 135 Mai Wali 134 127	1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 ½ ½	V Ray Harper 150 164 Paul Kennelly 155 164 Charles McAleenan 153 161 Roger Scowen 157 157 Atreya Mandnikar - 152 Richard Thursby 147 151 Frank Zurstiege 148 151 Greg Breed 151 150 Russell Campbell 148 147 Ian Cross 155 146 Keith Jones 147 144 John Woolley 141 141 Charlie Cooke 143 141 Jagdeep Dhemrait 151 138 Michael Price 140 135 Steve Sonnis 133 132
(Stevenage) [148]		7 9	[148]
Grades will be August first. Averages, take your pick.

QUARTER-FINALS

	Middx	18.5.14	Lancs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	V Ray Harper 150 164 (W) Paul Kennelly 155 164 Charles McAleenan 153 161 Roger Scowen 157 157 William Phillips 155 156 Atreya Mandnikar - 152 Jason Obihara 132 150 Greg Breed 151 150 Peter Morton 147 149 Russell Campbell 148 147 Ian Cross 155 146 Nigel Colter 143 142 John Woolley 141 141 Jagdeep Dhemrait 151 138 Michael Price 140 135 Keith Jones 147 144	½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0	Philip Raynor 159 160 Jordan Lewis 158 156 Armand Catz 156 165 Phillip Seery 153 152 Stephen Murray 152 146 Kit Hopkins (1) Paul Bridge 149 144 John Whitfield 149 150 William O'Rourke 148 160 Phillip Taylor 171 166 Colin Fisher 145 156 Kenny Quinn 143 136 Rob Tokeley 142 153 Stephen Fanning 142 137 Mal French 138 137 def
(Spomdon) [150]		10½ 5½	[151]
Grades are August first. Averages, take your pick. ¹ Bd 6: note 19.5.14. Kit Hopkins (ungraded) of Lytham ex-Servicemen is not in the Cleared list and it has been updated since yesterday. See next match down. Note 25.5.14. He still isn't. We're surprised this isn't among the adjusted scores. Further note 30.5.14. He's listed now, in an update dated 27.5.14. That's 9 days after the match he played in.

	Yorks	17.5.14	Essex
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	James Marley 161 (B) Gawain Ako 159 Gunnar Mallon 167 Peter Braham 165 David Hirst 156 Rupert Jones 159 Jonathan Swallow 154 Peter Leonard 143 Dave Shapland 149 Randolph Donahue 153 Paul Clarke 147 Andy Leatherbarrow 147 William Clark (1) Kevin Winter 144 Alan McIntosh 141 Peter Mason 147	½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½	David Millward 159 Naomi Wei 159 Paul Barclay 159 Colin Ramage 165 Ken Clow 156 Dave Pearse 156 John Philpott 155 Roderick Johnson 149 Thomas Winter 148 Edison Figueroa 144 Ian Woodward 145 Alan Riddoch 143 Robert Davies 131 Michael Warden 135 Ken Groce 120 Kevin Sweeney 114
(Syston) [153]		8½ 7½	[146]
Grades will be Jan 2014. ¹ bd 13: note 18.5.14. William Clark is ungraded, so needs the Controller's clearance. Did he have it? Hard to tell. We made this remark the other day about Mike Conroy in the U180 QF (see above), and we now have to make it again. Neither he nor William Clark appears in the Controller's list of cleared players. But the list was three weeks old then and has not been updated since, so we're in the dark. It affects the match result this time. Note 19.5.14. The Controller's list is still dated 22.4.14, but new names have been added since yesterday and William Clark's is one of them (with supplied grade 152). The date of clearance is not given, but one must suppose it was before the match he played in. Mike Conroy remains unlisted.

PRELIMINARY

	Cambs	26.4.14	Kent*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Mark Szymanski 169 (B) John Beck 159 Carl Watkins 157 Marcus Misson 156 Bernard Duff 156 Peter Barkas 155 Marcus Connolly 153 Julian Ray 153 Fred Davies 149 Stephen Pride 149 Patrick Ribbands 147 Ieysaa Bin-Suhayl 147 Neil Greenwood 145 Ole Bay-Peterson 144 Chris Norton 144 Richard Newman 142	1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1	Sydney Jacob 171 Peter Childs 162 John Cook 162 Paul Rutland 160 Tim Gluckman 159 Robert Lane 158 Andy Waters 154 Michael Wiltshire 154 Barry Beavis 154 Mark Houghton 151 Jake Modica e150 Derek Davis 146 Robin East 145 Gary Sharp 145 Simon Court 142 Bob Mitchell 129
(Whittlesford DA) [152]		9 7	[153]
Grades are Jan 2014, we hope.

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UNDER 140

SEMI-FINAL

	Kent	14.6.14	Notts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Chris Marshall 139 148 (B) Andrew Heard 138 142 Gary Sharp 136 145 Peter Thomas 137 137 Robert Thompson 125 135 Chris Bernard 134 133 David Gilbert 121 138 David Orr 127 132 Malcolm Mourant 127 130 Mike Shahoud 128 126 Michael Jones 127 118 Alan Sherriff 127 125 Hugh Tassell 125 128 Stephen Bond 123 124 Peter Blundell 121 121 Andrew Gillard 115 115	1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1	William Atiomo 138 140 Darran Ince 138 139 Alan Kenyon 132 137 James Thomson 137 135 Robert Willoughby 127 135 Stephen Foster 130 134 Graham Gibson 135 135 George Murfet 138 134 Peter Gorecka-Marshall 134 127 Alan Robinson 132 127 Michael Nailard 125 126 Graham Neil 130 124 Terry Lavelle 133 121 David Woodhouse - e119 Barry Redburn 124 120 Michael Harper 126 120
(Milton Keynes) [131]		7 9	[130]

QUARTER-FINALS

	Lancs	18.5.14	Middx
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	def (B) James Carrington 130 128 David Stanfield snr 134 142 Ronnie Whiteside 134 136 David Kelly (1) Peter Edhouse 132 124 Lynne Morrison 124 127 Neil Jerzynek 124 124 Christopher Fielding 123 120 Chris Lysons 122 123 Dave Almond 122 123 Lawrence Harold 122 117 Anthony Jinks 111 115 Gordon Glover 114 122 Michael Horne 117 116 David Thorp 116 114	0 1 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0	Martin Leanse 137 139 Robert Mumford 136 139 John Harvey 124 137 Alistair Morton 132 127 Martijn Eefting 131 133 Peter Hawran 136 136 Brian Foster 129 127 Peter Pickering 129 122 Joe Lindsay 127 131 Alan Marshall 124 129 Wilson Ransome 124 123 Des Byrne 123 119 Elena Bote 120 116 Mark Huba 120 121 Surjit Dhemrait 119 123 Gerald Parfett 117 121
(Spondon) [124]		8½ 7½	[128]
Grades are August first, with two exceptions. ¹ Bd 5: note 19.5.14. No grade is given, or readily discoverable, for David Kelly. He's not in the new Cleared list, but we've been there before. Perhaps he's Kelly, J David 130 135 of St Helens which isn't in Lancashire but used to be. Note 25.5.14. He is. He now appears on the ECF website as Kelly, JD with those grades.

	Kent*	17.5.14	Staffs
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Chris Marshall 139 148 Andrew Heard 138 142 Gary Sharp 136 145 Peter Thomas 137 139 Mike Wood 135 140 Rob Thompson 125 140 Chris Bernard 134 133 David Gilbert 121 138 Laurence Jones 131 129 David Orr 127 132 Michael Jones 127 118 Malcolm Mourant 127 130 Alan Sherriff 127 125 Mike Shahoud 128 126 Hugh Tassell 125 128 David Lettington 125 122	1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½	Phil Staley 138 145 (B) Michael Hoare 129 134 George Scattergood 124 134 Mark Keady - 132 Andrew Leadbetter 129 127 Stephen Emmerton 126 121 Doreen Anderton 123 116 Peter Windows 122 121 Denis Nesbitt 117 122 Arthur Hall 116 114 David Molineux 114 117 Nic Wright 111 110 Peter Evans 109 110 Simon Jones 104 112 Michael Page 105 107 David Barker 102 104
(Milton Keynes) [130 133]		10½ 5½	[111 120]
Grades are August first.

	Notts	17.5.14	Herts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16	Darran Ince 139 (W) Alan Kenyon 137 James Thomson 135 Robert Willoughby 135 Stephen Foster 134 Graham Gibson 135 Chris Bonello 133 Peter Brace 133 Peter Gorecka-Marshall 127 Rob Ensor 127 Alan Robinson 127 Michael Nailard 126 Terry Lavelle 121 Barry Redburn 120 Michael Harper 120 Graham Neil 124	½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0	Gary Ruddick 142 Michael Price 140 Alan Gore 135 Steve Dicks 131 Terry Douse 130 Mir Wali 127 Edward Magee 126 Austin McMahon 125 Corinne Mountford 125 Paul Laskier 124 Terry O'Sullivan 122 Ray Butcher 120 John Leake 117 Roger Kearns 115 Tim Sampson 115 def
(Selston Notts) [130]		9 7	[126]
Grades are Jan 2014, we hope.

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UNDER 120

FINAL

	Notts	12.7.14	Herts*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Nigel Wright 115 120 (W) Paul Rees 117 118 Dave Dunne - 115 Andrew Thompson 105 113 Simon Scott 100 112 Michael Swanwick 110 113 Len Morrell 117 108 Margaret Gretton 102 108 Lukasz Kacprzak 114 Robert Garnett 112 107 Richard Dawson 103 105 Steve Luland 103 101	1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1	Roger Kearns 119 115 Ray Claret 119 121 Corinne Mountford 118 125 Keith Woodhouse 126 118 Steve Zsibrita 117 120 Matthew Devan 115 116 Kidge Elder 119 128 Richard Pearson 113 116 John Peate 112 113 Peter Hayward 109 109 Tim Sampson 113 115 Simon Hicks 109 103
(Warwick) [110 109]		7 5	[117 115]
Grades are August first.

SEMI-FINAL

	Norfolk	14.6.14	Herts*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Charlie Neil 119 122 (B) Craig Robertson 117 113 Kenneth Ellis 117 113 Sebastian Taylor - 114 Andrew Duffell 116 118 Ritchie Downie 111 98 Jack Evans 108 106 Brian Cunningham 108 100 Stephen Cotterell 103 101 John Hudson 102 114 Alex Evans 92 102 def (- e90)	½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1	Roger Kearns 119 115 Corinne Mountford 118 125 Steve Zsibrita 117 120 Kidge Elder 119 128 Chris Pines 118 115 Matthew Devan 115 116 Peter Hayward 109 109 Tim Sampson 113 115 Adam Hirst 111 114 Adithya Pramod-Paleri - 113e John Harris 104 108 François Swiegers (1) - e102
(Newmarket) [(108) 108]		5 7	[(113) 115]
Grades are August first. ¹ Bd 12. Cedilla ours, may be wrong.

QUARTER-FINALS

	Herts*	18.5.14	Warwicks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Ray Claret 119 121 (W) Roger Kearns 119 115 Corinne Mountford 118 125 Kidge Elder 119 128 Asha Jina 115 135 Chris Pines 118 115 Peter Hayward 109 109 Tim Sampson 113 115 John Peate 112 113 John Harris 104 106 Pramod Paleri, Adithya 113 113 Simon Hicks 109 103	½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0 ½ ½	Peter Hughes 108 110 Ray Bettam 110 109 Robin Anderton 106 109 Graham Gee 109 105 Steve Hotchkiss 108 104 John Pakenham 105 113 Geoff Harman 104 98 Bramwell Garner 97 96 Harvey Quail 103 96 Pauline Woodward 106 95 Bill Dixon 103 94 Harvey Watkins 91 90
(Pottersbury Northants) [114 117]		6½ 4½	[104 101]
Grades are August first. Note 25.5.14. Score revised from 8½-3½ to 6½-4½: "One board awarded to Warwickshire as Hertfordshire player ineligible". Clearly one of the Herts winners, but we're not told which. We now see, though, that bd 11 may have wanted clearance. His August grade shown above seems not to be real.

	Staffs	11.5.14	Essex
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Mike Jarocki 118 119 (W) David Molineux 114 117 Richard Wilkinson 111 117 R Arthur Hall 116 114 Alexander Jarvis 114 113 Robert Brodie 111 112 Simon Jones 104 112 Nicholas Wright 111 110 Peter Evans 109 110 David Johnson 115 109 Michael Page 105 107 Julian Hawthorne 88 105	0 1 * 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 0	Niall Ali 114 117 Andrew Offord 115 122 Chris Van Veen 118 119 Benjamin Smith 117 119 Peter Brander 119 118 Dan Ball 111 115 Nigel Nice 117 113 Ken Young 115 113 Frank Sealey 117 102 John Jestico 102 114 Sidney Burns 103 96 Russell Fisher 107 100
(Cannock) [109 112]		6 5	[112 112]
Grades are August first. * bd 2. Result in dispute, according to the ECF website. It gives no details, and enquiries elsewhere have not borne fruit. We don't even know who's claiming what, unfortunately. Later same day (17.5.14): we now have some details from the Essex captain. Very briefly, Essex maintain that the Staffs player either picked up, or touched with the evident intention of moving, one piece; then moved another. Staffs maintain that he brushed against the first by accident. (Moving it would have lost at once.) The Controller, after consultation, has ruled that there is insufficient evidence of malpractice, and voided the game. Essex have until tomorrow to appeal to the Home Director should they decide to do so. Later (20.5.14): Essex appealed, but not on this point. Their complaint had another part which we had missed. The Staffs boards 7 and 10 played in breach of the 10-point rule if you use August grades (not published in our original version) as the rules prescribe. The Controller rejected this complaint on grounds which were, perhaps, debatable. The Home Director has rejected the appeal on the different ground that match captains have blanket permission to use January grades for 10-point purposes. (The rules allow such permission, and it is printed on the official result sheet if you're using it.) Final result Staffs 6 5 Essex.

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FINAL

	Kent	12.7.14	Warwicks
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Emily Green 93 117 (B) Peter Hickey 97 99 Alan Evans 99 92 Bob Cronin 97 88 Graeme Boxall 94 94 Mark Horner 91 89 Barry Hampton 88 86 Nigel Osina - e84 Henri Aubin-Parvu 83 81 Bernard Lis 84 87 Thomas Morton 72 75 Isaac Oluwole 69 64	1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 1 0 1 0	Tom Evans 98 98 Chris Sinclair - 98 Stuart Calderbank 97 100 Bramwell Garner 97 96 Richard Buxton 93 91 Peter Stiff 87 90 Brian Vince 88 - Paul Kelly 86 82 John Clulee 81 76 Peter Leggett 70 74 Trevor Gazee 68 76 Des Green 44 53
(Warwick)		8½ 3½
Grades are August first. Note 14.7.14. Bd 1, originally published in error as 0-1 on the ECF website, is now corrected to 1-0 after representations by the Kent captain. We suspect that a PGN inputter entered the result the wrong way round.

SEMI-FINAL

	Lancs	14.6.14	Kent*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Geoff Robinson 90 86 (W) Louis Bathein 89 89 Douglas McLellan 89 85 George Harman 85 96 John Cox 84 86 Harvey Wright - 79 Ben Albrecht - e80 Stephen Crook - e70 John Care - e67 Owen Giles 65 74 David Jinks 60 54 Oliver Crook - e60	0 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 ½ ½ 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 ½ ½	Emily Green 93 117 Chris Cheeseman 99 106 Alan Evans 99 92 Bob Cronin 97 88 Mark Horner 91 89 Barry Hampton 88 86 Nigel Osina - e84 David Langford 83 93 Thomas Morton 72 75 Chris Wise - e80 Isaac Oluwole 69 64 Laurence Hobson - e37
(Syston)		4 8
Grades are August first. Players with no August grade require.. oh, never mind.

QUARTER-FINALS

	Norfolk	17.5.14	Surrey*
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12	Mike Poulton 98 99 (B) Anna Wasse 96 97 Rod Mills 93 91 Joshua Rowe 94 93 Alex Evans 92 102 Charlie Pickering 95 - Dennis Driscoll 90 84 William Bradley - 76 Alan Holmes 80 84 John Boulton (1) Moby Wells 52 62 David Grounds - e55	1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0	Morayo Ogungbesan 99 102 Delroy Bennett 98 102 Vad Hudoly 92 91 Michael Ifalore 77 99 Stephen Darby 98 97 Joel Morales 86 89 Adam Crafer 94 86 Paul Braithwaite 72 68 William Golding 61 100 James Bacon 63 94 Max Carter 67 84 Joshua Beukes 84r 69
(Norwich-ish)		7 5
Grades are August first. ¹ Bd 10: note 19.5.14. John Boulton of Norfolk & Norwich is ungraded but does not appear in the new... Oh, we've said it often enough for one day. But we'll say it again now (25.5.14), because he's still ungraded and still not in the Cleared list, and the scores aren't adjusted. You could make the same remarks about the Norfolk board 8, though we didn't before. He had no August grade and isn't in the list. Either of these cases would overturn the match result if real. What are we not seeing? Note 30.5.14. John Boulton is now in the Cleared list, in an update of 27.5.14 (10 days after the match took place). Bd 8, William Bradley, is still not listed.

	Kent*	17.5.14	Notts
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11	Emily Green 93 117 (W) Chris Cheeseman 99 106 Alan Evans 99 92 Bob Cronin 97 88 Peter Houching 96 92 Mark Horner 91 89 Barry Hampton 88 86 David Langford 83 93 Henri Aubin-Parvu 83 81 Bernard Lis 84 87 Thomas Morton 72 75	1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0	Alberto Rodriguez 80 97 Will Atiomo 94 99 Stephen Morley 94 95 Malcolm Hargreaves 98 95 Bob Abrahart 88 Charlotte Attwood 94 86 Luke Rees 72 78 James Watts 69 75 Ken Heath 73 65 Michael James 31 33 Rose Emery 20 22
(Milton Keynes) [90 91]		7 4	[74 76]
Grades are August first. Match played over 11 boards by agreement.

NOTES on the draw
A correspondent writes 26.2.14: "I gather the draw is changing for the Minor, to swap G Man into the prelim rather than E2." And change it should, because the rules require 3rd nominees to play in the Prelim if there is one. Our correspondent does not name his source, and we'll actually believe in the correction when the ECF publish it. (Your Webmaster, not one to stir things, had been keeping quiet about the illegality and is rather pleased someone else hasn't.)
     Note 27.2.14. The ECF have published it, and we have followed suit. (They have changed it on the quiet. You come here for the lowdown.) People are now complaining that all three MCCU nominees are in the same half of the draw, but offhand that isn't against the rules.
     Note 2.4.14. We weren't going to mention it, but what the hell. Has it struck you that every single one of the teams with a quarter-final bye is at home in the semi-final? There are seven of them. Well, it could happen by accident. Or it could be an unintended, and surely incorrect, quirk in the draw methodology. Take your pick.
     We except Warwickshire's unexpected bye in the U180, which only happened a few days ago and formed no part of the original draw.

NOTES on Controller's adjustments
25.5.14. The Controller made a number of adjustments to the scores two days ago, reflecting penalties for ineligibility. These affect the Open, U180 and U120. We've added notes under the matches concerned. The Controller gives little detail, but we think it is always a question of ungraded players not cleared in advance. In the U180 we fancy it was a question we had already asked. In the Open we might have if we'd bothered, and in the U120 we think it is a point we'd missed. In no case are we actually told which player was ineligible, or how. We've ventured our own suggestions. The team captains will have been told, but was there a reason Joe Public couldn't be? Later: He has been now.

     Adjustments not made
There are two other cases, in the U160 and U100, where we were more or less expecting penalties and there are none. Again, there are notes under the matches. In one case it affects the match result.

For completeness: there is another adjustment not mentioned on the ECF site, where U120 Staffs v Essex is marked "Board 2 is still under dispute" and has been so marked since it appeared. The dispute is resolved. Our account of the matter, while purposely brief, is not invented. (U140 Kent v Staffs isn't either, but that's maybe off topic.) Later: these omissions are made good.

     Adjustments not made (update 30.5.14)
There are developments in the U160 and U100 matches mentioned above, and we have added to the notes below them. Two of the players in question have now appeared in the Cleared list (though long after their matches were played). The third has not appeared, and there is still no penalty, and the match still depends on it. Perhaps he'll appear tomorrow.
     Note 7.6.14. He didn't, and yesterday's update is innocent of him. We're tired of this game. Let us know if you happen to find out the answer.

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