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ECF U18/U13 County Championships 2010. Report by Organiser: Neill Cooper Individual results Here This year the ECF U18/U13 County Championships were held at Wilson 's School, Wallington on Sunday 27th June 2010. Despite the rival attractions of England playing Germany in the world cup, 196 players took part, 96 in the U18, 96 in the U13 and 4 reserves in a small reserves tournament. The U18s played a 2 round Jamboree with 75 minutes per move whilst the U13s had 4 rounds with 30 minutes each on the clock. As in previous years the U18 open was a 12 board event with the teams having an even spread of ability – Berks, Kent, Sussex and Warwicks all had average grades in the range 150 to 145. After the first round the event still looked close with Berks and Kent leading with 8/12 followed by Sussex and Warwicks on 6½. The second round, though, was much more one sided – only Berkshire had a positive score, with 8 wins and 4 draws, resulting in a clear victory by 4 ½ points from holders Kent. This appears to be the first time Berkshire have won this event since its inauguration in 1950. There was only one entry in the U18 Girls event, so Surrey won this title by default. This team then competed in the U18 minor tournament, which they won but were ineligible for the title which was taken by Sussex. There were eight entries for the 6 board U13 Open, with Surrey 1 st team being favourites with an average grade of 143 compared to second ranking Kent and Berks at 133. After 3 of teh 4 founds it was still very close – Surrey had scored 13½/18 point compared to Kent's 13 and Berks 11½. However a strong last round by Surrey 1 st team in which they only lost points the Surrey 2 nd team led them to finish first with 18½/24 ahead of Berks coming second with 16 points. In the merged U13 Minor/U13 Girls event, Kent Girls quickly built up an unassailable lead by winning all their games in the first two round. This was not surprising – on a purely grading basis they were too strong to play in this event, but with only two entries the sections were merged. Going into the last round of the minor Hants were just in the lead from two Surrey teams. However, Hants fell at this last hurdle to see the two Surrey teams tie for first place, with the trophies going to Surrey (EO) from the Surrey (GC) on board count. (The two equal teams were distinguished by the initials of their respective board 1s.) Dr John Nunn GM, ex British Chess Champion and World Problem Solving Champion, kindly presented the trophies to the winning teams. Chris Howell was a very effective arbiter on the day. Sue Maguire, Lawrence Jones and Nigel Dennis ensured the sections ran smoothly and all the results were correctly recorded. Kent Junior Chess Association provided a great refreshment stall. Wilson's School, as well as providing playing halls and team rooms, and also showed the football match (and Motor Grand Prix) in their lecture theatre. However, many of the team members preferred to play chess rather than watch England's performance against Germany. U18 Open (12 board): 1st Berks 18/24; 2nd Kent 13.5; 3rd = Warwicks and Sussex 12 5th Hants 8.5, 6th Surrey 8 Games: Sam Porter ( Surrey ) vs James Holland (Berks) ECF Under 18 Championships Bd3 (Round 2), 27.06.2010 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 g6 6.Be3 Bg7 7.f3 Nc6 8.Qd2 0-0 9.0-0-0 d5 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.exd5 Nxd5 12.Bd4 e5 13.Bc5 Be6 14.Nxd5 cxd5(See position 1) 15.Bb5 Rb8 16.Bc6 d4 17.Bxa7 Qc7 18.Bxb8 Qxc6 19.Qb4 Rc8 20.Kb1 Bf8 21.Qxf8+ Rxf8 22.Bxe5 Rc8 23.Bxd4 Qxc2+ 24.Ka1 Ra8 Chetan Mehta (Surrey) vs William Graham ( Sussex ) ECF Under 18 Championships Bd12, round 1 27.06.2010 1. d4 e6 2. e3 Nf6 3. Bd3 Nc6 4. c3 d5 5. Nf3 Bd6 6. Nbd2 O-O 7. e4 dxe4 8. Nxe4 Nxe4 9. Bxe4 Bd7 (See position 2) 10. Bxh7+ Kxh7 11. Ng5+ Kg6 12. h4 f6 13. h5+ 1-0
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