Counties Chess
Union
2025 ECF County Team |
Published 17 May 2025
Counties Championship
There were no MCCU teams in the open competition
Minor Counties Championship
Quarter Final Played on 11 May 2025 at Banwell Village Hall, North Somerset. Worcestershire players on odd-numbered boards had white pieces. Match reported by LMS
| Board | Rating | Devon | Score | Worcestershire | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2004 (2220) | Temizer, Umut (b) | ½ - ½ | Friar, Joseph D | 2117 (2179) |
| 2 | 2118 (2181) | Underwood, Jonathan WR | ½ - ½ | Gillings, Matt | 1983 (2045) |
| 3 | 2116 (2164) | Hampton, Paul DJ | 0 - 1 | Lambourne, Daniel M | 2077 (2036) |
| 4 | 2097 (2138) | Caleshu, Caleb | 1 - 0 | Hurney, Kevin | 2037 (2025) |
| 5 | 2103 (2102) | Paulden, Tim | 1 - 0 | Mellor, Stephen D | 2033 (2017) |
| 6 | 2001 (2026) | Li, Joy Ching | 0 - 1 | Evans, Harry G | 1982 (1985) |
| 7 | 2022 (2011) | Archer-Lock, Christopher J | ½ - ½ | Wrench, John P | 1976 (1966) |
| 8 | 1985 (2006) | Goldschmidt, Martin | 0 - 1 | Clarke, Ian J | 1925 (1925) |
| 9 | 2025 (2001) | Bennett, Max | ½ - ½ | Cartwright, Gavin | 1901 (1916) |
| 10 | 1997 (2001) | Gant, Chris J | 1 - 0 | Attwell, Ben | 1846 (1895) |
| 11 | 1975 (1917) | Wensley, Oliver E | 0 - 1 | Higgs, Edward | 1856 (1876) |
| 12 | 1983 (1966) | Brusey, Alan W | ½ - ½ | Luca, Dorin | 1841 (1844) |
| 13 | 1924 (1958) | Abbott, Mark V | 1 - 0 | Woodhouse, Stephen V | 1790 (1812) |
| 14 | 1914 (1957) | Cooper, Harvey | 1 - 0 | Rentachintala, Saikalyan | 1790 (1789) |
| 15 | 1933 (1908) | Lowe, Chris | 1 - 0 | Collett, Ray A | 1810 (1769) |
| 16 | 1905 (1887) | Thynne, Trefor F | 1 - 0 | Maddocks, Phil | 1780 (1758) |
| Average | 2007 | Totals | 9½ - 6½ | 1922 |
Quarter Final Played on 11 May 2025 at Community Hall, Dogsthorpe, Peterborough. Licolnshire players on odd-numbered boards had white pieces. Match reported by LMS. Cambridgeshire won on board count.
| Board | Rating | Lincolnshire | Score | Cambridgeshire | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2210 (2233) | Milson, Samuel A (w) | 0 - 1 | Martyn, Rafe | 2331 (2316) |
| 2 | 2098 (2189) | Klimchik, Alexandr | 0 - 1 | Shafi, Declan | 2260 (2291) |
| 3 | 2175 (2161) | Cumbers, Paul | ½ - ½ | Mihalik, Agoston | 2256 (2259) |
| 4 | 2142 (2129) | Willson, Ollie | ½ - ½ | Pickard, Charles | 2186 (2194) |
| 5 | 2111 (2122) | Stead, Nick P | 1 - 0 | Davison, Chris | 2167 (2175) |
| 6 | 2124 (2121) | Birtwistle, Nigel | ½ - ½ | Palucha, Szymon C | 2166 (2162) |
| 7 | 2149 (2111) | Dilley, Jason M | ½ - ½ | Waller, Dan | 2138 (2149) |
| 8 | 2151 (2081) | Prior, Stephen CV | ½ - ½ | Cole, James | 2112 (2121) |
| 9 | 2023 (2016) | McCarthy, Kevin C | 0 - 1 | Fallon, Philip S | 2042 (2000) |
| 10 | 1987 (1990) | Kilshaw, Joe | 1 - 0 | Kemp, Paul R | 1981 (1975) |
| 11 | 1910 (1937) | Taylor, Robert K | 0 - 1 | Hutchinson, Norman A | 1923 (1953) |
| 12 | 1871 (1909) | Thompson, Daniel | ½ - ½ | Bowers, Francis J | 1821 (1895) |
| 13 | 1878 (1898) | Hebert, R Andrew | ½ - ½ | Hampton, Christopher | 1917 (1862) |
| 14 | 1886 (1879) | Ladds, Graham I | ½ - ½ | McMahon, Paul | 1847 (1848) |
| 15 | 1864 (1855) | Gibbon, Eric | 1 - 0 | Caraway, Samuel | 1786 (1826) |
| 16 | 1850 (1855) | MacDonald, Stuart | 1 - 0 | Emery, Colin | 1706 (1708) |
| Average | 2027 | 8 - 8* | 2040 |
u1850 Counties Team Championship
Quarter final played Saturday 10 May at Peterborough Bridge Club, Peterborough. Lincolnshire had wite on odd numbered boards. Match reported by LMS.
| Board | Rating | Cambridgeshire | Score | Derbyshire | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1835 (1934) | Fairhurst, Frederick | ½ - ½ | Smith, Ryan L. | 1868 (1798) |
| 2 | 1786 (1826) | Caraway, Samuel | 0 - 1 | Bromilow, Edward T | 1812 (1778) |
| 3 | 1789 (1814) | Chan, Anthony | ½ - ½ | Pickering, David J | 1733 (1720) |
| 4 | 1790 (1797) | Briginshaw, James A | ½ - ½ | Meyer, Dylan | 1724 (1712) |
| 5 | 1754 (1781) | Barkas, Peter | ½ - ½ | Cameron, Neil | 1657 (1666) |
| 6 | 1766 (1777) | Spencer, Paul | 1 - 0 | Bennett, Curtis | 1707 (1660) |
| 7 | 1835 (1777) | Greenwood, Neil | 1 - 0 | Sheldon, Philip | 1629 (1642) |
| 8 | 1757 (1777) | Chedd, Neil | 1 - 0 | Walsh, Keith | 1636 (1631) |
| 9 | 1698 (1774) | Cooper, Matthew | ½ - ½ | Benfield, Matthew H. | 1615 (1702) |
| 10 | 1737 (1741) | Skelton, Jason | 1 - 0 | Walker, Roger W | 1610 (1587) |
| 11 | 1731 (1732) | Norman, Alan PH | 1 - 0 | Cockburn, Andre | 1546 (1568) |
| 12 | 1584 (1725) | Pride, Stephen C | ½ - ½ | Fraser, Chris A | 1567 (1557) |
| 13 | 1706 (1708) | Emery, Colin | ½ - ½ | Lever, Brian | 1536 (1551) |
| 14 | 1672 (1611) | De Block, Gert | 1 - 0 | Pace, Graham J | 1512 (1498) |
| 15 | 1569 (1586) | Osborn, Michael MJ | ½ - ½ | Oakley, Michael | 1459 (1462) |
| 16 | 1626 (1583) | Baddeley, Peter | 0 - 1 | Hall, David | 1467 (1433) |
| Average | 1728 | Totals | 10 - 6 | 1630 |
Quarter final played on Sun 4 May 2025 at Community Centre Larch Grove, Peterborough. Derbyshire had white on odd numbered boards. Match reported by LMS.
| Board | Rating | Lincolnshire | Score | Suffolk | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1824 (1842) | Hill, Chris | 0 - 1 | Pack, James | 1840 (1880) |
| 2 | 1750 (1834) | Madukalpa, Githma | ½ - ½ | Barnes, Nathan | 1840 (1860) |
| 3 | 1807 (1824) | Dunkley, Michael | 0 - 1 | Donnelly, Andrew J | 1828 (1844) |
| 4 | 1792 (1810) | Mason, Ben | ½ - ½ | Irwin, James | 1817 (1822) |
| 5 | 1802 (1806) | Holt, Chris M | 0 - 1 | Gordon, Tom | 1772 (1814) |
| 6 | 1803 (1801) | Brown, Jules | 1 - 0 | Lovell, Steve | 1788 (1785) |
| 7 | 1774 (1785) | Kok, Herman FF | 1 - 0 | Sheat, Thomas | 1795 (1780) |
| 8 | 1753 (1760) | Chillcott, Richard | ½ - ½ | Newton, Peter | 1764 (1776) |
| 9 | 1698 (1714) | Fray, Gregory | 0 - 1 | Kirkham, Ed | 1768 (1761) |
| 10 | 1587 (1710) | Egappan, Alagappan | ½ - ½ | Stephens, Robert W | 1734 (1748) |
| 11 | 1693 (1692) | Rooney, Brendan | ½ - ½ | Heffer, Judith | 1732 (1730) |
| 12 | 1766 (1687) | Wollerton, Grenville | 0 - 1 | Starodubcevs, Sergejs | 1627 (1693) |
| 13 | 1684 (1685) | Poama-Covaci, Iulia | 0 - 1 | Pugh, Daniel | 1759 (1674) |
| 14 | 1645 (1673) | Nelder, Alan J | 0 - 1 | Jones, Robert L | 1681 (1672) |
| 15 | 1667 (1654) | Orr, William | ½ - ½ | McAllister, John WF | 1625 (1654) |
| 16 | 1642 (1651) | Stokes, Richard | 1 - 0 | Heffer, Mark | 1678 (1567) |
| Average | 1731 | Totals | 6 - 10 | 1753 |
u1650 Counties Team Championship
Quarter Final played on 17 May at Garden Hall, Watlington House, Raeding, Berks. Worcestershire players had white pieces on odd-numbered boards. Match reported by LMS.
| Board | Rating | Worcestershire | Score | Kent | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1629 (1693) | Varilone, John F | 0 - 1 | Mandelli, Federico | 1643 (1657) |
| 2 | 1571 (1670) | Ware, Adam | 1 - 0 | Allen, Nick | 1628 (1639) |
| 3 | 1551 (1640) | Jones, Daniel L | ½ - ½ | McKenna, John R | 1624 (1636) |
| 4 | 1446 (1608) | Nicholls, Alex P | 0 - 1 | Sherriff, Alan J | 1633 (1633) |
| 5 | 1585 (1567) | Horwill, Eric | 0 - 1 | Flaherty, Kevin | 1609 (1631) |
| 6 | 1531 (1560) | Stanton, T Giles | ½ - ½ | Panesar, Jagdev | 1550 (1605) |
| 7 | 1516 (1544) | Kirkland, Arnold G | 0 - 1 | Benson, Tom | 1584 (1594) |
| 8 | 1531 (1525) | Cleak, David | 0 - 1 | Brockwell, Lee | 1607 (1592) |
| 9 | 1568 (1507) | Foster, Nigel | ½ - ½ | McKenna, James F | 1569 (1592) |
| 10 | 1568 (1485) | Truscott, Ian M | 0 - 1 | Eagle, Joe | 1516 (1576) |
| 11 | 1536 (1473) | Serafini, Paul | 1 - 0 | Brown, Chris D | 1598 (1564) |
| 12 | 1477 (1456) | Berry, Simon | 0 - 1 | Gillard, Andrew L | 1563 (1533) |
| 13 | 1473 (1453) | Alcock, Steve | 1 - 0 | Gilbertson, Cindy | 1518 (1511) |
| 14 | 1418 (1450) | Griffiths, Aiden | 1 - 0 | Hall, Conrad | 1559 (1497) |
| 15 | 1397 (1397) | Vernon, Colin G | ½ - ½ | Pokern, Yvo | 1540 (1495) |
| 16 | 1380 (1396) | Doran, Ben | 0 - 1 | Hunt, Iain | 1472 (1469) |
| Average | 1512 | 6 - 10 | 1576 |