Hampshire Individual Tournament Results
Hampshire Congress 2010 Report
- Report by John Wheeler
- Annotated Game contributed by the Hampshire Champion
- Open Section Games and Crosstable
- Major Section Games and Crosstable
- Photos of Games in Progress
Congress Report
(Eastleigh, 12-14 Nov, 2010)
Mike Yeo (Wessex) successfully defended his title at the Hampshire County Championships at Eastleigh. The critical game was in the 5th Round, when Mike appeared to be losing to former champion Dominic Tunks, but emerged from the time scramble with a winning position.
Dominic Tunks shared second place with another regular competitor, David Pye.
The Grading prize was shared by David Fowler, Maurice Lawson and Steven Payne, with David taking the trophy on tie-break.
The Major section was a very close contest. Tom Slater and Richard Desmedt finally emerged at the top with 4.5 points each.
They were followed by Matt Chapman and Steve Smith half a point behind.
The Grading Prize in the Major was also a three-way tie, between David Fields, Paul Hurn and John Wiseman, all on 3.5 points.
Ken Sullivan won the Minor section outright this year with 5 points, and took the County U-125 trophy. He had scored 5 points last time, but lost the title on that occasion on tie-break. This time, his game with Ashraf Syed was the last to finish, and provided a grandstand climax for the spectators, including the deputy mayor of Eastleigh. Ken had to win this game to achieve first place.
2nd place was shared by Ashraf Syed and Kevin Sawers, each with 4.5 points.
The Under-100 Grading prize was won outright by Tony Roberts with an excellent score of 4 points.
Here are the full results:
Open.
1. Mike Yeo (Wessex) (5 pts).
2nd= Dominic Tunks (Emsworth) and David Pye (Hampshire) (4.5 pts)
Under-175 Grading Prize: David Fowler (Southampton University), Maurice Lawson (Reading) and Steven Payne (Salisbury) (3 pts)
David Fowler wins the Len Walters trophy on tie-break.
Major (Under-160)
1st = Tom Slater (Southampton University) and Richard Desmedt (Wombwell) (4.5 pts)
3rd = Matt Chapman (Fareham) and Steve Smith (Chichester) (4 pts).
Under-140 Grading Prize: David Fields (Winchester), Paul Hurn (Southampton) and John Wiseman (Southampton) (3.5 pts).
Minor (Under-125)
1. Ken Sullivan (Portsmouth) (5 pts)
2nd = Ashraf Syed (Fareham) and Kevin Sawers (Southampton) 4½ pts
Under-100 Grading Prize: Tony Roberts (Southampton) (4 pts)
John Wheeler (Sec, Hampshire C.A.) 15/Nov/2010
Details of previous events are available here
Annotated Game
As John Wheeler mentions above, the game Dominic Tunks v Michael Yeo (both former Hampshire Champions) in the 5th round, was critical. Michael has kindly annotated this game, which he believes shows how lucky he was!
Games
We are indebted to Arthur Brameld for entering these games and making them available.
Two extra browser windows or tabs may be opened - one for a crosstable - another for games.
Open Section
Major Section
Photos of Games in Progress
Thanks to Fraser McLeod for taking these photos:
