Hampshire Lead the Chiltern Open

Fraser McLeod

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Gloucestershire Junior Chess

Hampshire scored 5.5 points in the latest instalment of the Chiltern Open jamboree, played at Basingstoke on 2nd December 2017, with wins for Bill McDougall, Fraser McLeod, Gareth Jones, Phil Stimpson and Tim Davis. Oxfordshire scored 6.5 points; Berkshire 3 points; Buckinghamshire did not compete.

Hampshire players in bold text.Result
Bd.NameGrade  GradeName
1John Wager19401187Bill McDougall
2Christopher Archer-Lock1800.50.5186Will Burt
3David Fowler18001174Ray Starkie
4Mike March1720.50.5169Charles Bullock
5Nikhil Kadambadi16801175Fraser McLeod
6Gareth A Jones17310172Gary Jackson
7Sean Terry16610164Paul Janota
8Mike Marlow1630.50.5169Stuart Knox
9Phil Stimpson16810161Peter Isaksen
10Ivan Stipcevic16801161Neil Staples
11Graham Cole15901155George Green
12Philip Ware10601165Tim Davis
13Richard Beckett15010106Philip Ware
14Gillian Moore14101147Nigel Dennis
15Michael Redmond14501149Asif Hameed

The next round will be hosted by Berkshire on Saturday 27th January. After 2 rounds, this gives the following overall standings:

  1. Hampshire 11½ pts,
  2. Oxfordshire 11 pts,
  3. Berkshire 8½ pts,
  4. Buckinghamshire 4 pts.

The 2017-18 Open team competition is being conducted as a jamboree over ten boards and four rounds. The fixtures are:

    • Sat 07 Oct 2017 round 1, Oxford
    • Sat 02 Dec 2017 round 2, Hampshire
    • Sat 27 Jan 2018 round 3, Berkshire
    • Sat 10 Mar 2018 round 4, Buckinghamshire

Update kindly provided by Fraser McLeod