South Hams Chess Club
South Hams Chess Club

David Archer wins the DCCA Minor Individual Trophy

Many congratulations to David Archer, who last night beat Mark Cockerton to become the Devon County Chess Association Individual Champion for 2015-16 in the Minor Section.

In this year's Minor Section, David Archer (South Hams) won Group A with 3/4, while Mark Cockerton (Torquay and Teignmouth) won Group B with 2½/3. Full details of the DCCA Individual Trophies can be seen here. The play-off between David and Mark took place last night at the South Hams club, and David eventually won a tight game when his knight checkmated his opponet's king which had no square to move to.

So, another win in a great season for David. If he wins or draws next week's game against Ben Wilkinson, he will finish second in the Homan Leage and play a "double header" play-off against Steve Levy for the South Hams Club champuonship.