Outdoor Chess in Dartmouth 15 June 2023

The first of two planned outdoor events for the summer of 2023 took place on 15th June, from 6:30pm until bad light stopped play just before 10pm. The event included guests from the Brixham, Newton Abbot, Plymouth, Teignmouth and Totnes clubs. The time contols were 10 minutes plus 5 seconds per move. Many thanks to Tony Tatam for arbiting and sorting out the pairings.

The Weather Gods gave us a perfect summer's evening, and six rounds were played. Ben Wilkinson and Alan Brusey seemed to think there wouild be a prize for the loudest shirt!

The evening's winner was Trefor Thynne, who scored an impressive 5½. Alan Brusey (the only player who managed to take half a point off Trefor) came second on 5, and third place was a tie between Steve Levy, Chris Collins and Freddie Sugden on 4. The full results can be viewed on the Swiss-Manager results website.

Trevor Hurt 1 - 0 Richard Thomas

Lance Howarth 0 - 1 Roy Greenhalgh

Alan Crickmore 0 - 1 Charles Doidge

Roy Greenhalgh ½ - ½ Alan Davies

Paul Brooks ½-½ Alan Brusey

Cathy Black 1 - 0 Mike Cuggy

Chris Collins 0-1 Freddie Sugden

Ben Wilkinson ½ - ½ Cliff Peach

Freddie Sugden 0-1 Alan Brusey

Richard Thomas 1 - 0 Alan Davies

Alan Crickmore ½-½ Mike Hussey

Trefor Thynne 1 - 0 Charles Doidge

Paul Brooks 1-0 Cathy Black

Ben Wilkinson 0 - 1 Steve Levy

Chris Collins 1-0 Trevor Hurt

Lance Howarth 0 - 1 Roy Greenhalgh

With a cloudless sky, the shade was welcome

Tatiana the cat didn't think much of the chess

Tony Tatam presented the trophy to Trefor Thynne. Very well played, Trefor!

Thank you to everyone who participated - it was a very enjoyable evening. The next Dartmouth outdoor event will be on Saturday 1^st July.