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Last update: Wednesday February 27, 2008 10:19
Britain first started sending teams to this event for players over 60 in 2002. It has now expanded vastly with nearly half the teams from other than Germany. This year England sent 18 players in four teams. We have had as many as 23, but that was from all of the British Isles. This year Scotland sent a separate team for the first time. The results are decided first on the number of match points, 2 for a win and 1 for a draw and then the number of game points.
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Starting Rank |
Final rank |
Win |
Draw |
Loss |
Match points |
Game points |
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26 |
19 |
England A |
4 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
20 |
| David Anderton |
1 |
5 |
1 |
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| Geoffrey James |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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| James Scholes |
1 |
5 |
2 |
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| Tim Pelling |
4 |
2 |
1 |
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| Stewart Reuben c |
1 |
4 |
2 |
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31 |
25 |
England B |
3 |
4 |
2 |
10 |
20 |
| Bob Wade |
3 |
4 |
2 |
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| Mike Prizant |
2 |
4 |
3 |
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| Michael MacDonald-Ross c |
2 |
7 |
0 |
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| Tony Ashby |
4 |
3 |
2 |
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| England C |
4 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
19 |
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| Ken Norman c |
5 |
2 |
0 |
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| John Feavyour |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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| Paul Kendall |
1 |
5 |
1 |
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| Stephen MacDonald-Ross |
2 |
3 |
2 |
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| Clive Pemberton |
2 |
2 |
3 |
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| England D |
3 |
2 |
4 |
8 |
15½ |
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| Peter Wilson c |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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| Alan Crombleholme |
3 |
4 |
2 |
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| Dinah Norman |
0 |
6 |
3 |
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| Peter Wood |
2 |
4 |
3 |
c refers to the captain of each team.
You will note all four English teams came above their seeding position. Geoff James performed exceptionally well on board 2 for the first team, but Ken Norman really excelled himself on board 1 for the third team.
The event has always taken place in Dresden and started out with just 7 entries. Next year it is finally taking a leap into the unknown and going to Velden in Austria. Senior Chess is more highly developed in Germany than any other country. This year Norway sent five teams, they were to determined to go one better than us.
Full details including the games on: www.schachfestival.de/www_festival/5d08eaa434f851f9997ba29bbac590df.php
Watch out for Tim Pelling’s sparkling last round win.
Stewart Reuben 21.2.2008