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(All scores out of 5.)

Open:
1st Jack Rudd 4½
2nd William Claridge-Hansen 4
3rd= Jasper Tambini, Paul Hampton, Graham Bolt, David Littlejohns 3½

Major:

1st Christof Brixel 5
2nd= Sam Cotterill, George Lekoudis 4

Minor:

1st Ray Hunt 4½
2nd= Paul Foster, Charles Doidge, John Harris, Colin Thompson 4

My games from the event:

[Event "East Devon Open"] [Site "Exeter"] [Date "2019.03.09"] [Round "1.2"] [White "Littlejohns, David"] [Black "Rudd, Jack"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B17"] [PlyCount "131"] [EventDate "2019.03.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceDate "2019.03.11"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Ng3 e6 7. Be2 Bd6 8. O-O O-O 9. Bg5 Qc7 10. Re1 Bf4 11. Bxf4 Qxf4 12. Qd2 Qxd2 13. Nxd2 c5 14. dxc5 Nxc5 15. Bf3 Rb8 16. Nde4 b6 17. Nxf6+ gxf6 18. Ne4 Nxe4 19. Bxe4 Bb7 20. Bxb7 Rxb7 21. Red1 Rc8 22. Rd2 Rbc7 23. c3 b5 24. Rad1 Kg7 25. Kf1 a5 26. Rd8 Rxd8 27. Rxd8 b4 28. Rd3 f5 29. cxb4 axb4 30. Ke2 Kf6 31. Rb3 Rc2+ 32. Kf3 Rc4 33. a3 bxa3 34. bxa3 e5 35. g3 h5 36. Rb6+ Kg7 37. Rb3 Kg6 38. h4 f6 39. Ke3 f4+ 40. gxf4 Kf5 41. fxe5 fxe5 42. Rb4 Rc3+ 43. Ke2 Rxa3 44. Kf1 e4 45. Kg2 Kf4 46. Rc4 Ra8 47. Rc3 Rg8+ 48. Kh3 Rg1 49. Kh2 Rg6 50. Kh3 Rf6 51. Ra3 Rf5 52. Rb3 Rd5 53. Rb4 Kf3 54. Rb2 Rd1 55. Kh2 Rf1 56. Rb5 Rxf2+ 57. Kh3 e3 58. Rf5+ Ke2 59. Rxh5 Rf4 60. Kg3 Re4 61. Ra5 Rc4 62. Ra2+ Kd3 63. Kf3 Rxh4 64. Ra3+ Kd2 65. Ra2+ Kd3 66. Ra3+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "East Devon Open"] [Site "Exeter"] [Date "2019.03.09"] [Round "2.6"] [White "Rudd, Jack"] [Black "Wheeler, John Francis"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E61"] [PlyCount "71"] [EventDate "2019.03.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceDate "2019.03.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bf4 Bg7 4. c4 O-O 5. Nc3 d6 6. e3 c6 7. h3 Nbd7 8. Be2 a6 9. a4 Qa5 10. O-O e5 11. Bh2 Re8 12. Rb1 c5 13. dxe5 dxe5 14. e4 Nh5 15. Re1 Nf4 16. Bf1 Nf8 17. Nd5 N8e6 18. Nd2 Nxd5 19. cxd5 Nd4 20. b4 cxb4 21. Nc4 Qd8 22. Nxe5 Bxe5 23. Bxe5 Rxe5 24. Qxd4 Qd6 25. f4 Re8 26. e5 Qd8 27. Rxb4 Qh4 28. Qf2 Qxf2+ 29. Kxf2 Rd8 30. d6 Bd7 31. Rxb7 Bxa4 32. Bc4 Be8 33. e6 Bc6 34. Rxf7 Rxd6 35. e7 Bd5 36. Rf6 1-0

[Event "East Devon Open"] [Site "Exeter"] [Date "2019.03.09"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Royal, Shreyas"] [Black "Rudd, Jack"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A67"] [PlyCount "66"] [EventDate "2019.03.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceDate "2019.03.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. e4 g6 7. f4 Bg7 8. Bb5+ Nfd7 9. a4 Qh4+ 10. g3 Qd8 11. Nf3 O-O 12. O-O Na6 13. Re1 Nc7 14. Bf1 Re8 15. e5 dxe5 16. d6 Ne6 17. fxe5 Nd4 18. Nxd4 cxd4 19. Qxd4 Nxe5 20. Qf2 Nf3+ 21. Qxf3 Rxe1 22. Kg2 Qd7 23. Bb5 Qh3+ 24. Kf2 Re6 25. Be3 Qxh2+ 26. Kf1 Qxb2 27. Rc1 Rf6 28. Qxf6 Bh3+ 29. Ke1 Bxf6 30. Nd5 Be5 31. Ne7+ Kg7 32. Rc4 a6 33. d7 axb5 0-1

[Event "East Devon Open"] [Site "Exeter"] [Date "2019.03.10"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Rudd, Jack"] [Black "Claridge-Hansen, William"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E49"] [PlyCount "163"] [EventDate "2019.03.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceDate "2019.03.11"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 b6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Ne2 Re8 10. O-O c5 11. c4 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Bb7 13. Bb2 Nbd7 14. cxd5 Ne5 15. Be2 Qxd5 16. Nf3 Qe4 17. Qb1 Nxf3+ 18. Bxf3 Qxb1 19. Rfxb1 Bxf3 20. gxf3 Nd7 21. Bd4 Rac8 22. a4 Ne5 23. Kg2 Nc4 24. Rb5 Re6 25. f4 f6 26. Ra2 Rec6 27. Kf3 Kf7 28. Ke2 Nd6 29. Rbb2 Nf5 30. Rd2 Nxd4+ 31. Rxd4 Rc2+ 32. Rxc2 Rxc2+ 33. Kf3 Rc7 34. f5 g6 35. Kf4 gxf5 36. Kxf5 Rc5+ 37. Kf4 Ke6 38. Re4+ Re5 39. Rb4 Rf5+ 40. Kg3 Rg5+ 41. Kf3 Rf5+ 42. Ke2 Rh5 43. h4 Rd5 44. Kf3 Rf5+ 45. Kg3 Rc5 46. Kg4 h5+ 47. Kg3 Rf5 48. e4 Rc5 49. Kf4 Rc2 50. f3 Rh2 51. Kg3 Ra2 52. Rd4 Rc2 53. a5 bxa5 54. Rd5 a4 55. Rxh5 Kd6 56. Ra5 Rc4 57. h5 Rc5 58. Ra6+ Kc7 59. Rxa7+ Kb6 60. Rxa4 Rxh5 61. Rc4 f5 62. exf5 Rxf5 63. Kg4 Rf8 64. f4 Rg8+ 65. Kf5 Kb5 66. Rc1 Rf8+ 67. Ke5 Re8+ 68. Kd6 Rf8 69. Rf1 Rf6+ 70. Ke7 Ra6 71. f5 Ra7+ 72. Ke6 Ra6+ 73. Ke5 Kc6 74. Rd1 Ra2 75. Ke6 Re2+ 76. Kf7 Rf2 77. f6 Rf3 78. Ke7 Re3+ 79. Kf8 Rf3 80. f7 Rg3 81. Rd4 Kc5 82. Rf4 1-0

[Event "East Devon Open"] [Site "Exeter"] [Date "2019.03.10"] [Round "5.1"] [White "Rudd, Jack"] [Black "Bolt, Graham"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E94"] [PlyCount "133"] [EventDate "2019.03.09"] [EventType "swiss"] [EventCountry "ENG"] [SourceDate "2019.03.11"] 1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. Nf3 e5 5. e4 Nc6 6. Be3 exd4 7. Nxd4 Nf6 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. f3 Nxd4 11. Bxd4 Nd7 12. Bf2 b6 13. Rc1 a5 14. b3 Nc5 15. Nd5 Bd7 16. Bd4 Ne6 17. Bxg7 Kxg7 18. f4 Nc5 19. Qd4+ f6 20. Bf3 Rc8 21. Rce1 Bc6 22. Nxf6 Qxf6 23. e5 dxe5 24. fxe5 Qd8 25. Qxd8 Rcxd8 26. Bxc6 Re7 27. Bd5 Nd3 28. Re3 Nb4 29. Bf3 Nxa2 30. Bg4 Nb4 31. e6 Rd3 32. Re4 h5 33. Bh3 Nc6 34. g3 Nd4 35. Kh1 Nf3 36. Rf4 Ng5 37. Bg2 Nxe6 38. Re4 Rd6 39. Re5 Rf7 40. Rfe1 Nc5 41. Bd5 Rfd7 42. Re7+ Kf6 43. R7e3 c6 44. Bf3 Rd3 45. Bxc6 Rxe3 46. Rxe3 Rd3 47. Rxd3 Nxd3 48. Bf3 Nc5 49. Bd1 Ke5 50. h4 Kd4 51. Bc2 Kc3 52. Bxg6 Kxb3 53. Bxh5 a4 54. Bd1+ Kxc4 55. Bxa4 Nxa4 56. h5 b5 57. h6 b4 58. h7 b3 59. h8=Q b2 60. Qb8 Kc3 61. Qb5 Kd2 62. g4 Kc1 63. Qc4+ Kd2 64. Qb3 Kc1 65. g5 b1=Q 66. Qxb1+ Kxb1 67. g6 1-0