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The Devon League kicked off today, with the Ralph Newman rapidplay event. Five teams of four, competing in a four-round event that worked as an all-play-all thanks to my pentangular pairings. Final scores (given as match points, then game points):

1. Exeter 6, 11
2. Seaton 6, 8
3. Barnstaple 5, 9
4. Newton Abbot 3, 8½
5. Sidmouth 0, 3½

[Event "Ralph Newman Cup"] [Site "Axmouth Village Hall"] [Round "1.2"] [Date "2023.12.16"] [White "Brusey, Alan"] [Black "Rudd, Jack"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTeam "Newton Abbot"] [BlackTeam "Barnstaple"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e3 b6 5.Ne2 Ba6 6.a3 Be7 7.Ng3 d5 8.Qa4+ c6 9.cxd5 Bxf1 10.dxc6 b5 11.Nxb5 Bxb5 12.Qxb5 Qb6 13.Qxb6 axb6 14.Bd2 Nxc6 15.Rc1 Kd7 16.O-O Rhc8 17.Rc2 Na5 18.Rfc1 Rxc2 19.Rxc2 Rc8 20.Rxc8 Kxc8 21.e4 Bd8 22.f3 b5 23.Kf2 Bb6 24.Ne2 Nd7 25.Ke3 Nc4+ 26.Kd3 Nxb2+ 27.Kc3 Nc4 28.Bc1 Ba5+ 29.Kb3 e5 30.a4 exd4 31.Nxd4 Nc5+ 32.Kc2 bxa4 0-1

[Event "Ralph Newman Cup"] [Site "Axmouth Village Hall"] [Round "2.1"] [Date "2023.12.16"] [White "Rudd, Jack"] [Black "Willis, Toby"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTeam "Barnstaple"] [BlackTeam "Sidmouth"] 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.h3 O-O 6.Be3 e5 7.d5 a5 8.g4 Na6 9.Nge2 h5 10.f3 h4 11.Bg5 c6 12.Qd2 cxd5 13.Nxd5 Be6 14.Nec3 Rc8 15.O-O-O Nb4 16.Kb1 Bxd5 17.cxd5 Rc5 18.Bxh4 Qd7 19.Bf2 Rcc8 20.Bb6 Ra8 21.h4 Qe7 22.h5 Nd7 23.Be3 f5 24.exf5 gxf5 25.h6 Bh8 26.h7+ Kf7 27.gxf5 1-0

[Event "Ralph Newman Cup"] [Site "Axmouth Village Hall"] [Round "3.1"] [Date "2023.12.16"] [White "Rudd, Jack"] [Black "Paulden, Tim"] [Result "1-0"] [WhiteTeam "Barnstaple"] [BlackTeam "Exeter"] 1.d4 g6 2.c4 d6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 e5 5.dxe5 dxe5 6.Qxd8+ Kxd8 7.f4 c6 8.Nf3 f6 9.Be2 Be6 10.fxe5 fxe5 11.Ng5 Ke7 12.Nxe6 Kxe6 13.Bg4+ Ke7 14.Bc8 a5 15.Be3 Nd7 16.Bxb7 Ngf6 17.Bxc6 Rac8 18.Bxd7 Kxd7 19.b3 Ng4 20.Bg1 Bh6 21.Nd5 Ke6 22.h3 Nf6 23.Nxf6 Kxf6 24.Ke2 Rhd8 25.Be3 Bf8 26.Rhf1+ Ke6 27.Rad1 Bb4 28.Rd5 a4 29.Bg5 Rf8 30.Rxf8 Rxf8 31.Rb5 Bd6 32.b4 Bc7 33.Rc5 Bd6 34.Rxc6 Kd7 35.b5 Rb8 36.Be3 a3 37.Ra6 Rc8 38.Kd3 h5 39.Bc1 Rf8 40.Rxd6+ 1-0

[Event "Ralph Newman Cup"] [Site "Axmouth Village Hall"] [Round "4.2"] [Date "2023.12.16"] [White "Hampton, Paul"] [Black "Rudd, Jack"] [Result "0-1"] [WhiteTeam "Seaton"] [BlackTeam "Barnstaple"] 1.f4 d6 2.d3 e5 3.e4 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bg4 5.Be2 Nf6 6.O-O Be7 7.Nc3 O-O 8.f5 d5 9.h3 dxe4 10.hxg4 exf3 11.Bxf3 Bc5+ 12.Kh1 Nd4 13.Bg5 Be7 14.Be3 c6 15.Ne4 Nxe4 16.Bxe4 Bg5 17.Bxd4 exd4 18.Qf3 Qd6 19.g3 Rfe8 20.Kg2 Re5 21.Rh1 Rae8 22.Rh5 h6 23.Rh2 Qb4 24.Rb1 Qa4 25.Qd1 Qxa2 26.b3 Qa5 27.Ra1 Qc5 28.Kh3 a5 29.Ra4 Ra8 30.Qa1 Be3 31.Qa3 Qxa3 32.Rxa3 Ra6 33.Rh1 Bd2 34.Kh4 Kf8 35.Rh2 Bc3 36.g5 hxg5+ 37.Kxg5 Ke7 38.Kf4 Rc5 39.Rh5 Bb2 40.f6+ gxf6 41.Rxc5 Bxa3 42.Rh5 b5 43.Rh7 Bd6+ 44.Kf3 Ke6 45.g4 a4 46.bxa4 bxa4 47.Bf5+ Kd5 48.Rxf7 a3 49.Rxf6 a2 50.Be6+ Kc5 51.Bxa2 Rxa2 52.g5 Ra1 53.Kg4 Rg1+ 54.Kh5 Be7 55.Rf5+ Kb4 56.Kh6 Bxg5+ 57.Kh7 Be3 0-1

Well played Jack