2024 National Stages

[MartinCarpenter]

That was a strong Surrey Open team vs Yorkshire!

Have Cleveland ever won anything before? Huge result for them to win 10-6 giving away 100 pts/board.

[GrahamStuart]

That was a strong Surrey Open team vs Yorkshire!

Have Cleveland ever won anything before? Huge result for them to win 10-6 giving away 100 pts/board.

Looks like Cleveland won the U140 and U125 in 1997 as well as the U100 in 2001.

https://www.englishchess.org.uk/wp-cont ... inners.pdf

[Christopher Kreuzer]

That was a strong Surrey Open team vs Yorkshire!

Have Cleveland ever won anything before? Huge result for them to win 10-6 giving away 100 pts/board.

Being able to sustain playing strength to over 2100 all the way down to board 16 is what won Surrey the match (they won the bottom four boards).

[Mick Norris]

Yeah harsh on Sussex if we went Cov/Brum neutral venue for all 3 of the distant ones ..presume Cambridge venue for Lincs vs Sussex as about 105 miles each

I gather it's Warwick University except for the local clashes

[DavidWalker]

Details of the Finals venues are available on the ECF website.

Note that the Open final has been moved to 29 June to accommodate England representation at the World Seniors.

[Mick Norris]

Watch the Open Championship games live from 1:30pm on Saturday 29 June

Northumberland v Surrey from Newark-upon-Trent G135/15

Livechess: https://view.livechesscloud.com/#a146de ... 96e93a6aa7
Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/counties- ... 1/tOCcfkni

All other Finals are being played on Saturday 6 July

Minor – Sussex v Lincolnshire at Whittlesford
U2050 – Greater Manchester v Cleveland at Bradford Latvian Club
U1850 – Hertfordshire v Greater Manchester at Coventry (Warwick University)
U1650 – Greater Manchester v Yorkshire at Bradford Latvian Club
U1450 – Middlesex v Essex at Whittlesford

[Mick Norris]

There will be live commentary on the final with WIM Natasha Regan and GM Peter Wells starting at 3.00pm on Natasha’s Twitch channel at https://www.twitch.tv/wim_natasharegan

[Mick Norris]

Northumberland take an early lead 2.5 to 1.5

[Roger de Coverly]

Northumberland take an early lead 2.5 to 1.5

I didn't really understand what Chris Briscoe was up to on board 13 for Surrey.
Unless it was a phone loss, he resigned in this position.
[SetUp "1"] [FEN "1rbqk2r/1p1nppb1/p2p1np1/2pP3p/P1P1P3/5N2/1P3PPP/RNBQRBK1 b k c3 0 10"]

It's worse for Black, but not worse than you might expect when you meet 1. d4 with 1. .. h5

1 d4 h5 2 Nf3 c5 3 d5 g6 4 e4 Bg7 5 a4 d6 6 Bb5+ Nd7 7 O-O Nf6 8 Re1 a6 9 Bf1 Rb8 10 c4

[Mick Norris]

4 all at halfway with Surrey well ahead on board count

[Leonard Barden]

It's annoying when no explanation is available, particularly if the non-game decides the match.
However, although the score is 4-4, the computer assessment of the remaining games is around 6-2 to Surrey, plus the better board count.

[Graham Alcock]

Surrey win 10-6

[Mick Norris]

Pretty much as expected once Northumberland had agreed to the change of date

Congratulations to Surrey

[Chris Goodall]

The Surrey player on board 13 lost by leaving the playing venue in a FIDE rated game.

Why remains unclear. I assume it wasn't despair at his own choice of opening, as he's played either 1...a5 or 1...h5 routinely on lichess this year.

[Ian Thompson]

The Surrey player on board 13 lost by leaving the playing venue in a FIDE rated game.

Was it a violation obvious to anyone, e.g. going outside, or a less obvious one like not using the correct toilets? (The 4NCL has done this, declaring the toilets nearest the playing rooms to be within the playing venue, but those a few yards further down the corridor to be out of bounds, for no obviously good reason.)