ECF National County Finals 2019
14 Jul '19 18:23It was actually the 100th annual finals this year, so they celebrated by giving everyone a piece of wood.
There's also the Open team trophy, which is quite spectacular:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/the-lowenthal-cup-a-new-beginning/
The winning team can't take it with them though, just have their picture taken with it.
I was told by one of the team that it's reported as being worth £70K....
Anyway, I now list for you the winners of each section, in a completely unbiased fashion:
Open - THE MIGHTY YORKSHIRE!!! 😀 😀
Under180 - Essex
Under160 - Middlesex
Under140 - THE MIGHTY YORKSHIRE!!! 😀 😀
Under120 - Essex
Under100 - Staffordshire
.....
I was part of the Under140 team, which consisted of 16 boards.
Our opponents were Worcestershire.
They put me on board 5.
We drew White on even boards, which meant I had Black.
I played their team captain, nice chap, he was rated 135.
Here's the game with some analysis:
For those interested, you can find all the results via this URL:
https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/36/tables
Click on one of the county names and you should then see all the board results.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share this with everyone here, particularly the folks from the UK.
If you are from a county that won something, then congrats!
If you're from Yorkshire, then DOUBLE CONGRATS!!!
There's also the Open team trophy, which is quite spectacular:
https://www.englishchess.org.uk/the-lowenthal-cup-a-new-beginning/
The winning team can't take it with them though, just have their picture taken with it.
I was told by one of the team that it's reported as being worth £70K....
Anyway, I now list for you the winners of each section, in a completely unbiased fashion:
Open - THE MIGHTY YORKSHIRE!!! 😀 😀
Under180 - Essex
Under160 - Middlesex
Under140 - THE MIGHTY YORKSHIRE!!! 😀 😀
Under120 - Essex
Under100 - Staffordshire
.....
I was part of the Under140 team, which consisted of 16 boards.
Our opponents were Worcestershire.
They put me on board 5.
We drew White on even boards, which meant I had Black.
I played their team captain, nice chap, he was rated 135.
Here's the game with some analysis:
For those interested, you can find all the results via this URL:
https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/36/tables
Click on one of the county names and you should then see all the board results.
Anyway, I just thought I'd share this with everyone here, particularly the folks from the UK.
If you are from a county that won something, then congrats!
If you're from Yorkshire, then DOUBLE CONGRATS!!!
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