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For:	Fri. 17 ^th March. 2000

It was a cracking weekend for county chess as both Devon and Cornwall won their final matches in the West of England stages of the Counties Competition. Cornwall even defaulted one board yet still managed to beat Somerset

101/2 - 51/2. Cornish winners were R. J. Grime, R. Sefton, N. Clifford, R. Woods, G. Lakeland, T. Manton, D. Lucas, A. Barkhuyson, and D. J. Cooke. This means Cornwall have won 3 of their 5 matches this season, their best performance in living memory. They now go on to meet Leicestershire in the Quarter-Finals of the National Stages.

Meanwhile, Devon were playing an unpredictable Hampshire side at Wincanton, but in the end they proved much too strong, the 1 ^st team winning 9 - 6, with one game to be adjudicated, and the 2 ^nd team registering an emphatic 13 - 3 scoreline. Devon's 1 ^st Team winners were J. M. Parkin, J. F. Wheeler, P. Brooks, C. J. Bellers and D. Regis. Winners in the 2 ^nd Team were I. S. Annetts,

P. M. Rogers, W. J. Moffatt,

S. Pope, S. R. Boniface,

R. H. Jones, A. George, D. R. Rogers, D. J. Adams, K. Atkins, M. Stinton, W. A. Frost, & T. Stephenson. This means Devon have won all five of their matches, just as they did last season. For the Quarter-Finals they have entered 3 teams; an Under-175, an Under-150 and an Under-100 team. All 3 teams will play together at Bristol next month.

Devon's Junior Championships take place next weekend at John Stocker School, Exeter, the home of the Isca Junior Chess Club, when the Under-18, Under-15, Under-11 and Under-9 titles are all up for grabs. Brochures are out, but for more information contact the organiser Dave Scott, on 01392-437968. The event has been generously sponsored by Exeter City Council.

This week's problem is a 2-mover by the American R. E. Burger.

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