Devon Chess

Watch our Spring Mini-Swiss commentary online! (31 Mar / 7 Apr / 14 Apr / 28 Apr 2021)

How to watch our Spring Mini-Swiss commentary on Twitch

Tom Thorpe and Tim Paulden will be providing live commentary on all the action in our Spring Mini-Swiss, starting at 7:30pm on each of the following Wednesdays:
 
Wed 31 March 2021  [Round 1]
Wed 7 April 2021  [Round 2]
Wed 14 April 2021  [Round 3]
Wed 28 April 2021  [Finals Night]
 
To tune in to the coverage, simply go to https://www.twitch.tv/chesster1883 in your web browser at 7:30pm on Wednesday evening!

During the broadcast, if you’d like to be able to type comments in the chat window (which should appear to the right of the main video window when you click on the “Expand” arrow), you can do this by signing up for a free Twitch account via the main Twitch page (https://www.twitch.tv) – and you can also “follow” Tom (username Chesster1883) by clicking the purple “Follow” button on his page at https://www.twitch.tv/chesster1883 
 

Current standings

Updated 11 April 2021: The Round 1 / Round 2 results and Round 3 pairings in the Spring Mini-Swiss competition are shown below:

Pairings for Round 3 (Wednesday 14 April)

The player named first in each pairing below takes White in the first game and Black in the second game.
The White player is responsible for issuing the challenge.
The time control for each game is 10min + 6sec increment.
 
MAJOR
Seanchess1 (4) [Sean Pope, 1788] vs FrankHealey (3.5) [Brian Gosling, 1885]
SWJediknight (2) [Ian Simpson, 1773]vs cash-only (2) [Steve Dean, 1840]
dmcgeeney (2) [David McGeeney, 1608] vs ultimatewhittington1 (1.5) [Reece Whittington, 1630]
chrissouthall64 (1.5)[Chris Southall, 1720] vs CruisersCreek (1.5) [Alastair Marston, 1743]
ROughton54 (1.5) [Robert Oughton, 1630] vs Phil_The_Keep (0.5) [Phil McConnell, 1623]
 
MINOR
Ocelot32 (2.5) [Richard Bailey, 1458] vs LeftHookTrev (4) [Trevor Hurt, 1450]
Adelantor (3) [Will Stewart, est 1450] vs Ladyofthe_Knight (2.5) [Barbara Newcombe, 1398]
whoops99 (0) [Gill Tyrer, 1375] vs Bazboy2 (1) [Barry Perchard, 1428]
cumbiebob (1) [Robert Kelso, 1315] vs TimFoxSeaton (2) [Tim Fox, 1293]
 

Round 2 results

 
MAJOR
SWJediknight (2) [Ian Simpson, 1773]  0 – 2  Seanchess1 (2) [Sean Pope, 1788]
CruisersCreek (1.5) [Alastair Marston, 1743]  0 – 2  FrankHealey (1.5) [Brian Gosling, 1885]
cash-only (1) [Steve Dean, 1840]  1 – 1  chrissouthall64 (0.5) [Chris Southall, 1720]
dmcgeeney (0.5) [David McGeeney, 1608]  1.5 – 0.5  ROughton54 (1) [Robert Oughton, 1630]
ultimatewhittington1 (0) [Reece Whittington, 1630]  1.5 – 0.5  Phil_The_Keep (0) [Phil McConnell, 1623]
 
MINOR
LeftHookTrev (2) [Trevor Hurt, 1450]  2 – 0  TimFoxSeaton (2) [Tim Fox, 1293]
Adelantor (2) [Will Stewart, est 1450]  1 – 1  Ocelot32 (1.5) [Richard Bailey, 1458]
Ladyofthe_Knight (0.5) [Barbara Newcombe, 1398]  2 – 0  whoops99 (0) [Gill Tyrer, 1375]
Bazboy2 (0) [Barry Perchard, 1428]  1 – 1  cumbiebob (0) [Robert Kelso, 1315]
 

Round 1 results

 
MAJOR
FrankHealey [Brian Gosling, 1885]  1.5 – 0.5  chrissouthall64 [Chris Southall, 1720]
ROughton54 [Robert Oughton, 1630]  1 – 1  cash-only [Steve Dean, 1840]
Seanchess1 [Sean Pope, 1788]  2 – 0  ultimatewhittington1 [Reece Whittington, 1630]
Phil_The_Keep [Phil McConnell, 1623]  0 – 2SWJediknight [Ian Simpson, 1773]
CruisersCreek [Alastair Marston, 1743]  1.5 – 0.5dmcgeeney [David McGeeney, 1608]
 
MINOR
Ocelot32 [Richard Bailey, 1458]  1.5 – 0.5  Ladyofthe_Knight [Barbara Newcombe, 1398]
whoops99 [Gill Tyrer, 1375]  0 – 2  LeftHookTrev [Trevor Hurt, 1450]
Adelantor [Will Stewart, est 1450]  2 – 0  cumbiebob [Robert Kelso, 1315]
TimFoxSeaton [Tim Fox, 1293]  2 – 0  Bazboy2 [Barry Perchard, 1428]