Chess at 400 ft - in a helium balloon over Torquay after the British Chess Championships (Part 2)

As a dramatic end to this years British Chess Championships at Torquay, a match was held in a helium-filled balloon tethered outside the venue. This consisted of a contest between the strongest player resident in the counties of Devon and Cornwall, taking to a whole new level the traditional rivalry between the two counties.
International Masters Jack Rudd (Bideford) and Andrew Greet (St. Austell) battled it out for supremacy, and the game finished in a close win for the Cornish champion. Strangely, the first ever land-based match between the neighbours in 1902 also finished in a Cornish win, so it was a case of history repeating itself.

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Entertainment

Tags:

• balloon
• chess
• chess match
• helium
• Torquay
• Jack Rudd
• Andrew Greet

[HellsBellsFan]

i was on this balloon on thursday 13th august.......£14 a go LOOOOOOL