The third round of the Summer tournament was played on Wednesday July 9th. Dave Scriven and Julie Wilson now share the lead on 2½ out of 3. Julie won a positional game against Jeremy while Dave took a half point bye.
No |
NAME |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
SCORE |
1 |
Nick Harris | B6+ | Bye= | Bye= | 2 | ||
2 |
Julie Wilson | W4= | B7+ | W5 | 2½ | ||
3 |
Dave Scriven | B8+ | W5+ | Bye= | 2½ | ||
4 |
John Loynes | W2= | Bye= |
W9+ | 2 | ||
5 |
Jeremy Humphries | W9+ | B3- |
B2- |
|
1 | |
6 |
Towan Kosted | W1- |
Bye= |
B10- |
|
|
½ |
7 |
John Webster | Bye= |
W2- |
Bye= |
|
|
1 |
8 |
Lindsay Pulley | W3- | B9- |
Bye+ |
|
|
1 |
9 |
Mark Cihill | B5- |
W8+ |
B4- |
|
|
1 |
10 |
Ricky Brookes | Bye= | Bye= |
W6+ |
|
|
2 |
Rounds will be held on::
On |
|
Round 1 |
11/6/08 |
Round 2 |
25/6/08 |
Round 3 |
09/7/08 |
Round 4 |
23/7/08 |
Round 5 |
06/8/08 |
Last night we played against Halesowen in the annual Tony Evers memorial match. It was a very enjoyable evening with an excellent spread provided by the Halesowen players. Unfortunately, we were out graded on most boards and lost the match 6.5 to 2.5. There were 3 bright notes. Maurice played very well to win against Mark. Lindsay secured his first win for the club and Dan played well to draw with more experienced opposition. The rest of us did not do quite as well. ! Just a reminder it's the club dinner on Friday at Luciano's at 7:30pm. Let me know if you'd like to attend. The next round of the Summer tournament is on Wednesday 25th June.
Halesowen |
Result |
Stourbridge |
|
1. Mark Bethel |
0 |
1 |
Maurice Bissell |
2. Dale Jackson |
1 |
0 |
Julie Wilson |
3. Bob Grimes |
1 |
0 |
John Loynes |
4. Windsor Peck |
1 |
0 |
Jeremy Humphries |
5. Don Curry |
1 |
0 |
Ricky Brookes |
6. Maureen Clark |
1 |
0 |
Towan Kosted |
7. Tony Taylor |
½ |
½ |
Dan Allford |
8. Paul Evans |
1 |
0 |
Charles Blanchard |
9. Joyce Evans |
0 |
1 |
Lindsay Pulley |
|
|
|
|
|
6½ |
2½ |
|
The AGM was held on Monday 2nd June at 7:30pmat the institute. Awards were presented as follows:
Presidents cup awarded for services to the club: Dave Scriven
Denis Fernihough trophy for most improved player: Jeremy Humphries
Sydney Willets trophy for best club player: Steve Foster and Julie Wilson (tie)
Rushall were our opponents in the Humphreys Cup (U110) final. It was played at Bushbury on the same night as the Pittaway Final between Lichfield and Shifnal & Telford. We were able to field what is probably our best U110 team, so we should have been able to give a good account of ourselves.
John W agreed a quick draw on board 4. Jeremy managed a comfortable win on board 3. Richard was offered a draw on board 2, in what was a completely drawn position, but seeing that John Loynes was heading for defeat on board 1, Richard knew the draw would give Rushall the match on board count, so he had to play on. John Loynes did lose, so all eyes turned to Richard.
Richard’s opponent had made some inaccurate moves and had given the advantage to Richard. In a rook and pawns ending, with pawns on each wing, the only interesting part was in the centre. With Richard having a passed pawn on d3, his King on e3 and his Rook on f7, his opponent, with King on e1 and Rook on d1 played Rd2. Instantly realising what he had done, his opponent played Richard’s move for him, …Rf1+, and shook hands. We had won the Humphreys Cup.
With wins against Bushbury and Halesowen, we were looking set for the title. Others results then went our way and we were champions even before we played Boldmere. A win at Boldmere was simply the icing on the cake.
We may have won the league by 3 points, and even with a match to spare, but I think a look at our results will show how close this league is. Four of our six matches were won by the narrowest of margins.
The Summer tournament will be a five round Swiss with one round every fortnight starting on 11th June.
On Thursday 10th April, Stourbridge first team defeated Olton 3½ - 2½ in the Homer trophy final.Star player Jeremy Fallowfield on board 1 won his game with a great attack. The rest of the team all drew their games.
Congratulations to the Stourbridge second team on their promotion to division 2 of the Birmingham league. With an excellent performance they won 8 matches lost 2 and drew 2.
The Stourbridge first team finished 6th in division 2 of the Birmingham league.
In the Wolverhampton league division one, our team surpassed all expectations by finishing =3rd.
In wolverhampton league division 2 we fielded a team of less experienced players. They performed excellently to finish 5th.
The Stourbridge chess club Christmas blitz tournament was held on Wednesday 19th December at the institute. It was won by Brian Dudley with Julie Wilson, Eric Horwill and Ian Howarth tying for second place.
The Wrekin congress was held in Telford on the 5th and 6th January. It was very successful with extra prizes being awarded because of the large number of entrants. Julie Wilson and Andrew Moore both competed in the major section. After losing in the first round to Don Curry (Halesowen) Julie won her remaining 3 matches to finish on 3½ out of 5 with a half point bye.
Several club members played in the Hereford congress over the August bank holiday weekend. New member Ricky Brookes showed his form by coming equal first in the minor tournament on 5 out of 6. Fellow club member John Loynes was also in contention up to the last round when he lost to Welsh international and British under 13 championship Megan Owens. In the major section Julie Wilson was awarded a grading prize and Nic Fallowfield playing against strong opposition in the open section scored a commendable 3 out of 6.
At the npower games Julie Wilson came second in the rapid play chess tournament.
Fifteen club members played in the pre-season lightning tournament. Steve Foster won the 'A' group on 5 ½ out of 7 and John Pearce and Jeremy Humphries came equal first in the 'B group.
Stourbridge chess club first team player Nic Fallowfield finished joint first in the Major section (U160) of the York Congress.
Andrew Moore is running the Worcestershire Junior Chess Academy. It meets at University College Worcester on Saturdays 10am until 12noon and if anybody is interested they should contact Andrew on 07789904835 or e-mail Andrew Moore.
See Worcester Junior Chess Academy for more information.
