Congratulations to our second team on reaching the final of the Terrill Trophy. The final will be played at Mutual Circle's venue on Tuesday 6th March. We face the formidable South Birmingham first team who have won the first division title for 5 of the last 6 seasons and currently have a 100% record this season that looks completely unassailable. In the league, they have not lost a single BOARD all season. This final will also be their 4th appearance in 5 years.
The Terrill trophy uses a handicap system. We will get a 3.5 handicap, so we only need 1.5 over the boards. However given their current record that is a near impossible task !
We have nothing to lose and should get some very good games. South Birmingham may feel the pressure as they have to play for wins.
The British Blitz Championship will take place at:
Quinborne Community Centre, Ridgacre Road, Quinton, West Midlands B32 2TW
on Saturday, 24th March.
There will be 11 rounds at a time control of 5 minutes + 3 seconds (Bronstein) increment per move from move 1.
There is a prize fund of more than £600, which may increase depending on entries. The entry fee is £15; £10 for juniors; and free entry for GM, IM, FM, WGM, WIM, WFM.
The event will be FIDE-rated towards the new FIDE Blitz Rating List. Players do not need to be ECF members to participate in this event.
The 16th Birmingham League Rapidplay will be played in the same venue the following day, with a prize fund in excess of £1,000, and a FIDE-rated Open section.
The website is http:// www.britishblitzchess.co.uk /
You can enter online via the website, or download an entry form and post it.
West Bromwich chess club have been forced to change their venue to:-
DARTMOUTH CENTRAL CLUB,
DEVONSHIRE DRIVE,
WEST BROMWICH,
B71 4AA
Club Nights will revert to Mondays as before.
Stourbridge chess club held their annual pre-season blitz tournament on Wednesday 31st August. This gave members an opportunity to sharpen up their play for the forthcoming season. It was no surprise that the club’s top player Jeremy Fallowfield won the 9 round tournament with a perfect 9 out of 9.
Jeremy’s father Nic completed thefamily double by coming equal second with 7½. He tied with in form Eric Horwill.
The Tony Evers friendly match against Halesowen was held on Wednesday 6th July at Stourbridge.
For those members new to Stourbridge the Tony Evers match is the friendliest of friendlies. It is not so much a chess match; more a social event with some chess played.
Despite the Stourbridge players played their socks off and won by a significant margin with the bottom 6 boards all winning.
The results were:
Stourbridge |
Result |
Halesowen |
|
John Foxall |
0 |
1 |
Mark Bethel |
| Dave Scriven | 1 |
0 |
Mike Hadley |
Julie Wilson |
½ |
½ |
Don Curry |
Brian Dudley |
0 |
1 |
Jon Asbury |
Jeremy Humphries |
1 |
0 |
Pete Banks |
Paul Sharratt |
1 |
0 |
Paul Evans |
Ron Evans |
1 |
0 |
Tony Taylor |
Colin Woodall |
1 |
0 |
John Southcote |
Leon van Rensburg |
1 |
0 |
Joyce Evans |
John Pearce |
1 |
0 |
Julian Taylor |
7½ |
2½ |
|
|
The Club's Annual General Meeting was held on the 8th June.
The following awards were made:
The following officers were appointed for the forthcoming season. All of them were elected unopposed:
The following captains were appointed for the forthcoming season. All of them were elected unopposed:
Eric Horwill will be Captain of either BDCL Division 2 or BDCL Division 3.
This will depend on Eric’s grade next season as to which team he will be in.
This leaves a vacancy for either a BDCL Captain. Dave asked for anyone interested to let him know. We are also considering entering a team in one of the Worcestershire leagues.
The overall winner was undefeated Dave Davies with 4.5 out of 5. In the deciding match in the last round he played against tournament organiser Julie Wilson who was on 3 points. Julie gained a slight advantage but pressed too hard for the win. She made an error and was forced to resign a few moves later. Equal second were Don Curry and Julie Wilson on 3 points. The grading prize went to John Loynes who ended on 2½ points after beating higher rated Dave Scriven in the last round.
No |
NAME |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 |
Nick Harris |
W7= |
B9+ |
W5- |
B8+ |
W6- |
2½ |
|
4 | Dave Davies |
B8= |
W11+ |
B6+ |
W5+ |
W7+ |
4½ |
5 |
Dave Scriven |
W9= |
B10+ |
B2+ |
B4- |
W8- |
2½ |
6 |
Don Curry |
B11+ |
Bye= |
W4- |
Bye= |
B2+ |
3 |
7 |
Julie Wilson |
B2= |
W8+ |
Bye= |
W9+ |
B4- |
3 |
8 |
John Loynes |
W4= |
B7- |
W11+ |
W2- |
B5+ |
2½ |
9 |
Jeremy Humphries |
B5= |
W2- |
B12+ |
B7- |
W11= |
2 |
10 |
Tony Taylor |
Bye= |
W5- |
Bye= |
W12- |
Bye- |
1 |
11 |
Colin Woodall |
W6- |
B4- |
B8- |
Bye+ |
B9= |
1½ |
12 |
Leon van Rensburg |
Bye= |
Bye= |
W9- |
B10+ |
Bye- |
2 |
The annual club dinner was held at the Crabmill on Thursday 16th June.
Julie Wilson was selected as board 4 the the Welsh ladies' team in the chess Olympiad. The Olympiad took place in Khanty-Mansyisk Siberia between the 21st September and 4th October. Useful links are:
The results are available at results.
Stourbridge chess club held their pre-season blitz tournament on September 1st. This provided an opportunity for members to sharpen up their play for the forthcoming season.
16 players took part and played in 2 sections of 8 with a time control of 8 minutes per person per game. Jeremy Fallowfield won the top section with 6 points, losing only to Brian Dudley. The result in the challenger’s section was much closer with Jeremy Humphries and Ron Evans tying for first place on 5 points. They were closely followed by Steve Alcock on 4½ points.
The Tony Evers friendly match against Halesowen was held on Wednesday 30th June at Stourbridge.
It was actually Halesowen who were hosting the event, but their venue is unable to allow refreshments, thus Halesowen hosted the event at Stourbridge. Halesowen also provided an excellent buffet.
For those members new to Stourbridge the Tony Evers match is the friendliest of friendlies. It is not so much a chess match; more a social event with some chess played.
The results were:
Halesowen |
Result |
Stourbridge |
|
Mike Hadley |
½ |
½ |
Nic Fallowfield |
Bob Grimes |
1 |
0 |
Eric Horwill |
Jon Asbury |
def |
1 |
John Foxall |
Don Curry |
1 |
0 |
Jeremy Humphries |
Windsor Peck |
0 |
1 |
Dave Scriven |
Derek Digger |
1 |
0 |
Julie Wilson |
Tony Taylor |
½ |
½ |
John Pearce |
Joyce Evans |
1 |
0 |
Colin Woodall |
Dayl Martin |
½ |
½ |
Graham Toone |
John Southcote |
1 |
0 |
Katherine ? |
6½ |
3½ |
|
|
So Halesowen overcame their grading disadvantage on paper to win the match convincingly. The only Stourbridge player to win a match was Dave Scriven !
Anyway, everyone enjoyed it which is the main thing. A big thank you to Halesowen.
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.
