Julie Wilson won the Welsh ladies rapid championship held in Cardiff on 14th November
There was a pre-season blitz tournament on Wednesday 26th August. It was won by Jeremy Fallowfield with 6½ out of 7. He won all his games except for a draw against second placed John Foxall.
The final positions were:
1. Jeremy Fallowfield 6½
2. John Foxall 5½
3. Julie Wilson 5
4. John Pearce 3½
5. Ian Stanley 3
6. Jeremy Humphries 3
7. Ben Stanley 2½
8 Deborah 0
The final round of the Summer tournament was played on Wednesday August 5th. In a close decisive game, Don Curry attacked in the opening against Nick Harris but Nick managed to swap off for a superior end game position which he won. Nick is now the tournament winner with a perfect 5 out of 5. Ron Evans and Julie Wilson came equal second with 3½. The grading prize went to Tony Taylor with 3 out of 5. Tony's performance was much better than his 61 grade.
No |
NAME |
R1 |
R2 |
R3 |
R4 |
R5 |
SCORE |
2 |
Nick Harris |
B12+ |
W3+ |
B5+ |
W6+ |
B7+ |
5 |
3 |
Julie Wilson |
W11+ |
B2- |
B3= |
W8+ |
W5+ |
3½ |
4 |
Andrew Moore |
Bye= |
Bye= |
B9- |
Bye- |
Bye- |
1 |
5 |
Dave Scriven |
B9+ |
W6+ |
W2- |
B7- |
B3- |
2 |
6 |
John Loynes |
W10+ |
B5- |
W12+ |
B2- |
B15- |
2 |
7 |
Don Curry |
Bye= |
Bye= |
B8+ |
W5+ |
W2- |
3 |
8 |
Jeremy Humphries |
B13+ |
W9= |
W7- |
B3- |
W10+ |
1½ |
9 |
Tony Taylor |
W5- |
B8= |
W4+ |
Bye= |
W11+ |
3 |
10 |
Mark Cahill |
B6- |
W12- |
Bye+ |
W13- |
B8- |
1 |
11 |
John Webster |
B3- |
Bye= |
W14+ |
W15- |
B9- |
1½ |
12 |
John Pearce |
W2- |
B10+ |
B6- |
Bye= |
Bye= |
2 |
13 |
Deborah Freire |
W8- |
Bye= |
Bye= |
B12+ |
Bye- |
2 |
14 |
Bob Redfern |
Bye= |
Bye= |
B11- |
Bye- |
Bye- |
1 |
15 |
Ron Evans |
Bye= |
Bye= |
W3= |
B11+ |
W6+ |
3½ |
The annual Tony Evers memorial match was held this week. This is an end of season friendly match against Halesowen with a buffet and raffle.
It started badly for Stourbridge and at the supper break Stourbridge were 3-1 down. Fortunately, the Stourbridge players fought back in the remaining games and the top 3 boards put on a great performance to all win their games. With 2 more wins secured by boards 7 and 8 and draws on boards 5 and 6, Stourbridge won the match 6-4.
Stourbridge |
Result |
Halesowen |
|
1. Nick Fallowfield |
1 |
0 |
Andy Ambrose |
2. John Foxall |
1 |
0 |
Mike Hadley |
3. Julie Wilson |
1 |
0 |
Bob Grimes |
4. Dave Scriven |
0 |
1 |
Jon Asbury |
5. John Loynes |
½ |
½ |
Don Curry |
6. Jeremy Humphries |
½ |
½ |
Maureen Clark |
7. Ron Evans |
1 |
0 |
Tony Taylor |
8. John Webster |
1 |
0 |
John Southcote |
9. Mike Sutton |
0 |
1 |
Dave Etheridge |
10. Mark Cahill |
0 |
1 |
Chris Hadden |
The club's annual general meeting was held on Wednesday 20th May 7:30pm at the institute. All club officials retained their positions from last year.
Award were presented as follows:
Best player:Eric Horwill and Nick Harris
Most improved player: John Loynes
Services to the club: Dave Scriven
The Hereford chess congress will take place on 29th -31st August Aylestone school. Hereford. This is a very enjoyable congress in which several Stourbridge members usually compete. For more information phone 01432 265712 or 07790674555.
Congratulations to club secretary and treasurer Dave Scriven on his 40th birthday. As a surprise for his birthday, his wife Bev organised a simultaneous chess display. The simultaneous was given by I.M. Lawrence Cooper who took on 17 players at Stourbidge chess club on Monday 3rd November.
Star performer was Steve Jukes who survived an initial attack where lawrence sacrificed several pawns. In an end game where Steve was 3 pawns up, Lawrence graciously resigned. Bryan Dudley and Don Curry also played well to draw their games.
It was a very enjoyable evening. Thanks Bev.
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.
