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2011 Winners

Open

The winner of the Open section was decided by play-off "Armageddon" games where white must win because a draw counts as a win for black. In compensation, white has the advantage of an extra minute of thinking time - six rather than five minutes.

Pavel Besedin vs Toasz Sygnowski in the play-off for the title.
Pavel Besedin (Daugavpils, Latvia) versus Tomasz Sygnowski (West Bromwich) in the play-off for the title. Picture Ray Collet		 Director Andrew Moore (right) presents Pavel besedin (Latvia) with the Open championship prize.
Director Andrew Moore (right) presents Pavel Besedin (Latvia)
with the Open Championship prize. Picture Ray Collett

First: Pavel Besedin (Daugavpils, Latvia) winning the Worcestershire Open title in Armageddon playoffs against Tomasz Sygnowski (West Bromwich, West Midlands) both on 4½ points in standard play games. Third was Miroslav Gruca (Widnes). Ian Kingston (West Nottingham won the under-175 grading prize).

Major(under-160)

First: Richard Desmedt (Wombwell, Barnsley) Brendan O'Gorman (DHSS) and Dean Hartley (Amber Valley, Chesterfield) on 4 points. Ben Graff (Leamington) on 3 points won the under-150 grading prize.

Intermediate (under-135)

Brothers James and Joseph Friar (both Hagley) share Intermediate first prize on 4½ points. Tony Shaw (Malvern) was third on 4 points. Martin Hollan the talented junior from Prague, won the under-125 grading prize.

Minor (under-115)

Matthew Trigg winner (left) Giles Stanton receives his prize Peter Brace receives his prize
Matthew Trigg winner (left), and a brace of county team captains (Giles Stanton, Worcs u140 team, centre and Peter Brace, Derbys Open team (right) receive prizes in the Minor from Tournament Director Andrew Moore - the chap with the suit

Matthew Trigg (Solihull) was first on 4½ points, followed by four players on 4: Paul Heeney (Mutual Circle, Kings Heath, Birmingham), Peter Brace (Spondon, Derby) Alan Fraser (Beckenham & Bromley, London), Giles Stanton (Redditch). Nine-year-old Jacob Boswell (Leek & Cheddleton, Staffs) won the under-105 grading prize.