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Tomasz Sygnowski wins 2011 New Year congress

The 15th Dudley Quality Inn congress run by Spectrum Chess was attended by over 60. West Bromwich player Tomasz was winner in the Premier tournament with 5 points from 5 games. Dean Hartley and Brendan O'Gorman shared the Major Tournament prize with 4 points. William Egan won the Minor with 4½ from 5. See full results at Spectrum Chess.

Fourteenth Dudley Congress 30-31 January 2010

Dominic Bennett was winner in the Premier with 4 from 5. Dudley League player Phil Bull (West Bromwich) won the Major with 4½, and Alan Fraser won the Minor with 4 points. See full results at Spectrum Chess.

Thirteenth Dudley Congress 24-26 January 2009

The Major was won by Tom Robinson (Redditch) on 4 points; the Minor by Shailesh Jobanputra on 4 points; and John Gibbs won the Challengers on 5 points. See full results at Spectrum Chess.

Twelth Dudley Congress 26-27 January 2008

Richard Bryant, Dean Hartley, and Stephen Pride were first in the Major on 4 points with hihest loacl player being Moin Uddin (West Bromwich) on 3. Peter Loach (Boldmere St Michael's) won the Minor on 4 points, and Harinder Dhesi (King Edward's Sch, Birmingham) the Challengers on 4½. See full results at Spectrum Chess.

Eleventh Dudley Congress 27-28 January 2007

Tyson Mordue shared the Open prize with James Sherwin on 4 points. Top local player was Alan Crombleholm (Bushbury) on 3 points. Helge Hjort, Derek Jarvis, Andrew Price, Geoffrey Thomas and Darren Whitmore (Walsall Kipping) on 3½ shared the Major, Barry Kocan won the Minor with 4½ points and Kevin Marshall the Challengers on 5 points. See full results at Spectrum Chess.

Tenth Dudley Congress 23-24 September 2006

Ali Gholam stormed the Open with 5 points from 5 games. See full results at Spectrum Chess.

Most promising junior in the league

4 Apr 2003. Adrian Somerfield, the most promising junior player, received the John Raybould award

Easter 2003. Julie Wilson, Eric Horwill, Simon Smith and Bob Carrier played in the 27th Sports Exchange in Bremen. In a five-minute tournament, Simon Smith was first with 10 points from 11 games. Eric Horwil was second, Julie Wilson 3rd and Bob Carrier 5th. In a second 10 minute Swiss tournament, Julie Wilson scored 4 points from 5 games and was placed second. Eric Horwil 3/5 7th, Simon Smith 3/5 9th and Bob Carrier 2/5 13th.

Summer 2002. David Brelsforth took over publication of the DDCL Bulletins subsequent to Alan Ruffles move to Derbyshire.

Apr 2002. Dudley withdrew from the league and ceased to exist as a club. Having played more than half of their fixtures the remaining ones were scored as defaults.

15-22 Apr 2001. The 25th Exchange with Bremen saw chess as the only activity represented since the inception of the exchange.

6 Feb 2001. Fred Tatler passed away while playing in a match. See two of his games and a chess obituary.

4 Jul 1998. League individual and team rapidplay and Junior Rapidplay tournaments organised by Alan Ruffle, Graham Humphries, Robert Ward and Anne Nicholson.

Sandwell Congress 1992

Tony Miles won with 5½ points from 6 games. Keith Arkell, 5 points, was second and Mark Hebden, 4 points, third. Keith escott won the Major (u176) with 5½ points. The congress was held at George Salter HS and organised by W Ritson-Morry and attracted just under a hundred players. (Reported in the September 1992 edition of BCM)