Worcester & District Chess League 2010-11 season

Published 29 December 2011

2002-3 Siegel Shield team knock out

The competition started January 2003

Redditch Raiders - Droitwich			Round 1
Board	Home team	Result	Away team
1 2 3 4 .	unknown unknown unknown unknown Handicap	0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1½ - 0
	Result	3 - 2½	Played not reported
Match reported by Communigate. Redditch finally have broken their knock out duck. This is the first season in a long while that Redditch Raiders have managed to secure a place in Round Two. Droitwich played a very close game winning on board 1 and drawing on the three remaining boards. Phil Church was lucky to hold his game to draw having lost a piece very early on in the opening. Redditch go through on the 1.5 point handicap rule

Kidderminster Knights - Kidderminster Rooks			Round 1
Board	Home team	Result	Away team
1 2 3 4 .	Jim Friar John Wrench Maurice Bissell David Close Handicap	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 0 - 1½	Paul Thomas Ken Durnell Bill Pugh Terry Pountney
	Result	3½ - 2	Played 28 January
Match reported by Communigate. Last year's beaten finalists Kidderminster Knights are through to round 2 of the Worcester & District Knockout Competition after a hard fought match against Kidderminster Rooks. On board 1 Jim Friar gave up the exchange. This may appear ironic in a 'Knights v Rooks' match almost as if he was trying to prove a point. Jim had some compensation and emerged with a central passed pawn in the ending but after more pieces were exchanged Jim was relieved when Paul Thomas agreed to the draw. On board 2, John Wrench established a passed pawn and two bishops against two knights. Ken Durnell battled well but faced a lost end game. Maurice Bissell and Bill Pugh also had a close match but Maurice played the ending well and exploited Bill's doubled pawns. Terry Pountney got some counter play after being two pawns down but Dave Close was determined to press home his advantage, and after winning a third pawn Terry resigned.

Headless Cross Youth - St James			Round 1
Board	Home team	Result	Away team
1 2 3 4 .	David Richardson David Pemberton Ben Mills James Dean Handicap	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 -	Richard Collett Doug Bott Stan Johnson John Lloyd
	Result	0 - 4	Played 16 January
Match reported by Communigate.

Worcester Bishops - Headless Cross Youth			Quarter Final
Board	Home team	Result	Away team
1 2 3 4 .	Jim Keene Ray Collett Tony Spittle Frank Bradbury Handicap	1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 -	Russell Saunders Mark Hore Penny Wood John Holmberg .
	Result	4 - 0	Played 17 February 2003 at Droitwich
From Ray Collett's records.

St James - Worcester Bishops			Semi Final
Board	Home team	Result	Away team
1 2 3 4 .	Richard Collett Stan Johnson Doug Bott Ian Ellis Handicap	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 -	Steve Mellor Alan Copeman Tony Spittle Roger Yates .
	Result	3 - 1	Played 8 May 2003
From Ray Collett's records.

Worcester Bishops - Malvern			Knock out Final
Board	Home team	Result	Away team
1 2 3 4 .	Eric Myers Ray Collett Jim Keene Tony Spittle Handicap	½ - ½ 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ -	Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert Ian Clarke Sam Tombs .
	Result	3 - 1	Played 7 July 2003 at Droitwich
From Ray Collett's records. On board 1, Eric Myers played a Veresov and when the draw was a greed had good compensation for a pawn. Ray Collett was gifted a piece and won. Jim Keeen played the Four Pawns Attack against Ian Clarke's King's Indian Defence. White stripped the black king of his defending pawns and won. On Board 4, a Queen's Gambit Declined led to an isolated queen's pawn in a balanced position, subsequently drawn.