Worcester & District Chess League
2009-10 Division 2 details
| Worcester Bishops - Kidderminster Rooks | Knock Out Round 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | Home team | Result | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 |
Paul Thomas Mike Kitchen Ken Durnell Terry Pountney |
0 - 1 ½ - ½ 0 - 1 ½ -½ |
Ray Collett Andrew Farthing Ed Osbourn John Clark |
| Result | 1 - 3 | Played 19 May | |
| Match report by Ray Collett. Both teams were weakened by absences because top players were working away from home. Top board finished first. Paul Thomas (Kidderminster) played a French Defence, but weakened his king side and Ray Collett infiltrated a bishop to f6 and Paul found there was no way to stop the queen getting to g7 and mating. Board 2 arrived at an interesting middle game where Andrew Farthing (Worcester) won a queen side pawn, but Mike Kitchen (Kidderminster) had plenty of compensation and a draw was agreed. Terry Pountney (Kidderminster) played a Queen's Pawn Game on board 4. John Clarke won a pawn and went into a bishop and pawn ending a pawn up, but was unable to convert to a full point. Board 3 was the last to finish. This game saw a Scandanavian Defence. Ed Osbourn (Worcester) gradually increased control of the board and broke through with an attack on black's king. | |||
| Droitwich & St Johns B - Redditch | Knock Out Round 1 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | Home team | Result | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 |
Arnold Kirkland WW (Bill) Watson Bert Foord Barry Tisdell |
1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 ½ - ½ |
Jason Cole Rob Bricknell Dave Spowart Peter Seeley |
| Result | 1½ - 2½ | Played unknown | |
| Match report by Derek Digger | |||
| Hagley - Headless Cross | Quarter Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | Home team | Result | Away team |
|
1 2 3 4 |
Andrew Moore Peter Keate Francis O'Gorman Greg Voskanian |
1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 |
David Richardson Mark Hore Ronald Thomson Paul Roberts |
| Result | 2½ - 1½ | Played 21 June | |
| Match result from Andrew Moore. | |||