Last updated 20 August 2016
Match details 2015-6 season
2015-6 season's league news
18 Mar. Halesowen I League Champions. Halesowen I draw against Malvern to make certain of the 2016 League championship. No other team can catch them and they have a further match in-hand.
14 Mar. Olton Division II Champions. Olton brushed aside Droitwich to clinch the Division II title at their first attempt.
27 Aug 2015. Fixtures meeting. Kidderminster were promoted to Division 1 and Olton join Division 2. There were no representatives from Hagley or Redditch and they have confirmed that they are unable to participate in the League this season. Club secretaries and captains arranged most of the dates for the 2015-6 season. Ray Collett (Worcester) took over the vacancy for the honorary secretary's post. Worcestershire League Controller and Grading Officer was Paul Sharratt (Stourbridge).
1 Aug 2015. 2015-6 grading list. The league's highest rated player was Stewart Fishburne (Halesowen) at 194 in the ECF July 2016 grading list.
15 May 2015. Olton Chess Club join County League. At the annual meeting of Worcestershire Chess Association Olton were admitted to the county league. The League trophy was presented to John Southall for Halesowen I's League Championship victory.
2015-6 Division One
Summary League champions Halesowen I, runners-up Malvern.
12 Apr. Halesowen celebrated their championship season with a 6 nil victory. The last 6 nil win in Division 1 other than defaulted matches in was 5 years ago when Halesowen I beat Worcester.
18 Mar. Malvern fielded their strongest team in the crucial fixture against Halesowen, but achieved a draw leaving Halesowen I in the lead with one match in hand. Halesowen have a postponed match against bottom-of-table Kidderrminster A.
13 Feb. At last the smog of adjourned games has blown away. Halesowen are unbeaten and favourites for the title, but Malvern are only a point behind.
30 Jan. With four matches to be decided at second sessions, there is all to play for.
6 Oct. First result in: a draw!
27 Aug. Fixtures meeting. Kidderminster A took promotion to Division I and Hagley withdrew from the league. Division I teams play each other home and away. Halesowen I were 2014-5 League Champions.
Worcestershire League Division I: table for 2015-6 season |
Club |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Match Points |
Halesowen I |
6 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
23 |
13 |
9 |
Malvern |
6 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
17½ |
18½ |
6 |
Worcester City |
6 |
1 |
3 |
2 |
17 |
19 |
5 |
Kidderminster A |
6 |
1 |
2 |
3 |
14½ |
21½ |
4 |
Halesowen I - Malvern |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Stewart Fishburne
John Edge
Malcolm Hunt
Dale Jackson
Mike Hadley
Jon Asbury
|
0 - 1
1 - 0
1 - 0
1 - 0
0 - 1
0 - 1
|
Lee Davis
Brian Turner
Geoffrey Herbert
John Knee
Leigh Canham
Matthew Jordan
|
|
Result |
3 - 3 |
Played 6 Oct |
Match reported by John Edge and Geoffrey Herbert. |
Worcester City - Kidderminster A |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Nick Harris
David L Roberts
Ray Collett
Rob Sutton
Alaric Stephen
Phil Smith
|
½ - ½
0 - 1
1 - 0
0 - 1
0 - 1
0 - 1
|
Jim Friar snr
Joe Watson
John Wrench
Joseph Friar
Maurice Bissell
Dave
Waud |
|
Result |
1½ - 4½ |
Played 14 Oct |
Match reported by Ray Collett. Board 5 finished first and after the time control Kidderminster were two points ahead. Kidderminster soon recorded another two victories and on Board 1 Jim Friar denied a win for Harris in tenacious defence of a rook and pawn ending a pawn down. By this stage, what had been a promising attack for Wrench had been neutralised by Collett who then took advantage of a blunder allowing exchanges into a clearly won bishop and pawn ending. Collett sealed the last move of the session, but Wrench resigned without resuming play. |
Malvern - Kiddermister A |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Lee Davis
Ian Clarke
Brian Turner
John Knee
Leigh Canham
Matthew Jordan |
1 - 0
½ - ½
½ - ½
0 - 1
½ - ½
½ - ½ |
Jim Friar
John Wrench
Joe Watson
Joseph Friar
Maurice Bissell
David Waud |
|
Result |
3 - 3 |
Played 13 Nov |
Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert. The second session of the board 1 game is to be played on 12 February. |
Worcester City - Halesowen I |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Stephen Mellor
Peter Kitson
Nick Harris
David L Roberts
Ray Collett
Rob Sutton
|
½ - ½
½ - ½
½ - ½
0 - 1
1 - 0
½ - ½
|
Stewart Fishburne
John Edge
Dale Jackson
Mike Hadley
Mark Bethel
Andy Ambrose
|
|
Result |
3 - 3 |
Played 26 Nov |
Match reported by Ray Collett and John Edge. The top board adjourned in a position that appeared to defy calculation at the board. Mellor, the exchange down had a protected passed pawn on the 6th rank. There blocked chains of pawns in the centre of the board and both players were attacking exposed kings from the side. Although Mellor had a powerful discovered check available for the sealed move, it was not clear whether Fishburne could not force a purpetual. After reflection both players decided that a purpetual check finish was inevitable with both kings exposed to attack from major pieces. |
Kidderminster - Halesowen |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Brian Sharp
Jim Friar
Joe Watson
John Wrench
Maurice Bissell
Mark Riley |
½ - ½
½ - ½
0 - 1
½ - ½
0 - 1
½ - ½ |
Stewart Fishburne
Malcolm Hunt
Dale Jackson
Mike Hadley
Andy Ambrose
Mark Bethel |
|
Result |
2 - 4 |
Played 2 Dec |
Match reported by Stewart Fishburne and John Wrench |
Worcester City - Malvern |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Stephen Mellor
Peter Kitson
Nick Harris
David L Roberts
Rob Sutton
Alaric Stephen |
1 - 0
1 - 0 ½ - ½
1 - 0
0 - 1
1 - 0 |
Lee Davis
Ian Clarke
Brian Turner
Geoffrey Herbert
John Knee
Matthew Jordan |
|
Result |
4½ - 1½ |
Played 3 Dec |
Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert and Rob Sutton. Players' names transposed in original posting and corrected on 9 Dec. |
Malvern - Worcester City |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Lee Davis
ian Clarke
Geoff Marchant
Brian Turner
Geoffrey Herbert
Matthew Jordan |
½ - ½ ½ - ½
0 - 1
0 - 1
1 - 0
1 - 0 |
Stephen Mellor
Nick Harris
Jim Keene
David L Roberts
Rob Sutton
Colin Vernon
|
|
Result |
3 - 3 |
Played 15 Jan |
Match reported by Geoffrey Herbert. Geoff Marchant conceded overnight his adjourned position on board 3. The board 1 game was finally agreed a draw without resumption on 6 Feb. |
Kidderminster A - Malvern |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Jim Friar
Joe Watson
Joseph Friar
John Wrench
Maurice Bissell
John Gittus |
½ - ½
0 - 1
½ - ½
½ - ½
0 - 1
½ - ½ |
Lee Davis
Ian Clarke
Geoff Marchant
Brian Turner
Leigh Canham
John Knee |
|
Result |
2 - 4 |
Played 27 Jan |
Match reported by Brian Turner. Board 5 agreed drawn 3 Feb. Score for board 5 altered 3 Feb and score for board 1, erroneously reported as adjourned was a draw and altered on 8 February. |
Halesowen I - Worcester City |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Stewart Fishburne
John Edge
Dale Jackson
Mike Hadley
Andy Ambrose
Jon Asbury
|
1 - 0 ½ - ½
½ - ½
½ - ½
½ - ½
1 - 0 |
Default
Peter Kitson
Nick Harris
Jim Keene
David L Roberts
Rob Sutton |
|
Result |
4 - 2 |
Played 26 Jan |
Match reported by John Edge and Jim Keene. Board 4 second session was played on 11 Feb and resulted in a draw. |
Kidderminster A - Worcester City |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Joseph Friar
Jim Friar snr
Joe Watson
John Varilone
Maurice Bissell
Mark Riley |
½ - ½
0 - 1
1 - 0
0 - 1
½ - ½
1 - 0 |
Peter Kitson
Nick Harris
Jim Keene
David L Roberts
Ray Collett
Rob Sutton |
|
Result |
3 - 3 |
Played 17 Feb |
Match reported by Jim Friar. |
Malvern - Halesowen I |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Lee Davis
Geoff Marchant
Ian Clarke
Brian Turner
John Knee
Geoffrey Herbert |
0 - 1
1 - 0
0 - 1
1 - 0 ½ - ½
½ - ½ |
Stewart Fishburne
John Edge
Malcolm Humt
Mike Hadley
Jon Asbury
Peter Banks |
|
Result |
3 - 3 |
Played 18 March |
Match reported by John Edge |
Halesowen I - Kidderminster I |
|
Div 1 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
6 |
Stewart Fishburne
John Edge
Malcolm Hunt
Dale Jackson
Mike Hadley
Andy Ambrose
|
1 - 0
1 - 0
1 - 0
1 - 0
1 - 0
1 - 0 |
John Wrench
Maurice bissell
Alan Preece
David Spowart
Mark Riley
John Gittus |
|
Result |
6 - 0 |
12 Apr |
Match reported by John Edge |
2015-6 Division Two
Summary Champions, Olton; runners-up, Halesowen II.
11 May. The last result is in, an adjourned game from the last match which saw David Waud of Kidderminster snatch a rare game point off the champions Olton.
28 Apr. Olton complete their fixtures with another win and we await the result of the adjourned game on board 2 to complete the season's play.
14 Mar. Olton sweep away Droitwich to make certain of the 2016 Division II title and have a further matches in-hand.
1 Mar. As if to prove your webmaster is out of order, Halesowen win 5-0 in their next home match.
2 Feb. Halesowen draw again and again!
20 Oct. Olton confirm their sumpremacy in Division 2 with a win against second placed Kidderminster B
27 Oct. Olton claim first Worcestershire scalp with home win against Greenlands
12 Oct. First result in: a draw.
27 Aug. Fixtures meeting. Kidderminster I took promotion to Division I and Olton join the league. Division II teams play each other home and away. Kidderminster A were 2014-5 Division 2 champions.
Worcestershire League Division II: Season 2015-6 |
Club |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
For |
Against |
Points |
Olton |
8 |
7 |
1 |
0 |
28 |
12 |
15 |
Halesowen II |
8 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
23 |
17 |
8 |
Kidderminster B |
8 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
18 |
22 |
7 |
Greenlands |
8 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
15 |
25 |
6 |
Droitwich |
8 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
14 |
26 |
3 |
Droitwich - Halesowen II |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Ray Collett
Arnold Kirkland
WW (Bill) Watson
Terry Radford
David Cleak
|
½ - ½
0 - 1
0 - 1
1 - 0
1 - 0
|
Jon Asbury
Paul Evans
Maureen Clark
Tony Taylor
Martin Hathaway
|
|
Result |
2½ - 2½ |
Played 12 Oct |
Match reported by Joyce Evans & Ray Collett.. At the start of play Droitwich were lacking board 1 and were relieved when Collett appeared late. Sportingly Halesowen did not start the clock - no FIDÉ pedantry in Div 2! After wins for Droitwich on boards 3 and 4, a win looked possible for Droitwich although Asbury on board 1 had more space after Collett chose a poor sixth move defending a Sämisch Variation King's Indian Defence. Fortunately for Droitwich, Asbury was not feeling aggressive and proposed an early draw, which was quickly accepted. Analysis showed white had all the chances, but there was a lot of play and it was easy to to go wrong in a complicated middlegame. Evans and Kirkland fought a long battle ending in a king and pawn ending that looked drawn until Kirkland blundered. Clark had a clear advantage at the time control. Pinning her opponent's bishop she won a piece and then used an active knight and rooks to force a mating net and further gain of material to draw the match. |
Olton - Greenlands |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Marco Ho
Warren Archibald
Stephen Chadaway
Karol Gryzwaczewski
John Llewelyn
|
1 - 0
½ - ½
1 - 0
½ - ½
1 - 0
|
Ian Ellis
Roy Peters
Richard Collett
Brian Allsop
Geoff Harris
|
|
Result |
4 - 1 |
Played 27 Oct |
Match reported by Richard Collett |
Olton - Halesowen II |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Robert Reynolds
Trevor Holt
Ken Allen
John Llewelyn
Peter Singh
|
½ - ½
1 - 0
1 - 0
½ - ½
½ - ½ |
Mike Hadley
John Davis
John Southcote
Maureen Clark
Tony Taylor
|
|
Result |
3½ - 1½ |
Played 3 Nov |
Match reported by Joyce Evans. The adjourned game on board 3 was conceded without resumption. |
Greenlands - Droitwich |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
David Pugh
Laurence Wheatley
Ian Ellis
Roy Peters
Frank Cassidy
|
½ - ½
½ - ½
½ - ½
1 - 0
1 - 0
|
Ray Collett
Arnold Kirkland
Bill (WW) Watson
Terry Radford
David Cleak
|
|
Result |
3½ - 1½ |
Played 10 Nov |
Match reported by Ray Collett |
Kidderminster B - Droitwich |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Alan Preece
David Spowart
John Whitehead
Clive Billinge
Paul Thomas
|
½ - ½
1 - 0
0 - 1
1 - 0
½ - ½ |
Ray Collett
Arnold Kirkland
Terry Radford
David Cleak
Tom Parkes
|
|
Result |
3 - 2 |
Played 11 Nov |
Match reported by Arnold Kirkland and Ray Collett. On 17 Nov, Result on board 3 amended on advice from Arnold. |
Greenlands - Kidderminster B |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
David Pugh
Roy Peters
Peter Hughes
Geoff Harris
Frank Cassidy
|
½ - ½
½ - ½
0 - 1
½ - ½
0 - 1
|
Alan Preece
Clive Billinge
David Waud
Paul Thomas
Terry Pountney
|
|
Result |
1½ - 3½ |
Played 24 Nov |
Match reported by Richard Collett. Kidderminster board 3 player's surname corrected 2 February. |
Olton - Droitwich |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Marco Ho
Warren Archibald
Stephen Chadaway
John Llewelyn
Chris Statter |
1 - 0
1 - 0
1 - 0 ½ - ½
½ - ½ |
Ray Collett
Arnold Kirkland
WW (Bill) Watson
Terry Radford
David Cleak |
|
Result |
4 - 1 |
Played 8 Dec |
Match reported by John Llewelyn and Arnold Kirkland. The second session on board 5 was scheduled for 22 Dec and resulted in a draw. |
Greenlands - Halesowen |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
David Pugh
Ian Truscott
Ian Ellis
Geoff Harris
Frank Cassidy |
½ - ½
0 - 1
1 - 0
0 - 1
1 - 0 |
Mike Hadley
John Southcote
Maureen Clark
Andrew Field
David Etheridge |
|
Result |
2½ - 2½ |
Played 15 Dec |
Match reported by Richard Collett. |
Halesowen II - Olton |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Mike Hadley
Jon Asbury
Paul Evans
Tony Taylor
Andrew Field |
½ - ½
0 - 1
1 - 0
0 - 1
1 - 0 |
Robert Reynolds
Ken Allen
Karol Grzywaczewski
John Llewelyn
default |
|
Result |
2½ - 2½ |
Played 5 Jan |
Match reported by Joyce Evans |
Kiddermnster B - Olton |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
John Varilone
John Chester
Clive Billinge
David Waud
Paul Thomas |
0 - 1
0 - 1
1 - 0
½ - ½
0 - 1
|
Marco Ho
Ken Allen
Steve Chadaway
Karol Grzywaczewski
John Llewelyn |
|
Result |
1½ - 3½ |
Played 20 Jan |
Match reported by John Llewelyn. Kidderminster board 4 player's surname corrected 2 February. |
Halesowen II - Droitwich |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Paul Evans
John Davis
Tony (A) Stokes
Dustin Bowcott
Maureen Clark |
0 - 1 ½ - ½
1 - 0
1 - 0
0 - 1 |
Ray Collett
Arnold Kirkland
WW (Bill) Watson
Terry Radford
David Cleak |
|
Result |
2½ - 2½ |
Played 26 Jan |
Match reported by Joyce Evans. The deciding game was played on top board and was last to finish. Collett went wrong in the opening and Evans had a clear advantage. To save the game, Collett complicated, effective but not very sound, ending up with eight moves to make in 30 seconds against an opponent with three minutes left.. Both players moved fast and made mistakes and the result shows only that Evans made the last one. |
Halesowen II - Kidderminster B |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Mike Hadley
Tony Stokes
Jon Asbury
John Davis
Andrew Field |
½ - ½
½ - ½
½ - ½
½ - ½
½ - ½ |
Alan Preece
John Whitehead
Clive Billinge
Paul Thomas
Terry Pountney |
|
Result |
2½ - 2½ |
Played 2 Feb |
Match reported by Joyce Evans. |
Kidderminster B - Greenlands |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Alan Preece
David Waud
John Whitehead
Clive Billinge
Paul Thomas |
½ - ½ ½ - ½
½ - ½
0 - 1
1 - 0 |
David Pugh
Laurence Wheatley
Roy Peters
Peter Hughes
Richard Collett |
|
Result |
2½ - 2½ |
Played 3 Feb |
Match reported by Richard Collett. Sorry for slow publication of match details [webmaster]. |
Droitwich - Greenlands |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Ray Collett
Arnold Kirkland
WW (Bill) Watson
Terry Radford
David Cleak |
½ - ½
0 - 1
0 - 1
½ - ½
1 - 0 |
David Pugh
Laurence Wheatley
Richard Collett
Geoff Harris
Frank Cassidy |
|
Result |
2 - 3 |
Played 15 Feb |
Match reported by Ray Collett. |
Kidderminster B - Halesowen II |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Alan Preece
John Chester
David Waud
John Whitehead
Paul Thomas |
½ - ½
½ - ½
0 - 1
0 - 1
0 - 1 |
Jon Asbury
John Davis
Paul Evans
Dustin Bowcott
Maureen Clark |
|
Result |
1 - 4 |
Played 17 Feb |
Match reported by Joyce Evans |
Halesowen - Greenlands |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Mike Hadley
Jon Asbury
John Davis
Paul Evans
Richard Woolley |
1 - 0
1 - 0
1 - 0
1 - 0
1 - 0 |
David Pugh
Peter Hughes
Brian Allsop
Richard Collett
Frank Cassidy |
|
Result |
5 - 0 |
Played 1 Mar |
Match reported by Richard Collett. First name of Halesowen's board 4 corrected 2 March. |
Droitwich - Kidderminster B |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Ray Collett
Arnold Kirkland
WW (Bill) Watson
Terry Radford
David Cleak |
1 - 0
½ - ½ ½ - ½
0 - 1
½ - ½ |
Alan Preece
John Chester
David Waud
John Whitehead
Paul Thomas |
|
Result |
2½ - 2½ |
Played 7 Mar |
Match reported by Ray Collett and Arnold Kirkalnd. The adjourned game on board 2 was agreed drawn on 25 March. |
Droitwich - Olton |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Ray Collett
Arnold Kirkland
Terry Radford
David Cleak
Tom Perkes |
0 - 1
0 - 1
0 - 1
0 - 1
0 - 1 |
Marco Ho
Ken Allen
Steve Chadaway
Karol Gryzwacsewski
John Llewelyn
|
|
Result |
0 - 5 |
Played 14 Mar |
Match reported by John Llewelyn. |
Greenlands - Olton |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
David Pugh
Brian Allsop
Richard Collett
Geoff Harris
Frank Cassidy |
0 - 1
0 - 1
1 - 0
0 - 1
0 - 1 |
Marco Ho
Ken Allen
Richard Evans
Karol Grzywaczewski
John Llewelyn |
|
Result |
1 - 4 |
Played 5 Apr |
Match reported by Richard Collett |
Olton - Kidderminster B |
|
Div 2 |
Board |
Home team |
Score |
Away team |
1
2
3
4
5
|
Mark Cundy
Ken Allen
Garry Evans
Steve Chadaway
John Llewelyn |
1 - 0
0 - 1 ½ - ½
1 - 0
1 - 0 |
Alan Preece
David Waud
Clive Billinge
Paul Thomas
Terry Pountney |
|
Result |
3½ - 1½ |
Played 26 Apr |
Match reported by John Llewelyn. The adjourned game's second session was scheduled for 10 May. |
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