Worcestershire Chess Association

If you have corrections or know scores of other matches in this season, please contact Ray Collett

 

Worcester City triumph again

Six teams entered with the first entry of Shirley & Wythall to the competition. The draw and results for each of the rounds is shown below. First named teams played at home.

Final Greenlands 1 - 4¾ Worcester City

Semi finals:
Worcester City 4½ - 3 Malvern
Redditch 3 - 3½ Greenlands

Quarter finals:
Worcester City and Malvern have byes
Headless Cross 2½ - 5 Redditch
Shirley & Wythall 2½ - 4 Greenlands

 

Shirley & Wythall - Greenlands			Score	Preliminary round Wheatley Cup
Board	Grade	Home team		Away team	Grade
1 2 3 4 5 Handicap	163 146 137 130 99 .	Jonathan Dale Gordon Christie Fernandez Jiminez Kim Gilbert Barry Knee .	0 - 1 1 - 0 ½ - ½ 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1½	Ian Ellis Ian Truscott S Shaw P Hughes Richard Collett .	131 130 131 102 101 .
	675	Result	2½ - 4	Played 22 January 2012	605
Match result from Richard Collett.

Headless Cross - Redditch			Score	Preliminary round Wheatley Cup
Board	Grade	Home team		Away team	Grade
1 2 3 4 5 Handicap	115 81 48 69 33 .	Terry Radford Ron Thompson Gareth Hunter John Holmberg C Redmond .	0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - 1 2½ - 0	Dave Spowart Michele Clack Peter Seeley Daniel Gander Ian Clack .	145 111 108 ?100 104 .
	346	Result	2½ - 5	Played 22 January 2012	568
Match result from Laurence Wheatley.

Greenlands - Redditch 1			Score	Wheatley Cup Semi-final
Board	Grade	Home team		Away team	Grade
1 2 3 4 5 Handicap	130 109 114 94 73e .	Ian Truscott Richard Collett Peter Hughes John Lloyd Frank Cassidy .	1 - 0 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1½ - 0	David Spowart Steve Crockett Daniel Gander Derek Abrahams Peter Seeley .	145 117 114e 117 108 .
		Result	3½ - 3	Played 17 April 2012
Match result from Richard Collett.

Worcester City - Malvern			Score	Wheatley Cup Semi-final
Board	Grade	Home team		Away team	Grade
1 2 3 4 5 Handicap	143 140 116 115 n/a .	Andrew Farthing Ray Collett Phil Smith Roger Yates Rob Sutton .	0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 2½ - 0	Brian Turner Ian Clarke Geoffrey Herbert John Knee Default .	186 175 165 147 - .
	514	Result	4½ - 3	Played 17 May 2012
Match result from Ray Collett. It is understood that the controller ruled that Worcester's board 5 grade should not apply because of the default and the grade difference between the top 4 board of the teams should be reduced by 20% (673-514)*80/50 = 2.54

Greenlands - Worcester City			Score	Wheatley Cup Final
Board	Grade	Home team		Away team	Grade
1 2 3 4 5 Handicap	136 130 124 114 109 .	Roy Peters Ian Truscott Ian Ellis Peter Hughes Richard Collett .	0 - 1 0 - 1 1 - 0 0 - 1 0 - 1 0 - ¾	Andrew Farthing Ray Collett Roger Yates Rob Sutton Colin Vernon .	148 143 110 100 69 .
		Result	1 - 4¾	Played 13 Nov 2012
Match result from Ray Collett. See Worcester News for full report and picture.