Worcester Congress
The 2022 Worcestershire Closed congress
The 2022 closed congress was held at The King’s School Worcester, on the weekend of 19 and 20 August. This year the Dining Hall was used for play. The 2022 edition was held after a two-year hiatus caused by the Covid-19 epidemic. The organisers allowed players to make their own decision whether to wear masks at the board. It was decided to play a congress with four rounds only omitting the Saturday evening round which had been poorly attended in the previous congresses. A total of 22 players played in this congress. Ray Collett was organiser and Andrew Farthing was controller for the congress.
2022 champions
The Worcestershire individual Champion is Stewart Fishburne (Halesowen). The other titles awarded for 2022 were: Women's Champion - Julie Wilson (Stourbridge); Junior Champion - Joshua Clarke (King’s School Worcester), Veteran Champion - Lee Davis (Malvern) on tie-break from Peter Kitson (Stoke Prior) and Brian Turner (Malvern); Senior Champion - Ian Clarke (Malvern); and Minor Champion (u1650) Peter Hughes (Mutual Circle/Stourbridge) on tie-break from Rob Sutton (Worcester) and Ian Truscott (Longbridge).
Gallery
Junior Champion  |
Individual Champion  |
Women's Champion  |
Senior Champion  |
Playing hall  |
Veteran Champion  |
2022 Full results
| Player | Club | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stewart K Fishburne | Halesowen | 1 (w14) | 1 (w17) | 1 (w4) | ½ (b5) | 3½ |
| 2 | Lee Davis | Malvern | 1 (w12) | ½ (b5) | 1 (w15) | ½ (b3) | 3 |
| 3 | Joseph D Friar | Kidderminster | 1 (b13) | ½ (w10) | 1 (b8) | ½ (w2) | 3 |
| 4 | Peter R Kitson | Stoke Prior | 1 (b16) | 1 (w11) | 0 (b1) | 1 (w9) | 3 |
| 5 | Ian J Clarke | Malvern | 1 (b21) | ½ (w2) | 1 (b10) | ½ (w1) | 3 |
| 6 | Brian Turner | Malvern | ½ (w7) | ½ (b9) | 1 (w14) | 1 (b12) | 3 |
| 7 | Joshua Clarke | King’s Sch Worcester | ½ (b6) | 0 (w8) | 1 (b20) | 1 (w15) | 2½ |
| 8 | Phil Austin | Worcester | ½ (w20) | 1 (b7) | 0 (w3) | 1 (b17) | 2½ |
| 9 | Peter J Hughes | Stourbridge/Mutual Circle | ½ (b15) | ½ (w6) | 1 (b11) | 0 (b4) | 2 |
| 10 | George Charman | Hanley Castle HS | 1 (b23) | ½ (b3) | 0 (w5) | ½ (w13) | 2 |
| 11 | John Chester | Malvern | 1 (w19) | 0 (b4) | 0 (w9) | 1 (b18) | 2 |
| 12 | Rob Sutton | Worcester | 0 (b2) | 1 (w21) | 1 (b16) | 0 (w6) | 2 |
| 13 | Ian M Truscott | Longbridge | 0 (w3) | 1 (b23) | ½ (w17) | ½ (b10) | 2 |
| 14 | Joe Rastall | Worcester | 0 (b1) | 1 (w18) | 0 (b6) | 1 (w21) | 2 |
| 15 | Julie C Wilson | Stourbridge | ½ (w9) | 1 (b20) | 0 (b2) | 0 (b7) | 1½ |
| 16 | Arnold G Kirkland | Droitwich | 0 (w4) | 1 (b19) | 0 (w12) | ½ (b20) | 1½ |
| 17 | Tony Shaw | Worcester | 1 (b18) | 0 (b1) | ½ (b13) | 0 (w8) | 1½ |
| 18 | Geoffry G Blissitt | Evesham | 0 (w17) | 0 (b14) | 0 (w22) | 0 (w11) | 1 |
| 19 | Aiden Griffiths | Worcester | 0 (b11) | 0 (w16) | 0 (b21) | 1 (w23) | 1 |
| 20 | James Allsopp | Worcs Jun Chess Acad | ½ (b8) | 0 (w15) | 0 (w7) | ½ (w16) | 1 |
| 21 | Andy Gilhooly | Worcester | 0 (w5) | 0 (b12) | 1 (w19) | 0 (b14) | 1 |
| 22 | Ray A Collett | Worcester | - ( ) | - ( ) | 1 (b18) | - ( ) | 1 |
| 23 | Colin G Vernon | Worcester | 0 (w10) | 0 (w13) | 0 (b18) | 0 (b19) | 0 |