Worcester & District Chess League
2010-11 Siegel Shield team knock out
Started January 2010 to be completed by December 2011
| Worcester Bishops - Kidderminster Rooks | Knock Out Round 1 | ||
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| 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 2011 | |
| 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. | |||
| Malvern - Kidderminster Rooks | Knock Out Quarter Final | ||
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| Board | Home team | Result | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 |
Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert Ian Clarke John Knee |
½ - ½ 0 - 1 1 - 0 1 - 0 |
John Wrench Jim Friar Maurice Bissell Mark Riley |
| Result | 2½ - 1½ | Played 21 May ?2010 | |
| Match report by Jim Friar. Kidderminster crashed out the cup after a promising start. There was a draw on board 1 after a complicated Ruy Lopez. Exchanges led to an equal ending where both players ahd knight and bishop and five pawns. On board 2, Geoffrey Herbert (Malvern) declined a draw only to blunder a piece to a pin. Only a draw was needed on either the bottom boards to secure the match on board count for Kidderminster, but both players blundered a piece in the quickplay finish. Kidderminster players fought on, but against first class opposition that was fruitless. | |||
| Hagley - Headless Cross | Knock Out 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 2010 | |
| Match result from Andrew Moore. |
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| Worcester Bishops - Droitwich & St John's A | Knock out Quarter final | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | Home team | Result | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 |
Pavel Besedin Ed Osbourn Ray Collett Jim Keene |
½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 0 - 1 |
Peter Kitchen Steve James Nick Harris Greg Dyett |
| Result | 1½ - 2½ | Played 2 Aug 2011 | |
| Match reported by Andrew Farthing. | |||
| Malvern - Redditch | Knock out Semi-final | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | Home team | Result | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 |
Brian Turner Geoffrey herbert Ian Clarke John Knee |
1 - 0 1 - 0 1 - 0 ½ - ½ |
Giles Stanton Ian Clack Peter Seeley Michele Clack |
| Result | 3½ - ½ | Played 8 July | |
| Match reported by Brain Turner and Ian Clack. |
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| Droitwich & St John's A - Hagley | Knock out Semi-final |
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| Match conceded by Droitwich & St John's in August 2011 | |
| Hagley - Malvern | Knock out Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Board | Home team | Result | Away team |
| 1 2 3 4 . |
James P Friar Andrew Moore Joseph Friar Peter Keate handicap |
0 - 1 ½ - ½ ½ - ½ ½ - ½ 1½ - 0 |
Brian Turner Geoffrey Herbert John Knee Peter Yeadon - |
| Result | 3 - 2½ | Played 16 Dec 2011 | |
| Match reported by Brian Turner. I am pleased to report that teams concluded this competition before 2012! The final was a hard-fought match with interesting and well-contested games. Malvern needed to beat Hagley by 3-1 or better. The tension quickly dissolved on board 2 and a draw was quite sensibly agreed. Towards the end of the session Malvern held an advantage on the remaining boards, but could only realise the full point in a rook and pawn ending on board 1. Joseph Friar (with knighhts against bishops but static pawns) and Peter Keate (a pawn down but with all entry squares well-guarded) both set up impregnable defensive positions and draws were agreed to give the match to Malvern but the trophy to Hagley. Congratulations to Hagley. |
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