Worcester & District Chess League

Andrew Farthing retains Ball cup in 2012 final

Final

Ian Truscott 0 - 1 Andrew Farthing The game was played 22 May.

Semi-final Draw

The draw for the semi-finals is as follows (first-named player has White in the first game).
Ian Truscott ½ - ½, ½ - ½, Tony Shaw. Ian won the Armageddon
Ian Clack 0 - 1 Andrew Farthing

28 April. Andrew Farthing (Worcester City) reports that Ian Truscott (Greenlands) won a tense struggle with Tony Shaw (Malvern) to claim a place in the final. The draw for colours in the final is to be determined by the total number of goals scored in the football Premier League on Sat, 28 April. If the number is odd Ian will have white, whereas if the number is even Andrew will have black.

Quarter Final Draw

Player with White named first. Games are scheduled to be completed by 1st March 2012.

Ian Clack 1 - 0 Giles Stanton
John Gittus ½ - ½, 0-1 Ian Truscott
Andrew Farthing ½ - ½, ½ - ½, 1-0 Rob Bricknell. Andrew won the Armageddon play-off
Tony Shaw 1 - 0 Robert Mitchell

Qualifying Stages

The draw for the qualifying groups was carried out by ranking the players in grade order and then ‘slicing’ the list into three groups of four. A name was drawn at random from each of these three pools and placed in each qualifying group. In this way, the strength of the three groups should be roughly similar, but the spirit of a Cup competition (the “luck of the draw”) was retained. The tables were completed by drawing for colour for each game.