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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

Worcestershire League Division I: fixtures in 2015-6
2015 Fixture Result
Tue 6 Oct Halesowen I - Malvern 3 - 3
Thu 15 Oct Worcester City - Kidderminster A 1½ - 4½
Fri 13 Nov Malvern - Kidderminster A 3 - 3
Thu 26 Nov Worcester City - Halesowen I 3 - 3
Wed 2 Dec Kidderminster A - Halesowen I 2 - 4
Thu 3 Dec Worcester City - Malvern 4½ - 1½
2016    
Fri 15 Jan Malvern - Worcester City 3 - 3
Tue 26 Jan Halesowen I - Worcester City 4 - 2
Wed 27 Jan Kidderminster A - Malvern 2 - 4
Wed 17 Feb Kidderminster A - Worcester City 3 - 3
Fri 18 Mar Malvern - Halesowen I 3 - 3
Tue 12 Apr Halesowen I - Kidderminster A 6 - 0

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
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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

2015 Dates Dates of Fixtures Result
Mon 12 Oct Droitwich - Halesowen II 2½ - 2½
Tue 27 Oct Olton - Greenlands 4 - 1
Tue 3 Nov Olton - Halesowen II 3½ - 1½
Tue 10 Nov Greenlands -Droitwich 3½ - 1½
Wed 11 Nov Kidderminster B - Droitwich * 3 - 2
Tue 24 Nov Greenlands - Kidderminster B 1½ - 3½
Tue 8 Dec Olton - Droitwich 4 - 1
Tue 15 Dec Greenlands - Halesowen II 2½ - 2½
2016 Dates    
Tue 5 Jan Halesowen II - Olton 2½ - 2½
Wed 20 Jan Kidderminster B - Olton 1½ - 3½
Tue 26 Jan Halesowen II - Droitwich 2½ - 2½
Tue 2 Feb Halesowen II - Kidderminster B 2½ - 2½
Wed 3 Feb Kidderminster B - Greenlands 2½ - 2½
Mon 15 Feb Droitwich - Greenlands 2 - 3
Wed 17 Feb Kidderminster B- Halesowen II 1 - 4
Tue 1 Mar Halesowen II - Greenlands 5 - 0
Mon 7 Mar Droitwich - Kidderminster B 2½ - 2½
Mon 14 Mar Droitwich - Olton 0 - 5
Tue 5 Apr Greenlands - Olton 1 - 4
Tue 26 Apr Olton - Kidderminster B 3½ - 1½
* Kidderminster B-Droitwich result amended 17 Nov.

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
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  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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