2014-5 season: Worcestershire B team top the A team
Worcestershire has two teams in the Butler-Thomas Competition. This tournament is Division 3 of the English Counties team tournament. It is played over 8 boards using the International Correspondence Chess Server. Team members play two games - one with the white and one with the black pieces against the same opponent. Play began on 1 November 2014 and the event finished on 31 August 2015 when incomplete games were adjudicated. Moves of all games are available from the International Correspondence Chess Federation Website using the link underneath the tables below.
| Board |
Worcestershire A |
Worcs
Score |
The Rest |
| 1 |
Brian Turner (Malvern) |
0, ½ |
David Phillips (Cumbria) |
| 2 |
Peter Kitson (Worcester City) |
½, 0 |
Richard Perrin (Hants B) |
| 3 |
Jim Friar (Hagley) |
½, 0 |
Arthur James (Herts B) |
| 4 |
Geoffrey Herbert (Malvern) |
0, 0 |
Robert Marks (Warks C) |
| 5 |
John Knee (Malvern) |
1, 1 |
Tom Claxton (Yorks D) |
| 6 |
Jim Keene (Worcester) |
0, 0 |
James Fewkes (Somerset) |
| 7 |
Stephen Woodhouse (Worcs corres) |
½, ½ |
Ben Wood (Northumberland B) |
| 8 |
Derek Gallimore (Worcs corres) |
1, 1 |
Richard Jones (Surrey B) |
| |
Worcestershire A |
6½ |
The Rest |
| Board |
Worcestershire B |
Score |
The Rest |
| 1 |
Nic Hyde (Worcs corres) |
1, ½ |
Chris Wardle (Northumberland B) |
| 2 |
Alan Ruffle (W Mildland Police) |
0, 0 |
Andrew Reeves (Surrey B) |
| 3 |
Arnold Kirkland (Droitwich) |
1, ½ |
Ben Edgell (Somerset) |
| 4 |
Rob Sutton (Worcester City) |
0, 0 |
Gary Boswell (Cumbria) |
| 5 |
Richard Collett (Greenlands) |
0, 0 |
JG Young (Hampsire B) |
| 6 |
Ian Truscott (Greenlands) |
1, 1 |
John Harris (Hertfordshire B) |
| 7 |
Matthew Jordan (Malvern) |
0, 0 |
Peter Leggett (Warwickshire C) |
| 8 |
David Smith (Redditch) |
1, 1 |
Frank Holt (Yorkshire D) |
| |
Worcestershire |
7 |
The Rest |
| Team |
Score |
Current Posn |
| Surrey B |
12½ |
1st |
| Warwickshire C |
11½ |
2nd |
| Hampshire B |
11 |
3rd |
| Somerset |
10 |
|
| Hertfordshire B |
7½ |
|
| Worcestershire B |
7 |
|
| Northumberland B |
6½ |
|
| Worcestershire A |
6½ |
|
| Cumbria |
6½ |
|
| Yorkshire D |
1 |
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