Wolverhampton Chess Club Championship 2023:  

Name	Group	Grade	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Byes	Tiebreak	Points
Rajeev Raghavan	A	1872	4	4	0	0	0	10	4
Peter Jones	A	1683	5	3	2	0	0	11.5	4
Varban Varbanov	A	1755e	5	2	3	0	0	9.5	3.5
Jwalant Shukla	B	UG	4	3	0	1	0	6	3
Andrew Adams	A	1702	5	3	0	2	0	9	3
Geoff Rosser	B	1637	5	3	0	2	0	7	3
Steve Tarr (withdrawn)	A	1838	4	2	1	0	0	7.5	2.5
Phil Bull	A	1905	5	2	1	2	0	9	2.5
Christopher Lewis	A	1918	5	2	1	2	0	7.5	2.5
Michael Oakes	B	1338	5	1	0	3	1	7	2
Steve Walker	B	1484	5	2	0	3	0	6	2
John Lee	A	1642	4	0	1	2	1	5.5	1.5
Will Fitzpatrick	B	UG	4	1	0	3	0	2	1
Pavel Pavelov (withdrawn)	B	UG	1	0	1	0	0	2	0.5
Sam Shuttleworth (withdrawn)	B	UG	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
William Giddings	B	UG	5	0	0	5	0	0	0

Round 1
Geoff Rosser	0-1	Christopher Lewis
Phil Bull	1-0	Steve Walker
Michael Oakes	0-1	Rajeev Raghavan
Steve Tarr	1-0	Jwalant Shukla
Pavel Pavelov	0.5-0.5	Varban Varbanov
Andrew Adams	1-0	Will Fitzpatrick
William Giddings	0 -1	Peter Jones
John Lee	1-d	Default

Round 2
Christopher Lewis	0-1	Steve Tarr
Peter Jones	0.5-0.5	Phil Bull
Rajeev Raghavan	1-0	Andrew Adams
Varban Varbanov	0.5-0.5	John Lee
Jwalant Shukla	1-d	Pavel Pavelov
Will Fitzpatrick	0-1	Geoff Rosser
Steve Walker	1-0	William Giddings
Sam Shuttleworth	d-1	Michael Oakes

Round 3
Steve Tarr	0-1	Rajeev Raghavan
Andrew Adams	1-0	Phil Bull
Peter Jones	0.5-0.5	Christopher Lewis
Geoff Rosser	0-1	Varban Varbanov
John Lee	0-1	Jwalant Shukla
Michael Oakes	1-0	Steve Walker
William Giddings	0-1	Will Fitzpatrick

Round 4
Rajeev Raghavan	1-0	John Lee
Varban Varbanov	0.5-0.5	Steve Tarr
Jwalant Shukla	1-0	Andrew Adams
Michael Oakes	0-1	Peter Jones
Phil Bull	1-0	Christopher Lewis
Will Fitzpatrick	0-1	Steve Walker
William Giddings	0-1	Geoff Rosser

Round 5
Jwalant Shukla	-	Rajeev Raghavan
Steve Tarr	d-1	Peter Jones
Varban Varbanov	1-0	Phil Bull
Andrew Adams	1-0	Michael Oakes
Steve Walker	0-1	Geoff Rosser
Christopher Lewis	1-0	William Giddings
Will Fitzpatrick	-	John Lee

Please play your match by Friday 3rd November

Wolverhampton Chess Club Championship 2023 Rules

Format: The tournament will start with a 5-round swiss comprised of all entrants. The swiss group will then be split into 2 groups by gradings; Group A and Group B. The top 2 players in group A will then compete in a final. The top 2 players in Group B will compete in a final within the Group B knockout. The player scoring highest in the swiss rounds will have choice of colour in all final matches. In the event of a draw a second match will be played on another night with the colours reversed. If both matches are drawn players will play a 4/3 armageddon match to determine the winner.

Sum of progressive scores example: If a players results are 1,0,0,1,0.5,0,1 then the sum of their progressive scores is 1+1+1+2+2.5+2.5+3.5=13.5

The winner of Group A final will be crowned Wolverhampton Club Champion and receive the Frank Wood memorial trophy.

The winner of Group B knockout will be crowned Wolverhampton Club Minor Champion.

Dates: The swiss rounds will run May-October followed by the knockout stages in November/December

Time Limit: 1 hour 20 minutes + 10 second increment. If both players agree, alternative time controls may be played.

Results: Players should submit their results to the controller without delay.

Grading: Games will be submitted to the ECF for grading

Dates: A target date will be set by which players should endeavor to play their opponent for that round. Players should notify the controller if they can’t play their game before the deadline. If a game has not been played by this date, the controller will estimate the result using the assumption of a win for the higher graded player and a draw for the lower graded player, until the actual match result is submitted.

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Wolverhampton Chess Club Championship 2022:  

Name	Group	Grade	Played	Wins	Draws	Losses	Byes	Progressive Score	Points
Christopher Lewis	A	1941	5	4	0	1	0	12	4
John Lee	A	1659	5	4	0	1	0	11	4
Rajeev Raghavan	A	1895	5	2	1	1	1	13	3.5
Phil Bull	A	1936	5	2	1	1	1	10.5	3
Andrew Adams	B	UG	5	2	0	2	1	10	3
Steve Tarr	A	1811	4	3	0	1	0	8	3
Tony Preece (withdrawn)	A	1810	3	1	2	0	0	3.5	2
Steve Walker	B	UG	4	1	0	2	1	3	2
Ioannis Stefanis	B	UG	4	1	1	2	0	7	1.5
Gordon Sands (withdrawn)	B	1542	3	0	0	2	1	1	1
Geoff Rosser	B	1630	5	0	1	4	0	2	0.5
Deividas Tomkus (withdrawn)	B	UG	2	0	0	1	1	0.5	0.5

Round 1
Christopher Lewis	1-0	Geoff Rosser
Chris Cox (withdrawn)	0-1	Rajeev Raghavan
Steve Tarr	1-0	Gordon Sands
Ioannis Stefanis	0.5-0.5	Tony Preece
John Lee	1-0	Steve Walker
Andrew Adams	1-0	Bye
Phil Bull	0.5-0.5	Bye
Deividas Tomkus	0.5-0.5	Bye

Round 2
Steve Tarr	0-1	Christopher Lewis
Rajeev Raghavan	1-0	John Lee
Geoff Rosser	0.5-0.5	Tony Preece
Steve Walker	0 -1	Andrew Adams
Gordon Sands	0-0	Ioannis Stefanis
Phil Bull	1-0	Deividas Tomkus

Round 3
Christopher Lewis	0-1	Rajeev Raghavan
Andrew Adams	0-1	Phil Bull
John Lee	1-0	Default (Steve Tarr)
Tony Preece	1-0	Gordon Sands
Ioannis Stefanis	1-0	Geoff Rosser
Defaut	0-1	Steve Walker

Group A - Semi Finals
Rajeev Raghavan	1-0	Christopher Lewis
John Lee	0-1	Phil Bull
Group B - Semi Finals
Ioannis Stefanis	0-1	Andrew Adams
Steve Walker	0-1	Geoff Rosser

Wolverhampton Chess Club Championship 2019/20:  

Well done to Frank Wood on a very well played, great game and progressing to the next round after victory against the reigning champion John Mangwengwende.

Wolverhampton Chess Club Championship 2018/19:  

The Final:  Congratulations to John Mangwengwende Wolverhampton Chess Club Champion 2018/19 after beating Chris Cox in the Final.  Well done to Chris Cox on becoming a finalist as that's a great achievement too.

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Previous Club Champions

See Club Honours page for more details of success