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Match News

Wolverhampton Summer League

Next matches:

Wolvsall: 09/07/09 Wolvsall v Warley Quinborne A

Wolverhampton A: 18/06/09 Home playing Warley Quinborne

Wolverhampton B: 02/07/09 St Mary's

Winter Season Leagues

Birmingham league :
A team: 02/04/09 Home playing Bushbury A (final match of Winter)

B team: 09/04/09 Home playing Warley Quinborne(final match of Winter)

Wolverhampton league :
A Team: 18/03/09 Away playing Boldmere St Michael's (final match of Winter)
B Team: 26/03/09 Home playing St George's(final match of Winter)
C Team: 16/04/09 Home playing St George's

Dudley league:
26/03/09 Home playing Walsall Kipping(final match of Winter)

Cannock league :
31/03/09 Away playing Brewood (final match of Winter)

Click Club team fixtures link for more details and scores.

Successes

Summer league 2008/9: A team:

B team :

Wolvsall:

BDCL A team:

BDCL B team:02/10/08 Westminster default giving us a win in match 1. 07/08/08 Our BDCL B team beat Birmingham Away 2-4. Well done. Draw against S Birmingham, 3 - 3 after Colin Haughton won his adjourned game. Against Mutual Circle 3-3 draw.. 16/03/09 Away 2-4 win against Northfield Checkmates. 07/04/09 Warley Quinborne beaten 1.5-4.5.

WDCL A team: 08/10/08 Shifnal & Telford beaten 2.5-3.5. 11/12/08 Stourbridge A defeated 4-2 score. 18/03/09 WDCL A beat Boldmere St Michael's in their final match of the Winter season. Well done to all.

WDCL B team: 13/11/08 Beat Mercia 4.5-0.5 with 1 adjournment but Mercia defaulted 2 boards. 26/11/08 against Bushbury we were winning 0.5-1.5 with 4 adjournments on boards 1, 3, 4,5. Our board 5 won and other board were draw to give us a 2-4.07/01/09 3-3 draw at Stourbridge.

WDCL C team: 18/09/08 3-2 win against Halesowen, Also beat Stafford Away 0.5-4.5. 08/10/08

08/10/08 WDCL C team win match 2 against Stafford Away. Also a very decisive 0.5-4.5 from drawing on board 1 and winning all other boards. 03/11/08 Draw at St George's

Cannock league: We beat Cannock St Mary's 1.5-2.5 Away in match 2.11/11/08 Rugeley Away match 0-4 win.

Dudley League (Div 2): 09/09/08 Mercia Away beaten 1.5-2.5. 06/11/08 Dudley League team draw playing Halesowen at home.

Members Achievements Noticeboards

2008/9

18/12/08 Martin May wins Winter Blitz 10 club championship with a score of 5/6; Frank Wood 2nd 4/6; Keith Bate 3rd 3.5/6

2007/8

04/09/08 Club rapidplay 15 mins Tourny. Ben Marlow 1st place, Martin May 2nd

Wolverhampton Summer League Quickplay 07/08/08:

Paul Walters U110 section outright winner scoring 4.5 points out 5.

Frank Wood 110+ section outright winner

WDCL Lightning Chess event Thurs 24 April. Paul Walters achieved joint 1st place in the Minor section by scoring 5 out of 6, 4 wins, 2 draws.

Blitz 10 Thurs 10 April

Rob Parker 1st place
Bob Khoshnevis 2nd place
Paul Walters 3rd place

2006/7

Dominic Bader (7.5/8)/1st place 100+ Blitz 10 17/05/07

Martin May (5.5/8)/ 2nd place 100+ Blitz 10 17/05/07

Rob Parker (6.5/8)/1st place U100 Blitz 10 17/05/07

Paul Walters (5/8)/2nd place U100 Blitz 10 17/05/07

Blitz 10 points tables

2005/6:

Rob Parker 1st place winner of our club Blitz 5 min Championship event, Ungraded section..

Paul Walters 2nd place Runner up Blitz 5 min club championship, Ungraded Section.

Rob Parker joint 1st place winner, Minor section of the Wolverhampton Summer league Quickplay Aug 10 2006.

Robert Marshall retains his title as Wolverhampton Blitz Champion in the graded section.

Rob Parker 1st place winner of our club Blitz 5 min Championship event, Ungraded section..

Paul Walters 2nd place Runner up Blitz 5 min club championship, Ungraded Section.

All Wolverhampton Chess Club 2008/09 Winter and Summer fixtures on website. Winter League 2008/9 and all 2007/8 fixtures and archives. All club fixtures on this site.

Wolverhampton Show

Sat 11 & Sun 12 July 2009

Wolverhampton Chess Club will be present at this huge event from 12pm til 6pm.

Want to find out more about Chess? Play some friendlies with some of our members? Everyone welcome, come along, check out our stall. See what our Chess Club is about.

11/06/09 Well done to our Summer league B team for beating Rushall 3-2.

08/05/09 Walrus event at Walsall Kipping: Well done to Rushall for winning the Walrus trophy for 2009. Wolverhampton were runners up just half a point ahead of Walsall Kipping. Well done to all who took part and thank you to Walsall Kipping for hosting this years event.

23/04/09 Pittaway Cup the Final! Halesowen had a 2.25 point headstart due to being in a lower division. Their team were strong though and have recently gained promotion to WDCL Div 1. Our team were 5 regular players short so we knew we'd have a battle on our hands. Despite being outgraded Wolverhampton achieved an amazing and historic victory playing Halesowen at Stourbridge.22/04/09 Very well done to our team and acting captain for the night Martin May and also to Captain Mike Townsend for steering Wolverhampton to victory! Also well done to Halesowen for doing so well and reaching the Pittaway Cup Final.

16/04/09 WDCL C team gain 2nd place promotion spot in WDCL Div 3! The final match of the season bought St George's to us. The visitors shared joint 3rd place with us and a match win for either team would earn promotion. Our board 2 had a bad game and lost. Our boards 4 and 5 won and our captain on board 1 drew after the demise of an apparently superior position. Richard Dawson on Board 3 declined an early draw and with the score at 2.5-2.5 with the game looking drawn our player offered the draw again. This longest game of the match was drawn after an epic tense battle. With a 3-2 Score Wolverhampton won the match and have gained 2nd place promotion from Division 3! So, with our WDCL B being relegated and our WDCL C team being promoted at least our club still have teams in Divisions 1 and 2. Well done everyone! Particularly Richard, Dawson, Peter Hubbard and Steve Wilson for achieving so many wins. Our boards 1 and 2 Gordon Sands, Paul Walters, Colin Haughton and Brian Walker have also scored valuable points to secure match draws and wins. Special praise to our captain Gordon Sands too for leading the team to promotion success in an ever stronger Division 3.

12/04/09 WDCL B team relegated from Division 2. WDCL C are joint 3rd in Division 3 with just 1 match to play on 16/04/09.

09/04/09 BDCL B win their final match of the season 4.5-1.5 playing Warley Quinborne.

06/04/09 WDCL C in action at Rushall. Our team beat Rushall 1-4. This great result propels us to 11 points around joint 3rd. The pressure was on and a loss at Rushall would have placed us into the relegation zone. Well done all!

02/04/09 A busy night due to 3 home matches. Alas few wins for our teams. Steve Wilson and Paul Walters beat higher grades on the night for the C team but Lichfield won the match.BDCL B also lost to Walsall Kipping. BDCL A team will be decided by adjournments.

18/03/09 WDCL A beat Boldmere St Michael's in their final match of the Winter season. Well done to all.

23/04/09 Pittaway Cup Success! The Final! Halesowen had a 2.25 point headstart due to being in a lower division. Their team were strong though and have recently gained promotion to WDCL Div 1. Our team were 5 regular players short so we knew we'd have a battle on our hands. Despite being outgraded Wolverhampton achieved an amazing and historic victory playing Halesowen at Stourbridge.22/04/09 Very well done to our team and acting captain for the night Martin May and also to Captain Mike Townsend for steering Wolverhampton to victory! Also well done to Halesowen for doing so well and reaching the Pittaway Cup Final.

12/04/09 WDCL B team relegated from Division 2. WDCL C are joint 3rd in Division 3 with just 1 match to play on 16/04/09.

09/04/09 BDCL B win their final match of the season 4.5-1.5 playing Warley Quinborne.

06/04/09 WDCL C in action at Rushall. Our team beat Rushall 1-4. This great result propels us to 11 points around joint 3rd toward the top end of the table. The pressure was on and a loss at Rushall would have placed us into the relegation zone. Well done all!

02/04/09 A busy night due to 3 home matches. Alas few wins for our teams. Steve Wilson and Paul Walters beat higher grades on the night for the C team but Lichfield won the match.BDCL B also lost to Walsall Kipping. BDCL A team will be decided by adjournments.

18/03/09 WDCL A beat Boldmere St Michael's in their final match of the Winter season. Well done to all.

05/03/09 WDCL C team draw at Walsall Kipping

04/03/09 Pittaway Cup Semi final triumph. Well done to Mike Townsend and his team for beating Shifnal & Telford 5.5-2.5 and not losing on a single board! full score to appear on this website soon

26/02/09 Tonight our BDCL A team faced one of the strongest teams in the Birmingham league. Despite being outgraded our bottom 3 boards achieved draws and Mike Townsend really excelled by beating a much higher grade than himself on the top board. Well done all!

23/02/09 Despite our WDCL B team being outgraded our team against Rushall B at their home venue. Well done all.

11/02/09 WDCL A team draw at Stafford. Max Wooton wins another and increases his WDCL points tally. A strong contender for the W N Boydon trophy but a couple of other members have scored well too.

21/01/09 A bad week last week for our teams but the WDCL C team beat Halesowen 2-3 as our team drew boards 2 to 5 and won on board 1. Well done to all,

More detail in Members section for club members.

Club Members Noticeboard

Wolverhampton Show

Sat 11 and Sun 12 July 2009

Wolverhampton Chess Club will be present at this huge event.

Everyone come along, play some friendlies with some of our members. Check out our stall. Just want to find out more about Chess? See what our Chess Club is about.

Wolverhampton Chess Club AGM was held 28 May 2009

23/04/09 Pittaway Cup the Final! Halesowen had a 2.25 point headstart due to being in a lower division. Their team were strong though and have recently gained promotion to WDCL Div 1. Our team were 5 regular players short so we knew we'd have a battle on our hands. Despite being outgraded Wolverhampton achieved an amazing and historic victory playing Halesowen at Stourbridge.22/04/09 Very well done to our team and acting captain for the night Martin May and also to Captain Mike Townsend for steering Wolverhampton to victory! Also well done to Halesowen for doing so well and reaching the Pittaway Cup Final.

16/04/09 WDCL C team gain promotion to WDCL Div 2.

Attention: 18/12/08 Christmas Blitz 10 mins Club tournament!

Well done to all who participated. Martin May 1st place, Frank Wood 2nd, Keith Bate 3rd place.

Note: As most of us who attend our regularly may know Peter Broomhall has left our club. Peter did a lot for our club such as setting up a Ladder competition and All play all and always sent match results to me the webmaster super quick. Best of luck for the future Peter with your chess endeavors wherever you are. Thank you Peter, you'll be missed.

Paul Walters and on behalf of all club members.

With great sadness I report the news that Peter Thompson resigns his BDCL A team captaincy. Peter did a great job of captaining his A team to become BDCL Div 2 champions 2006/7 and gaining promotion;, a grand and historic accomplishment. Thank you to Peter for being such a fantastic captain. Frank Wood takes over temporarily as BDCL A captain.

Barry Lewis temporarily takes on this role.

Summer League 2008 key events and news has been moved to Summer league sections.

23/07/08 Ladder tournament standings and rules on display at club and details and rules to appear soon on club website.

Wolverhampton Summer League Quickplay & Awards Thurs 7 August 2008 7.15pm onwards. A very enjoyable, well attended evening with top success for Wolverhampton players in the quickplay.

Wolverhampton Summer League Awards and Quickplay 07/08/08:

Congratulations to Paul Walters of Wolverhampton for winning the U110 section with 4.5 points out 5. Conceding just 0.5 points in round 5 to A Hussain (Warley Quinborne)who shared =2nd place with Bob Brodie(Bushbury).

Also congratulations to Wolverhampton's Frank Wood for winning the Major (110+) and to Alf Schroeder (Bushbury) 2nd place runner up.

Well done all and thanks to all those who attended and participated in the Quickplay tournament. Much gratitude to Peter Broomhall and John Wakelam for pairings and to Barry Lewis and Derek Laight for organising. Time control 10 mins all moves. U110 and 110+ entries and prize sections on night!

Summer League Champions of Division 3 South as of 10 July 2008. Our B team secured a draw at Walsall Kipping and 10 points from 3 match wins and 1 draw. Well Done everyone and particularly to captain Gordon Sands!

Summer League 2007/8: A team achieve a much better performance than last year by winning 3 matches and drawing to Stafford. Our team score 10 points and lose only to Rushall who are safely on top of table with no losses.

Those who haven't done so already please email with any details you'd like included on a members list even if you only want your name included and or email address. This list will enhance club member communications.

Historical information added to Club History section July 2007.

09/08/08 Most of our Summer League B championship winning team met at our club to be photographed by the Express & Star for a feature. The feature and photograph appeared in the Express & Star 11/08/08 on page 15 and Wolverhampton Chronicle Thurs 14/08/08 on page 3.

22/05/08 Wolverhampton retain the Walrus Trophy by just 0.5 points. Well done to all participants and players for making it a very enjoyable event on our chess calendar. Full board scores to be published soon. Walrus Full Scores

WDCL Lightning Chess event held at our club 24/04/08

None of our 4 teams won but Paul Walters achieved joint 1st place in the Minor section by scoring 5 out of 6, 4 wins 2 draws.

Staffordshire Chess Association award Wolverhampton with Chess Club of the Year for 2007! Read More

Note: Perhaps all members could endeavor to tell their team captains of their availability for forthcoming matches. This will help your captain to fill a place if a player's absent and thus decrease the default board scenario/match rescheduling."