Summer Cup - Round 5 Results

Round 5 produced some very interesting games, particularly Ed Goodwin v D.Filer. The game was fairly level most of the time and it would have been easy for both players to agree a draw,however both players felt they need to win the game to keep in the running for a top spot. So, this produced a very exciting end game with both players having little time left on their respective clocks. Dave Filer, eventually ran out the winner with 42 seconds left on his clock. 

There was also a very good win for John Loughnane against Wesley Beeston, John said this was the first time he had ever beaten Wes in friendlies or match play.

Dave Ireland beat W.Martin to now lead the tournament on 4.5 points and Dave does look set to win the tournament or will there be a last minute surprise!

Paul Sweatman continued his excellent run in the Tournament, securing a hard fought draw against Stan Whitmore, last years winner of the Gordon Cornell trophy. 

In the battle of the Juniors Margarita won her game against Jude Shearsby 

As we go into the last round there is all to play for with Dave Ireland in pole position and plenty of players also vying for the Runners Up spot.

The Gordon Cornell trophy looks to be between last years winner Stan Whitmore on 3 points, Paul Sweatman on 3 points, Margarita on 3 points, and Wesley Beeston 2.5 points.

Final Round is next week, normal start time 7.30pm 

Reminder for Club members - AGM is 22nd May. Same format as last year with a light buffet at the end of the meeting. 


Full results from Round 5:-

D.Ireland 1 0 W.Martin
E.Goodwin 0 1 D.Filer

W.Beeston 0 1 J.Loughnane

S.Whitmore .5 .5 P.Sweatman 

R.Watson 0 1 Bava 

A.Franklin 0 1 T.White

C.Pegler 0 1 D.Adams 

N.Morris 1 0 N.Carrouche

J.Shearsby 0 1 M.Sanchez

J.Conway 1 0 T.Gazee

D. Ireland       4.5
Bava               4
D.Filer             4
R.Watson        3
W.Beeston      2.5
S.Whitmore    3
P.Sweatman   3
E.Goodwin     2.5
N.Morris         3.5 
N.Carrouche  2.5
P.Smith           2.5
J.Conway       2
G.Cornell         1
J.Loughnane   2.5
I.Evans            1.5
A.Franklin        1
D.Adams         2
T.White            0
S.Weaver        1.5 
J.Shearsby     1
C.Pegler         1
Margarita        3
T.Gazee         .5
Wilfrid            4
M.Johnson      - 
G. Sanchez   2

Next & Final Round Tuesday May 8th 7.30pm start.

Summer Cup - Round 4 Results

Fourth Round of the Summer Cup Round up:

Dave Ireland and Wilfred Martin are now leading the Tournament, with a number of players on 3 points:- Bava, Ed Goodwin,Roy Watson,Dave Filer, so the Tournament is still wide open. The u120 trophy looks to be between a number of players.Stan Whitmore,Paul Sweatman, Pete Smith, Wesley Beeston.

Full results from Round 4:-

D.Ireland 1 0 N.Morris
E.Goodwin .5 .5 Bava

W.Beeston .5 .5 S.Whitmore

D.Filer 0  1 W.Martin 

S.Whitmore .5 .5 W.Beeston
R.Watson 1 0 T.Holt 

A.Franklin 0 1 P.Smith

J.Loughnane .5 .5 I.Evans

C.Pegler 0 1 M.Sanchez 

P.Sweatman .5 .5 N.Carrouche

J.Shearsby 1 0 G.Cornell

D. Ireland       3.5
Bava               3
D.Filer             3
R.Watson        3
W.Beeston      2.5
S.Whitmore   2.5
P.Sweatman    2.5
E.Goodwin     2.5
N.Morris          2.5 
N.Carrouche  2.5
P.Smith           2.5
J.Conway       1
G.Cornell         1
J.Loughnane   1.5
I.Evans            1.5
A.Franklin        0
D.Adams         1
T.White            0
S.Weaver        1.5 
J.Shearsby     1
C.Pegler         1
Margarita        2
T.Gazee         .5
Wilfrid            4
M.Johnson      - 
G. Sanchez   2

Next Round Tuesday May 1st 7.30pm start.

Summer Cup - Round 6 Final Results

The final matches of the Summer Cup were held on the 30th May and with the Winner/Runner Up and U120 Trophy all still wide open for a number of players there was plenty to play for. Plus of course a lot of players had their own personal target, for example to get 3 points or remain unbeaten throughout the Tournament, or finish in the top ten.

For the Summer Cup Dave Ireland(Black) played Mike Donnelly(White) and the match ended up a draw with Dave under a lot of pressure for most of the game. Mike Donnelly did say in analysis after the game there was a win for himself however as he had only 7 minutes on the clock to Daves 20 minutes this was probably not long enough to have found the win in the time he had left.

Ed Goodwin beat Nigel Morris which meant he tied with Dave Ireland on 5 points - having got out my slide rule, calculator and the most powerful computer money can buy I crunched the numbers and did a count back on both their previous games and the final result is : Dave Ireland came out the Winner with Ed Good win as Runner Up - it was very close - only half a point difference between them.

For the  Gordon Cornell Trophy again any number of players could have won this, however Stan Whitmore is the overall winner on 3.5 points - again I had to use my slide rule, calculator and Deep Blue to work out the winner as he tied with John Conway on 3.5 points.


Round Up of the Competition:

Mike Donnelly secured third place with a draw against Dave Ireland.

Mike Johnson remained unbeaten throughout the Tournament with 4 draws, 1 win.

Paul Sweatman had a remarkable competition only loosing in the first round to Dave Ireland and then securing 4 draws and a win against mainly opponents who outgraded him.

Clive Blackburn also had an excellent competition again only loosing in the first round and then had four draws and a win.

As well as winning the U120 Stan Whitmore finished 5th overall in the competition.

Dave Filer was challenging all along for a top spot and only lost to Ed Goodwin in the fouth round. Dave finished fourth in the competition - an excellent result

Pete Smith finished with three points only loosing to Mike Donnelly. One win and four draws.

And that brings the competition to a close, so Congratulations to Dave Ireland, Ed Goodwin and Stan Whitmore and the trophies have been sent to the engravers and hopefully will be ready for presentation at the AGM next week.

I would just like to Thank all players for taking part and making the competition a success and I hope everyone enjoyed the Competition.

Match results from Round 6 (30th May)

D. Ireland .5 .5 M.Donnelly
E.Goodwin 1 0 N.Morris
Bava 0 1 D.Filer
S.Whitmore .5 .5 J.Conway
H.Jones .5 .5 M.Johnson
P.Sweatman .5 .5 J.Harris
P.Smith .5 .5 C.Blackburn
R.Watson 1 0 J.Loughnane
D.Adams 0 1 A.Franklin
W.Beeston .5 .5 I.Evans
T.White 0 1 G.Cornell



Total Scores after 6 rounds.

D. Ireland       5 - Winner
E.Goodwin     5 - Runner Up
M.Donnelly    4.5
D.Filer           4
S.Whitmore   3.5  - UI20 Winner 
J.Conway       3.5
P.Sweatman  3
Bava             3
N.Morris         3 
M.Johnson     3
P.Smith          3
C.Blackburn    3
R.Watson        2.5
J.Harris        2.5
G.Cornell      2.5
J.Loughnane  2
I.Evans         2
A.Franklin      2
D.Adams      1.5
W.Beeston    1.5
T.White         .5
M..Houldershaw 1
N.Critchley   0
W.Ingram     0
S.Weaver    2

Summer Cup - Round 5

Round 5 produced some more exciting games especially Dave Ireland against Ed Goodwin. The game ended as a draw however Ed only had 2 seconds left on his clock ! (Dave had just over a minute) This is where a digital clock really does come into its own as everyone could clearly see exactly how long each player had left. Ed played well especially as he had the black pieces.

Mike Donnelly and Bava also had a very close game, Mike informed me he sacrificed a piece but just couldnt quite break down Bava's defences and so they both agreed a draw.
Stan Whitmore continued his excellent form and yet again despite being outgraded, he got a draw against Dave Filer

Paul Sweatman continues to have a good Tournament and despite Pete Smith having two pawns on the seventh rank Paul managed to fight back and force a draw. Paul has only lost to Dave Ireland so far in the Tournament.

Clive Blackburn is also having a good run, his only loss was in the first round to Mike Donnelly and he won last night against Gordon Cornell.
Mike Johnson has not yet lost a match (although he did miss one week due to holidays) and won his game last night.
David Adams and Ian Evans played a very good game, coming down to a difficult end game but finally agreeing a draw.

What does all of last night's results mean for the trophy's ?

Clearly, Dave Ireland is in pole position to win the Summer Cup however if he looses next week to Mike Donnelly then he could let in Ed Goodwin or of course Mike Donnelly.

Runners up spot is even less clear  with at least 6 other players in with a chance of finishing second

The Gordon Cornell trophy is also wide open with Stan Whitmore and John Conway on 3 points both leading at the moment. However there are a number of players on 2.5 points - Clive Blackburn, Pete Smith, Paul Sweatman who are all still in real contention - All depends on next weeks results.

I thought it was interesting that the first game to finish was well past 9pm, showing that all players were fairly evenly matched. I think this shows how a Swiss Tournament should work - that eventually all players end up playing other players of roughly equal playing strength and gives everyone a fair chance to play an opponent of equal strength.


 So, final round next week and then we have our AGM the following week where we hope as many club members will join us in the election of new officers. Hopefully everyone has received a letter from Dave Filer regarding the AGM, if not let me know and I can let you have a copy (I have uploaded a copy in the Facebook group for those members on Facebook)



Match results from Round 5 (23rd May)

D.Ireland  .5 .5 E.Goodwin
M.Donnelly .5 .5 Bava
S.Whitmore .5 .5 D.Filer
N.Morris 1 0 J.Harris
P.Smith .5 .5 P.Sweatman
J.Loughnane 1 0 T.White
H.Jones 1 0 W.Beeston
C.Blackburn 1 0 G.Cornell
M.Johnson 1 0 R.Watson
D.Adams .5 .5 I.Evans
J.Conway 1 0 A.Franklin


Total Scores after 5 rounds.
D. Ireland    4.5
E.Goodwin   4
M.Donnelly  4
Bava           3
D.Filer        3 
J.Harris       2
S.Whitmore  3
N.Morris       3 
P.Smith          2.5
J.Conway       3
C.Blackburn    2.5 
R.Watson        1.5
M..Houldershaw 1
M.Johnson    2.5
J.Loughnane  2
P.Sweatman  2.5
D.Adams      1.5
W.Beeston    1
A.Franklin      .5
T.White         .5
G.Cornell     1.5
I.Evans         1.5
N.Critchley   0
W.Ingram     0
S.Weaver    2


Picture from last night :

Final Round Tuesday 31st May 7.30pm

KO Cup/Plate/ Final Matches/Summer Cup

As we approach the final games of the Season, thought I would just lay out a schedule for the next few weeks

21st March Divisional Cup Matches

Coventry B v Kenilworth
Coventry D v Nuneaton B
Nuneaton D v Coventry E

Please note Coventry F v Coventry University - cancelled

28th March KO Cup

We have two teams in the KO Cup, so we could have an all Coventry final !

Kenilworth v Coventry A
Coventry B v Rugby A (double header)

Plate match

Coventry D v Rugby B

There is also a re-arranged match for Coventry G v Newdigate

4th April Divisional Cup Matches

Coventry C v Kenilworth
Coventry B v Coventry D

11th April Plate/KO Cup final

Coventry D v Coventry C
and hopefully we will have one or two Coventry teams in the final

18th April - Easter Tuesday

Club open for friendlies

25th April First Round of Summer Cup -

2nd May Second Round

9th May Third Round

16th May Fourth Round

23rd May Fifth Round

30th May Sixth Round


We will then hold our AGM - Date to be advised. Election of Officers.

As usual the club will be open over the Summer for friendly matches

Facebook Page

For those players that are signed upto Facebook, we now have a Facebook Page here:

Coventry Chess Club Facebook Page

If you join, it would be great if you could just post a few words, even just to say "Hi"  so we can get a bit of activity on the page.

Facebook provides a very easy way of keeping in touch with what is happening - it is well worth taking a look. And of course it is FREE!

Summer Holidays & Upcoming Dates

Just a reminder to all club members and anyone who would like to join Coventry Chess Club, we are open over the Summer for Friendly matches on a Tuesday.

Last week we had many members playing along with a number of potential new players so there are plenty of friendly games to be played. - All good practice for the New Season.

Here are some dates for your diary over the next few weeks: -

September 6th - AGM & Summer Cup Presentation - plus Membership fees due.

September 13th -  EGM for League. New Constitution to be approved. 

September 27th - First matches of the season.(Divisional Cup)

AGM & Summer Cup Presentations

Due to a number of members being away on holiday the Club AGM and the presentation of the Summer Cup trophies will now take place later than normal. The date we have set is :

September 6th Tuesday 7.30-8pm.

All members welcome and if you would like anything added to the Agenda please let Mike Johnson, Daver Filer or Simon Weaver know.

It is anticipated the AGM and presentations will last "about an hour"

On other news, it is with great sadness that I have to report that another member of the club has passed away  . . . Gerald Reason. Gerald had only recently rejoined the club having taking a long break from chess, so some of the older members may have known him when he originally played.
 
The club is  still open for friendlies on Tuesday.

AGM & Summer Cup Presentation

Just a reminder to all members the AGM is to be held this Tuesday 24/6/2014 7.30pm at Massey Ferguson Social Club.

All members are welcome to attend. If you wish a particular item to be added to the Agenda please let Simon Weaver or Dave Filer know before Tuesday.

Topics to be discussed INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING :-

Digital Clocks
Summer Cup Presentation
New Boards
Election of officials
Any other topic members wish to raise