Summer Cup - Round 2 Results

The secound round of the Summer Cup matches, took place last night and all top three boards drew their matches. This now means after only two rounds there is only one player with 2 points - Dave Filer - I can not ever remember this happening in the Cup at such an early stage.

Dragomir did exceptionally well in drawing with Dave Ireland - the final position was a dead draw.

Howard Jones also did very well against  new club member Andy Ward, again gaining a draw after being a pawn down for a large part of the game.

As I mentioned earlier Dave Filer now has two points after completing a win against Pete Smith and is top of the table. Gordon Cornell also won last night - does this mean he may be the first winner of the Gordon Cornell U120 Trophy!

Paul Sweatman had an impressive win over John Conway, who is graded 126. An excellent result for Paul.

There was also the KO Cup final held between Kenilworth and Chelmsley Wood. Chelmsley Wood did win the final as Mark Page surprisingly lost on Board 1 and Mike Donnelly drew on Board 2. So with the handicap Chelmsley Wood are the winners.

However, two things arose which are worth noting, a Chelmsley Wood players mobile went off (three times) so his opponent could have claimed the game - three times!

Secondly, a basic rule of chess, but again this situation arose on Board 1 in the Cup match and a game in the Summer Cup.
The player was using one hand to move the piece and the other hand to operate the clock. Clearly this is not allowed and in a time scramble it can be critical.

Round 3 next week:-  Tuesday 19th April. 7.30pm 

Here are all the results from last night:

12/4/16 Round 2 

D.Ireland   .5  .5 Dragomir
A.Ward     .5  .5  H.Jones
Bava         .5  .5  W.Beeston
R.Holmes  1  0  S.Whitmore
D.Filer       1  0  P.Smith
A.Franklin 0  1  I.Evans
J.Loughnane 0 1 G.Cornell
C.Blackburn 1 0 T.Gazee
P.Sweatman  1 0 J.Conway
T.White         1 0 N.Weaver



Overall Scores
D.Filer        2
D.Ireland     1.5
A.Ward        1.5
Bava            1.5
Bob Holmes 1.5
Ed Goodwin 1.5
W.Beeston   1.5 U120
H.Jones       1.5 U120
Dragomir    1.5
P.Sweatman 1 U120
C.Blackburn 1 U120
M.Johnson  1
S.Whitmore 1 U120
P.Smith       1 U120
G.Cornell    1   U120
T.White       1    U120
I.Evans        1    U120
S.Weaver     .5 U120
J.loughnane  0 U120
T.Gazee       0   U120
A.Franklin   0   U120
D.Adams      0  U120
N.Weaver     0 UI20

Summer Cup - Round 1 Results

The first matches in the Summer Cup were played yesterday evening (5/4/16) and despite this being the first round with the seeds expected to win early the first match did not finish until well past 9.30pm. So none of the seeds had an easy ride, even in the first round. However the only unseeded player to eventually win was Stan Whitmore with an excellent win over John Conway. Bob Holmes also drew with Simon Weaver.

Next Round is next week Tuesday 12th April. 7.30pm start.

Full list of results

D.Ireland 1 0 J.Loughnane
A.Ward    1 0 P.Sweatman
Bava        1 0 T.Gazee
M.Johnson 1 0 G.Cornell
D.Filer       1 0 T.White
J.Conway  0 1 S.Whitmore
Bob Holmes .5 .5 S.Weaver
W.Beeston   1 0 I.Evans
H.Jones       1 0 A.Franklin
Dragomir 1 0 C.Blackburn
P.Smith     1 0 D.Adams

As mentioned before this year we have a brand new trophy for players graded U120. I have highlighted these players below. 


D.Ireland     1
A.Ward        1
Bava            1
M.Johnson  1
D.Filer        1
S.Whitmore 1 U120
W.Beeston   1 U120
H.Jones       1 U120
Dragomir    1
P.Smith       1 U120
Bob Holmes .5
S.Weaver     .5 U120
J.loughnane  0 U120
P.Sweatman  0 U120
T.Gazee       0   U120
G.Cornell    0   U120
T.White       0    U120
I.Evans         0    U120
A.Franklin    0   U120
C.Blackburn 0 U120
D.Adams      0  U120

Summer Cup Competition - Details

The Annual Coventry Chess Club "John Evans Summer Cup Competition" is going to start on Tuesday 5th April.

Normal Format - A Swiss competition over six Rounds.Coventry & District Chess League Rules to be applied. Free Entry for all Players.

I am delighted to say that this year there is to be a Cup for the player graded 120 and below finishing highest in the competition.

This trophy has been kindly donated by Gordon Cornell.

With last years winner now having left the club, the competition is wide open again and I am sure all matches will be keenly fought!

The intention is to run the six rounds as follows : -

Round 1 April 5th
Round 2 April 12th
Round 3 April 19th
Round 4 April 26th
Round 5 May  3rd
Round 6 May 10th

Start time: 7.30pm for all matches. Venue: Massey Ferguson Social Club. Competition Organiser: Simon Weaver.

There are currently over 25 entrants, so if I have not spoken to you yet and you wish to play, just drop me an email or give me a call.

I will post all results from each round on this site.

Simon

Warwickshire Tournament Pictures

Here are some photo's from the Warwickshire tournament at the Weekend.

Click on this link . . .



Warwickshire Tournament



It was an excellent weekend of Chess and a very well run tournament. So Thanks to Ed Goodwin, Dave Ireland and Joshua Pink. I know a lot of other Coventry players enjoyed playing in the Tournament.

There were also some excellent results from Coventry Players in all sections.

Second Division Winners Warwickshire Open Summer Cup

I am pleased to say that the C Team, having secured a win against Newdigate on the 1st March, are Second Division Champions. So congratulations to Bava, Howard Jones, Ian Evans.

The D team also finished a very creditable fourth place and only 2/3 points off a Runners up position.

The E team whilst they finished bottom had a really good season - it may seem strange to say that but it was their first season in the Second Division and they achieved FIVE draws and one win so only just missed out on getting more points for safety.

Just a reminder that the Warwickshire Open takes place this weekend - 5th and 6th March at Coventry Rugby Club Butts Park Arena. I know a number of Coventry members are taking part, so good luck to all of them. It is not to late to enter so if you wish to play at the weekend. Here is the link for more details: -

Warwickshire Open

I will also confirm the date when the Summer Cup will start in a few weeks. (It very much depends on the results of the Knock Out Cup)


Simon

Don Sheward - Funeral Arrangements

Following on from my previous post we now have the Funeral arrangements for Don

The date is Friday 11th Match at 1pm - Canley Crematorium

Here is a link to Canley Crematorioum Canley Crematorium

 

The Family have requested no Flowers but welcome Donations  to :

 

AJ Lloyd Funeral Directors AJ Llloyd

We also understand that a Bench is to be placed at a Rugby Club in memory of Don