Welcome to our Wolverhampton Chess club website. Visitors can find out more about our club here and those who are already members will also find this site and its various sections very useful.
Wolverhampton Chess Club provides opportunities for playing chess socially and competitively. The club runs teams in the Birmingham, Cannock, Dudley and Wolverhampton leagues. Hon. Sec for our club is Barry Lewis, Tel: (01922) 479845.
The Chess Club meets at 7.30 - 11.00pm on Thursdays at Wolverhampton West End Working Men's Club, 71-73 Merridale Street West, Wolverhampton, WV3 ORW. All are welcome.
Dates for your Chess Diary:
CDCL Robert Ward Memorial Trophy Final: Gordon Sands vs Dave Wightman Thurs 10/05/2012 at Wolverhampton Chess Club. Dave Wightman wins (Match Report and More Details.
Wolverhampton Chess Club AGM 2012 will be held Thurs 17/05/2012
Wolverhampton Show 2012
: Chess in the Park.
Sat 07 and Sun 08 July 2012
Giant Chess, team chess, prizes if you win on the "Beat the Chess player" board.
It is Wolverhampton Chess Club's fourth consecutive year at the mammoth and popular Wolverhampton, City Show.
Come along visit our stall enjoy the Chess fun and Chess in The Park 2012! Check out our stall and find out more about our Chess Club. Play some friendlies with some of our members. Enjoy the outdoor Chess experience and fun at Chess in The Park 2012!!
Years 1, 2 and 3 were utterly fantastic weekends. 2012 is shaping up to be the best yet!
Don't miss the ultimate outdoor Chess Experience at the Wolverhampton Show, West Park Wolverhampton, 7 and 8 July 2012. 11am til 6pm
Recent Events :
WalRus Trophy 2012: Thurs 26/04/2012 Congatulations to Walsall Kipping 2012 Walrus Trophy Winners. Visit new Walrus section in Trophy section of this website for more details, full scores and Walrus history and archives.
Club Events:
2012 Club Championship
With the spring Rapidplay taking up the final evening of this year's Club Championship, nobody was able to challenge long time leader Paul Walters' position at the top of the table. Congratulations to Paul, 2012 Wolverhampton Chess Club Champion, for his hard work during the six months that the competition has run and for some fine wins. Long time challenger Peter Pearson-Jones came second, with Peter Hubbard taking third place just ahead of Gordon Sands in fourth and Barry Lewis in fifth place. (Continued by final standings table)
Weeks 27 - 29: 08/03/2012 - 29/03/2012 Club Championship Update: Final Standings
| 1) |
Paul Walters |
54.0 |
2) |
Peter Pearson Jones |
41.5 |
| 3) |
Peter Hubbard |
26.5 |
| 4) |
Gordon Sands |
23.5 |
| 5) |
Barry Lewis |
21.0 |
| 6) |
Ron Whittingham |
18.0 |
| 7) |
Dave Wightman |
17.5 |
| 8) |
Mike Steed |
17.0 |
| 9) |
Steve Wilson |
10.5 |
| 10) |
Brian Walker |
7.5 |
0.5 point for every game played, plus 3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw. Hence, 0.5 points even if you play and lose.
Next season's competition is scheduled to run from 6th September 2012 to 28th March 2013 and any suggestions for the format of the competition are welcome.
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Ron Whittingham, Dave Wightman and Mike Steed were packed together in sixth, seventh and eighth respectively, while Steve Wilson moved up a place to ninth with a win in the final match of the competition. Brian Walker completes the leaderboard, holding a respectable tenth place. A total of 67 qualifying matches were played this year and thanks are due to everybody who took part for the friendly but competitive spirit in which the competition was held. Courtesy of Dave Wightman Competition Organiser
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Previous Weeks:
Courtesy of Dave Wightman
Wolverhampton Chess Club All Play All Championship, commenced Sept 01 2011 and concludes 31/03/2012: launch. Attention all members and potential members. Dave Wightman launched this very popular club championship! Oladejo Olaleye amassed and astronomical amount of points last year. We had a very good turn out on day 1. Your humble webmaster believed reigning All Play All champion Oladejo Olaleye had vacated to New pastures content at being a great Champion. Champion Ola however saw the website ad and trekked to Wolverhampton to exclaim he intends to wants to defend his crown. Oladejo already probably leads as he notched up two impressive wins against Gordon Sands! The first night was more exciting than a Pro wrestling match and there's much more to come. Watch this space, read updates soon and full standings by Dave Wightman, organiser and participant. See weekly All Play All Championship reports here
External events:
Staffordshire Chess Congress 2012 : 14 & 15 April 2012.
Check out Events section on this website or WDCL mainpage for more details and an Entry form. You can also find more details on Staffordshire County Website.
Bloxwich Junior Chess Club
Presents:- The Generation Game. A graded tournament.
Sat 21 April 2012 10.00 till 11.30 am
Each adult will take on a Junior player from the club.
Appeal for Adult Chess Players to take part. 60 mins per game, all moves.
You must be able to use Chess Clocks and use Notation.
Venue: St. James Church, Old Lane, Bloxwich WS3 2DD.
Interested/want to participate or should any Junior aged 4 to 18 years like to join Bloxwich Junior Chess club then Contact Ray Dolan Mobile 07980101744
Coaching staff are CRB CHECKED.
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