Club Ladder

Wolverhampton Summer League Quickplay & Awards.

Thurs 7 August 2008 7.15pm onwards.

Time control 10 mins all moves. U110 and 110+ entries and prize sections on night!

Prize winners and runners up

110+: Frank Wood 1st, Alf Schroeder 2nd.

U110: Paul Walters 1st place 4.5/5

Adrian Hussain and Bob Brodie =2nd place 4/5

Ladder Tournament commenced 23/07/08.

WDCL League Lightning Tournament at Wolverhampton Chess Club.

Thurs 24 April 2008 7.15pm onwards.

Ladder Tournament in progress.

Attention: Lightning Chess Practice (on 10 second gong)

Thurs 17 April 2008 7.30pm commencement.

Attention: Blitz 10 Club Championship!
Open to all club Members.

Thurs 17 May 2007 7.30pm. Trophies for best U100 performance and best overall.

There are a variety of events at Wolverhampton Chess Club. These events occur throughout the year and there are some new events being organised for the near future.

There are also external and league events some of which are listed here with details.

WDCL Trophy Events

Pittaway Cup

An 8 board knockout tournament starting in September each year, with the final in April. Clubs may enter a team, and there is no grading limit.

Rock Cup and Bidgood Cup

A tournament for individual players.  The event begins in September and ends with the final in April.  After the first round, the competition becomes a knockout tournament where winners in the first round compete for the Rock Cup, and first round losers compete for the Bidgood Cup. Read More

WDCL Lightning

Teams of 4 compete from various clubs in 3 section categories, Trophy, Major and Minor.

The Time limit for each game is 10 seconds per move for the first 40 moves then 5 seconds thereafter for the next 40 moves.

At 80 moves. The clock is stopped and all unfinished games are decided by adjudication.  The adjudicator's decision is final..

WDCL U110

A league knockout competition for teams of 4 that compete for the Humphrey's cup.. Players must be graded below BCF 110.

Terill and Homer Trophies

6 board teams in BDCL Divs 1-4 compete.

Round 1 winners compete for the Terill Trophy and those knocked in the first round go on to compete for the Homer Trophy.

Townshend and Barrington Trophies

are competed for in BDCL Div 5 and below.

Round 1 winners compete for the Townshend l Trophy and those knocked in the first round go on to compete for the Barrington Trophy.

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Attention: Lightning Chess Practice (on 10 second gong)

Thurs 17 April 2008 7.30pm commencement.

Attention: Blitz 10 mins Club Championship!
Open to all club Members.

Thurs 10 April 2008 7.30pm commencement. (Postponed til further notice)

Delighted to announce Club Ladder Tournament commenced 23/07/08.

All rules on display at club and details and rules to appear soon on club website.

It's envisaged that this will be an ongoing continuous event and may be the basis of an internal league for our club.

External events