Attention All Members: Club Quickplay Tournament 04/03/10. 20 mins all moves. 7.30 start. All members put it in you diary. Not to be missed!

Club Slow Championship. Club Championship Tournament 40 mins all moves. Thurs 15 October 2009.

Wolverhampton Summer League Quickplay & Awards

Thurs 6 Aug 2009 7.15pm registration and prizes given for Minor & Major section Winners.

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

Ongoing throughout season:

Ladder Tournament in progress.

Club Ladder details

All Play All club tournament in progress(any member can enter)

Annual:

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.

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.

Wolverhampton Show

Sat 11 & Sun 12 July 2010

Wolverhampton Chess Club will be present at this huge event.

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.

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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A Great and enjoyable evening 04/03/10: A well attended event and very enjoyable evening. Congratulations to Dave Wightman for achieving 1st place with 5/5 and to Peter Jones runner up. A batch of players came joint 3rd with 3/5. Well done to all and thank you to all who turned up to Steve Wilson (organiser) and much gratitude to Peter Broomhall for doing a great job of pairings and comparing.

Attention All Members: Exciting news, The first slow Club Championship in years!

Club Slow Championship. Club Championship Tournament 40 mins all moves. Thurs 15 October 2009.

Wolverhampton Show

Sat 11 & Sun 12 July 2009

Wolverhampton Chess Club will be present at this huge event from 12pm til 6pm. Admission is Free. Gates open from 11am.

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.

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

Thursday 18/12/08 Christmas Blitz 10 mins Club tournament!

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

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 & Campaigns