All Wolverhampton Chess Club 2008/09 Winter and Summer fixtures on website. Winter League WDCL 2008/9 and all 2007/8 fixtures and archives. All club fixtures on this site.
18/12/08 Thanks to Keith Bate for organising a Christmas Blitz 10 tournament. The event was well attended and enjoyed by all. Well done all and particularly Martin May for acheiving 1st place, Frank Wood runner up and Keith Bate 3rd.
11/12/08 WDCL A team beat Stourbridge 4-2 at our home venue. Our team back to full strength.
26/11/08 against Bushbury we were winning 0.5-1.5 as Max Wooton won on board 2 and Steve Wilson drew on 6. The match depending on 4 adjournments on boards 1, 3, 4,5. Jeff Fox drew board 1. Our board 5 Paul Walters won and draws were agreed by Bob Khoshnevis and Keith Bate that secured the 2-4 away match win.
20/11/08 WDCL C team draw against 3rd division leaders Walsall Kipping B. BDCL B finish night 2.5-2.5 with 1 adjourment to play.
11/11/08 Well done to our Cannock league team for winning their Rugeley away match despite being outgraded on the upper 3 boards.
03/11/08 WDCL C team draw at St George's
23/10/08 Wolverhampton beat Stourbridge in first round of the WDCL Pittaway Cup. R J Marshall and Max Wooton won their games and all other boards drew. Our Cannock league team scored just half a point against Brewood from Paul Walters' board 1 draw.
08/10/08 Dual success for our WDCL A and C teams both playing away matches:
WDCL C team win match 2 against Stafford Away. Also a very decisive 0.5-4.5 from drawing on board 1 and winning all other boards.
WDCL A win at Shifnal & Telford 2.5-3.5. Very Well done to both our teams.
07/08/08 Our BDCL B team beat Birmingham Away 2-4. Well done.
18/09/08 WDCL B and C teams play their first matches of the season. C team win match 1 against Halesowen B with a 3-2 score. We drew on the white boards 2 and 4, won on all lower black boards.
B team narrowly lose against Rugeley but were not helped by a Home default that gave Rugeley 1 point headstart from the outset! Mike Griffiths did exceptionally well to beat a player more than 40 points higher than himself.
09/09/08 first club match of the Winter season. Wolverhampton beat Mercia A in the Dudley league Division 2. Well done team.
09/08/08 Most of our Summer League B championship winning team met at our club to be photographed by the Express & Star for a feature. The feature and photograph appeared in the Express & Star 11/08/08 on page 15 and Wolverhampton Chronicle Thurs 14/08/08 on page 3.
22/05/08 Wolverhampton retain the Walrus Trophy by just 0.5 points. Well done to all participants and players for making it a very enjoyable event on our chess calendar. Full board scores tobe published soon. Walrus Full Scores
WDCL Lightning Chess event held at our club 24/04/08
None of our 4 teams won but Paul Walters achieved joint 1st place in the Minor section by scoring 5 out of 6, 4 wins 2 draws.
Newsletter Issue 3 completed and distributed at AGM 08/05/08. Comprehensive match, team, play, club statistics included.
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