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Last updated 8 February 2025

Fixtures and results 2024-5 Season

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Midlands Counties Team Championship 2024-5
Date Home team Score Away team
Sat 19 Oct 2024 Worcestershire 7 - 5 Staffordshire
Sat 18 Jan 2025 Staffordshire 1½ - 10½ Lincolnshire
Sat 8 Feb 2025 Lincolnshire 8 - 4 Worcestershire
 
Midlands u1850 Counties Team Championship 2024-5
Date Home team Score Away team
Sat 8 Feb 2025 Lincolnshire 12½ - 3½ Derbyshire
Midlands u1650 Counties Team Championship 2024-5
Date Home team Score Away team
Sat 5 Oct 2024 Warwickshire 6½ - 5½ Staffordshire
Sat 23 Nov 2024 Staffordshire 6 - 6 Worcestershire
Sat 30 Nov 2024 Warwickshire 5½ - 6½ Lincolnshire
Sat 18 Jan 2025 Staffordshire 6 - 6 Lincolnshire
Sat 8 Feb 2025 Worcestershire 8 - 4 Warwickshire
Sat 15 Feb 2025 Worcestershire   Lincolnshire
 
 

Matches for the Midlands County Team Championship

Lincolnshire - Worcestershire

8 Feb2025. Played at St Helen's Church Hall, East Goscote, Leics. Leicestershire players had white on odd-numbered boards.

Board Rating Lincolnshire Score Worcestershire Rating
1 2098 (2158) Klimchik, Alexandr ½ - ½ Friar, Joseph D 2117 (2135)
2 2142 (2146) Willson, Ollie 1 - 0 Lambourne, Daniel M 2077 (2043)
3 2175 (2129) Cumbers, Paul 1 - 0 Kitson, Peter R 2022 (2031)
4 2151 (2126) Prior, Stephen CV ½ - ½ Davis, Lee 2025 (2036)
5 2111 (2119) Stead, Nick P ½ - ½ Gillings, Matt 0000 ()
6 2124 (2115) Birtwistle, Nigel 1 - 0 Evans, Harry G 1982 (2008)
7 2047 (2067) Coates, David H ½ - ½ Hurney, Kevin 2037 (2022)
8 1910 (1939) Taylor, Robert K 1 - 0 Edge, John A 2037 (2008)
9 1878 (1890) Hebert, R Andrew 1 - 0 Turner, Brian 1950 (1975)
10 1871 (1889) Thompson, Daniel 0 - 1 Rastall, Joe 1932 (1939)
11 1864 (1864) Gibbon, Eric 0 - 1 Walsh, Marcus 1912 (1904)
12 1850 (1845) MacDonald, Stuart 1 - 0 Attwell, Ben 1846 (1913)
    Totals 8 - 4    

 

Staffordshire - Lincolnshire

Sat 18 Jan 2025. Played at Bramcote, Nottingham. Staffordshire players had white on odd numbered boards.

Board Rating Staffordshire Score Lincolnshire Rating
1 2017 (1985) Mesesan, Mircea-Marius ½ - ½ Milson, Samuel A 2210 (2176)
2 2100 (1938) Fernando, Vinod M 0 - 1 Willson, Ollie 2142 (2153)
3 1906 (1926) Anderson, Richard ½ - ½ Dilley, Jason M 2149 (2149)
4 1817 (1806) Nefyodov, Pavel ½ - ½ Prior, Stephen CV 2151 (2134)
5 1703 (1715) Taylor, Andrew E 0 - 1 Cumbers, Paul 2175 (2132)
6 1625 (1631) Brothwood, Tony 0 - 1 Stead, Nick P 2111 (2123)
7 1650 (1619) Hoare, Michael WA 0 - 1 Klimchik, Alexandr 2098 (2127)
8 1381 (1448) Johnson, Oliver 0 - 1 Coates, David H 2047 (2073)
9   Default 0 - 1 Birtwistle, Nigel 2124 (2114)
10   Default 0 - 1 Taylor, Robert K 1910 (1944)
11   Default 0 - 1 Hebert, R Andrew 1878 (1882)
12   Default 0 - 1 Ladds, Graham I 1886 (1871)
    Totals 1½ - 10½    

 

Worcestershire - Staffordshire

Sat 19 Oct 2024. Played at Methodist Church Hall, Droitwich, Worcs. Worcestershire players had white on odd numbered boards. Although Worcestershire took an early lead, the match was drawn

Board Ref Rating Worcestershire Score Score Staffordshire Rating Ref
1 275633L 2125 Friar, Joseph 1 0 Smith, Andrew 2162 241608G
2 127645B 2031 Kitson, Peter 1 0 Fernando, Vinod 2091 367173C
3 120670K 1950 Turner, Brian 0 1 Mesesan, Mircea 2006 326328K
4 303138L 1933 Walsh, Marcus ½ ½ Gaskell, Stephen 1962 344191L
5 306497K 1930 Rastall, Joe 1 0 Bull, Phil 1874 230857F
6 139005D 1925 Clarke, Ian 0 1 Gandhi, Manish 1841 350241H
7 182425K 1918 Cartwright, Gavin 0 1 Varbanov, Varban 1794 349488D
8 360266H 1876 Attwell, Ben ½ ½ Sawyer, Ray 1742 319212L
9 360593A 1870 Higgs, Ed 0 1 Taylor, Andrew 1718 346665G
10 165392B 1847 Towers, Nigel 1 0 Hoare, Mike 1641 112760D
11 364353A 1812 Luca, Dorin 1 0 Kimberley, Bill 1613 351652A
12 108621C 1806 Collett, Ray 1 0 Hadley, James 1340 365314G
      Totals 7 5      

 

Match for the u1850 Midland Counties Team Championship

Sat 1 Feb 2025. Played at North Hykeham, Lincoln. Lincolnshire had White on odd boards.

Board Rating Lincolnshire Score Derbyshire Rating
1 1824 (1845) Hill, Chris ½ - ½ Hatton, David 1791 (1798)
2 1803 (1791) Brown, Jules ½ - ½ Bromilow, Edward T 1812 (1763)
3 1792 (1797) Mason, Ben 1 - 0 Buckley, Isaac 0000 (1752)
4 1753 (1783) Chillcott, Richard 1 - 0 Smith, Ryan L. 1868 (1772)
5 1774 (1778) Kok, Herman FF ½ - ½ Meyer, Dylan 1724 (1706)
6 1801 (1749) Palmer, Keith J 0 - 1 Cameron, Neil 1657 (1681)
7 0000 (1817) Kennedy-Wright, James 1 - 0 Walsh, Keith 1636 (1640)
8 1719 (1744) McDonald, Ian 1 - 0 Wootton, Stephen G 1620 (1615)
9 1766 (1710) Wollerton, Grenville 1 - 0 Sharp, Chris 1537 (1533)
10 1693 (1695) Rooney, Brendan ½ - ½ Lever, Brian 1536 (1537)
11 1698 (1722) Fray, Gregory 1 - 0 Cockburn, Andre 1546 (1523)
12 1684 (1685) Poama-Covaci, Iulia 1 - 0 Parker, Joe 1475 (1493)
13 1645 (1648) Nelder, Alan J 1 - 0 Pace, Graham J 1512 (1498)
14 1667 (1648) Orr, William ½ - ½ Oakley, Michael 0000 (1496)
15 1590 (1587) Ashcroft, Ben 1 - 0 Fores, Craig 1408 (1374)
16 1552 (1561) Sherlock, Peter G 1 - 0 O'Brien, Michael 1352 (1336)
    Totals 12½ - 3½    

 

Matches for the u1650 Midland Counties Team Championship

Worcestershire u1650 - Warwickshire u1650

Played Sat 8 Feb at Droitwich. Warwickshire players had white on odd-numbered boards.

 

Board Ref Rating Worcestershire Score Score Warwickshire Ref Rating
1   1629 (1710) Varilone, John F ½ ½ Pitt, Chris W   1646 (1628)
2   1571 (1672) Ware, Adam 1 0 Allen, Matthew   1585 (1603)
3   1610 (1613) Barton, Luke 1 0 Asbury, Jon A   1537 (1607)
4   1537 (1610) Wilkes, Brandon 1 0 Stiff, Peter   1535 (1529)
5   1446 (1606) Nicholls, Alex P 0 1 Davies, Paul   1532 (1521)
6   1591 (1577) Lee, Chris ½ ½ Warden, Mike   1522 (1469)
7   1551 (1635) Jones, Daniel L 1 0 Khunda, Deema   1472 (1442)
8   1531 (1544) Cleak, David ½ ½ Wood, Penny A   1468 (1441)
9   1585 (1552) Horwill, Eric ½ ½ Buxton, Richard   1457 (1472)
10   1568 (1543) Truscott, Ian M 0 1 Reason, Mark   1360 (1197)
11   1531 (1527) Stanton, T Giles 1 0 Payne, Simon L   1254 (1255)
12   1516 (1521) Kirkland, Arnold G 1 0 Default   -
       Totals 8 4      

Lincolnshire u1650 - Staffordshire u1650

Played Sat 18 Jan at Bramcote, Nottingham. Staffordshire players had white on odd numbered boards.

Board Rating Staffordshire Score Lincolnshire Rating
1 1645 (1658) Nelder, Alan J ½ - ½ Blackburn, Jon EW 1628 (1676)
2 1616 (1608) Marshall, Allan ½ - ½ Gissi, Alberto 1636 (1621)
3 1539 (1583) Neal, Freddie 1 - 0 Emmerton, Stephen J 1574 (1589)
4 1590 (1575) Ashcroft, Ben 1 - 0 Kimberley, Bill 1624 (1571)
5 1573 (1574) Robinson, Craig ½ - ½ Fancourt, Leslie J 1571 (1583)
6 1572 (1607) Bertins, Tom ½ - ½ Blackburn, Sandra G 1536 (1560)
7 1552 (1559) Sherlock, Peter G ½ - ½ Meakin, Anthony R 1522 (1521)
8 1530 (1540) Watson, Andrew T 0 - 1 Jones, Daniel P 1493 (1521)
9 1461 (1475) Housego, John ½ - ½ Phillips, Andrew 1524 (1490)
10 1471 (1468) Fischer, Paul ½ - ½ Barker, David J 1459 (1470)
11 1482 (1453) Pocock, John 0 - 1 Fletcher, Malcolm 1449 (1452)
12 1426 (1404) Cumbers, Christopher ½ - ½ Smithson, Stephen 1354 (1329)
Average   Totals 6 - 6    

 

Warwickshire u1650 - Lincolnshire u1650

Played on 30 Nov at St Hilda’s Church, East Goscote, Leicestershire. Warwickshire players had the white pieces on odd-numbered boards. Boards 11 and 12 were reserved for u1450 players.

 

Board Rating Warwickshire Score Score Lincolnshire Rating
1 1537 (1584) Asbury, Jon A 0 1 Nelder, Alan J 1645 (1681)
2 1536 (1564) Morris, Nigel W 0 1 Egan, William J 1598 (1639)
3 1535 (1552) Stiff, Peter ½ ½ Ashcroft, Ben 1590 (1581)
4 1546 (1557) Cotterell, David M 1 0 Robinson, Craig 1573 (1574)
5 1527 (1516) Weaver, Simon 0 1 Neal, Freddie 1539 (1583)
6 1380 (1498) Bangalore Kumar, Rohith 0 1 Bertins, Tom 1572 (1555)
7 1522 (1475) Warden, Mike 0 1 Sherlock, Peter G 1552 (1555)
8 1507 (1489) Kornilovich, Gregory 1 0 Moseley-Hutchinson, Jack 1536 (1525)
9 1476 (1470) Bloxham, Spike ½ ½ Housego, John 1461 (1475)
10 1472 (1437) Khunda, Deema ½ ½ Fischer, Paul 1471 (1472)
11 1392 (1406) Grimes, Adrian 1 0 Golding, Jason 1377 (1342)
12 1254 (1252) Payne, Simon L 1 0 McKenna, Luke 1184 (1202)
    Totals    

 

Staffordshire u1650 - Worcestershire u1650

Worcestershire u1650 travelled to Acton Trussell Community Centre, Stafford for their away fixture on a stormy 23 November. Staffordshire had white on odd numbered boards. Boards 11 and 12 were reserved for players rated under 1450.

 

Board Ref Rating Staffordshire Score Score Worcestershire Ref Rating
1 166595K 1645 Rosser, Geofrey C 0 1 Varilone, John 178102K 1629
2 178103A 1628 Blackburn, Jon EW 1 0 Nicholls, Alex 369479D 1590P
3 297490D 1638 Gissi, Alberto ½ ½ Horwill, Eric 113026C 1585
4 266803J 1590 Emmerton, Steve ½ ½ Lee, Chris 240704J 1569
5 133519E 1587 Fancourt, Leslie ½ ½ Wilkes, Brandon 364048G 1536
6 351652A 1579 Kimberley, Bill 1 0 Serafini, Paul 259363E 1536
7 178127D 1562 Blackburn, Sandra G ½ ½ Stanton, Giles 172186A 1531
8 341740C 1561 Jones, Daniel 0 1 Cleak, David 295458J 1531
9 316768K 1483 Sohi, Aarav ½ ½ Kirkland, Arnold 128994K 1516
10 281856F 1459 Barker, David J ½ ½ Adams, Che 361508L 1508
11 361314J 1425 Fletcher, Malcolm 1 0 Loynes, John 185413G 1448
12 351575J 1382 Chacko, Albert 0 1 Griffiths, Aiden 349374L 1418
      Totals 6 6      

 

Warwickshire u1650 - Staffordshire u1650

The match was played on Sat 5 October at Coleshill Social Club, Coleshill, Warks. Warwickshire players had white on odd numbered boards. Boards 11 and 12 were reserved for players rated under 1450.

 

Board Ref Rating Warwickshire Score Score Staffordshire Rating Ref
1 194407B 1545 David Cotterell ½ ½ Tony Brothwood 1625 349666B
2 274807B 1542 Peter Stiff ½ ½ Bill Kimberley 1624 351652A
3 121268A 1527 Simon Weaver ½ ½ Chris Cox 1607 295887K
4 105876K 1524 Jon Asbury 1 0 Glen Clouds 1578 356190C
5 111919K 1494 John Hall ½ ½ Steve Emmerton 1574 266803J
6 172199K 1490 Mike Warden 0 1 Leslie Fancourt 1571 133519E
7 342422E 1474 Matt McHugh ½ ½ Anthony Meakin 1522 104387A
8 431864K 1452 Deema Khunda ½ ½ Daniel Jones 1493 341740C
9 356570B 1440 Spike Bloxam 1 0 Peter Evans 1405 128860L
10 360189E 1438 Brij Chabra 0 1 Martin Chadwick 1260 307450L
11 350468C 1403 Rohith Bangalore Kumar 1 0 Roger Coleman 1241 315151J
12 309351H 1254 Simon Payne ½ ½ Robert Perry 1205 222687L
      Totals