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Malvern open defence with a win at Redditch
Redditch 0.5 - 3.5 Malvern
1) Giles Stanton 0-1 Geoffrey Herbert
2) Jason Cole 0.5-0.5 Ian Clarke
3) D. Dixon 0-1 Maurice Ginger
4) M. Daniels 0-1 Tony Shaw
Good wins by Maurice Ginger and Tony Shaw on boards 3 and 4 gave Malvern the lead and a rather fortunate win on board 1 gave them the win. Geoffrey blundered a pawn in the early middlegame. He managed to beat off the immediate threats to reach an endgame still a pawn down. Giles left his queen en-pris just after the time control. Giles Stanton prevented a whitewash with a well earned draw.
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Knights off to winning start
Knight’s start season with a win
Kidderminster Knights scored a 4 - 0 win in the match against thier local rivals Kidderminster Pawns.
Match date: 20th October 2005
........ Kidderminster Knights .................... Kidderminster Pawns
B’d
1...... John Wrench ............ 1 ......... 0......... Mark Riley
2 ..... Jim Friar ................. 1 ......... 0 ....... Dave Close
3 ..... Gerald Link .............. 1 ......... 0 ....... Mike Kitchen
4 ..... John Gittus .............. 1 ......... 0 ....... Clive Billinge
......................... Result ....... 4 ......... 0
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Knights win again
Kidderminster Knights continued their winning start to the season with a 4 - 0 victory in the match against newly promoted Redditch.
On board 1 John played an unusual line against Jason’s Caro Khan opening with 1. e4 c6, 2. d4 d5, 3. f3 dxe4, 4. fxe4 e5, 5. Nf3 .... This left John with an isolated King Pawn but a lead in development which was followed by an attack which eventually broke through in the centre.
Jim played his favourite line against Giles Ruy Lopez on board 2 and launched a King side attack which proved decisive after a Knight sacrifice.
Maurice’ s game against Michelle on board 3 reached the quick play stage. Michelle held on for a while but was the exchange down and this proved enough for Maurice to force the win.
In the final game, Gerald won a Rook in the middle game following a Queen check. Penny struggled on for some time but the material deficit was to much.
Match date: 24th November 2005
...... Kidderminster Knights ........................ Redditch
B’d
1...... John Wrench ............ 1 ......... 0......... Jason Cole
2 ..... Jim Friar ................. 1 ......... 0 ....... Giles Stanton
3 ..... Maurice Bissell .......... 1 ......... 0 ....... Michelle Clack
4 ..... Gerald Link .............. 1 ......... 0 ....... Penny Wood
..................... Result ....... 4 ...... 0
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Malvern lose at St Johns
St. Johns v Malvern
1) S. James 0.5-0.5 B. Turner
2) N. Harris 0.5-0.5 G. Herbert
3) G. Dyett 1-0 I. Clarke
4) S. Foster 1-0 T. Shaw
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Malvern beat pawns
1) B. Turner 1-0 M. Riley
2) I. Clarke 0.5-0.5 D. Close
3) P. Walker 1-0 M. Kitchen
4) M. Ginger 0-1 C. Billinge
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Malvern win top of the table clash
Malvern became the first team to score a win against Kidderminster Knights this season with the crucial results going thier way on boards 1 and 3. The Knights had played 2 and won 2, both 4-0. This puts Malverns challenge to retain the title back on course.
Match date: 20th January 2006
.......... Malvern .......................................... Kidderminster Knights
B’d
1...... B Turner ............. 1 ............. 0........... John Wrench
2 ..... G Herbert ......... 1/2 ......... 1/2 .......... Frank Pickett
3 ..... S Fuchs .............. 1 ............. 0 .......... Jim Friar
4 ..... P Yeadon .......... 1/2 ......... 1/2 ......... Gerald Link
................. Result ..... 3 .......... 1
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Redditch beaten in close match at Malvern
Malvern v Redditch 10/2/06
1) B. Turner 0.5-0.5 N. Towers
2) G. Herbert 0.5-0.5 T. Robinson
3) P. Walker 1-0 G. Stanton
4) P. Yeadon 0.5-0.5 M. Daniels
3 of the four boards featured fairly quick draws. On board 3, Perry Walker played the centre counter. He won a piece for a pawn at the cost of allowing Giles Stanton some activity. He gradually neutralised the pressure to win the game and the match.
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Pawns thwarted by Malvern
Kidderminster Pawns v Malvern, 16th March 2006
1) M. Riley 1-0 B. Turner
2) D. Close 0.5-0.5 G. Herbert
3) M. Kitchen 0-1 P. Yeadon
4) D. Digger 0-1 T. Shaw
Malvern win 2.5-1.5
Things looked promising for the pawns in the early stages of the match. Mark Riley won a pawn in the early middlegame and was able to convert this into a well deserved win, his first against Brian Turner.
Board 2 could have gone either way, with both players appearing to have winning attacks at various points in the game. The game was eventually drawn when position repetition was imminent.
Fortunately for Malvern, Peter Yeadon and Tony Shaw were able to retrieve the situation with wins on boards 3 and 4.
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Malvern and St Johns draw
1) B. Turner 0.5-0.5 S. James
2) G. Herbert 0-1 N. Harris
3) I. Clarke 1-0 Default
4) P. Yeadon 0.5-0.5 S. Foster
This result makes St Johns favourites to take the title this year with 5 wins and a draw so far.
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St Johns results
St Johns Win
25 October 2005
St Johns v Malvern
S James draw B Turner (W)
N Harris draw G Herbert
G Dyett 1-0 I Clarke
S Foster 1-0 T Shaw
St Johns Win
29 November 2005
St Johns v Redditch
S James 1-0 T Robinson
N Harris 1-0 G Stanton
G Dyett 1-0 G Jackson
S Foster draw M Daniels
St Johns Win
19 January 2006
Kidder Pawns v St Johns
M Riley 0-1 S James (white)
D Close 0-1 N Harris
D Digger 0-1 G Dyett
C Billinge 0-1 S Foster
St Johns Win
07 March 2006
Redditch v St Johns
T Robinson draw N Harris (W)
G Stanton 0-1 G Dyett
M Clack 0-1 S Foster
M Daniels draw J Loynes
St Johns Win
21 March 2006
St Johns v Kidder Knights
S James draw J Wrench (W)
G Dyett 1-0 F Pickett
N Harris draw J Friar
S Foster draw J Varilone
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St John's win against Kidderminster Pawns
Tuesday 4 April 2006
S James 1 - 0 M Riley
N Harris 1 - 0 D Close
G Dyett 1 - 0 M Kitchen
S Foster drew C Billinge
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St Johns win Division 1 with one match to spare
The recent win by St Johns against Kidder Pawns means that they cannot be denied being Division 1 winners no matter what happens in the final matches.
St Johns would like to thank Malvern in their sportmanship in the top of the table clash on 31 March when a car with three St Johns players on the way to the match broke down. Malvern generously did not stick to the starting times and the game default times to allow the St Johns players not to be penalised.
St Johns had to default a board against a strong Malvern side [the driver of the car had to stay with the car to get the recovery service]. It was Nick Harris who produced an excellent win to ensure a drawn match and what turned out to be a league title winning performance.
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Malvern beat Knights to secure 2nd place
B. Turner 0.5-0.5 F. Pickett
G. Herbert 1-0 J. Friar
I. Clarke 1-0 G. Link
P. Yeadon 0-1 J. Gittus
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St Johns finish the season with a win over Kidder Knights
St Johns win
F Pickett 0-1 N Harris (W)
M Bissell 0-1 G Dyett
G Link draw S Foster
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