This is the official website of Rushall Chess Club, founded in 1981. We now meet at 7pm on Mondays at Aldridge Social Club. It boasts a friendly and welcoming atmosphere, with lots of keen players. We welcome all ages and abilities, and have one of the lowest yearly membership rates in the country!
We are members of three chess leagues and play in different divisions giving varying levels of ability. We play in the Winter and the Summer, playing in standard play and rapid play leagues in the respective seasons. Please do note, however, that we close on Bank Holiday Mondays. Even if we are not playing in a league at a certain time of the year, our committed members still meet and play friendlies and internal tournaments.
New ECF LMS site:
ECF League Management System | ECF League Management System (englishchess.org.uk)
You can visit us by turning up on a Monday after 7pm at the Social Club. The membership fees for the year are just £25 for adults & £10 for schoolchildren, but feel free to come along for a week or two before you decide whether to join. While you are welcome to come along & just play social chess each week, we are also members of several local leagues & run teams of various standards for those players who want to play competitively. Please note that those players who wish to play in club competitions & league chess would also need to purchase an English Chess Federation Membership.
The 500 Club (Played more than 500 league matches for Rushall up to August 2024):
Steve Wilcox 1033, Shane Cooksey 948, Ray Hancox 652, Peter Turner 624, Josh Hennion 585, Peter Leary 562.
COMMITTEE: Chair - John Grant, Secretary - Steve Wilcox, Treasurer - Roger Threlfall, Tournament Organisers - Steve Wilcox & Steve Whatmore, Publicity - Vacant, Webmasters - Roger Bray, Steve Whatmore & Steve Wilcox, Auditor - John Grant
Winter League Team Captains - Birmingham Division 2, Wolverhampton Division 1 & Cannock Division 1 - Steve Whatmore, Wolverhampton Division 3 & Cannock Division 3A - John Grant, Cannock Division 3B - Steve Wilcox, Cannock Division 4A - David Gaskell & Cannock Division 4B - Matthew Blackwell
We have 3 internal club tournaments – the Club
Championship, Les Wilcox Trophy & Junior
Championship. The Club Championship has been held since the 1981/2 season. It
has had several tweaks over the years, but is presently run on a random draw
knock-out basis. If a match is drawn then a replay is arranged with opposite
colours & an Armageddon game decides the winner if the replay is also
drawn. In some seasons the championship was not completed, primarily due to
fixture congestion & the covid outbreak.
Club Champions with number of outright wins (& years won):
9 - John Staniforth* (2001,2002,2003,2004,2009,2011,2012,2013,2019)
5 - Steve Wilcox (1991,1997,1998,1999,2010)
3 - Matthew Jebb (1986,1988,1989)
2 - Ray Hancox (1983,1987), Matthew Wragg
(1992,1993), Jon Sadler (1995,1996) & Steve Whatmore (2023,2024)
1 - Ben Payne (1982), Dick Clarkson (1984), Barry
Marshall (1985), Kevin Hadley (1990), Calvin Styles (1994), Richard Westwood (2000), Charlotte
Wilcox-Banks* (2005), Devan Patel (2017) & Alex Jarvis (2018)
*In addition, the 2006 Final was drawn, so John Staniforth & Charlotte Wilcox-Banks were declared joint winners
Les Wilcox Trophy (for players rated below 1640 ECF):
David Jarvis won the 2024 competition & now leads the list with the most number of wins:
5 - David Jarvis
4 - Peter Turner
3 - Jeff Horne & Shane Cooksey
2 - Nigel Sims, Paul Spencer & Roger Grant
1 - Nigel Parker, Chris Bell, Darren Bell, Manpreet Sangha, Syd Allen, Joe Wilcox, Devan Patel, Matthew Greenwood, Adrian Dibble & Richard Westwood
Aldridge Social Club, High Street Aldridge, WS9 8LZ
Contact: Stephen Wilcox
Phone: 01922 403942
Email: srwil58@yahoo.co.uk
Date | Game | ECO | Comments |
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TROPHY |
Captain |
CHASE TROPHY 2023/2024 |
S Whatmore |
BDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2022/23 |
S Whatmore |
PITTAWAY CUP 2023 |
S Wilcox |
CDCL DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2022 (SPRING) |
S Wilcox |
CHASE TROPHY 2021/22 |
S Wilcox |
BDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2019/20 |
S Wilcox |
WDCL DIV 4 CHAMPIONS 2019/20 |
J Grant |
CDCL DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2017/18 |
S Cooksey |
TOWNSHEND TROPHY 2016/17 |
|
CDCL DIV 2 JOINT CHAMPIONS 2015/16 |
J Grant |
WDCL DIV 4 CHAMPIONS 2015/16 |
S Cooksey |
BDCL DIV 6 CHAMPIONS 2015/16 |
R Threlfall |
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2014 |
S Cooksey |
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2013 |
J Hennion |
CDCL DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2012/13 |
M Sangha |
CDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2012/13 |
K Butler |
HUMPHREYS TROPHY 2012/13 |
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CDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2011/12 |
J Hennion |
WDCL DIV 4 CHAMPIONS 2011/12 |
P Greenwood |
NATIONAL INTERMEDIATE PLATE 2010/11 |
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WITHNALL TROPHY 2010/11 |
|
CDCL DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2010/11 |
M Sangha |
CDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2010/11 |
P Greenwood |
WDCL DIV 4 CHAMPIONS 2009/10 |
P Greenwood |
HUMPHREYS TROPHY 2008/09 |
|
CDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2008/09 |
J Hennion |
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2008 |
S Wilcox |
WDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2007/08 |
R Hancox |
WDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2006/07 |
R Hancox |
CDCL DIV 1 CHAMPIONS 2005/06 |
J Staniforth |
WITHNALL TROPHY 2005/06 |
|
GOTHARD TROPHY 2005/06 |
|
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2005 |
S Wilcox |
CDCL DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2004/05 |
S Cooksey |
CDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2004/05 |
J Hennion |
GOTHARD TROPHY 2004/05 |
|
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2004 |
S Wilcox |
CDCL Div 3 CHAMPIONS 2003/04 |
J Hennion |
CDCL DIV 1 CHAMPIONS 2002/03 |
J Staniforth |
CDCL DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 2002/03 |
S Wilcox |
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2002 |
S Cooksey |
CDCL DIV 3 CHAMPIONS 2001/02 |
J Hennion |
WDCL DIV 2 CHAMPIONS
2001/02 |
S Wilcox |
WITHNALL TROPHY 2001/02 |
|
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 3S CHAMPIONS 2001 |
S Cooksey |
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 3N CHAMPIONS 2001 |
S Wilcox |
CHASE TROPHY 2000/01 |
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JACKSON TROPHY 1999/2000 |
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GOTHARD TROPHY 1999/2000 |
|
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 2 CHAMPIONS 1999 |
S Wilcox |
GOTHARD TROPHY 1998/99 |
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WITHNALL TROPHY 1996/97
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W''TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 2N CHAMPIONS
1996 |
D Macintosh |
BDCL DIV 4 CHAMPIONS 1995/96 |
S Wilcox |
JACKSON TROHY 1995/96 |
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Tamworth Summer League Minor Div winners 1995 |
S Wilcox |
STAFFS U/100 TROPHY 1994/95 (Withnall) |
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W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 3N CHAMPIONS 1994 |
K Hooper |
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 2
CHAMPIONS 1994 |
S Wilcox |
BDCL DIV 10 CHAMPIONS 1993/94 |
D Lambe |
STAFFS U/100 TROPHY 1993/94 (Withnall) |
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W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 3
CHAMPIONS 1993 |
K Hooper |
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 3
CHAMPIONS 1991 |
P Munro |
W'TON SUMMER LEAGUE DIV 3
CHAMPIONS 1989 |
P Munro |
JACKSON TROPHY 1988/89 |
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JACKSON TROPHY 1987/88 |
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JACKSON TROPHY 1986/87 |
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There was no luck involved in our Cannock League Division 1 game versus Wolverhampton - just some quality chess. Although John lost & I drew, superb play from Cosmin who defended well then took his slight advantage (2 Knights v Rook & extra Pawn) forward to victory, took us to a 1.5-1.5 score with just Stephen to finish. He had a Queen versus Rook & Knight in a very complicated end game. Eventually he sacrificed his Queen for the 2 pieces with both players Queening Pawns at the same time. Stephen however, had 3 Pawns remaining to his opponent's 1. That became 2-1, but he cleverly swapped off a Pawn each & eventually his last Pawn pushed on to get a 2nd Queen. His opponent played accurately to stop him & looked to have held on for a draw at one point. However, Stephen's tenacity paid off & an inaccuracy allowed him to fork his opponents King & Queen, leading to the swapping off of both Queens & allowing his last remaining Pawn through untouched. A fantastic victory that earned us both points.
Final score: Rushall 2.5 Wolverhampton 1.5
Well our luck certainly changed in our latest game. We took on an extremely strong Central Birmingham team in our first Birmingham League Division 2 match of the season. We were out-rated by around 800 ECF points across the 6 boards, but managed a terrific 3-3 draw. I lost early & then John drew. Peter played very aggressively & won after his opponent had to give up a minor piece to prevent being mated. Alex then lost after a clever combination overwhelmed his defences, leaving Stephen & Cosmin to finish with us 2.5-1.5 behind. Stephen eventually agreed a draw as the end game position became blocked, but at the same time Cosmin's opponent got behind his defences. Sadly for him, just as he was about to win material, his time expired & Cosmin was able to claim the win & a draw for the team.
Final score: Rushall 3 C Birmingham 3
It was deja vu all over again in our latest Wolverhampton League Division 1 match. We visited West Bromwich & lost narrowly for the 2nd time in 8 days. This time myself, Stephen & John S got creditable draws on the top 3 boards - Stephen after a brave Bishop sacrifice, John after a sharp French Defence & me after a rare Queen's Gambit Accepted. However, Cosmin sadly lost concentration after his opponent offered a draw, which he politely declined, only to go & lose a piece for nothing on the next move. This was the turning point in the game & led to his eventual defeat & a therefore narrow team defeat.
We now have a break from Wolverhampton League play for a while, but start our Birmingham League Division 2 season next Monday hoping for a bit better luck.
Final score West Bromwich 2.5-Rushall 1.5
Our first Cannock League Division 1 game ended in a narrow defeat to Lichfield. Stephen blundered in the middle game & lost to his 2000+ rated opponent. Me & John S then drew fairly quickly leaving Cosmin on board 4 to hopefully take victory to tie the match. He was looking good, being the exchange ahead, but unfortunately missed a Knight fork & lost his Rook. After a tense finish he managed to get 2 passed Pawns against an extra piece, but a draw was finally agreed with all Pawns taken to hand Lichfield the 2 points.
Final score: Lichfield 2.5 Rushall 1.5
new tournament organiser craig cowley has done the draw for two internal competitions
The under 15 trophy is an all-play-all. last years winner stephen gaskell is now too old so we will be looking for a new winner.
The les wilcox trophy is a knockout for under1640 rated players
The draw was made last night for the Club Championship. 20 players have entered, so 8 players will play in the 1st round with the other 12 getting a bye into the 2nd round. The draw was made randomly by Steve Wilcox:
Stefan Winman v Zach Bennett
John Grant v Alex Pready
Matthew Blackwell v David Jarvis
Liam Parsons v Stephen Gaskell
Games need to be played before the end of October.
After a few weeks of negotiating with Phil Bull, we have agreed to play a WolRush Cup match each season against Wolverhampton. The match will take place as a standard play preseason game & as I won the toss we will be at home on Monday August 4th next year. It will be 7 boards with each board having a maximum rating limit so that players of all abilities can compete.
I tried to reinstate the Walrus Trophy against Walsall Kipping with the idea of playing at the end of last season, however their committee did not want to get a team together to play us at that time.
We welcomed Wolverhampton in our first home Wolverhampton League Division 1 game of the season last night. I took away an early draw, after which Cosmin earned a full point defeating his opponent with his trademark opening. John S was a piece down to his opponent while Stephen looked equal with his. Stephen managed to secure the draw, but his opponent felt that Stephen had the best winning chances in the Pawn endgame. Meanwhile John had fought back from a piece down to a Bishop for a Pawn ahead! With the score 2-1 to us, he offered a draw to ensure a team victory & his opponent accepted knowing that he could only realistically draw at best. Final score - Rushall 2.5 Wolverhampton 1.5.
Our Wolverhampton Division 3 team also played at home against Warley Quinborne & won convincingly with Alex, Peter, John G & Shane all winning their games to take a 4-0 victory.
We started our Wolverhampton League Division 1 season with a trip to Warley Quinborne on Thursday. Against a slightly higher rated team we managed 3 draws - John on 2, myself on 3 & Cosmin on 4. However, on board 1, Stephen sadly lost in a double Bishop & Pawn endgame after his opponent managed to get a Passed Pawn & Stephen was forced to sacrifice one of his Bishops for 2 Pawns. Eventually the extra minor piece paid off. Final score: Warley Quinborne 2.5 Rushall 1.5.
Although we played a couple of Cannock League games in August, our season officially kicked off with our Rapidplay competition yesterday evening. We had a wonderful turn out with a total of 23 players competing in 5 swiss rounds of 15 minute games. Stephen Gaskell came out on top with 5 wins followed by Craig Cowley & me on 4. Top junior was Zach Bennett (3 points), top under 1640 rated players were Shane Cooksey & Matthew Blackwell (3.5 points), top oldies were Alex Pready & John Grant (3 points) & top performer after a slow start was Pradeep Shankar. Thanks as ever to Steve Wilcox for organizing an enjoyable evening.
After discussions at last night's AGM some tweaks are being made to this season's Club KO. All club members will receive an email soon with the new rules/guidelines & an opportunity to enroll in the tournament.
Rushall have won the prestigious Pittaway cup for the first time.
The trophy is contested by W'ton league first teams in a jamboree pairings event.
Rushall scored 6 points from the 8 board team.
Our team was Cosmin-Constantin Arapu, Steve Whatmore, Stephen Gaskell, John Staniforth, Alex Pready, Peter Leary, Steve Wilcox and John Grsnt.
Mayday Rapidpla
First stephen gaskell. 5 out of 5
Second steve whatmore 4 out of 5
15 players took part
Our first team in the Birmingham League, division 3, captained by Steve Whatmore, have won the Championship with a match still to play.
13 year old Stephen was equal first in the minor section ( under 1700 rating ) at the massive Blackpool congress, 10th to 12th February 2023. His score was 4 1/2 out of 5
19/12/22 equal first with 4 / 5 were peter leary and steve whatmore
Steve Wilcox played his 1,000th Rushall team game on Monday 24th October V Rugeley.
Steve wants to thank everyone for the generous gift to mark the occasion
Rushall's 13 year old Stephen Gaskell won the Crewe under 1500 section with a perfect 5 out of 5 for the weekend. Cogratulatios Stephen.
8 teams. Lichfield win with 3 1/2 out of 4
A warm welcome to our first Romanian player. Cosmin-Constantin Arapu came along tonight and played some entertaining games
At the AGM on 15/8/2022 Stephen Gaskell was named Most Improved Player Of The Season
Manpreet Sangha 4 1/2 / 5
Adrian Dibble / Alex Pready 4 / 5
best u/1630 gtade also Adrian
best over 60 y o also Alex
best under 18 Stephen Gaskell 2 1/2 / 5
best score from player with slow start Aryan Shankar 2 / 5
David Jarvis Played 12 - 62.5%, Stephen Gaskell Played 8 - 62.5%, Shriya Pillay Played 14 - 60.7%,
Adrian Dibble Played 7 - 57.1%, Joseph Wilcox Played 9 - 55.5%, John Grant Played 22 - 54.5%,
Alex Pready Played 21 - 52.3%, Roger Bray Plated 19 - 52.6%.
16/5/22 We win final Cannock league division two match V Rugeley, Winning Championship. Played 6, scoring 9 points.
Top scorer for the ream was Stefan Winman with 3 out of 3
CDCL's Cup Final, Drawn 2 - 2 , but Rushall win on board count.
It is sad to report the passing of Walsall Kipping's David Anderton, who died on 1st April, 2022.
David was a brilliant player for Walsall and Staffordshire. He had been past President of the County as well as first team captain for many years. He had many roles with the English Chess Federation including captain of their international team.
Condolences go to David's widow Doreen, a past member of Rushall Chess Club.
Good News. Steve has decided to play ror us in the WDCL as well.
RESULTS
Joint Winners ( 4/5 ) Alex Pready, Steve Whatmore, Steve Wilcox(also best over 60 ) best under 18 y o ( 3/5 ) Stephen Gaskell
best under 1640 grade ( 3 1/2/ ) Stefan Winman
best slow starter ( 3/5 ) Pradeep Shankar
sixteen entered
On our Links page you can navigate to the ECF ratings page. Here are shown the half season (January) ratings. Only five of our players have increased their grades since the start of the season (July 2021). They are Joe Wilcox +23, Shriya Pillay +22, John Staniforth +17, Peter Turner +6, Steve Whatmore +5.
Please let Webmaster David Jarvis know of any newsworthy items.
There was no luck involved in our Cannock League Division 1 game versus Wolverhampton - just some quality chess. Although John lost & I drew, superb play from Cosmin who defended well then took his slight advantage (2 Knights v Rook & extra Pawn) forward to victory, took us to a 1.5-1.5 score with just Stephen to finish. He had a Queen versus Rook & Knight in a very complicated end game. Eventually he sacrificed his Queen for the 2 pieces with both players Queening Pawns at the same time. Stephen however, had 3 Pawns remaining to his opponent's 1. That became 2-1, but he cleverly swapped off a Pawn each & eventually his last Pawn pushed on to get a 2nd Queen. His opponent played accurately to stop him & looked to have held on for a draw at one point. However, Stephen's tenacity paid off & an inaccuracy allowed him to fork his opponents King & Queen, leading to the swapping off of both Queens & allowing his last remaining Pawn through untouched. A fantastic victory that earned us both points.
Final score: Rushall 2.5 Wolverhampton 1.5
Well our luck certainly changed in our latest game. We took on an extremely strong Central Birmingham team in our first Birmingham League Division 2 match of the season. We were out-rated by around 800 ECF points across the 6 boards, but managed a terrific 3-3 draw. I lost early & then John drew. Peter played very aggressively & won after his opponent had to give up a minor piece to prevent being mated. Alex then lost after a clever combination overwhelmed his defences, leaving Stephen & Cosmin to finish with us 2.5-1.5 behind. Stephen eventually agreed a draw as the end game position became blocked, but at the same time Cosmin's opponent got behind his defences. Sadly for him, just as he was about to win material, his time expired & Cosmin was able to claim the win & a draw for the team.
Final score: Rushall 3 C Birmingham 3
It was deja vu all over again in our latest Wolverhampton League Division 1 match. We visited West Bromwich & lost narrowly for the 2nd time in 8 days. This time myself, Stephen & John S got creditable draws on the top 3 boards - Stephen after a brave Bishop sacrifice, John after a sharp French Defence & me after a rare Queen's Gambit Accepted. However, Cosmin sadly lost concentration after his opponent offered a draw, which he politely declined, only to go & lose a piece for nothing on the next move. This was the turning point in the game & led to his eventual defeat & a therefore narrow team defeat.
We now have a break from Wolverhampton League play for a while, but start our Birmingham League Division 2 season next Monday hoping for a bit better luck.
Final score West Bromwich 2.5-Rushall 1.5
Our first Cannock League Division 1 game ended in a narrow defeat to Lichfield. Stephen blundered in the middle game & lost to his 2000+ rated opponent. Me & John S then drew fairly quickly leaving Cosmin on board 4 to hopefully take victory to tie the match. He was looking good, being the exchange ahead, but unfortunately missed a Knight fork & lost his Rook. After a tense finish he managed to get 2 passed Pawns against an extra piece, but a draw was finally agreed with all Pawns taken to hand Lichfield the 2 points.
Final score: Lichfield 2.5 Rushall 1.5
new tournament organiser craig cowley has done the draw for two internal competitions
The under 15 trophy is an all-play-all. last years winner stephen gaskell is now too old so we will be looking for a new winner.
The les wilcox trophy is a knockout for under1640 rated players
The draw was made last night for the Club Championship. 20 players have entered, so 8 players will play in the 1st round with the other 12 getting a bye into the 2nd round. The draw was made randomly by Steve Wilcox:
Stefan Winman v Zach Bennett
John Grant v Alex Pready
Matthew Blackwell v David Jarvis
Liam Parsons v Stephen Gaskell
Games need to be played before the end of October.
After a few weeks of negotiating with Phil Bull, we have agreed to play a WolRush Cup match each season against Wolverhampton. The match will take place as a standard play preseason game & as I won the toss we will be at home on Monday August 4th next year. It will be 7 boards with each board having a maximum rating limit so that players of all abilities can compete.
I tried to reinstate the Walrus Trophy against Walsall Kipping with the idea of playing at the end of last season, however their committee did not want to get a team together to play us at that time.
We welcomed Wolverhampton in our first home Wolverhampton League Division 1 game of the season last night. I took away an early draw, after which Cosmin earned a full point defeating his opponent with his trademark opening. John S was a piece down to his opponent while Stephen looked equal with his. Stephen managed to secure the draw, but his opponent felt that Stephen had the best winning chances in the Pawn endgame. Meanwhile John had fought back from a piece down to a Bishop for a Pawn ahead! With the score 2-1 to us, he offered a draw to ensure a team victory & his opponent accepted knowing that he could only realistically draw at best. Final score - Rushall 2.5 Wolverhampton 1.5.
Our Wolverhampton Division 3 team also played at home against Warley Quinborne & won convincingly with Alex, Peter, John G & Shane all winning their games to take a 4-0 victory.
We started our Wolverhampton League Division 1 season with a trip to Warley Quinborne on Thursday. Against a slightly higher rated team we managed 3 draws - John on 2, myself on 3 & Cosmin on 4. However, on board 1, Stephen sadly lost in a double Bishop & Pawn endgame after his opponent managed to get a Passed Pawn & Stephen was forced to sacrifice one of his Bishops for 2 Pawns. Eventually the extra minor piece paid off. Final score: Warley Quinborne 2.5 Rushall 1.5.
Although we played a couple of Cannock League games in August, our season officially kicked off with our Rapidplay competition yesterday evening. We had a wonderful turn out with a total of 23 players competing in 5 swiss rounds of 15 minute games. Stephen Gaskell came out on top with 5 wins followed by Craig Cowley & me on 4. Top junior was Zach Bennett (3 points), top under 1640 rated players were Shane Cooksey & Matthew Blackwell (3.5 points), top oldies were Alex Pready & John Grant (3 points) & top performer after a slow start was Pradeep Shankar. Thanks as ever to Steve Wilcox for organizing an enjoyable evening.
After discussions at last night's AGM some tweaks are being made to this season's Club KO. All club members will receive an email soon with the new rules/guidelines & an opportunity to enroll in the tournament.
Rushall have won the prestigious Pittaway cup for the first time.
The trophy is contested by W'ton league first teams in a jamboree pairings event.
Rushall scored 6 points from the 8 board team.
Our team was Cosmin-Constantin Arapu, Steve Whatmore, Stephen Gaskell, John Staniforth, Alex Pready, Peter Leary, Steve Wilcox and John Grsnt.
Mayday Rapidpla
First stephen gaskell. 5 out of 5
Second steve whatmore 4 out of 5
15 players took part
Our first team in the Birmingham League, division 3, captained by Steve Whatmore, have won the Championship with a match still to play.
13 year old Stephen was equal first in the minor section ( under 1700 rating ) at the massive Blackpool congress, 10th to 12th February 2023. His score was 4 1/2 out of 5
19/12/22 equal first with 4 / 5 were peter leary and steve whatmore
Steve Wilcox played his 1,000th Rushall team game on Monday 24th October V Rugeley.
Steve wants to thank everyone for the generous gift to mark the occasion
Rushall's 13 year old Stephen Gaskell won the Crewe under 1500 section with a perfect 5 out of 5 for the weekend. Cogratulatios Stephen.
8 teams. Lichfield win with 3 1/2 out of 4
A warm welcome to our first Romanian player. Cosmin-Constantin Arapu came along tonight and played some entertaining games
At the AGM on 15/8/2022 Stephen Gaskell was named Most Improved Player Of The Season
Manpreet Sangha 4 1/2 / 5
Adrian Dibble / Alex Pready 4 / 5
best u/1630 gtade also Adrian
best over 60 y o also Alex
best under 18 Stephen Gaskell 2 1/2 / 5
best score from player with slow start Aryan Shankar 2 / 5
David Jarvis Played 12 - 62.5%, Stephen Gaskell Played 8 - 62.5%, Shriya Pillay Played 14 - 60.7%,
Adrian Dibble Played 7 - 57.1%, Joseph Wilcox Played 9 - 55.5%, John Grant Played 22 - 54.5%,
Alex Pready Played 21 - 52.3%, Roger Bray Plated 19 - 52.6%.
16/5/22 We win final Cannock league division two match V Rugeley, Winning Championship. Played 6, scoring 9 points.
Top scorer for the ream was Stefan Winman with 3 out of 3
CDCL's Cup Final, Drawn 2 - 2 , but Rushall win on board count.
It is sad to report the passing of Walsall Kipping's David Anderton, who died on 1st April, 2022.
David was a brilliant player for Walsall and Staffordshire. He had been past President of the County as well as first team captain for many years. He had many roles with the English Chess Federation including captain of their international team.
Condolences go to David's widow Doreen, a past member of Rushall Chess Club.
Good News. Steve has decided to play ror us in the WDCL as well.
RESULTS
Joint Winners ( 4/5 ) Alex Pready, Steve Whatmore, Steve Wilcox(also best over 60 ) best under 18 y o ( 3/5 ) Stephen Gaskell
best under 1640 grade ( 3 1/2/ ) Stefan Winman
best slow starter ( 3/5 ) Pradeep Shankar
sixteen entered
On our Links page you can navigate to the ECF ratings page. Here are shown the half season (January) ratings. Only five of our players have increased their grades since the start of the season (July 2021). They are Joe Wilcox +23, Shriya Pillay +22, John Staniforth +17, Peter Turner +6, Steve Whatmore +5.
Please let Webmaster David Jarvis know of any newsworthy items.