News Archive 2024
Summer Tournament 2024
| No | NAME | GRADE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Gillespie | 1471 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | 2 | |
| 2 | Mark Cundy | 1978 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 5 | |
| 3 | Rory Lynas | 1497 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2½ | 2½ | 2½ | |
| 4 | Roger Threlfall | 1684 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | |
| 5 | Richard Reynolds | 1824 | 0 | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | |
| 6 | Robert Reynolds | 1803 | ½ | 1½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4½ | 4½ | 5½ | |
| 7 | John Asbury | 1537 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3 | |
| 8 | Richard Liszewski | 1865 | ½ | 1½ | 2½ | 2½ | 3½ | 4½ | 5½ | |
| 9 | Tayeb Kazemi | 1675 | 1 | 2 | 2½ | 3½ | 3½ | 4½ | 4½ | |
| 10 | Yusuf Kazemi | ---- | 0 | |||||||
| 11 | Andy Cottom | 1718 | ½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | |
| 12 | Trevor Holt | 1760 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 13 | Chris Pitt | 1646 | ½ | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| 14 | Warren Archibald | 1581 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1½ | 1½ | 1½ | 2 | |
Open Section winner - Robert Reynolds
Minor Section Winner - Chris Pitt
Olton Minor Club Champion - Rory Lynas
Olton lose in the Leamington League U8750 final
The League cup finals were held at the Blossomfield club on Wednesday 8th May. The team were 3½-1½ up but could not pick up a draw to win the match. The results are on the Division 2 page...
Leamington League Lightning Tournament
This was held at Solihull Blossonmfield club on Wednesday 1st May. Five players from the club entered, including Tayeb Kazemi, who scored a creditable 6 out of 9 and beat 2 of the top players. Also present were Yusuf Kazemi, Richard Reynolds, Rory Lynas and Jim Gillespie.
Birmingham League Lightning Team Tournament
The Birmingham League Ten second Chess tournament took place at Tyseley Working Mens Club and featured 14 teams of 4 players in 3 sections. Olton entered 4 teams, but were outclassed in Section A, which was won by South Birmingham. The team, consisting of Mark Cundy, Richard Liszewski and Richard Reynolds, plus Stewart Fishburne guesting from Halesowen on board 1, scored 7 points.
In Section B, Olton B (Andy Cottom, Oliver Harrison, Kacper Drukarczuk and Sam Hughes) finished second equal with 12 points. Olton C won the section with 13 points (Robert Reynolds 3.5, Roger Threlfall 1.5, Tom Evans 3 and Richard Evans 5 points out of 5), who also won the overall individual prize.
Olton D in Section C did well to put 5 points on the board. Tayeb Kazemi, Jim Gillespie, Yusuf Kazemi and Korey Palmer, who were mostly new to Lightning chess struggled against good opposition.
The event was well received and it was encouraging to see so many entries in the second running after the Covid shutdown.
The winning team adjourned to the bar to celebrate.
Player Stats
Player stats for the 2023-4 season have been added to each team page.
Trophies
The Birmingham League Division 4 Runners-up trophy and Lightning Tournament Section B trophy were collected at the League AGM by Tom Evans.
Jim Gillespie's Division 4 Individual Runners-up trophy was also collected.
