Brewood Chess Circle

The Cannock Chess League team face a long wait before starting the Cannock Chess League 2018-2019 Division Two season away to Boldmere St. Michael's Chess Club on Wednesday 7th November 2018.  Last season Boldmere St. Michael's were not in the Cannock Chess League but Brewood will be looking for a good start as they seek to claim a maiden Cannock Chess League title. 

The first home match of the campaign is at home to Tamworth on Tuesday 27th November 2018.  L...

Cannock Chess League update

Here is an update of the results and individual match cards so far this season in the Cannock Chess League 2017-2018 Division Two season. 

Overall there is a record of Played 5 matches, Won 3, Drew 1, Lost 1, For 11½  Against 8½  Points 10.  

Tuesday 17th October 2017:  Rugeley 2-2 Brewood

Mike Page (115) 1-0 David Blower (11...

The Cannock Chess League 2017-2018 Division Two season sees Brewood compete in a league with six teams, including ourselves.  Home and away fixtures have been agreed so that each team has a total of ten fixtures.  The other teams in the league are Lichfield, Rugeley, Rushall, Tamworth and Wolverhampton. 

In October the team play three fixtures.  The first match is an away match against Rugeley on Tuesday 17th October 2017.  The month continues with ...

The full fixture list for the Cannock Chess League team for the Cannock & District Chess League 2017-2018 Division Two season is as follows:  (Fixtures are always on Tuesday at home, the day of the week for an away match is always stated.)

2017

October

17/10 Rugeley - Away (Tuesday)

24/10 Tamworth - Home

31/10 Rushall - Home

November

14/11 Wolverhampton - Home

23/11 Lichfield - Away (Thursday)

Andrew Davies and David Blower attended the Cannock Chess League 2016 AGM on behalf of the club on Tuesday 10th May 2016.  With most of the stuff being routine for AGMs the proposed changes to the grading limits was always going to take up a bit of the evening, as it is an important issue. 

The vote for the proposed changes to the grading limits of the league did not go the way that the Brewood Chess Circle committee were expecting.  The AGM ...

Brewood's Cannock League success continued recently when we played away at Lichfield. There was a lot of pressure on us to win, because as it turned out, we outgraded our opponents by quite a lot!

The match card was as follows:

Paul Wright (130) vs. Arthur Hall (101) - 1-0

Fred Biles (87) vs. Andy Lenz (118) - 1-0

Stephen Bird (99) vs. Roy Smith (72) - 1-0

Brian Jones (60) vs. Peter Crozet (97) - 0-...

Having won in the Quarter-Final against Lichfield at home, and then having got through on a tiebreaking method after a drawn match against Sutton Coldfield away in the semi-final, Brewood will now contest the final against Tamworth Chess Club on a date yet to be arranged.  The match is at home and the club committee are in discussions with Tamworth about a date for the match. 

David Blower gave this reaction:  "We know that Tamworth are tough opponents hav...

Brewood managed a nerve-jangling, last gasp victory over Lichfield to clinch a place in the semi-final of the Chase Trophy, in dramatic style.  The final and deciding game of the evening saw a large crowd of spectators gather round board two, as Mark Keady settled the game in Brewood's favour, with what was more like a blitz finish, rather than a quick play finish, after a long evening. 

This had followed an earlier “touch move” inci...

Brewood's first home match this season was a Division 3 Cannock Chess League match against Boldmere St. Michael's, who we would like to thank for a very enjoyable match. The time control was 30 moves in 1 hour, and then back 20 minutes. The match card was as follows:

Board 1: Mark Keady (151) 1-0 Arthur F Kent (130)

Board 2: Paul Wright (133) ½ - ½ Alexander (Sandy) DS Wilson (129)

Board 3: Daniel Binfield (81) ½ - ½ Stuart...

Brewood Chess Circle played a Cannock Chess League Division 3 fixture away to Wolverhampton Chess Club on Thursday 14th May 2015.

All players were present and accounted for, so no boards were defaulted.

The time controls for the game were 30 moves in 60 minutes, then back 20 minutes.

Here is the match card:

Board 1: Paul Wright (126) 1-0 Barry Lewis (84)

Board 2: M. Rutter (UG) 1-0 Paul Guest (111)

Board 3: An...