TCC KO Round 1

1st Qualification Round

The first round of the inaugural Trowbridge Chess Club Knockout Tournament was attended by nine players on Thursday the 27th September. Each player selected a pairing number at random, as listed below. Two club members (Dave M and Tim) could not play on the night but had entered the competition beforehand. Richard did not attend.

Tony elected to take a bye to the second qualification round. The remaining entrants were paired at random, using the traditional "shuffle a pack of Gareth's business cards" method.

#	Player
1	David Weston	Enters 2nd qualification round
2	Richard White	Withdrawn
3	Nigel Crucefix	Game postponed
4	Arthur Hibbitt	Game postponed
5	Derek Rothwell	To be replayed
6	Mark Leonard	Qualified
7	Roy Ludlow	To be replayed
8	Anthony Ransom	Enters 2nd qualification round
9	Louis Burton	Enters 2nd qualification round
10	Gareth Williams	Qualified
11	Tim Woodward	Unavailable
12	Dave Marshall	Unavailable

 

Pairings

1	David Weston	0-1	Gareth Williams	10
6	Mark Leonard	1-0	Louis Burton	9
7	Roy Ludlow	½-½	Derek Rothwell	5
3	Nigel Crucefix	P-P	Dave Marshall	12
11	Tim Woodward	P-P	Arthur Hibbitt	4

 

Qualified to the Quarter Final (Jan/Feb 2013)

Gareth Williams
Mark Leonard

 

Through to the Second Round of Qualification (25th October)

Anthony Ransom
David Weston
Louis Burton

Somerset League Fixtures 2012-13

Here are the new season's fixtures (subject to change). Please refer to the Somerset County Chess Association fixtures page for any official updates.

Somerset Knock-Out
In the annual 8 board Somerset Knock-Out Cup holders Taunton once again receive a bye directly into the semi-final. The other fixtures are identical to last season's; therefore Trowbridge find themselves away to Frome. However this year could feature a much changed line-up.

Day	Date	Home	Away
Mon	12 November	Glastonbury	Norton Radstock
Tue	13 November	Frome	Trowbridge
Thu	15 November	Sedgemoor	Yeovil
Semi	11-15 February 2013
Final	25-29 March 2013

Somerset Division 2 East
Trowbridge are once again hopeful of winning back the Charles Marsh (East) trophy from Frome. To achieve this we will need to avoid last year's heavy defeat away to Bath in the opening match.
The maximum 145 average ECF grade over 6 boards shouldn't be difficult to manage.

Day	Date	Home	Away
Wed	10 October	Bath	Trowbridge
Thu	8 November	Trowbridge	Norton Radstock
Tue	11 December	Frome	Trowbridge
Thu	10 January 2013	Trowbridge	Bath
Thu	21 February 2013	Norton Radstock	Trowbridge
Thu	21 March 2013	Trowbridge	Frome

Somerset Division 3 East
In Division 3 no player graded over 145 is eligible and the sum total for the team must not exceed 500. Players graded under 95 are deemed to be 95 ECF. Ungraded players are considered to be graded 110.
This means that we will be unable to play Gareth, Tim and Derek all in the same team (at the same time).

Day	Date	Home	Result	Away
Tue	23 October	Frome	vs	Trowbridge
Thu	22 November	Trowbridge	vs	Bath
Thu	6 December	Norton Radstock	vs	Trowbridge
Thu	17 January 2013	Trowbridge	vs	Frome
Wed	13 February 2013	Bath	vs	Trowbridge
Thu	7 March 2013	Trowbridge	vs	Norton Radstock