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2	Richard White	Withdrawn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

Frome Congress 2012

A timely reminder of the annual Frome Chess Congress held on the 11th - 13th May this year.
It's not too late to enter.

There is a significant Trowbridge presence with at least 8 of the 10 regulars in attendance.
Namely: David W, Mark, Dave M, Tim, Gareth, Roy, Louis, and Nigel.

Somerset Division 2: Frome vs Norton Radstock

Exactly one year ago I participated in the season's opening Division 2 match featuring Frome at home facing a weaker Norton Radstock team. To shamelessly plagiarise from an esteemed co-author it was déjà vu all over again. Needless to say the outcome was much the same as before. It seems quite clear that it's all just a little bit of history repeating.

The Frome team have swapped their boards 1 and 2 this year, owing to Chris's remarkable 18 point grading drop. The other big news is my shocking defection to the Trowbridge team. I'm sure Dave Weston is breathing a sigh of relief. Time will tell if this results in the Somerset trophy spending more time in sunny Wiltshire. Anyway, as a consequence Kevin and John moved up to boards 3 and 4 this time around.

For the visiting team boards 2 and 3 swapped places and their boards 4 and 5 swapped with entirely different people. Thus the scene was set for another unpredictable chess league offering. Norton Radstock are known for playing above expectations on occasion. They only narrowly lost the fixture last year and that was against a stronger Frome side.

Board 6 was first to finish. John Nicholls won against a Scandinavian Defence with an early outing for Black's queen. John decided to swap this off causing some damage to his own pawn formation. However the decision turned out to be a wise one, with White gaining a nice lead in development as compensation.

Chris was next to taste victory, winning a piece and the game. You can review this for yourself using the PGN viewer below. Note that Chris is an exponent of the Petroff Defence and is obviously comfortable taking either side.

Paul Humphreys proved that his defeat of Chris Purry last year was no fluke with an impressive attacking display, causing Gerry Jepps to think so hard that he forgot his queen was attacked. This was duly captured by a bemused Mr Humphreys thus causing immediate resignation. So Frome's lead was cut from 2-0 to 2-1.

Kevin had an interesting game, playing aggressively with Black against White's solid set-up. The opening and middlegame passed by without incident and the game turned into a battle of White's queen and pawn versus Black's rook, knight and bishop. Both players seemed to be uncomfortable with the unusual material imbalance. Kevin eventually broke his opponent and converted to a winning B+2P vs. 3P ending. He then proceeded to snatch a half-point from the jaws of victory having completely forgotten about the "wrong-coloured bishop" drawing idea. Kevin took this change in fortunes graciously, remarking that earlier in the game he had offered to split the point. When queried about this refusal of a draw, it transpired that Geoff Cooper had actually failed to hear the offer!

John Fisher, who had somehow gained a bishop early on, finished his game around this time to win Frome the match. Finally Geoff Berryman converted an opposite coloured bishop ending with apparent ease to wrap things up.

Frome	4½-1½	Norton Radstock
Jepps, Gerry	0-1	Humphreys, Paul
Purry, Chris	1-0	Cook, Stephen G
Paine, Kevin	½-½	Cooper, Geoff G
Fisher, John	1-0	Carrick, Peter
Berryman, Geoff	1-0	Grist, Ivor
Nicholls, John	1-0	Cooper, Catherine

Clarke vs Jerolim 1954

I found this remarkable game in my copy of 202 Surprising Checkmates by Fred Wilson and Bruce Alberston. If you don't like the pgn4web viewer below then you can play through the game on chesgames.com or NicBase.



The book contains many such unusual checkmating moves. Here's another example. Spot the tactic #2. Black to play and win.

Spot the tactic #1

A new theme of posts inspired by The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog's Miss Easy Tactics! series.

In this position as White (to move) I somehow failed to spot a fairly obvious continuation. Can you do better?

Chippenham (Westinghouse) have a new website

OK guys just keeping you informed that Chippenham (a.k.a. Westinghouse) have a new website.

Take a look guys it is cool.....

http://www.chippenhamchessclub.org.uk/

Keynsham Rapidplay

A Mr Lawrence Wilmshurst has contacted Trowbridge Chess Club to inform us of the annual one-day Rapidplay event at Keynsham on Sunday 25th September 2011. This event is already listed in the ECF calendar but we are more than happy to remind our readers of local chess events.

This tournament comprises six 50 minute games. The venue is roughly half way between Bristol and Bath and is apparently "easily accessible from both the M4 and M5". From Trowbridge it is less than an hour's drive via the A36 or A4. Round 1 starts at 11:00 and round 6 finishes at 17:20.

The competition is open to all and the application form (in either PDF or Word format) is available on the Bristol and District web site. There are three sections: Open, under 150, and under 110 ECF. The entry fee is £12 (£10 for juniors). If you require further information please contact Lawrence on 01275 834659.

Kamsky - Svidler, World Cup 2011

Kamsky,Gata (2741) - Svidler,Peter (2739) FIDE World Cup 2011

This game was contested today. What did Black play here?

Trowbridge Club Championship 2011-09-01

Club champion Louis gets off to a great start with this sparkling win against Roy in a main-line Winawer French. 13.Re1 was a brave gambit that paid off after 14...Rh7? This move defends against everything except the breakthrough sacrifice 14.e6!! preventing Black from consolidating with ...Be6. The finish is clinical. Louis is on a 172 ECF performance for this season.

2011-12 grades

Congratulations to Tim, Dave Marshall, Roy, Adrian, and Louis who each achieved a grade increase of 6 points or greater. Tim becomes the highest graded of the currently active Trowbridge players; albeit by a very small margin.

Player	ECF (new)	2010 ECF	League Results (2010-11)
Woodward, Tim	155	148	+13 =3 -4
Leonard, Mark	153	152	+21 =14 -12
Rothwell, Derek	152	154	+8 =3 -6
Weston, David	149	150	+9 =5 -7
Marshall, Dave	141	131	+11 =9 -3
Ludlow, Roy	131	125	+17 =10 -8
Williams, R Gareth	131	134	+9 =5 -9
Davis, Adrian	122	116	+4 =3 -3
Burton, Louis	82	69	+10 =9 -20
Ransom, Tony	73	79	+0 =3 -13
Crucefix, Nigel	71	84	+2 =3 -17

Wiltshire 4-a-side

These grading changes do not greatly affect Trowbridge's strongest Wiltshire team as Tim (who leapfrogs from 4th to 1st) is not a regular player. It is likely that Derek and Mark will continue to alternate playing boards 1 and 2. Dave Marshall is a welcome addition as the club's 5th strongest player and will hopefully feature on board 4 next season.

Now for the opposition teams: Swindon's Mark Jones is still their board 1 despite dropping some grading points. Infrequent squad player Anthony Lake pips Richard Carver for the number 2 spot and Steve Reynolds overtakes Gordon Chapman and could easily feature on board 4 or higher (perhaps as an alternative to Mike Walters). P.S. I smell another Carver vs Marshall match!

For Brown Jack, Adam Burroughs overtakes Jon Coats but their standard team is otherwise unchanged. Nationwide's team is also unaltered.

Wiltshire Minor

Dave Marshall should continue to feature in the Minor team. This year he will take board 1 ahead of Gareth. Trowbridge's strongest team would appear to (additionally) comprise Roy, Gareth and Louis. A formidable arrangement!

Brown Jack have Jon Coats available and Wayne should play ahead of Luke Burroughs. Otherwise their squad is not affected. The Westinghouse team is also unchanged, as is Swindon's except Anthony Lake could feasibly play ahead of Richard Carver.

2010-11 Review : Somerset Divison 3 East

Bath are this year's Division 3 East champions albeit on a tie-break with Trowbridge.

Year	Division 3E
2004-5	Trowbridge
2005-6	Frome	Trowbridge did not enter a team
2006-7	Trowbridge
2007-8	Yeovil B	Trowbridge =2nd-4th
2008-9	Trowbridge
2009-10	Bath
2010-11	Bath	Trowbridge =1st

Somerset Division 3 East 2010-11

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Bath	3	2	1	14	10	8
Trowbridge	4	0	2	12½	11½	8
Norton Radstock	2	1	3	11½	12½	5
Frome	1	1	4	10	14	3

Cross-Table

Team	Bath	Trowbridge	N / Radstock	Frome	Home Pts
Bath		3 - 1	2 - 2	2 - 2	4
Trowbridge	2½ - 1½		2½ - 1½	2½ - 1½	6
Radstock	1 - 3	3 - 1		2½ - 1½	4
Frome	1½ - 2½	1 - 3	2½ - 1½		2
Away Pts	4	2	1	1

Trowbridge won all 3 of their home matches and also beat Frome away. However Bath did not lose any of their remaining fixtures and showed good Away form. A key result was Bath's home match against Trowbridge where they managed a win even without the unbeaten Dave Allen on top board.

Bath	3-1	Trowbridge
Dimond, Peter	1-0	Williams, R Gareth
Norton, Hugh	0-1	Marshall, Dave
Brown, Christian	1-0	Ludlow, Roy
Burrows, John	1-0	Ransom, Anthony

Player Results

For more details you can view Roger Fenton's Somerset team results.

Frome

Frome did not fare well on boards 1 and 4:

Board	W–D–L	Points	Players
1	1-2-3	2	Gerry Udell (1½/2), Geoff B (½/1), John Fisher (0/2), Mike White (0/1)
2	1-4-1	3	Nick Jones (½/2), Gerry Udell (1½/2), Mike White (1/2)
3	3-2-1	4	Christy Blance (½/1), Mike White (2/3), John Nicholls (1½/2)
4	1-0-5	1	Christy Blance (1/3), Nick Jones (0/1), Rhys White (0/2)

Club Secretary Gerry Udell was unbeaten with a 142 ECF performance (exactly the same as his performance in Division 2). Captain Mike White also played well: his two losses were to Trowbridge's Roy Ludlow.

Trowbridge

Board	W–D–L	Points	Players
1	2-3-1	3½	Gareth (1½/3), Dave Marshall (½/1), Tim Woodward (½/1), Roy Ludlow (1/1)
2	3-3-0	4½	Dave Marshall (2½/3), Roy Ludlow (½/1), Adrian Davis (1½/2)
3	1-1-4	1½	Roy Ludlow (1/2), Nigel Crucefix (½/4)
4	3-0-3	3	Louis Burton (2/4), Anthony Ransom (1/2)

This was very much a team effort from Trowbridge, but arguably their top player was Dave Marshall who was undefeated in 4 matches.

Bath

Board	W–D–L	Points	Players
1	3-3-0	4½	Hugh Norton (½/1), Peter Dimond (1/1), Dave Allen (3/4)
2	2-0-4	2	Angus Plumbly (1/1), Hugh Norton (0/2), Christian Brown (1/3)
3	3-1-2	3½	John Burrows (0/1), Christian (1/2), John Leon (1/1), Angus Plumbly (1½/2)
4	4-0-2	4	William Wilshere (1/1), John Burrows (2/2), Max Cox (0/1),  Hugh Norton (1/1)

Bath's star player was Dave Allen with a 152 performance including a draw against Tim Woodward.

Norton Radstock

Returning player Peter Horne did very well this season after a break of over 10 years!

2010-11 Review : Somerset Divison 2 East

The first in a short series of posts looking back at the recently completed season.

The Somerset County Chess Association website now lists Frome as Division 2 East champions for 2010-11. Therefore Frome win the Charles Marsh trophy back from Trowbridge. In recent years these two teams have dominated the division and their 6 board matches are hotly contested.

2001-2	Frome
2002-3	Trowbridge B
2003-4	Norton Radstock
2004-5	Trowbridge
2005-6	Frome
2006-7	Frome	(Unconfirmed)
2007-8	Frome
2008-9	Frome	On tie-break with Trowbridge
2009-10	Trowbridge
2010-11	Frome

A full list of the trophy holders can be found here.

Somerset Division 2 East 2010-11

Team	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Points
Frome	4	1	1	22	14	9
Trowbridge	3	1	2	20½	15½	7
Bath	2	0	4	16	20	4
Norton Radstock	2	0	4	13½	22½	4

Note that although the SCCA site incorrectly shows Frome scoring 10 points, the true results (with individual player records) can be found here.


A key match this season was Trowbridge's home fixture against Frome. This turned out to be the only drawn result in the division.

Trowbridge	3-3	Frome
Rothwell, Derek	0-1	Purry, Chris
Hibbitt, Arthur	1-0	Jepps, Gerry
Weston, David	0-1	Leonard, Mark
Woodward, Tim	1-0	Paine, Kevin
Davis, Adrian	1-0	Berryman, Geoff
Ransom, Anthony	0-1	Fisher, John

The outcome on board 1 was unexpected... Derek had started the season brightly;drawing the occasional game but only losing to Sven Zeidler (204). However his last five games of 2011 were all losses. Conversely, Frome's strongest player Chris Purry had an uncharacteristically poor start taking only 2 draws from his first 10 games. This was his only win in Division 2 all year.

On board 2 Arthur faced the combative Gerry Jepps who essayed a From's Gambit. Unforunately for Gerry he played the same sub-standard move that I had erroneously used against Arthur exactly one week previously! Gerry held out longer than I had managed, but the loss seemed almost inevitable.

On board 3 I found a nice tactic winning a piece and eventually swapped off enough material to force a win in the endgame. This gave me a 7th straight win against Dave Weston. The remaining boards were true to form, with team captain Kevin unable to match a Tim Woodward flushed with victory (and following 4 straight wins) at Blackpool Congress.

Cross-Table

Team	Bath	N / Radstock	Frome	Trowbridge	Home Pts
Frome	4 - 2	3½ - 2½		4 - 2	6
Trowbridge	3½ - 2½	5½ - ½	3 - 3		5
Bath		4½ - 1½	3½ -2½	1½ - 4½	4
Radstock	4 - 2		1 - 5	4 - 2	4
Away Pts	0	0	3	2

The table above illustrates how much of an advantage the home team enjoys, with 9 out of 12 fixtures lost by the visiting side. For example, Trowbridge were able to defeat Norton Radstock by 5 points at home. However what was arguably a stronger team away to a weakened Radstock side subsequently lost 4-2 in a remarkable reversal.

Player Results

Glastonbury player Roger Fenton has compiled a list of Somerset team results, with player breakdowns. I will highlight the top performers in Division 2 East below.

Frome

Frome performed very well on the lower boards as shown in the following table:

Board	W-D-L	Points
1	2-2-2	3	Chris (+1=2-2) + Gerry Jepps (+1=0-0)
2	2-2-2	3	Gerry/Kevin/Mark
3	3-3-0	4½	Mark/Geoff/Kevin
4	2-1-3	2½	Geoff/Kevin/John F
5	3-2-1	4	John F/Geoff/Gerry U/Mike
6	5-0-1	5	Gerry U/John F/John N/Mike/Rhys

Arguably the best showing came from boards 5 and 6 player and Club Secretary Gerry Udell with a 100% record and a 142 ECF performance. I expect to see a significant increase in Gerry's grade this year. Also impressive was the undefeated John Fisher who was not out of his depth even when promoted to board 4. I believe that these two players made the difference to the Frome squad. Match results can easily turn on the outcome of the bottom board. Yours truly was unbeaten with a 160 performance. Gerry Jepps was surprisingly defeated by Trowbridge members in both the Home and Away fixtures.

Trowbridge

Board	W-D-L	Points
1	1-2-3	2	Derek + David Weston (with 2 draws)
2	3-2-1	4	Tim/Arthur/David W
3	4-1-1	4½
4	3-1-2	3½
5	3-2-1	4
6	2-1-3	2½

Backbone of the Trowbridge team was undoubtedly Tim Woodward. Tim appeared in every match, covering boards 2 to 4 (playing behind the higher graded Derek and/or David Weston and also Arthur in the second half of the season). Tim produced 5 wins, including one against the formidable Gerry Jepps in a lost Away match.

Another notable player was Nigel Crucefix on board 5 or 6 who performed 30 points above his current ECF grade. His one loss was to the in-form John Fisher of Frome. Roy Ludlow also scored well on boards 4 and 5, doing the double on Bath's John Leon.

Bath

Bath's star player had to be Ron Gregory on board 1, with 3 wins and a 199 performance. Ron beat both Derek and Chris Purry.

Norton Radstock

Board 1 player Paul Humphreys put in a very solid 166 performance. Last year he scored W1-D2-L3 drawing with Chris Purry. This year he won 3 and lost 2, beating Chris and Derek in the process.

Somerset Division 3 East: Frome vs Trowbridge

Somerset Division 3 (East) got rolling tonight (19th October 2010) as Frome welcomed an experienced Trowbridge squad propped up by relative newcomer Louis Burton on board 4, who was paired against youngster Rhys White.

Frome	Grade	Grade	Trowbridge
White, Mike	ung	126	Ludlow, Roy
Jones, Nick	94	116	Davis, Adrian
Nicholls, John	92	84	Crucefix, Nigel
White, Rhys	40	70	Burton, A Louis

Board 4 had all the action, starting with a well-played Closed Sicilian opening. Louis set up a Dragon formation, but White responded by (also) fianchettoing kingside. After this solid opening set-up the game quickly became tactical with White winning the exchange and a pawn with a knight fork. However Louis fought back and his opponent committed a mistake in return dropping a bishop. In the resultant endgame Black was very comfortable and won with nearly an hour to spare.

Roy Ludlow won a pawn in the middlegame. After some exchanges more of Black's pawns disappeared to leave White with an overwhelming advantage in a King and pawn ending.

Frome 1 - 3 Trowbridge

Board	White	Result	Black
1	Ludlow, Roy	1-0	White, Mike
2	Jones, Nick	½-½	Davis, Adrian
3	Crucefix, Nigel	½-½	Nicholls, John
4	White, Rhys	0-1	Burton, A Louis

Somerset Division 2 East: Frome vs Norton/Radstock

The opening Division 2 match was contested last night (12th October 2010) as Frome played host to an under-strength Norton Radstock team. On paper Frome were clear favourites to win on the top 4 boards.

Frome	Grade	Grade	Norton Radstock
Purry, Chris	169	147	Humphreys, Paul
Jepps, Gerry	162	123	Cooper, Graham
Leonard, Mark	152	119	Cook, Stephen G
Paine, Kevin	139	106	Horne, Peter
Fisher, John	118	95	Parish, Graham
White, Mike	ung	82	Cooper, Catherine

On the night, however, it was a different story. Although Gerry Jepps won quickly, both Paul Humphreys and Peter Horne punched above their weight to turn the tables. Stephen Cook put up stiff resistance but eventually succumbed to lose a king and pawn ending. So the fixture was decided on boards 5 and 6:

Frome 3½ - 2½ Norton/Radstock

Board	White	Result	Black
1	Humphreys, Paul	1-0	Purry, Chris
2	Jepps, Gerry	1-0	Cooper, Graham
3	Cook, Stephen G	0-1	Leonard, Mark
4	Paine, Kevin	0-1	Horne, Peter
5	Parish, Graham	½-½	Fisher, John
6	White, Mike	1-0	Cooper, Catherine

Wiltshire League Fixtures 2010-11

Wiltshire 4-a-side

Day	Date	Home	Result	Away
Thu	21 October	Trowbridge	3-1	Swindon
Thu	25 November	Nationwide		Trowbridge
Thu	9 December	Trowbridge		Brown Jack
Thu	20 January 2011	Swindon		Trowbridge
Thu	10 February 2011	Trowbridge		Nationwide
Mon	28 March 2011	Brown Jack		Trowbridge

Wiltshire Minor
In this league no player graded over 148 is eligible. Swindon have entered two teams.

Day	Date	Home	Result	Away
Tue	12 October	Westinghouse	2.5 - 1.5	Trowbridge
Mon	25 October	Brown Jack	1.5 - 2.5	Trowbridge
Thu	4 November	Trowbridge		Swindon A
Thu	2 December	Trowbridge		Swindon B
Thu	27 January 2011	Trowbridge		Brown Jack
Thu	3 February 2011	Swindon A		Trowbridge
Thu	24 February 2011	Trowbridge		Westinghouse
Thu	24 March 2011	Swindon B		Trowbridge

Mark Leonard vs Roy Ludlow (2010.09.30)

Spot the tactic #0. White to play and win.

Move 28 will be played and you have 5 minutes left to reach the first time control (move 35). I had missed a number of ways to win up until this point, but I am very pleased to have found a nice continuation here.

Louis Burton vs Roy Ludlow (2010.09.09)

Just another ordinary day......

When we look at our chess opponents we obviously can't ever know what history lurks behind the frowns and smiles that emanate from our opponent throughout the course of a game. Last week I played in the 5 minute 'all play all' championships at the Brown Jack pub in Wroughton. The eventual winner was Peter Richmond with an excellent score of 12 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. Most of Wiltshire's chess loving fraternity know how strong Peter is, so it came as no surprise, albeit one of his draws came against his wife Jane, talk about keeping it in the family!

In second place with 11 wins and 3 draws was a polite elderly gentleman by the name of Jim. In my game against Jim I blundered a pawn in a Reti opening, then another, before finally resigning in a bad position with over a 30 seconds left on my clock. Nothing remarkable here, but having spent several hours refreshing my knowledge of the 'ins' and 'outs' of this opening during the previous week I was disappointed that I couldn't seem to pose any valid threat or gain any 'momentum' throughout the game. I felt that he was particularly strong and was curious to know a bit more about him, and hence asked Peter who he was, - the answer came 'well if I told you he once played against Fischer and is featured in my 60 memorable games '.......Amazingly enough the previous evening with absolutely nothing else to do I had by chance picked up a book I had purchased from the stall at a local chess congress some years ago but never really studied in depth, - Learn from Bobby Fischer's Greatest Games by Eric Schiller, and instantly I thought maybe Jim = James? A story had stuck in my mind of a 'James Sherwin' who had played against Fischer over 50 years ago (February 1957 to be more accurate), and on a certain move the young James (albeit slightly older than his opponent) had moved a Rook with his little finger ('pinky') as if to 'emphasize the mystery of the move', as Fischer subsequently wrote. Sadly in that match the move proved to be a waste of a tempo, but the anecdote and Fischer's narrative were firmly etched in my mind. Fortunately, at the moment computers simply are not able to exercise such 'psychological tactics' otherwise we might be beaten by them even quicker!

Anyway on completion of my research sure enough the elderly, but mentally very agile gentleman I played against was indeed James Sherwin who moved from the USA some time ago and now resides near Bath, or so I am reliably informed. Obviously if I'd known this at the time of my match I wouldn't have been able to resist moving a piece with my small toe or left ear, but sadly I think I can safely say the result would have remained the same.

Fortunately as we are not obliged to write down all our moves in 5 minute encounters, and as I do not possess the mental faculties to recall all 14 games, I deemed it appropriate to include Sherwin's attempt to beat the up and coming World Champion - well 15 years later anyway.

FISCHER V SHERWIN.........THE FABLED PINKY AFFAIR - ALL THOSE YEARS AGO

Somerset League Fixtures 2010-11

A sneak peek at the new season's fixtures (subject to change). Please refer to the Somerset County Chess Association for any official updates.

Somerset Knock-Out
First off, we have the 8 board Somerset Knock-Out Cup,  where holders Glastonbury receive a bye directly into the semi-final. Trowbridge have a favourable home draw and will be confident of making it safely through the first round.

Day	Date	Home	Away
Wed	17 November	Yeovil	Taunton
Thu	18 November	Trowbridge	Norton Radstock
Thu	18 November	Sedgemoor	Frome
Semi	14-18 February 2011
Final	14-18 March 2011

Somerset Division 2 East
Trowbridge are hopeful of retaining the Charles Marsh (East) trophy. For this 6 board league there is a grading limit: only one player in the team may have a grade exceeding 165. Frome will push hard this year, as Gerry Jepps' grade has dropped to 162 for this season.

Day	Date	Home	Away
Wed	13 October (Postponed)	Bath	Trowbridge
Thu	11 November	Trowbridge	Norton Radstock
Tue	14 December	Frome	Trowbridge
Thu	13 January 2011	Trowbridge	Bath
Thu	24 February 2011	Norton Radstock	Trowbridge
Thu	24 March 2011	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. Ungraded players are considered to be graded 110.
Bath were the winners last season, but Trowbridge are in with a shout. 2 matches have been played thus far.

Day	Date	Home	Result	Away
Tue	19 October	Frome	1-3	Trowbridge
Thu	25 November	Trowbridge		Bath
Thu	9 December	Norton Radstock		Trowbridge
Thu	20 January 2011	Trowbridge		Frome
Wed	16 February 2011	Bath		Trowbridge
Thu	17 March 2011	Trowbridge		Norton Radstock

Wiltshire 5 Minute Championship

Monday 6^th September 2010

£3.00 per adult / £1.50 juniors

Cash entries will be accepted on the night only (no cheques).

This will be an Open tournament with prizes comprising 100% of the entry fees received.
7 rounds will be played (time permitting).

Please arrive between 19:15 and 19:30 to allow for a prompt start.

The Brown Jack Pub
1 Priors Hill
Wroughton
Wiltshire
SN4 0RT

A chilli con carne is being provided free of charge by the public house management.

Contact: chesssalsa AT aol DOT com