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24/04/08.Fixtures for the Rapidplay league have now been added at the foot of the
page.
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22/04/08.Read Mark Whitby's report on last nights U110 Cup
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21/04/08.Fenton beat Holmes Chapel tonight in the U110 Cup Final. A close match throughout with 4 of the boards evenly matched however Fenton's board 5 outgraded his opponent by 75 points, wins by Danny Griffiths on board 3 and Geoff Yates on board 5 plus draws for Abdul BK Kabiri and Robert Taylor on boards 2 and 4 secured the victory.
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17/04/08.Alsager C defaulted their match against Fenton B tonight.
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14/04/08.The B team emulate the C team by beating Newcastle E 3-1 tonight, wins for Steve Emmerton and Mark Whitby plus draws for Abdul BK Kabiri and Stuart Hull secured the win.
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14/04/08.Congratulations to Fentons Richard Cantliff for winning the U100 section of the 2008
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09/04/08.The C team beat Newcastle E tonight, wins for Robert Taylor and Carl Mustafa plus draws for Geoff Yates and Robert West secured 2 more points for the team.
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07/04/08.Fenton B played host to Alsager C tonight, the home advantage didn't help Stoke City tonight but Fenton B made it count with wins on boards one three and four for Danny, Carl and Richard, Kidsgrove A were unable to get a team together for tonight's match against Fenton A, the fixture has been rearranged for 19/05/08.
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01/04/08.Cheddleton G proved to be too good again last night, this time they beat our C team, Geoff and Stuart both played well to earn a draw against stronger players on boards 1 and 2. Final score-
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29/03/08.The B team turned out a man short for their fixture against Cheddleton G last night, they made Cheddleton fight hard for the win with Abdul winning on board 1 and Stuart drawing on board 2. Final score-
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20/03/08.View the report on the 2008
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20/03/08.Last night the B team tasted victory against a slightly stronger Kidsgrove B team, wins for Abdul on board 1, Richard on board 4 and a draw on board 2 for Carl secured the win. Final score-
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17/03/08.Fenton C played host to Alsager C tonight, Club Secretary Mark Whitby asked before the match if he could try out board 1 for a change, outgraded by 32 points he was hoping at best for a draw but gave a great performance and won, team mate Joe playing on board 4 also won and both Carl and Stuart managed to draw earning the team 2 points. Final score-
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16/03/08.
round 1 results for Fenton players-
Abdulbari Kabiri =½ Stuart Hull =0 Carl Mustafa=1 Richard Cantliff=0
Abdulbari Kabiri ½ point bye (U120).
Stuart Hull 0-1 Karol Grzybowski (U120)
Oliver Brock 0-1 Carl Mustafa (U90)
Eliot Green 1-0 Richard Cantliff (U90)
round 2 results for Fenton players-
Abdulbari Kabiri =1½ Stuart Hull =0 Carl Mustafa=1½ Richard Cantliff=1-
Abdulbari Kabiri 1-0 Pete Shaw
Roger Walker 1-0 Stuart Hull
Carl Mustafa ½ -½ David Johnson (U90)
Edward Davies 0-1 Richard Cantliff (U90)
round 3 results for Fenton players-
Abdulbari Kabiri =2½ Stuart Hull =½ Carl Mustafa=2 Richard Cantliff=1½-
Nic Wright 0-1 Abdulbari Kabiri
Stuart Hull ½ point bye (U120).
Carl Mustafa ½ point bye (U90)
Richard Cantliff ½ point bye (U90)
round 4 results for Fenton players-
Abdulbari Kabiri =3½ Stuart Hull =1 Carl Mustafa=3 Richard Cantliff=2½-
John Blackburn 0-1 Abdulbari Kabiri (U120)
Sandra Blackburn ½ -½ Stuart Hull (U120)
David Davies 0-1 Carl Mustafa (U90)
Richard Cantliff 1-0 Joe Morris (U90)
round 5 results for Fenton players-
Abdulbari Kabiri =3½ Stuart Hull =1½ Carl Mustafa=3 Richard Cantliff=2½-
Abdulbari Kabiri 0-1 Roger Walker (U120)
Paul Clapham ½ - ½ Stuart Hull (U120)
Carl Mustafa 0-1 Nick McLean(U90)
Richard Cantliff 0-1 Julian Cook (U90)
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14/03/08.
"Fenton bowled over in Withnall"
Things started off badly when neither of the four occupants travelling
to the match in Carl's car could remember when or where people were
meeting to be picked up. It was more confusing than playing the Kings
Indian defence I can tell you, but we eventually set off at 6.20pm some
thirty minutes after we were supposed to. Our destination ? Boldmere St
Michaels,in Sutton Coldfield for our Withnall Trophy semi final match.
I
am fairly sure this is the furthest the club has had to travel for an
away match, I suggested if we play them again an overnight stop would
be
in order.
We arrived in good time to meet up with Robert Taylor who was already
happily ensconced in the bar. The match unfortunately did not go as
smoothly as the journey down the M6 as only Robert and "Curtains" Carl
could manage draws and "Rowdy" Yates, Stuart and myself all slumped to
defeat. The journey back up the motor way was enlivened only by the
supply of Apple and Blackcurrent flavoured sweets I had brought, and, to
round
off a perfect evening,we eventually arrived back at the New Penny just
after closing time.
Congratulations to Boldmere, who were excellent hosts, and we wish them
well in the final.
Match report by Peter Tideswell.
Final score-
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13/03/08. Fenton A sink in a freezing cold blackout at Alsager, the match started well with a draw for Carl on board 4 against a far stronger opponent, first to falter was John on board 1 closely followed by a couple of blackouts, all the power went off for several seconds but play soon resumed, Steve playing on board 2 went a piece down but had some compensation due to his extra pawns but in the end he lost on time, Abdul was also on the wrong side of victory with only minutes left on both players clocks. Final score-
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13/03/08.Im reliably informed that Fenton were knocked out of the Withnall Cup last night. The only information i have at present is the score and that both Carl Mustafa and Robert Taylor drew their games. Final score-
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11/03/08.Sadly Fenton have had to forefit their match against Bushbury in the Semi-finals of the Jackson Cup following problems getting a team together for the match. Final score-
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10/03/08.The league is undergoing a review of the structure of the league and where it needs to be heading for next season. Visit the
for more information.
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10/03/08. More hassle for Hassell as they lose to another Fenton side, the visitors put up a good fight and kept the score respectable by winning board 1, Danny Griffiths, Robert West and Richard Cantliffe were the victors for Fenton. Final score-
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06/03/08. Wins for Geoff, Stuart, Carl and Robert West earned both points for Fenton C. Final score-
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03/03/08. Recent Swiss
Kamal Kabiri 0-1 Steve Emmerton
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27/02/08. Fenton B outgraded Newcastle E on every board tonight, the hosts did well to prevent a whitewash with a draw on board 1, wins for Abdul, Carl and Peter secured victory. Final score-
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25/02/08. Fenton A played host to Newcastle D tonight, both teams needed the points to stay in contention with Alsager A who currently top the table. Abdul on board 3 was the first to win for Fenton, Steve gained a good draw on board 2 against in form Watson and Andy playing on board 1 found a winning tactic to win and secure the points for Fenton. Final score-
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18/02/08. Dates agreed for the following matches-
Div 4 27.02.2008
U101 Withnall Cup 12/03/08
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18/02/08. Recent Swiss
Geoff Yates 0-1 John Amison
Robert West ½-½ Carl Mustafal
Joe Orsolics 1-d Peter Tideswell
The winner of the 2007 Swiss tournament is John Amison.
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13/02/08. Cupid helped Stafford tonight, Richard Tunstall selected to play on board 4 had to default due to his better half surprising him with a romantic meal, a win for John on board 1 and a draw for Danny on board 3 made it a close match but both points go south. Final score-
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11/02/08. Both the B and C team were playing host tonight at the New Penny, unfortunately Fenton B got off to a bad start against Cheddleton F with board 1 being defaulted, team Captain Stuart Hull playing on board 2 prevented a whitewash with a good win. The C team played well to earn a point against slighty stronger Kidsgrove B, team captain Carl Mustafa won on board 3 against a player rated 13 points higher and Mark Whitby sealed the point with a win on board 4. Final score-
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09/02/08. The B team played a far stronger Alsager B side last night and almost came away with a point but ended up the wrong side of victory, a win for super sub Peter Tideswell and a draw for captain Stuart Hull kept the score respectable, Richard Cantliffe last seen playing for Smallthorne chess club made his debut on board 4. Final score-
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08/02/08. Website has had a facelift, You may need to click on the refresh button of your browser to see it properly. Still waiting for the result of -
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04/02/08. Fenton A played host to Cheddleton E, both teams sit in third place in division 3 and looked equally matched on team strength, Abdul BK Kabiri had an excellent win on board 3 and both Andy Stott on board 1 and Robert Taylor on board 4 had close games that ended in draws. Final score-
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01/02/08.Fenton knocked out Cheddleton in the semi final of the U110 Cup tonight, Wins for Abdul BK Kabir, Geoff Yates and Carl Mustafa on boards 2, 3 and 5 plus draws for Steve Emmerton and Robert Taylor on boards 1 and 4 secured the victory and a place in the Final. Final score-
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28/01/08. Fenton A suffer their second defeat of the season, John prevented a whitewash with a draw on board 2. Final score-
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25/01/08. Fenton C team were only able to score two individual draws in their match against a much stronger Cheddleton F, the C team are still looking for their first win of 2008. Final score-
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22/01/08. Fenton B had a share of the points last night against a stronger Cheddleton H team thanks to wins by Abdul BK Kabir on board 1 and Stuart Hull on board 3. Final score-
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14/01/08. Fenton B gain revenge for their earlier derby defeat, wins for Steve and Stuart on boards 2 and 4 and a draw for Robert West on 3 secured the points, Robert taylor won on board 1 for the C team and Phil played well to earn a draw on board 3. Final score-
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10/01/08. Tonight Fenton C were on the wrong side of victory against a stronger alsager B side, Stuart won on board 3 and Phil got a draw on board 4. Final score-
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07/01/08. A night of mixed fortunes for Fenton, The A team played well and earned 2 more points taking them to joint top of division 3,
wins for Andy Stott on board 1 and Steve Emmerton on 2 and a draw for Robert Taylor playing his first game for the A team on board 3 secured the win.
The B team started a player short defaulting board 4, Carl Mustafa and Robert West finished their games drawn keeping the score respectable. Final score-
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04/01/08. The C team probably slightly hungover avoided a whitewash tonight thanks to team Captain Carl Mustafa, the other bad news was Robert Taylor losing his unbeaten record, stats to date are played 12, Won 8, drawn 3 and lost 1. Final score-
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20/12/07.Club Secretary Mark Whitby was stand
in Captain for Stuart last night in the first round of the Withnall cup and has
published the following story on the
In the Staffs County Withnall Cup, Fenton progressed into the semi-final with a 4½ - ½ win over Lichfield in a match played at Stafford Chess Club. It started off badly for Fenton. Vice-Captain Mark Whitby, standing in for Stuart Hull who was a last minute call up to the league's A team, lost the toss and so Lichfield captain Richard Smith chose white on 1. However, Geoff Yates started off the results well for the "home" side with a hard fought draw on board 1 against David Short. The results then got better for Fenton when Robert West went a Queen up on board 4 and with some good end game play was able to mate his opponent. Richard Tunstall then forced an excellent win on board 2 in his first game for over a year. This meant that Fenton had won the match no matter what as even two defeats on the remaining boards would have meant Fenton won on board count. This was not needed though as Robert Taylor won on board 3 for Fenton. It was finished off by Mark on board 5 when he overcame a sticky start (despite being a pawn up) to go 3 pawns up and eventually force his opponent to resign. The result means that the holders of the Withnall Cup progress to the semi finals, and captain Stuart will be hoping to lift the trophy again.
Final Score-
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19/12/07. Fenton A made the journey north tonight to play kidsgrove A,
unfortunately our opponents didn't show up, a couple of phone calls confirmed our suspicion that
they had not realised they were due to play and that Fenton should win by default. Final score-
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| 17/12/07. Fenton are changing their venue again but this time its to our former home "The New Penny" i have updated the
link found on the homepage.
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17/12/07. Last night the C team lost their second match of the season, despite being a player down and outgrade on almost every board, Robert Taylor who still remains unbeaten since joing Fenton stopped the whitewash with an excellent win on board 2. Final score-
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11/12/07.last night Fenton beat Kidsgrove in round 1 of the U110 cup, the 2006 winners put up a good fight,
First to finish was Geoff unfortunately he was on the wrong side of victory, unbeaten Robert Taylor
was the first to taste victory for Fenton then Steve and Robert West ended their games drawn, the score was now 2-2 with Fenton
needing to win the remaining game due to the board count rule, with 15 minutes on his clock Abdul held his nerve to set a trap
winning his opponents queen and the game giving Fenton the match. Final score-
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04/12/07. The draw for the first round of the has been made, Fenton and Rushall have a bye into the next round.
Meir v Lichfield
Bushbury v Boldmere
Rushall bye
Fenton bye
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04/12/07. Due to me changing my isp i have moved the website back to the old address-
will not work on or around the 19th of this month.
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03/12/07. The A team were back to winning ways tonight with wins for Andy and Abdul on boards 1 and 3, plus draws for John and Robert West on 2 and 4. Final score-
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03/12/07. Wins for Robert Taylor and Mark Whitby on boards 2 and 4 and a draw for Carl Mustafa on 3 earned 2 more points for Fenton C. Final score-
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28/11/07. Fenton C held on for a draw against a slightly stronger Kidsgrove B, wins for Robert on board 2 and draws on 3 and 4 for in form Mark and Carl secured a point for the team. Final score-
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27/11/07. Last night the B team played host to Cheddleton G who currently lead the table, Steve and Carl each won half a point with draws on boards 1 and 2 unfortunately boards 3 and 4 were both lost . Final score-
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| 25/11/07. The official league website is back online and can be found at-
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23/11/07. The C team were unlucky to come away from Cheddleton with just a draw as Geoff could not find a way of turning his advantage into a win and Robert blundered his advantage, both players ended their games drawn and in form Mark on board 4 played some very good chess to seal a win and a point for the team. Final score-
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19/11/07. The postponed Fenton derby was finally played tonight and ended with the B team all at C and lucky to get a draw on board 3 and avoid a whitewash, Geoff, Carl and Phil had good wins for the C team and Mark played well against Robert to earn the draw. Final score-
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17/11/07.Fenton B earned an excellent draw last night against a much stronger cheddleton F side, Abdul won on board 1 and Robert and Carl both got draws on boards 3 and 4. Final score-
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13/11/07.Last night the C team played host to Alsager B, new member Robert Taylor prevented a whitewash with a good win on board 3 . Final score-
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13/11/07. Due to players being unavailable Alsager have postponed this Monday's match.
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13/11/07.The first round of the Withnall Cup has been drawn, Fenton will play host to Lichfield, date to arranged.-
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13/11/07.Unfortunately due to problems raising a team and players feeling unwell we had to default our match against Macclesfield. Final score-
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07/11/07. Fenton suffered their first loss of the season with their A team outclassed by Newcastle's D team, draws for John and abdul on board 1 and 2 were all we could get from the match. Final score-
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05/11/07.Wins for Geoff, Rob, Mark and new member Robert Taylor enabled the C team to win 4-0 against visitors Hassell. Final score-
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03/11/07.Last night the A team capped of a good week for the club with all teams winning their matches,
Fenton A away to cheddleton D went off with a bang with fireworks going off just outside the venue for around an hour and Fenton's Captain deducting that Cheddleton D
had exceeded the 440 total for division 3 however it made no difference as Fenton A still won 3-1 even without any penalty for the breach of the rule, wins for Andy, Abdul and another excellent win by Robert secured the points. Final score-
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02/11/07.Fenton C had their first win this season last night against Alsager C, wins for Geoff, Mark and new member Robert Taylor on boards 1,3 and 4 earned the team 2 valuable points. Final score-
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29/10/07.Fenton B played host to top of the table Kidsgrove B tonight,
wins for Steve on board 1 and Carl on board 4 and a draw on board 3 for Robert secured another win for the team. Final score-
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26/10/07.Last night Fenton B made the short journey to Hassell Chess club
who are new to the league this year and use the same venue as Newcastle chess club. Wins for Carl and Mark on boards 3 and 4 and draws
for Abdul and Stuart on boards 1 and 2 secured the points. Final score-
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22/10/07.Fenton played host to Holmes Chapel in round 1 of the 8 board Cup tonight,
being outgraded on every board we were hoping to stop a whitewash, by around 10.15 we were 6-0 down with just 2 boards remaining when Rob's opponent graded 66 points higher missed a check that led to victory and promtly resigned stopping a complete whitewash and giving Rob is best ever performance. Final score-
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15/10/07.Fenton A played host to Stafford B hoping for more points, the visitors put up stiff resistance and held us to a draw, Andy won on board 1 and both Abdel and Geoff had draws on boards 2 and 4. Final score-
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15/10/07.Fenton also played host to Cheddleton in the first ever Under 90 Cup, Carl on board 2 prevented a whitewash as we crashed out of the competition in round 1. Final score-
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12/10/07.The A team start the season with a win against cheddleton E, wins for Geoff and Steve on boards 3 and 4 plus draws for John and abdul BK on boards 1 and 2 secured the points. Final score-
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12/10/07. Sadly Club Chairman:- Peter Tideswell has resigned, and decided not to play as often in the future,
he has been a member since the early days when the club was known as the Angel Inn and was Secretary and Treasurer until
recently when he became Chairman, Peter also organised inhouse summer tournaments and friendly games against local clubs,
there is no doubt that the club has a lot to thank him for and it is hoped that he will return in the future as a regular member.
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09/10/07.The C team played host to much weaker Meir C and hoped to pick up the points, Unfortunately we could only manage a draw as Meir put up some tough resistance, Geoff won on top board and Carl and Mark had tough games and could only manage to draw. Final score-
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02/10/07.The season begins for Fenton with the B team playing host to Alsager B, the match ended in a draw with wins for Carl on board 2 and Robert on board 3. Final score-
Tonights rearranged Fenton B v Fenton C was postponed again due to a lack of available players.
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| 25/09/07. - The postponed match will be played on Tuesday 12th. |
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was played tonight against
Meir chess club, unfortunately we had to default board 8 due to a lack of available players,
John, Ben and Geoff won on boards 1,2 and 3.
Geoff's win on board 3 was very impressive beating a player rated 21 points higher, the remaining boards were won by Meir.
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| 14/09/07. - The draw has been made for
round 5 of the 2007 Inhouse click the link and
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14/09/07. Recent Swiss
Geoff Yates 1-d John Wunderle
Kamal Kabiri ½-½ Robert West
Stuart Hull d-1 John Amison
Carl Mustafa 1-d Danny Griffiths
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11/09/07. Club Treasurer:- John Wunderle has resigned and sent his apologies to the club, Carl Mustafa has agreed to fill the vacancy.
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04/09/07. Recent Swiss
Joe Orsolics 0-1 Phil Grocott
Mark Whitby ½-½ Peter Tideswell
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01/09/07. This months Fenton Chess Club by Secretary Mark Whitby is now available for download. (word format)
Newsletter includes News, Venue change details, the idea of having a club sponser, Club fixtures and much more. |
| 28/08/07. - Fixtures for the new season have been added to the page found above.
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| 27/08/07. - Several players took part in a 10 minute rapidplay event tonight, hopefully the first of many at our new venue.
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| 20/08/07. - Fenton Chess Club will now play at Temple Street Methodist Church, Temple Street, Fenton.
The club night will stay unchanged, full details of how to have beed added, The new venue will only have light refreshments available.
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| 14/08/07. - The draw has been made for
round 4 of the 2007 Inhouse Dates will be added soon, click the link and
scroll down to view the pairings. |
13/08/07. Round 3 of the Swiss was completed tonight,
Danny Griffiths ½-½ Roy Hammersley.
Mark Whitby 1-d Ben Zitha
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| 11/08/07. This months Fenton Chess Club by Secretary Mark Whitby is now available for download. (word format) |
| 10/08/07. Due to technical problems i have removed the link to Mark's Newsletter. |
06/08/07. Recent Swiss
Carl Mustafa ½-½ Kamal Kabiri.
Lee Jones d-1 Phil Grocott
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02/08/07. Due to a decline in playing strength and club members Fenton have decided to remove their A team from division 2 and enter division 3 and to place the B and C team into divison 4 and to drop the D team altogether, we hope this is a minor set back and that the club attracts more members so that we can enter divison 2 next year and increase the number of teams competing, click the links below to view each division.
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The league will be played in the summer of 2008 as yet no teams have entered.
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31/07/07. Remaining games of the internal Swiss tournament need to be
played on 06/08/07.
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25/07/07. Recent Swiss
Robert West 0-1 Geoff Yates.
John Wunderle 1-0 Stuart Hull.
John Amison 1-0 Joe Orsolics.
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| 22/07/07. Provisional grades for 2007 have been added to the and anyone interested in looking up players not playing for Fenton visit the ECF
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16/07/07. Swiss tournament
Peter Tideswell 0-1 Steve Emmerton.
Click the link to view table. |
| 11/07/07. - The draw has been made for
round 3 of the 2007 Inhouse Dates will be added soon, click the link and
scroll down to view the pairings. |
09/07/07. Swiss tournament
Ben Zitha 0-1 Robert West.
Carl Mustafa 1-d Lee Jones.
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05/07/07. The league AGM took place last night, details can be found on the
and im sure the
will be updated soon.
I have updated the league tables showing all teams entered to date but these could change before the season begins, Fenton do not have a team in division 1, those interested in division 1 can find details on the Newcastle website
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The league will be played in the summer of 2008 as yet no teams have entered.
The draw for the also took place and includes a new U90 4 board cup competition.
It was decided to continue with the new league system for a further year on an experimental basis so that clubs could try making adjustments to their operation in the light of experience gained last year.
Hassell Street School have entered a team in division 4 the team will be made up of pupils and parents their venue will be the bridge club, Newcastle.
Caverswall chess club formerly Creda will now be known as Meir and play at the Royal British Legion on Meir Rd, Normacot. |
02/07/07. Swiss tournament
Stuart Hull 1-0 Danny Griffiths.
Phil Grocott 0-1 Roy Hammersley.
Steve Emmerton 0-1 John Wunderle.
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scroll down to view result. |
25/06/07. Swiss tournament result-
Click the link and
scroll down to view result. |
| 25/06/07. - Best wishes and a speedy recovery to Club Secretary Mark Whitby who sustained minor injuries in a car accident this morning.
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| 19/06/07. - The draw has been made for
round 2 of the 2007 Inhouse Dates will be added soon, click the link and
scroll down to view the pairings. |
| 18/06/07. Round 1 of the Swiss tournament had to be completed by tonight,
unfortunately Roy, Joe, Lee, Bill and Mark did not turn up to face their opponent and defaulted.- -
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| John Amison |
1-0 |
Carl Mustafa |
Roy Hammersley |
d-1 |
Steve Emmerton |
| Danny Griffiths |
1-0 |
Peter Tideswell |
Joe Orsolics |
d-1 |
Ben Zitha |
| Geoff Yates |
1-d |
Mark Whitby |
Lee Jones |
d-1 |
Kamal Kabiri |
| John Wunderle |
1-0 |
Phil Grocott |
Bill Rees |
d-1 |
Stuart Hull |
| Robert West full point bye. |
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