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Last updated 3 July 2022

Fixtures List 2021-2 Season

Please advise the Controller and webmaster of any errors or changes. Please note this page relies on information supplied by the controller and county team organisers. If there is any doubt about dates, please contact your team captain.

2 Jul. Warwickshire had the only Midlands team in a national final, an under-1650 match against Surrey. Warwickshire lost heavily.

19 Mar. Warks beat Worcs in the postponed Minor championship fixture at Wall Heath
5 Mar. Leics u185 team scored a narrow victory against Greater Manchester
26 Feb. Leics u1450 narrowly beat Nottinghamshire Juniors.
27 Dec. GMC-Leics, u1850 match rearranged for 5 Mar.
23 Dec. Shrops and Worcs pre-emptively postponed their fixture in the Open because of rocketing Covid infections and Paul Sharratt takes over as captain for Worcs.
9 Dec. The local Derby between Worcs and Warks was postponed because the worsening Covid surge made it impossible for either county to find sufficient players.
27 Nov, Mick Frings reports. Warwickshire have been unable to find a players to captain the u1450 team and have withdrawn from that competition.
10 Nov, Kevin Gallagher reports. Derbyshire have had to withdraw from the MCCU competition because of lack of support.

Click on scores for match cards

Midlands Counties Team Championship 2021-2
Date Home team Score Away team
Sat 19 Mar Worcestershire 6½ - 9½ Warwickshire
Midlands u1850 Counties Team Championship 2021-2
Date Home team Score Away team
Sat 5 Mar Greater Manchester 5½ - 6½ Leicestershire
Midlands u1650 Counties Team Championship 2021-2
Date Home team Score Away team
Sun 14 Nov Warwickshire* 6 - 6 Worcestershire
Warwickshire won on board count
Midlands u1450 Counties Team Championship 2021-2
Date Home team Score Away team
Sat 27 Nov Leicestershire 4 - 8 Nottinghamshire
Sat 22 Jan Nottinghamshire 9 - 3 Nottinghamshire Juniors
Sat 26 Feb Nottinghamshire Juniors 5½ - 6½ Leicestershire

 

Midlands county teams championship
Worcestershire - Warwickshire

Played Sat 19 March 2022 at Wall Heath Community Centre, Staffs. Worcestershire players had the white pieces on odd-numbered boards.

 

Board Rating  ID Rating Worcestershire Score Score Warwickshire Rating ID Rating
1 129898H 2070 Hurney, Kevin ½ ½ Stepanyan, Henrik 264348A 2290
2 110076C 2069 Edge, John 0 1 Besedin, Pavel 287190H 2137
3 109427A 2050 Davis, Lee ½ ½ Mesesan, Mircea 326328K 2015
4 259447L 2000 Lambourne, Dan ½ ½ Cundy, Mark 109211L 1960
5 127123E 1974 Wrench, John ½ ½ Green, Anthony 157077J 1950
6 120670K 1971 Turner, Brian 1 0 Ali, Golam 257493H 1940
7 165392B 1855 Towers, Nigel ½ ½ Escott, Keith 110278D 1897
8 108621C 1845 Collett, Ray 1 0 Ralph, Sean 242248H 1861
9 - - default 0 1 Hope, Gary 183305E 1860
10 319118H 1810 Russell, Scott 0 1 Kasafir, Nathanael 104338K 1839
11 105816C 1795 Aris, Roger ½ ½ Thomas, Keith 120270E 1771
12 118792C 1777 Sharratt, Paul ½ ½ Biddle, Mike 106714L 1750
13 248737J 1755 Shaw, Tony ½ ½ Spillane, Kevin 302978F 1670
14 113026C 1753 Horwill, Eric ½ ½ Czopek, Wojciech 314083A 1726
15 104355K 1552 Lappin, Kieran 0 1 Vadyanthan, Adithya awaited 1583
16 310843A 1133 Henry, Cameron 0 1 Vadyanthan, Sathya awaited 1280
      Totals      

 

u1850 Greater Manchester - Leicestershire

Played Saturday 5 March 2022 at Newcastle Bridge Club, Staffs. Leicestershire players on odd numbered boards had the white pieces.

Board Rating ID Rating Greater Manchester Score Score Leicestershire Rating Rating ID
1 331360J 1866 Joel Hutchinson ½ ½ Jim Bingham 1809 106748F
2 105395E 1754 Dave Boulden 0 1 Gijs Kruitbosch 1808 307039G
3 345643C 1800 Ondrej Chalupa 1 0 Kerry Kidd 1766 127541A
4 302953A 1739 Paul Doherty 0 1 Julian Tarwid 1750 344729H
5 108722J 1736 Mick Connor 0 1 Lindsay Pyun 1475 312064J
6 130379L 1705 Francis Moan 0 1 Chris Knight 1676 225320D
7 244471K 1684 Chris Hodgson ½ ½ Andrew Wilson 1666 307084A
8 301133B 1671 Andrew Beswick ½ ½ Les Corlett 1665 108898B
9 119099E 1567 John Skipworth 1 0 Steve Emmerton 1620 266803J
10 249962K 1675 Mick Carroll 1 0 Paul Mottram 1615 301930F
11 343380J 1549 David Veress 1 0 Vijay Gulab 1581 292794K
12 240934D 1486 Lawrence Harold 0 1 Ben Noyvert 1507 341263F
      Totals      

 

u-1450 Nottinghamshire Juniors - Leicestershire

Played Saturday 26 February 2022 at Bramcote Memorial Hall, Nottingham. Nottinghamshire Juniors had white pieces on odd-numbered boards.

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Board Rating ref Rating Nottinghamshire Juniors Score Score Leicestershire Rating ref Rating
1 310250G 1449e Dean Stapleton 1 0 John Moughtin-Leay 297301H 1413 (1451)
2 302974J 1443 Max Krasnovs 1 0 Sophie Mehta 315887B 1428 (1417)
3 310167J 1371 Daniel Walker 1 0 Dave Gamble 176935C 1395 (1387)
4 329050F 1341e Benjamin Humphries 1 0 Madhav Eradi 315896C 1300r (1379)
5 341487F 1336 Frank Richmond ½ ½ Neil Roberts 176942L 1383 (1359)
6 329071C 1308eldars Gulijevs 1 0 Hatle Mehta 328661H 1188 (1244)
7 310165e 1209 Jonah Tomsett 0 1 Noor Datoo 312850H 1203 (1203)
8 310174F 1195e Dylan Griffiths 0 1 Aarav Sinha 311045L 1218r (1198r)
9 309732J 1077 Poppy Dawson Best 0 1 Brian Wood 307085C 1143 (1148)
10 304836G 1024 Tomas Matthews Asensio 0 1 Stephen Holmes 287351F 1075 (1094)
11 316009K 935e Zain Javed 0 1 Laurence Norton 331488B 887o
12 323948C 820 Adam Khan 0 1 Zara Mehta 331543F 564r (825r)
      Totals      

 

u-1450 Nottinghamshire - Nottinghamshire Juniors

Played Saturday 22 January 2022 at Bramcote Memorial Hall, Nottingham. Nottinghamshire had white pieces on odd-numbered boards.

Board Rating  ref Rating Nottinghamshire Score Score Nottinghamshire Juniors Rating  ref Rating
1 115971J 1413 (1433) Stephen Morley 0 1 M Krasnov 302947J 1422
2 328184L 1383 (1411) Gavin Dow 1 0 Tomas Matthews 304836G 1250
3 342657K 1375E George Martin 0 1 Dan Walker 310167J 1377
4 234480E 1338 (1336) Mick Frings 0 1 Frank Richmond 341487F 1320E
5 343210F 1300E Ben James 1 0 Jonah Tomsett 310165E 1213
6 233345E 1300 Simon Parham 1 0 Issac Keenan 317233J 1213
7 342662C 1271E Joe Sollini 1 0 Dylan Griffiths 310174F 1210E
8 343602A 1250E Chavdor Yotov 1 0 Poppy Dawson-Best 309732J 1200E
9 319820A 1128 (1196) Timothy Lee 1 0 Vaed Tumurugoti 319826B 1030
10 316539F 1128 (1128) Roger Southward 1 0 Zain Javed 316009K 940
11 314260H 1090 (1097) Charlie Carr 1 0 Adam Khan   900E
12 319157G 918 (908) Alan Johnson 1 0 Vidwat Tumurugoti 326588C 800E
      Totals 9 3      

 

U1450 Leicestershire - Nottinghamshire

Played on Saturday 27 November at Syston & District Social Club, Leics.
Nottinghamshire players on odd-numbered boards had the white pieces.

Board Rating ref Rating Leicestershire Score Score Nottinghamshire Rating ref Rating
1 315887B 1428 Sophie Mehta ½ ½ Stephen Morley 115797J 1413  (1425)
2 297301H 1413 John Moughtin Leay 0 1 Gavin Dow 328184L 1383 (1381)
3 176935C 1398 David Gamble 0 1 Marian Talmacel 321337H 1375E
4 176942L 1383 Neil Roberts ½ ½ George Martin 342657K 1375E
5 342516C 1300 George Gowers ½ ½ Alistair Young 316514D 1360
6 253513A 1263 Michael Adams 0 1 Mick Frings 234480E 1338 (1349)
7 250157A 1263 Stewart Gordon 0 1 Eddie Jones 278801K 1270 (1285)
8 315896C   Madhav Eradi 0 1 Joe Sollini 342662C 1271E
9 328661H 1188 Hatle Mehta 0 1 Chavdor Yotov 343602A 1250E
10 307085C 1143 Brian Wood ½ ½ Timothy Lee 319820A 1128 (1163)
11 316687K 1164 Rene Butler 1 0 Roger Southward 316539F 1128 (1126)
12 326603F 812 Sofia Hilmi 1 0 Charlie Carr 314260H 1090 (1104)
      Totals 4 8      

 

u-1650 Warwickshire - Worcestershire

Played on Sunday 14 November at Foundation House, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warks.

Board Ref Rating Warwickshire Score Score Worcestershire Ref Rating
1 274807B 1593 Peter Stiff (w) 1 0 John Varilone 178102K 1636
2 342659C 1580E Daniel Reynolds 0 1 Arnold Kirkland 128994K 1617
3 121226G 1562 Roy Watson 1 0 Kieran Lappin 104355K 1570
4 331179L 1500E Oliver Harrison 1 0 David Cleak 295458J 1525
5 228368C 1497 Penny Wood 0 1 Steve Alcock 286194L 1523
6 106613E 1468 Philip Bennett 1 0 Mike Kitchen 183526K 1495
7 260399J 1432 Barry Knee 1 0 Simon Berry 312703F 1488
8 341164D 1344 Stephanie Brown 0 1 Joel Mitchell 326640A 1443
9 270903L 1270 Richard Simpson ½ ½ Andy Tipper 320637D 1413
10 309351H 1194 Simon Payne 0 1 Matt Rowe 319541H 1405
11 222493J 1149 Geoff Blissitt ½ ½ Terry Pountney 183529E 1405
12 327792G 1100E Mike Wheeler 0 1 Luke Pender 341469D 1200E
      Totals 6 6      
Warwickshire won on board count. Rating reference for Warks board 8 corrected.