Worcester
& District Chess League
Bennett Cup Results for
2009-10 Season
Structure of the Competition
The competition
has been structured so that everyone should have at least 3 games.
• Three all-play-all groups of 4 players each;
• The winner of each group qualifies automatically for the first knockout
phase (semi-final);
• The runner-up from each group will take part in a further all-play-all
phase, the winner of which will also qualify for the semi-finals;
• The winners of the semi-finals will compete in the final to determine
who wins the Cup.
Qualifying Stages
The draw for the qualifying groups was carried out by ranking the players in grade order and then ‘slicing’ the list into four sets of three. A name was drawn at random from each of these four sets and placed in each qualifying group. In this way, the strength of the three groups should be roughly similar, but the spirit of a Cup competition (the “luck of the draw”) was retained. The tables were completed by drawing for colour for each game.
Bennett Cup Pool A |
Grade | MB | JK | JV | RB | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurice Bissell (Kidderminster) | 163 | B | W | B | |||
| John Knee (Malvern) | 151 | W | B | W | |||
| John Varilone (Kidderminster) | 139 | B | W | B | |||
| Rob Bricknell (Redditch) | 125 | W | B | W |
Bennett Cup Pool B |
Grade | BT | AF | DR | JC | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brian Turner (Malvern) | 185 | B | W | B | |||
| Andrew Farthing (Worcester) | 146 | W | B | W | |||
| David Richardson (Redditch) | 128 | B | W | B | |||
| John Clark (Worcester) | 109 | W | B | W |
Bennett Cup Pool C |
Grade | AM | GC | RM | GS | Total | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew Moore (Hagley) | 152 | B | W | B | |||
| Glenn Cox (Headless Cross) | 150 | W | B | W | |||
| Robert Mitchell (Kidderminster) | 140 | B | W | B | |||
| Giles Stanton (Redditch) | 125 | W | B | W |
Guidance
Controller Andrew Farthing
writes: "Please don’t leave your
games until the last minute! I’m
sure we all know how hard it can be to fit in fixtures at times, so the sooner
the better." All results for this event are submitted for grading. In order
to protect personal information, contact details have been provided separately
to each competitor. If you have any questions about the event, please feel
free to contact me.
Good luck to everyone, and have fun!"
Results
Please report results
as promptly as possible to Andrew
Farthing by
e-mail or by telephone 01905 358949.
Timetable
Please ensure that
you complete your four Group games by 1 March 2010.
The triangular runner-up competition should be completed by 15 April
2010.
The semi-finals should be completed by 15 May 2010.
The final should be completed by 15 June 2010.
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