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Results
Received Week 25 - 12th May

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Woodseats and Nomads both finish the season on 23 points. They will play off for the Davy Trophy

U18 and U13 County Championship

Several local juniors were in action at the weekend as Yorkshire came second in the U18 and U13 county Championship. Yorkshire Girls won the U13s. You can read John Littlewood's match report here.

Bulletin 7 Available

Bulletin 7 is now available here.

Sheffield Championship

Standings after 5 rounds*
4½ - K O'Driscoll
 4 - A Vasli,  G Stables
 3 - M Chakravorty, P Chakravorty, K Marshall
2½ - P Bailey, M Mohammad, A George
2 - C Shephard, J Fryer
1½ - J Morrison
1 - R Webster
½ -  H Nomeq, R Vasli, X Y Guo

Final Round Draw

The player with the Black pieces has choice of venue. (We still reserve the right to be wildly inaccurate in our estimated grades.) Games to be completed by the end of May.

*Standings subject to confirmation

Hope Valley Trophy
Held at The Abbey Wednesday 7th May. 40 competitors. 7 rounds.

Final
Jonathan Arnott ½, 1 A Vasli ½,0

Third Place Play-Off
Allan Potts 1 Tom Whitaker 0

Leading scores
7- Aref Vasli
5½ - Jonathan Arnott, Allan Potts
5 - Tom Whitaker, Mark Allison, David Adams, Paul Cumbers

Prizes
1st Jonathan Arnott
2nd Aref Vasli
3rd Allan Potts
U170 M Allison (5)
U150 T Whitaker (5)
U130 E Hollingworth (4½)
Junior (U13) Emma Bentley, Miles Edwards-Wright

John Fryer writes: All were impressed by the brilliant skills of 15 year old Aref Vasli who beat all our top players over seven rounds faltering only at the final hurdle - the final replay. We wish him all good luck when he returns to Iran. My thanks to all helpers, especially Lewis Mackay without whose help I would struggle.

Woodseats Summer Grand Prix 2008

 Throughout the summer Woodseats Chess Club will be holding a series of seven evening tournaments of varying formats. Each tournament will be a separate event in itself, but will also count towards a combined score. At the end of the summer each contestants best five (or up to five) scores will be added together to give a final ‘Grand Prix’ total. Entry fee will be £1 for each event, with three quarters of the entry fees being awarded as prizes on the night and one quarter going to the Grand Prix prize fund. Prizes will be awarded in grading sections in each case and we will also provide a trophy for the overall Grand Prix winner. The events and dates will be as follows: 

May 19th -  five round Swiss with 10 minutes per player per game.

June 9th  - four round Swiss with 15 minutes per player per game.

June 30th -  five round Swiss with 10 minutes per player per game. 

August 4th - four round Swiss with 15 minutes per player per game.

August 18th  - five round Swiss with 10 minutes per player per game. 

September 1st - four round Swiss with 15 minutes per player per game.

September 22nd  seven round Swiss with 5 minutes per player per game. 

All events will be on a Monday night starting at 7.45pm. Entries will be taken either in advance or on the night, subject to space. Previous entrants will have priority in subsequent rounds.  Entry is open to all and players may play in anything from 1 to 7 events, but the more you enter the better your chance of winning the Grand Prix! 

For more information or to enter please contact:

Bill Ward
60 Todwick Road,
Sheffield S8 0NR.
 Tel: 0114 2508656 (Home)
 0114 2620370 (Work)
Email: bill@petcompany.co.uk

Results
Received Week 23 - 28th April

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Results
Some results from recent weeks

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Sheffield A win Woodhouse Cup

Congratulations to Sheffield A who have won Division 1 of the Yorkshire League with an unbeaten W8 D2 L0 record. Full tables can be seen on the YCA site here.

Sheffield Championship

Fifth Round Results

Standings after 5 rounds
4½ - K O'Driscoll
 4 - A Vasli,  G Stables
 3 - M Chakravorty, P Chakravorty, K Marshall
2½ - P Bailey, M Mohammad, A George
2 - C Shephard, J Fryer
1½ - J Morrison
1 - R Webster
½ -  H Nomeq, R Vasli,  X Y Guo

Results
Received Week 19 - 24th March

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Sheffield Championship

Standings after 4 rounds
3½ - K O'Driscoll
 3 - A Vasli, M Chakravorty, P Chakravorty, G Stables
 2½ -
 2 - C Shephard, P Bailey, J Fryer, M Mohammad, K Marshall
1½ - A George, J Morrison
1 - R Webster
½ -  H Nomeq, R Vasli,  X Y Guo

Fifth Round Draw

The player with the Black pieces has choice of venue. (We still reserve the right to be wildly inaccurate in our estimated grades.) Games to be completed by the end of April.

Yorkshire League Update
(This is an upgraded version of an earlier item now including fixtures and an extra game.)

The Yorkshire League doesn't get a mention very often on this site but there were momentous events at The Abbey on Saturday 15th March as Sheffield A beat York A 5½-2½ to take top place in the Woodhouse Cup with two matches to play. Remaining fixtures are 5th April Sheffield A v Wakefield A and York A v Sheffield B, 19th April Hull v Sheffield A and Wakefield A v York A.

You can see Andrew Ledger beat Richard Palliser here, Jon Nelson beat Dave Adams here, and Aref Vasli beat Patrick Goldsworthy here. On the YCA site Patrick Senior has added his comments to Andrew's game here and Aref's game here.

Results
Reported Week 18 - 24th March

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Sheffield Championship - Fourth Round Results

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Sheffield A beat York A

The Yorkshire League doesn't get a mention very often on this site but there were momentous events at The Abbey on Saturday as Sheffield A beat York A 5½-2½ to take top place in the Woodhouse Cup with two matches to play. Remaining fixtures are 5th April Sheffield A v Wakefield A and York A v Sheffield B, 19th April Hull v Sheffield A and Wakefield A v York A.

You can see Andrew Ledger beat Richard Palliser here, Jon Nelson beat Dave Adams here, and Aref Vasli beat Patrick Goldsworthy here. On the YCA site Patrick Senior has added his comments to Andrew's game here and Aref's game here.

Results
Reported Week 18 - 17th March

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Chesterfield Win Richardson Cup

Congratulations to Chesterfield who won the Richardson Cup by beating Rotherham Juniors 4-2 in the final.

University Win Sam Haystead Memorial Trophy

Congratulations to University who won the Sam Haystead Memorial Trophy (formerly know as The Plate) by beating Aughton 5-1 in the final.

Results
Reported Cup Week - 10th March

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Bulletin 5

Bulletin 5 available. Thanks to Simon Dunkley. Follow the link on the left. You can get a pdf here courtesy of Brian Stephenson.

Results
Reported Week 17 - 3rd March