West Nottingham Chess Club

• The chess club for Stapleford, Bramcote, Beeston and all points west of the city centre

Team handicap 2005–06 season

This is a rapidplay tournament for teams of three players. Players are handicapped by time, depending on the difference in grade between the players.

West Nottingham has four teams in the competition this year: West Nottingham Daydream (captained by David Levens), West Nottingham Nightmare (Ian Kingston), West Nottingham Fantasy (John Crawley) and West Nottingham Illusion (Tracey Clegg). We apologise for the names: Nightmare and Daydream sounded amusing last year.

Eighteen teams have entered the 2005–06 competition. The draw and results to date are given below:

Preliminary round	Round 1 w/c 31 October	Round 2 w/c 30 January	Semi-final w/c 6 March	Final 28 March
H WN Illusion 3½
A Bingham Bombers 5½
	H Bingham Bombers 2
	A Bigmat Yobs 7
		H Ashfield Astra 4½
		A Bigmat Yobs 4½
	H Newark B 4
	A Ashfield Astra 5
			H Fiveways 0
			A Bigmat Yobs 9
	H WN Daydream 4
	A Fiveways 5
		H Fiveways 5½
		A Ashfield Allstars 3½
	H Ashfield Allstars 5
	A Bunkers B 4
				H Bigmat Yobs
				A The League Champions
	H Gambit Boys 7½
	A WN Fantasy 1½
		H The League Champions 8
		A Gambit Boys 1
	H Newark A 4
	A The League Champions 5
			H WN Nightmare 3½
			A The League Champions 5½
	H WN Nightmare 8
	A Radcliffe Rockets 1
		H Bunkers A 3½
		A WN Nightmare 5½
	H University Wise Heads 3½
	A Bunkers A 5½
H Ashfield Academicals 2½
A University Wise Heads 6½

Match details

Preliminary round

West Nottingham Illusion – Bingham Bombers (10 October 2005)

West Nottingham Illusion			B1	B2	B3	Total
A1	Williamson, E.	(96)	0	½	0	½
A2	Needham, R.	(55)	1	0	1	2
A3	Clegg, T.	(49)	0	1	0	1
						3½
Bingham Bombers			A1	A2	A3
B1	London, N.	(133)	1	0	1	2
B2	Nailard, M.	(121)	½	1	0	1½
B3	Redburn, B.	(95)	1	0	1	2
						5½

Round 1

West Nottingham Daydream – Fiveways (31 October 2005)

Fiveways			B1	B2	B3	Total
A1	Flynn, D.	(137)	0	1	1	2
A2	Best, I.	(116)	0	½	1	1½
A3	Thorsen, A.	(104)	½	0	1	1½
						5
West Nottingham Daydream			A1	A2	A3
B1	Grewal, B.	(178)	1	1	½	2½
B2	Collins, J.	(136)	0	½	1	1½
B3	Willoughby, R.	(111)	0	0	0	0
						4

West Nottingham Nightmare – Radcliffe Rockets (31 October 2005)

West Nottingham Nightmare			B1	B2	B3	Total
A1	Nguyen, M. N.	(145e)	1	1	1	3
A2	Kingston, I.	(144)	1	1	1	3
A3	Burley, P.	(115)	½	1	½	2
						8
Radcliffe Rockets			A1	A2	A3
B1	Day, T.	(154)	0	0	½	½
B2	Murfet, G.	(131)	0	0	0	0
B3	Taylor, M.	(126)	0	0	½	½
						1

Gambit Boys – West Nottingham Fantasy (1 November 2005)

West Nottingham Fantasy			B1	B2	B3	Total
A1	Lin, D.	(104)	0	0	0	0
A2	Day, J.	(99)	0	0	1	1
A3	Crawley, J.	(78)	0	0	½	½
						1½
Gambit Boys			A1	A2	A3
B1	Mercs, P.	(172)	1	1	1	3
B2	Roper, K.	(125)	1	1	1	3
B3	Carlton, A.	(121)	1	0	½	1½
						7½

Round 2

Bunkers A – West Nottingham Nightmare (31 January 2006)

Bunkers A			B1	B2	B3	Total
A1	Brameld, K.	(142)	1	0	1	2
A2	Harvey, K.	(138)	0	0	0	0
A3	Radford, M.	(120)	0	1	½	1½
						3½
West Nottingham Nightmare			A1	A2	A3
B1	Nguyen, M. N.	(175e)	0	1	1	2
B2	Kingston, I.	(144)	1	1	0	2
B3	Burley, P.	(115)	0	1	½	1½
						5½

Semi-final

West Nottingham Nightmare – The League Champions (6 March 2006)

West Nottingham Nightmare			B1	B2	B3	Total
A1	Kingston, I.	(144)	0	1	0	1
A2	Keetley, M.	(137)	½	1	0	1½
A3	Burley, P.	(115)	0	0	1	1
						3½
The League Champions			A1	A2	A3
B1	Tait, J.	(194)	1	½	1	2½
B2	Morrison, K.	(159)	0	0	1	1
B3	Wagenbach, J.	(133)	1	1	0	2
						5½

Rules

Teams

Each team consists of three players who play all opposition team members. Each club may enter as many separate teams as they wish but no person may play for more than one team.

Players

If a player does not have a current grade, the captain should contact the controller before the match so that a suitable estimate can be used.

Format

The competition will be a straight knockout with a prearranged match draw. Round one is in week commencing 31 October. Round 2, week commending 30 January. Depending on entries, a preliminary round may be held before 31 October.

Each match will consist of 9 games with each player having 3 games with a total time limit of 40 minutes per game split between the two players. A gap of 5–10 minutes should be allowed between games.

The teams should be listed in grade order; the team with the lower total grade will be team A and the higher team B.

The pairings will be:

Game 1:	B3 v A1	A2 v B1	A3 v B2
Game 2:	B2 v A1	A2 v B3	B1 v A3
Game 3:	A1 v B1	B2 v A2	A3 v B3

The players start with a nominal 20 minutes each and the time handicap will adjust it as follows:

Grading diff.	Lower graded	Higher graded
0–4	20	20
5–8	21	19
9–12	22	18
13–16	23	17
17–20	24	16
21–24	25	15
25–28	26	14
29–32	27	13
33–36	28	12
37–40	29	11
41–44	30	10
45–48	31	9
49+	32	8

An example: In the match of Bloggs v Smiths, Fred Bloggs (Grade 99) plays Sam Smith (Grade 75) and so has 15 minutes v Sam’s 25 minutes. Fred then plays Sarah Smith Grade 129 and has 27 minutes v Sarah’s 13 minutes.

In the event of a draw the lower graded team will win. The winning team must send the result to the controller within seven days.