Match reports 2019-2020
Malvern v Halesowen (County League)
played at Halesowen on 10/3/20. Malvern were white on the odd boards.
1. Geoff Marchant 0-1 Finlay Bowcott-Terry
2. Brian Turner 0.5-0.5 Stewart Fishburne
3. Geoffrey Herbert 0-1 John Edge
4. John Chester 0.5-0.5 Manvith Sandhu
5. John Knee 0.5-0.5 Dustin Bowcott
6. Michael Butcher 0-1 Mike Hadley
Halesowen win 1.5-4.5
Malvern v Redditch 1A (Worcester and District League)
played at Malvern on 28/2/20. Redditch were white on the odd boards.
1. Geoff Marchant 0.5-0.5 Nigel Hoskin
2. Brian Turner 0.5-0.5 Dan Lambourne
3. Leigh Canham 1-0 Nigel Towers
4. Michael Chester 0-1 Mihai Zbircea
Draw 2-2
Malvern v Abergavenny (Marches League)
played at Hereford on 16/02/20. Abergavenny were white on the odd boards.
1. Michael Chester 0-1 Nigel Saunders
2. Michael Butcher 0-1 Zane Allford
3. Ivan Stringer 1-0 Default
4. Default 0.5-0.5 Default
Abergavenny win 1.5-2.5
There were two boards defaulted giving Malvern a 1.5-0.5 start but the Michael's were heavily outgraded on the two boards that were played. Michael Butcher on board 2 had won a pawn and went into the ending with a slight advantage but he blundered a bishop and had to resign.
Malvern v Worcester (Worcester and District League)
played at Malvern on 31/1/20. Malvern were white on the odd boards
1. Geoff Marchant 0-1 Steve Mellor
2. Ian Clarke 1-0 Ray Collett
3. Leigh Canham 0.5-0.5 Phil Austin
4. John Knee 0-1 Tony Shaw
Worcester win 1.5-2.5
Malvern v Hereford (Marches League)
played at Hereford on 19/1/20. Hereford were white on the odd boards.
1. Ian Clarke 0-1 Paul Barker
2. Michael Butcher 0-1 Kieran Lappin
3. Ivan Stringer 0-5-0.5 Roger Aris
4. Joshua Clarke 1-0 Alan Leary
Hereford win 1.5-2.5
Malvern v Worcester (County League)
played at Worcester on 16/1/20. Malvern were white on the odd boards.
1. Lee Davis 0.5-0.5 Ed Osbourn
2. Leigh Canham 0-1 Steve Mellor
3. Brian Turner 0-1 Ray Collett
4. Ian Clarke 1-0 Robin Hayles
5. Geoffrey Herbert 0.5-0.5 Tony Shaw
6. Matthew Jordan 0-1 Matthew Holmes
Worcester win 4-2
Malvern v Olton (County League)
played at Greenlands on 7/1/20. Malvern were white on the odd boards.
1. Lee Davis 1-0 Philip Holt
2. Geoff Marchant 0.5-0.5 Alan Lloyd
3. Leigh Canham 1-0 Mark Cundy
4. Brian Turner 0-1 Robert Wallman
5. Ian Clarke 1-0 Ken Allen
6. Geoffrey Herbert 1-0 John Asbury
Malvern win 4.5-1.5
Malvern v Greenlands (Worcester and District League)
played at Greenlands on 3/12/19. Malvern were white on the odd boards.
1. Lee Davis 1-0 Kevin Hurney
2. Brian Turner 0.5-0.5 Marcus Walsh
3. John Knee 0.5-0.5 Stephen Woodhouse
4. Michael Butcher 1-0 Ian Ellis
Malvern win 3-1
Malvern v Halesowen (County League)
played at Malvern on 29/11/19. Halesowen were white on the odd boards.
1. Lee Davis 0-1 Finlay Bowcott-Terry
2. Geoff Marchant 0-1 Stewart Fishburne
3. Leigh Canham 0.5-0.5 John Edge
4. Brian Turner 0.5-0.5 Dustin Bowcott
5. Ian Clarke 0.5-0.5 Mike Hadley
6. Geoffrey Herbert 0.5-0.5 Paul Evans
Halesowen win 2-4
Malvern v Kidderminster (Worcester and District League)
played at Kidderminster on 20/11/19. Malvern were white on the odd boards.
1. Geoff Marchant 0-1 Jim O'Dell
2. Leigh Canham 0.5-0.5 Dave Spowart
3. John Chester 0.5-0.5 Mark Riley
4. John Knee 0.5-0.5 Dave Close
Kidderminster win 1.5-2.5
Boards two and four were fairly quiet draws, with little advantage established from the openings.
On Board 3 John pressed for a win against his old club, exchanging a bishop and a knight for rook and a pawn in order to attack on the king side. Mark exchanged some pieces and held on for a draw.
On Board one there was much tactical play and eventually an ending was reached with rook and pawn versus bishop and three pawns. This looked to be a draw but Geoff over-pressed in the final stage when both players were relying on time increments.
Malvern v Olton (County League)
played at Malvern on 1/11/19. Olton were white on the odd boards.
1. Lee Davis 0-1 Philip Holt
2. Geoff Marchant 0-5-0.5 Alan Lloyd
3. Brian Turner 0-5-0.5 Mark Cundy
4. Ian Clarke 0.5-0.5 Robert Reynolds
5. Geoffrey Herbert 0.5-0.5 Robert Wallman
6. Matthew Jordan 1-0 Jon Asbury
Draw 3-3
Malvern v Abergavenny (Marches League Round 1)
played at Hereford on 13/10/19. Malvern were white on the odd boards.
1. Geoff Marchant 1-0 Lee Davis
2. Michael Butcher 0-1 Mark Adams
3. Ivan Stringer 0-1 Dillan Duke
4. Default 0.5-0.5 Default
Abergavenny win 1.5-2.5
On board 1 Geoff Marchant played Lee Davis who on this occasion was playing for Abergavenny. Geoff made an error in a side-line of the Pirc Defence which led to a slightly bigger error from Lee, as he forgot the correct refutation for Black and lost a rook for two pawns. At one point white missed a mate-in-two and then Lee fought back but Geoff was finally able to hold on for a win.
Michael Butcher played very well in his game on board 2, keeping it even until his opponent spotted a knight sacrifice on g7. While Michael didn't accept the sacrifice, his position deteriorated and he couldn't hold on.
Ivan Stringer made a guest appearance for Malvern on board 3 but became a little passive in an exchange French and lost a pawn. After further exchanges and the imminent loss of another pawn, Ivan resigned.