Minor Knockout – Shropshire Chess

Controller – Adrian Zdanowski

Fixtures and results – current season

Match	Round 1 Matches to be played by 17/6/21	Round 2 To be played by 2/7/21	Semi-finals To be played by 9/7/21	Final 14/7/21
A	Telepost D (h) v Wellington A: 0-3	2A: Wellington A (h) v Shrewsbury B (def)
B	Shrewsbury B – bye		SF1: Shrewsbury C (h) v Wellington A (def)
C	Newport B (h) v Shrewsbury C: 0.5-2.5	2B: Shrewsbury C (h) v Telepost C: 1.5-.15
D	Telepost C (h) v Telford A: 2-1			Shrewsbury C v Telepost B: 1.5-0.5
E	Maddocks B (h) v Oswestry B (friendly)	2C: Oswestry B (h) v Oswestry C: 1.5-1.5
F	Oswestry C (h) v Shrewsbury D: 3-0		SF2: Telepost B (h) v Oswestry B: 1.5-1.5
G	Telepost E – bye	2D: Telepost E (h) v Telepost B: 0-3
H	Telepost B (h) v Newport C: 3-0

Detailed results

Rules of the competition

Note: For the 2021 competition, teams will be of three players, in line with the 2020-21 league season. Matches will be played online and the controller will do the toss for colours.

1. The competition will be held immediately following the completion of the league program.

2. Teams that played in Divisions 2 and 3 will compete in the Minor Knockout.

3. All matches will be played between teams of four players.

4. Players will be eligible to play for a team based on the following test:-
The tournaments will be deemed to be a continuation of the immediately preceding league season.
Only a player eligible to play for the team if this were an additional league fixture may play for that team.
Any ineligible player who plays without the express permission of the opposing captain and the tournament controller in advance will be regarded as a default.

5. Timetable
The date for each tie is the club night of the home team in the final week before the deadline. The captains may agree to play earlier, but if the fixture is not played by the designated date and the organisers have not been informed of a reason then both teams could be disqualified.

6. Fixtures published on the website will indicate home (h) and away (a). In round one the team named first in the draw will be the home team In round two and three the home team will be determined by the organisers and the captains informed.

7. All games will be played under league rules.

8. Captains will toss for choice of colours.

9. In the event of a 2-2 draw, then the lower boards will be progressively eliminated until a result is established.
If all four games are drawn then the team with black on odd boards will win.

10. Tournament Controller:- adrian.zdanowski@gmail.com

Adrian Zdanowski 07/06/2021

Past winners of the Minor Trophy

Please help us name the team members. who played in previous finals. For known information please email Keith Tabne r.

Year	Winners	Winning Team
2020		Competition not held due to coronavirus
2019	Shrewsbury C	Ivor Salter, Ian Davies, Norman O’Connor, Tony Purser
2018	Shrewsbury B	Mark Smith, Ivor Salter, Ian Davies, Norman O’Connor, Tony Purser
2017	Telepost B	Keith Tabner, Steve Kempsell, Peter Crean, John Westhead
2016	Ludlow A	Lee Davis, Richard Croot, Joseph Watson, Robert Woodley
2015	Telepost B	Keith Tabner, Steve Kempsell, John Westhead, Vinnie Crean
2014	Shrewsbury B	Matthew Best, Daniel Lockett, Norman O’Connor, Mark Smith
2013	Wellington A	Colin Roberts, Toby Neal, Richard Gillespie, John Lenton
2012	Telepost C	Noel Kiffin, Charles Micallef, John Westhead, Vinnie Crean
2011	Shifnal & Telford B	Steve Tarr, Richard Thompson, Iain Wilson, Windsor Peck
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2008	Shrewsbury B
2007	Shrewsbury B	S.Rooney, D.Lockett, M.Smith, I.Davies, A.Lewis
2006
2005	Telepost C	D.Bates, S.Kempsall, J.Westhead, D.Adderley, V.Crean
2004	Ludlow	K.Thomson, B.Woodley, D.Storey, G.Link, J.Whittaker
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Fixtures and results – current season

Detailed results

Rules of the competition

Past winners of the Minor Trophy

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