Heywood Chess Club

Results from the 2023/24 season

Date of match was 15th May 2024

Home match against Leyland A side in Division B of the Central Lancashire Chess League

Board Heywood A Grade   Crusaders B Grade
1 Ian Mitchell 1633 0 - 1 Sean Fitzgibbon 1782
2 Matthew Poon 1581 ½ - ½ William Moffatt 1699
3 Tony Jinks 1576 1 - 0 Alex Porter 1503
4 Paul Curran 1550 1 - 0 David Clayton 1452
      2.5 - 1.5    

 

Date of match was 14th May 2024

A cup final in the Central Lancashire League Vaux Cup as Great Lever unfortunately saw off our strong side to take home the silverware:

Board Great Lever B Grade   Heywood A Grade
1 Andrew Crowther 1689 0 - 1 George Turner 1900
2 Anthony Wilkinson 1572 ½ - ½ Dave Almond 1693
3 Parshottambhi Patel 1320 ½ - ½ Steve Flaherty 1606
4 Brian Davies 1254 ½ - ½ Donna Chadwick 1297
      3 - 1    

 

Date of match was 8th May 2024

A journey to Oldham this evening to face a young, but talented Ashton side, see game of the week for a brief but interesting game between Philip and Matthew:

Board Ashton 1 Grade   Heywood 1 Grade
1 Joel McBeath 1910 0 - 1 George Turner 1968
2 Sithun De Silva 1787 ½ - ½ Thisumi Jayawarma 1815
3 Mohammed Andeel 1674 ½ - ½ Dave Almond 1705
4 Paul Johnson 1568 ½ - ½ Stephen Flaherty 1638
5 Philip Shaughnessy

1494

0 - 1 Matthew Poon 1600
6 William Bartlett 1221

0 - 1

Paul Curran 1560
      1.5 - 4.5    

 

Date of match was 7th May 2024

Heywood away this week travelling to Clitheroe; East Lancashire Division 2

Board Clitheroe B Grade   Heywood Grade
1 Paul Fallon 1891 0 - 1 George Turner 1968
2 David Talbot 1747 ½ - ½ Tony Jinks 1565
3 John Moxham 1506 1 - 0 Ian Mitchell 1609
4 Andrew Davies 0000 ½ - ½ Mo Rohman 1571
5 Sam Bryom 0000 1 - 0 Roy Bywater 1331
   

 

3 - 2    

 

Date of match was 1st May 2024

Heywood played away in Burnley tonight; East Lancashire Division 2

Board Heywood Grade   Burnley C Grade
1 George Turner 1968 ½ - ½ Andrew Jacques 1951
2 Matthew Poon 1611 0 - 1 George Fishwick 1567
3 Tony Jinks 1575 0 - 1 Neil Taylor 1581
4 Ian Mitchell 1601 1 - 0 Peter Logan 1534
5 Mo Rohman 1573 ½ - ½ Matthew Grimley 1493
   

 

2 - 3    

 

Date of match was 24th April 2024

Home match against Blackburn Crusader's B side in Division B of the Central Lancashire Chess League

Board Heywood A Grade   Crusaders B Grade
1 Ian Mitchell 1633 1 - 0 Tom Ormisher 1579
2 Tony Jinks 1576 1 - 0 Natalie Haydock 1450
3 Pete Hurn 1560 1 - 0 Jakub Augustyniak 1450
4 Con Carey 1507 1 - 0 Mark Haydock 1450
      4 - 0    

 

Date of match was 15th April 2024

Bolton 4 hosted Heywood's second side in the Manchester Chess Federation Division E:

Board Bolton 4 Grade   Heywood 2 Grade
1 John Skipworth 1525 0 - 1 Tony Jinks 1565
2 Bryony Eccleston 1589 0.5 - 0.5 Ian Mitchell 1609
3 Michael Houlston 1445 0 - 1 Pete Hurn 1578
4 Lewis Sheehy 1543 0 - 1 Roy Bywater 1331
5 Rowan Eccleston

1439

1 - 0 Donna Chadwick

1233

6 Andrew Beavan 1432

1 - 0

Ryan Bull 1418
      2.5 - 3.5    

 

Date of match was 10th April 2024

Blue Club's second side made the trip to Heywood this week.  This match was played in the Manchester Chess Federation Division C:

Board Heywood 1 Grade   Blue Club 2 Grade
1 George Turner 1968 0 - 1 Mark Taylor 1836
2 Bill O'Rourke 1849 0 - 1 Robin Wilding 1799
3 Thisumi Jayawarna 1815 0.5 - 0.5 Martin Pope 1780
4 Dave Almond 1705 0.5 - 0.5 Chris Gallagher 1570
5 Steve Flaherty

1638

0.5 - 0.5 Jon Coupe 1519
6 Ian Mitchell 1609

1 - 0

Harry Altoft 1422
      2.5 - 3.5    

 

Date of match was 8th April 2024

Heywood's turn to journey up to Blackburn tonight, this time in the East Lancashire Division 2

Board Crusaders C Grade   Heywood Grade
1 Goodchild Ndou 1694 0 - 1 George Turner 1978
2 Yousaf Ahmed 1458 0 - 1 Ian Mitchell 1578
3 Robert Grounds 1346 ½ - ½ Tony Jinks 1564
4 Jakub Augustyniak 1290 ½ - ½ Peter Hurn 1574
5 William Jones 0855 0 - 1 Mo Rohman 1561
   

 

1 - 4    

 

Date of match was 3rd April 2024

Back to winning form as Heywood pull out all the stops to take a strong win against Blackburn Crusaders B side in Division B of the Central Lancashire Chess League

Board Heywood A Grade   Crusaders B Grade
1 George Turner 1900 1 - 0 Shaun Tumelty 1500
2 Dave Almond 1693 1 - 0 Yousaf Ahmed 1436
3 Con Carey 1507 1 - 0 Natalie Haydock 1450
4 Donna Chadwick 1297 1 - 0 Mark Haydock 1450
      4 - 0    

 

Date of match was 2nd April 2024

Following a strong run Heywood unfortunately bow out of the Manchester Chess Federation Hartley Cup:

Board Chorlton 4 Grade   Heywood 2 Grade
1 Ethan Parker 1697 0 - 1 Dave Almond 1708
2 Jeremi Ignasiak 1702 0.5 - 0.5 Matthew Poon 1611
3 Peter Horwell 1627 0.5 - 0.5 Steve Flaherty 1642
4 Joel Prittie 1505 0.5 - 0.5 Con Carey 1501
5 Aram Marsh

1475

1 - 0 Pete Hurn

1574

6 Matt Brown 1247

1 - 0

Roy Bywater 1274
      3.5 - 2.5    

 

Date of match was 28th March 2024

Swinton & Worsley played a tactically strong match tonight using board positioning to their advantage to take a convincing win from Heywood's second side in the Manchester Chess Federation Division E:

Board Swinton & Worsley 4 Grade   Heywood 2 Grade
1 Ondrej Chalupa 1853 1 - 0 Matthew Poon 1611
2 Grieg Ichim 1540 0.5 - 0.5 Steve Flaherty 1642
3 Edward Chu 1531 1 - 0 Tony Jinks 1564
4 Akash Manimaran 1519 1 - 0 Pete Hurn 1574
5 Yin Chu

1458

0.5 - 0.5 Paul Curran

1566

6 Leo Cheung 1537

1 - 0

Donna Chadwick 1242
      5 - 1    

 

Date of match was 20th March 2024

Away match tonight in the Manchester Chess Federation Division C.  This time against a very strong 3Cs side.  The Heywood players put in a strong performance but unfortunately the side from Oldham were too strong:

Board 3Cs 3 Grade   Heywood 1 Grade
1 Michael Tebelev 1892 0.5 - 0.5 George Turner 1916
2 Alannah Ashton 1838 1 - 0 Dave Almond 1686
3 James Marshall 1641 1 - 0 Tony Jinks 1576
4 Karl Moorcroft 1618 1 - 0 Ian Mitchell 1633
5 Ben Newton

1699

0 - 1 Peter Hurn 1560
6 Jonathan Miller 1636

0 - 1

Paul Curran 1548
      3.5 - 2.5    

 

Date of match was 19th March 2024

Another streak gets going this week.  Heywood A played away against Great Lever B in the Central Lancashire League Division B and make 3 wins on the trot:

Board Great Lever B Grade   Heywood A Grade
1 Andrew Crowther 1689 0 - 1 George Turner 1900
2 Parshottambhi Patel 1320 0 - 1 Dave Almond 1693
3 Paul Whitwell 1450 0 - 1 Con Carey 1507
4 Brian Davies 1254 0 - 1 Donna Chadwick 1297
   

 

0 - 4    

 

Date of match was 13th March 2024

Clitheroe's turn to journey down the motorway to be hosted by Heywood this week; East Lancashire Division 2

Board Heywood Grade   Clitheroe B Grade
1 George Turner 1954 1 - 0 Philip Titterington 1785
2 Steve Flaherty 1636 ½ - ½ Eric Mansfield 1508
3 Tony Jinks 1600 1 - 0 Daniel Miller 1496
4 Peter Hurn 1581 1 - 0 John Moxham 1502
5 Con Carey 1477 1 - 0 Kevin Miller 1453
   

 

4.5 - 0.5    

 

Date of match was 12th March 2024

Cup tie!  Central Lancashire League Vaux Cup match this evening.

Board Leyland A Grade   Heywood A Grade
1 Sean Fitzgibbon 1782 0 - 1 George Turner 1900
2 William Moffatt 1699 0.5 - 0.5 Steve Flaherty 1606
3 David Tuke 1606 0.5 - 0.5 Tony Jinks 1576
4 Alex Porter 1503 0.5 - 0.5 Con Carey 1507
      1.5 - 2.5    

 

Date of match was 28th February 2024

Chorlton travel North of Manchester and played out a tough game with our Heywood site  This match was played in the Manchester Chess Federation Division C:

Board Heywood 1 Grade   Chorlton 3 Grade
1 George Turner 1916 0.5 - 0.5 David Kierman 1799
2 Bill O'Rourke 1833 1 - 0 Andrew Beswick 1652
3 Matthew Poon 1586 0.5 - 0.5 Jeremi Ignasiak 1569
4 Steve Flaherty 1606 0.5 - 0.5 Graham Phythian 1636
5 Ian Mitchell

1633

0 - 1 Conor Hicks 1591
6 Tony Jinks 1576

0.5 - 0.5

Joel Prittie 1490
      3 - 3    

 

Date of match was 27th February 2024

Up the M66 to Clitheroe tonight as Heywood manage to pick up another win; East Lancashire Division 2

Board Clitheroe C Grade   Heywood Grade
1 Eric Mansfield 1510 0 - 1 George Turner 1969
2 Daniel Miller 1493 ½ - ½ Steve Flaherty 1641
3 John Moxham 1484 1 - 0 Tony Jinks 1625
4 Ben Taylor 1388 0 - 1 Mo Rohman 1511
5 Karl Barnsley 1060 0 - 1 Donna Chadwick 1245
   

 

1.5 - 3.5    

 

Date of match was 21st February 2024

And the run comes to an end, but what a run it was.  A tough match this evening as Urmston hosted Heywood's second side in the Manchester Chess Federation Division E:

Board Heywood 2 Grade   Urmston 2 Grade
1 Steve Flaherty 1606 0 - 1 David Newell 1796
2 Ian Mitchell 1633 1 - 0 Mark Davis 1599
3 Tony Jinks 1576 0.5 - 0.5 Grant Randall 1572
4 Paul Curran 1548 0 - 1 Lee O 1561
5 Jake Sercombe

1176

1 - 0 Steve Taylor 1400
6 Roy Bywater 1400

1 - 0

Harry Giles 1200
  Adjustment -1

+1

Adjustment  
      2.5 - 3.5    

 

Date of match was 14th February 2024

10 consecutive wins, Heywood a taking over!  Heywood hosted Great Harwood B tonight in Division 2 of the East Lancs.

Board Heywood Grade   Great Harwood B Grade
1 George Turner 1967 1 - 0 A Rajski 1444
2 Dave Almond 1710 1 - 0 Ronnie Sutton 1011
3 Matthew Poon 1627 1 - 0 Mark Haydock 1244
4 Steve Flaherty 1644 ½ - ½  Natalie Haydock 1293
5 Peter Hurn 1583 1 - 0 Default  
   

 

4.5 - 0.5    

 

Date of match was 12th February 2024

Heywood travelled to Northenden this week and made it 9 wins on the bounce.  This match was played in the Manchester Chess Federation Division C:

Board Northenden 1 Grade   Heywood 1 Grade
1 Fiona Green 1936 0.5 - 0.5 George Turner 1916
2 Tom Green 1836 0.5 - 0.5 Thisumi Jayawarna 1782
3 Steve Tuson 1790 0 - 1 Tarini Jayawarna 1688
4 Nathan Harvey-Jones 1686 0.5 - 0.5 Dave Almond 1686
5 Liam Lougheed

1675

1 - 0 Ian Mitchell 1633
6 Alex Benner 1656

0 - 1

Steve Flaherty 1606
      2.5 - 3.5    

 

Date of match was 7th February 2024

Heywood managed an important win this evening to extend the current winning streak to 8 matches.  This time against Swinton and Worsley 4 in the Manchester Chess Federation Division E tie:

Board Heywood 2 Grade   Swinton & Worsley 4 Grade
1 Matthew Poon 1632 0 - 1 Ondrej Chalupa 1804
2 Ian Mitchell 1605 0 - 1 Simon Wright 1771
3 Steve Flaherty 1617 1 - 0 Mahin Rughani 1767
4 Tony Jinks 1604 1 - 0 Marcus Fung 1764
5 Con Carey

1504

0 - 1 Atul Rughani 1750
6 Roy Bywater 1400

1 - 0

Default  
   Adjustment   0 - (-1)    
      3 - 2    

 

Date of match was 29th January 2024

And this one makes 7 league wins on the trot in a fabulous win streak for Heywood.  This week Heywood played away against Blackburn B in the Central Lancashire League Division B:

Board Blackburn B Grade   Heywood A Grade
1 Goodchild Ndou 1670 0 - 1 Dave Almond 1693
2 Tom Ormisher 1579 0 - 1 Steve Flaherty 1606
3 Peter Harrington 1542 0 - 1 Peter Hurn 1560
4 Yousaf Ahmed 1436 0 - 1 Con Carey 1507
   

 

0 - 4    

 

Date of match was 25th January 2024

Heywood made a resounding win against Urmston this week including first competitive league win for club junior Jake Sercombe:

Board Urmston 2 Grade   Heywood 2 Grade
1 Tom Wilson 1409 0 - 1 Dave Almond 1686
2 Mark Davis 1599 0 - 1 Steve Flaherty 1606
3 Lee O 1561 0 - 1 Tony Jinks 1576
4 Stuart Sumner 1537 ½ - ½ Con Carey 1518
5 Dave Bellis

1431

0 - 1 Peter Hurn 1560
6 Steve Taylor 1400 0 - 1 Jake Sercombe 1176
      0 - 6    

 

Date of match was 10th January 2024

The streak continues with 5 league wins on the bounce now for Heywood, this time a home tie win against Great Lever B

Board Heywood Grade   Great Lever B Grade
1 Bill O'Rourke 1833 ½ - ½ Peter Kobryn 1962
2 Dave Almond 1693 1 - 0 Anthony Wilkinson 1572
3 Tony Jinks 1576 ½ - ½ Parshottambhi Patel 1320
4 Con Carey 1507 1 - 0 Brian Davies 1254
   

 

3 - 1    

 

Date of match was 13th December 2023

That makes 4 on the bounce now for Heywood with a home tie win against Clitheroe C in the East Lancs Chess Association Division 2

Board Heywood Grade   Clitheroe C Grade
1 George Turner 1959 1 - 0 Eric Mansfield 1507
2 Dave Almond 1686 1 - 0 Kevin Miller 1482
3 Steve Flaherty 1600 ½ - ½ John Moxham 1464
4 Paul Curran 1567 ½ - ½  Ben Taylor 1381
5 Roy Bywater 1400 0 - 1 Karl Barnsley 1060
   

 

3.5 - 1.5    

 

Date of match was 12th December 2023

Another win for Heywood, this time in an away match against Leyland A in Division B of the Central Lancashire League

Board Leyland A Grade   Heywood A Grade
1 Sean Fitzgibbon 1782 0 - 1 George Turner 1900
2 Robert Hart 1657 0 - 1 Tony Jinks 1576
3 Paul Ashton 1587 ½ - ½ Peter Hurn 1560
4 Alex Porter 1503 ½ - ½  Donna Chadwick 1297
   

 

1 - 3    

 

Date of match was 7th December 2023

Heywood took a good win from a strong Bolton side this week

Board Bolton 3 Grade   Heywood 1 Grade
1 Allan Gardner 1872 ½ - ½ George Turner 1916
2 Julian Clissold 1708 0 - 1 Matthew Poon 1586
3 Rod Middleton 1668 ½ - ½ Steve Flaherty 1606
4 Ian Lamb 1612 1 - 0 Tony Jinks 1576
5 Arpad Busznyak

1611

0 - 1 Peter Hurn 1560
6 Mike Swift 1351 0 - 1 Paul Curran 1548

 

Date of match was 29th November 2023

Unfortunately for Northenden, being a player short gave the game to Heywood:

Board Heywood 2 Grade   Northenden 2 Grade
1 Ian Mitchell 1633 0 - 1 Alex Benner 1656
2 Steve Flaherty 1606 ½ - ½ Nathan Harvey-Jones 1686
3 Con Carey 1518 0 - 1 Khalid Khokar 1510
4 Tony Jinks 1576 1 - 0 James Morris 1357
5 Peter Hurn

1560

1 - 0 Des Lougheed 820
6 Not Named   1 - 0 Default  

 

Date of match was 28th November 2023

A really close tie in the ECF Division 2 tie this week:

Board Great Harwood B Grade   Heywood Grade
1 Robert Morris 1659 0 - 1 George Turner 1952
2 A Rajski 1526 ½ - ½ Steve Flaherty 1600
3 Ronnie Sutton 0999 1 - 0 Matthew Poon 1604
4 Mark Haydock 1329 0 - 1 Tony Jinks 1592
5 Natalie Haydock

1180

1 - 0 Mo Rohman 1495

 

Date of match was 22nd November 2023

2nd match of the MCF league Division E this evening.  Bolton 4 were too strong on the night tonight

Board Heywood 2 Grade   Bolton 4 Grade
1 Tony Jinks 1576 0 - 1 Arpad Busznyak 1611
2 Peter Hurn 1560 1 - 0 William Fairclough 1495
3 Con Carey 1518 1 - 0 Bryony Eccleston 1451
4 Donna Chadwick 1293 0 - 1 Andrew Beavan 1435
5 Jake Sercombe 1176 ½ - ½ Mike Swift 1351
6 Remi McNevin-Duff 1364 0 - 1 Rowan Eccleston 1239

 

Date of match was 15th November 2023

2nd match of the East Lancashire Chess Association Division 2 this evening.  The Heywood team came out strong even with the defaulted board 5 point:

Board Heywood 2 Grade   Blackburn Crusaders C Grade
1 George Turner 1951 1 - 0 Robert Grounds 1335
2 David Almond 1674 1 - 0 Tom Ormisher 1578
3 Ian Mitchell 1623  ½ - ½ Gordon Glover 1566
4 Peter Hurn 1556 1 - 0 Shaun Tumelty 1482
5 Mo Rohman   1 - 0 Default 0000

 

Date of match was 1st November 2023

Heywood were hoping to get off to a good start in the C Division of the Manchester Chess Federation League and a strong side brought home the result:

Board Heywood 2 Grade   Northenden 2 Grade
1 George Turner 1916 1 - 0 Gareth Griffiths 1778
2 Bill O'Rourke 1833 1 - 0 Jeff Mason 1773
3 Thisumi Jayawarna 1782 1 - 0 Simon Coleclough-Worrell 1679
4 Tarini Jayawarna 1688  ½ - ½ Anthony Prime 1600
5 David Almond 1686  ½ - ½ Peter Taylor 1558
6 Ian Mitchell 1633 1 - 0 Ian Anderson 1485

 

Date of match was 25th October 2023

The half term holidays meant that Heywood's MCF 2nd team were bolstered by some slightly more seasoned players than would otherwise have been the case helping the side to the top of the table after the opening match of Division E:

Board Heywood 2 Grade   Northenden 2 Grade
1 Ian Mitchell 1633 0 - 1 Nathan Harvey-Jones 1686
2 Steven Flaherty 1606  ½ - ½ Alex Benner 1656
3 Tony Jinks 1576 1 - 0 Khalid Khokar 1510
4 Pete Hurn 1560 1 - 0 Sergio Russo 1454
5 Con Carey 1518 1 - 0 James Morris 1357
6 Paul Curran 1548 1 - 0 Des Lougheed 0820

 

Date of match was 24th October 2023

The Heywood A side were out again this week in their away match to Great Lever B in Division B of the Central Lancashire League.  Credit to Great Lever's boards 3 and 4 who put up a great fight to earn their side a draw:

Board Great Lever B Grade   Heywood A Grade
1 Andrew Crowther 1689 0 - 1 George Turner 1900
2 Anthony Wilkinson 1572 0 - 1 Dave Almond 1693
3 Parshottambhi Patel 1320 1 - 0 Con Carey 1507
4 Brian Davies 1254 1 - 0 Donna Chaddwick 1297

 

Date of match was 11th October 2023

The Central Lanchashire League is now underway with Heywood fielding a strong team in the home match against another strong team from Leyland:

Board Heywood A Grade   Leyland A Grade
1 David Almond 1693 ½ - ½ Sean Fitzgibbon 1782
2 Steven Flaherty 1606 0 - 1 William Moffatt 1699
3 Con Carey 1507 ½ - ½ Steve Hughes 1514
4 Matthew Poon 1581 1 - 0 Neil Treadwell 1536

 

Date of match was 5th October 2023

 

Heywood's first outing in the East Lancashire Chess Association Division 2 league resulted in a draw against a strong Burnley team:

Board Burnley C Grade   Heywood Grade  
1 Andrew Jaques 1916 ½ - ½ George Turner 1895  
2 Peter Dickinson 1833 1 - 0 David Almond 1689  
3 Neil Taylor 1686 1 - 0 Tony Jinks 1565  
4 George Fishwick 1633 0 - 1 Mohammed Rohman 1498  
5 Chris Stansfield 1586 0 - 1 Donna Chaddwick 1292 see game of the week

 

Date of match was 4th October 2023

The Heywood first team were in action this week in the MCF Wahltuch cup.  A strong showing by both sides however outrated on all boards Heywood fell to a very strong side:

Board Heywood 1 Grade   Urmston 1 Grade
1 George Turner 1916 ½ - ½ Jonathan Hill 2068
2 Bill O' Rourke 1833 1 - 0 Dennis Owen 1996
3 David Almond 1686 0 - 1 Matthew Furness 1957
4 Ian Mitchell 1633 0 - 1 Andreas Iliopoulos 2008
5 Matthew Poon 1586 ½ - ½ Grant Randall 1572
6 Steven Flaherty 1606 ½ - ½ John Reyes 1634

 

Date of match was 28th September 2023

We had our first match of the season a cup game away against Swinton & Worsley 4, the team did very well earning a draw on the day however due to an incorrect grade order for Swinton and Worsley the match was subsequently awarded to Heywood who now progress to the next round.  

Board Swinton & Worsley 4 Grade   Heywood 2 Grade   Adjusted Result
1 McGuigan-Lazo, Leon 1300 ½ - ½ Almond, Dave S 1686    
2 Rughani, Mahin 1386 1 - 0 Flaherty, Steven M 1606    
3jj Cheung, Leo 0870 0 - 1 Jinks, Anthony 1576    
4 Maheshwari, Shlok 0970 ½ - ½ Poon, Matthew 1250   0 - 1
5 Locke, Charlie 0750 1 - 0 Hurn, Peter 1560   0 - 1
6 Otaryan, David 0750 0 - 1 Curran, Paul 1548    

 

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