



In the 2014-15 Cookworthy Cup, seven palyers will enter the quarter finals automatically by virtue of their grades; there will be a preliminary competition to determine the eighth quarter-finalist.
Here is the draw for the preliminary competition. A player whose name has a dark background will have Black; the two finalists will toss for colours.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tony Collins | Tony Collins | Tony Collins | Ken Ashby |
| Bye | |||
| Anderson McCammont | Anderson McCammont | ||
| Derek Drake | |||
| Barry Sweetman | Barry Sweetman | Ken Ashby | |
| Bye | |||
| Ken Ashby | Ken Ashby | ||
| Bye |
Here is the draw for the main competition. In the Quarter Finals, a player whose name has a dark background will have Black; in the Semi-Finals players will toss for colours. The two-game Final is scheduled to take place on two Thursdays in March/April 2015.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Winner |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barclay Best | Barclay Best | Barclay Best | Cup shared after both finalists won with the white pieces |
| Phil McConnell | |||
| Clifford Peach*** | Clifford Peach | ||
| Dennis Russell*** | |||
| Roy Greenhalgh | James Fowler | James Fowler | |
| James Fowler | |||
| Prelim Winner (Ken) | Ben Wilkinson | ||
| Ben Wilkinson |
*** Dennis Russell lost by default.
Congratulations to James Fowler and Barclay Best, each of whom won with the white pieces in the final. Rather than have a play-off, with Cliff's approval they agreed to share the trophy.
Any Cookworthy Cup games which have been pre-arranged but not yet played are set out below. If you are logged in as a member you can record on this website a game that you have pre-aranged by clicking here.
The individual game results in the Cookworthy Cup for the current season are set out below. To limit the display to games involving a particular player, start typing that player's name in the "Filter" box.
| Date | White | Result | Black | PGN? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 06 Nov 2014 | Greenhalgh, Roy (97) | ½-½ | Fowler, James (105) | Submit |
| 13 Nov 2014 | Best, Barclay (90) | 1-0 | McConnell, Phil (102) | View |
| 13 Nov 2014 | Fowler, James (105) | 1-0 | Greenhalgh, Roy (97) | Submit |
| 13 Nov 2014 | Drake, Derek () | 0-1 | McCammont, Anderson () | View |
| 20 Nov 2014 | Collins, Tony (78) | 1-0 | McCammont, Anderson () | Submit |
| 08 Jan 2015 | Peach, Cliff (110) | ½-½ | Russell, Dennis (112) | Submit |
| 15 Jan 2015 | Collins, Tony (78) | 0-1 | Ashby, Ken (83) | View |
| 22 Jan 2015 | Ashby, Ken (83) | 0-1 | Wilkinson, Ben (129) | View |
| 19 Mar 2015 | Best, Barclay (90) | 1-0 | Peach, Cliff (110) | View |
| 19 Mar 2015 | Fowler, James (105) | 1-0 | Wilkinson, Ben (129) | View |
| 09 Apr 2015 | Fowler, James (105) | 1-0 | Best, Barclay (90) | Submit |
| 16 Apr 2015 | Best, Barclay (90) | 1-0 | Fowler, James (105) | View |