Cookworthy Cup 2014-15
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.
Preliminary Competition
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 |
Main Competition
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.
Individual Game Results
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 "Search" 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 |