BIRMINGHAM & DISTRICT CHESS LEAGUE

Lightning Tournament

Lightning tournament Archive

The Birmingham league Lightning tournament has been played in graded sections with 4 players per team at the rate of 10 seconds per move.

Links to previous tournament results appear below. There were no tournaments in 2021 or 2022. Detailed reports are not available for some events.

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2001

BDCL Lightning Tournament held 20/3/2001
Section A was won by Shirley 'A' with 17 pts from Olton 'A' (15½) and Lichfield 'A' (13).
Section B was won by Birmingham with 17 pts from Solihull 'A' (15½) and Shirley 'B' (13).
Section C was won jointly by Solihull Youth 'A' and Shirley 'C' with 16½ pts. Kingstanding were third (14½).

2000

Section A winners South Birmingham A, with Olton A and Kynoch A joint second.
Section B winners Birmingham, with runners up Mutual Circle A.
Section C winners South Birmingham C with Rushall B and Kynoch B joint second.

1999

Section A winners Olton A, with runners-up South Birmingham A.
Section B winners Checkmates with runners-up Solihull B.
Section C winners 'Allstars' with Joint runners up Colebrook Shirley C and South Birmingham B.

1998

Section A winners Olton A, with runners-up Kynoch.
Section B winners Warley Quinborne A and Second Warley Quinborne B.

1997

Section A winners Olton A, runners-up Warley Quinborne A.
Section B winners South Birmingham B, with Runners-up Warley Quinborne B.

1996

Section A winners Olton, runners-up South Birmingham.
Section B winners Lucas & Birmingham Settlement, with runners-up Solihull Lodge B.

1995

Section A winners Kynoch A, runners-up Solihull Lodge.
Section B winners Kynoch B, with runners-up Lucas.

1994

Section A winners South Birmingham A, joint runners-up Solihull Lodge A and Warley Quinborne A.
Section B winners Olton, with runners-up Solihull Lodge B.

1993

No information

1992

Section A winners Warley Quinborne, with runners-up St. James
Section B winners Olton, with runners-up Warlry Quinborne C.

1991

Section A winners Warley Quinborne A, with runners-up Kynoch
Section B winners Warley Quinborne B, with runners-up Lucas & Birmingham Settlement.

1990

Section A winners Kynoch, with runners-up Warley Quinborne A.

1989

Section A winners St. James A, with runners-up Kynoch
Section B winners Birmingham, with joint runners-up St. James, Warley quinborne andn West Midlands Municipal.
Section C winners Holly Lane, with joint runners-up North Birmingham, Walsall Kipping and Warley Quinborne.

1988

Section A winners St. James.

1987

Section A winners St. James.

1986

Section A winners St. James.

1985

Section A winners Kynoch A.