Upcoming
- Tue 29 Oct. 5:30pm to 8pm. An introduction to Chess by Rob Sutton at The Dice Box, 9 The Shambles. Also on 12 Nov and 26 Nov.
- Sat 2 Nov 3pm at Martley Village Hall, Martley WR6 6PA Chess Coaching with Valery Sherlock
- Wed 30 Oct 7:30pm Worcester City play away at Redditch in the Championship League.
- Thu 31 Oct 7:30pm Worcester Knights play Kidderminster in the Rapidplay League at home. Contact Chris if you would like to play.
- Thu 7 Nov 7:30pm Worcester pawns play Longbridge in the u1650 rapidplay League at home. Contact Paul if you would like to play.
- Sat 16 Nov. Bristol Blitz Championship at St Michael’s Centre, Stoke Giffard, Bristol, BS34 8PD. Two sections. FIDE rated, ECF Gold membership required.
- Sat 23 Nov. Worcs play Staffordshire away. Please contact Paul if you would like to play.
- Sat & Sun 14-15 Dec Keith Escott Memorial Congress at Plantsbrook School, Upper Holland Road, Sutton Coldfield B72 1RB. Open u2000 and u1600. Five rounds, time control 80min +10 sec.
- Fri 27 Dec to Mon 30 Dec. Bristol New Year Open Tournament at Bristol Bridge Club, Oldfield Road, Hotwells, Bristol BS8 4QQ. Seven rounds, half point byes available, time control 90 min + 30 sec.
Worcester Knights draw matches with Redditch
24 Oct 2024. In spite of illness of the team’s board 1, The Knights team held Redditch to draws in both rapidplay matches in the Rapidplay fixture. Substitute Aiden won both his games on board 4. See full results.
Worcester players help county win online matches
22 Oct 2024. Seven club members played in matches in round 4 of the Four Nations Chess League. Seamus, Tony, Phil, Arnold, and new members Samuel and Sean won their games. Ray bluffed a draw after blundering a piece in the early middle game. See full results and links to games.
Worcester players at Droitwich and Stroud
19 Oct 2024. Club members Joe Rastall, Dorin Luca and Ray Collett won their games in Worcestershire's first county match of the season against Staffordshire played at Droitwich. Worcestershire won 7-5. See full results. On the same day, two members travelled to Stroud to play in a rapidplay congress. Tony Shaw and Phil Austin scored 3 points from their six games in the event won by IM Andrew Horton and local player Indy Southcott-Moyers. See full results.
Longbridge teams outplay Worcester
17 Oct 2024. Longbridge beat Worcester City in the Championship League. Ed Higgs was the only worcester players to win. See full results.
16 Oct 2024. The Bishops team were outplayed by Longbrdige and went down to a 1-3 defeat. Aiden Griffiths was the only Worcester player to win. See full results.
First results in All-Play-All Rapidplay championship
10 Oct 2024. Scott Oxtoby got the better of President Rob Sutton and Joe Rastall beat Dorin Luca.
City team win second match
9 Oct 2024. Stephen Mellor, Dorin Luca and Ray Collett won their games in the away match against Kidderminster in the Championship league. See full results.
First round results in club championship3 Oct 2024. Ray Collett, Ed Higgs, Seamus Flynn, Joe Rastall and Keith Sorrell won thier first round games and will progress to the quarter finals to be held on 12 December. Two of the games were drawn and these players will need to play a second game to progress. Aiden Griffiths held off Dorin Luca in a rook and pawn ending while Rob Sutton held Stephen Mellor to a drawn knight and pawn ending. See full results. Ed Higgs wins September Fun Blitz26 Sep 2024. In the semi-finals Ed Higgs beat Rob Sutton and Joe Rastall beat Dorin Luca. The final saw Ed beat Joe. See full results of the competition. |
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