Upcoming
- Mon 31 Mar, on BBC2. Chessmasters: The Endgame. Starts at 8pm.
- Tue 8 Apr, An Introduction to Chess. For absolute beginners and those who know the basic moves. Tuesday early evenings at the Dice Box organised by Rob Sutton.
- Thu 24 April. Paul Serafini is organising a home match against Hereford for this date Details TBC.
- Sun 11 May, Delancey UK Chess Challenge Birmingham Megafinal at King Edward VI Five Ways School, Scotland Lane, Bartley Green, Birmingham, B32 4BTand Herefordshire Megafinal 9:30am start at Hereford Cathedral School, The Zimmerman Building, Church Street, Hereford, HR1 2LT. Six rounds rapidplay, time control 15 min + 10 sec, Prizes for highest boy and girl scorers in each year group.
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Club Championship finalists decided20 Mar 2025. In the championship semi-finals 2024 champion Joe Rastall beat new member Keith Sorrell and Ed Osbourn beat Ed Higgs. Although Ed Osbourn was the losing finalist in 2011, he has not prviously held the title.
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Busy time for club teams in March
21 Mar 2025. The Rooks won their away match with Malvern to go into second position in the Challengers table, but Redditch have matches in hand and the Rooks cannot catch Redditch even by defeating them in the final away fixture. Chris Lee and Scott Oxtoby won their games.
13 Mar 2025. Worcester hosted Longbridge for two fixtures in a busy night for the club. In the Challengers League, the Rooks drew and Dorin Luca won his game to propel the team into second place in the Challengers table.. see match card. In the Rapidplay League, Worcester lost the first leg of the fixture with and won the second. The Knights remains at the foot of the table with one fixture only against Redditch to complete their campaign and avoid the wooden spoon. See match card.
11 Mar 2025. The Bishops travelled to Stourbridge and drew. New member Sai Rentachintala and Arnold Kirkland won their games. This completes fixtures for the Bishops. Stourbridge have three fixtures in hand and Longbridge 2 and both opposing teams could overtake Worcester in the final table. See match card.
6 Mar 2025. There were two Worcester-Redditch fixturess in Worcestershire League: In the Championship League, the City team won 3-2 with all except board 2 ending in draws. Ed Osborne scored the crucial win.See match card. In the Rapidplay League 2 fixture, Worcester lost the first leg, but came back with a 4-0 win in the second. See match cards. There was also a friendly rapidplay two-board fixture with the recently formed Pebworth club where new members Brody McNamara and Viktor Gorbunov won their games. See details..
5 Mar 2025. The Pawns team lost to Kidderminster in the Rapidplay League 2 match. Only Scott Maclean and Sai Rentachintala were able to achieve equality. See match card.
27 Feb 2025. After two losses, the team returned to winning ways in their home Championshio League match. Scott Oxtoby, Rob Sutton and Chris Lee won their games. See match card.
Club players at Stroud
22 Feb 2025. Tony Shaw and Phil Austin travelled to the Stroud Rapidplay and finished with 3 points from their six games.
Worcester lose to Leominster and Bishops draw with Kidderminster
20 Feb 2025. In a return friendly match postponed from last summer, Leominster won. Dorin Luca, new members Sai Rentachintala and Sean Conway won their games. See full results.
19 Feb 2025. The bishops team drew their away District League match with Kidderminster. Alex Nicholls and Aiden Griffiths won their games. Alex Nicholls and Aiden Griffiths drew their games. See details.
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