Upcoming
- 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 16 Nov. Chess at Martley Village Hall, WR6 6PA almost opposite Ryecroft Way. starting 3pm. £3
- Thu 21 Nov. Worcester Rooks play Longbridge away Contact Scott if you would like to play.
- 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.
Rapidplay draws
7 Nov 2024. With an unchanged team, Worcester Pawns drew both legs of their away fixture in the u1650 league with Longbridge. New players Alex Nicholls and Scott Maclean won both their games. See full results.
31 and 24 Oct 2024. In spite of illness of the team’s board 1, The Knights team held Redditch and Kidderminster to draws in both rapidplay matches in the Rapidplay fixtures. Substitute Aiden won both his games on board 4 in the earlier match. See full results.
City team lose away to Redditch
30 Oct 2024. The City team was without leading players in its away match at Redditch and lost 3-2. Dorin Luca was the only Worcester player to win. 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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