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24 May, John Wrench reports. Kidderminster Library offers FREE Board Games Sessions, including chess every Saturday from 1pm to 3pm. The library is in Market Street, Kidderminster DY10 1AB.
14 May. Worcestershire lost to Cambridgeshire 6½-5½ at the neutral venue in Dunchurch Village Hall, Rugby in the Minor Counties competition. See county team results.
4 May, Paul Sharratt reports. Andrew Farthing (sec Worc & Dist League) and Worcestershire Chess Association have arranged a meeting of club secretaries and captains on Thursdayy evening 9 June at Worcester to review the operation of the joint league set up in response to the Covid crisis. Please contact Paul or Andrew if you would like issues raised.
13 Apr. Redditch 2 beat Stourbridge in the final match of the league season. Redditch are league champions with Worcester City runners-up in a much depleted field for Division 1. Longbridge are Division 2 champions and runners-up are Redditch 2.
6 Apr. Halesowen had to withdraw from the Division 1 competitions because thir venue was unavailable and there were too few dates to complete their fixtures. Games in their matches will be rated, but match results will not be counted in the Division 1 table. Worcester City were runners-up.
31 Mar. Worcestershire Juniors were promoted to Division 1 of the online team competition. Congratulations to the team especially county junior players Eric Gregory and Cameron Henry and team managers Nigel Towers and Simon Berry.
23 Mar. Longbridge 2 defeated Kidderminster 2 their nearest rivals to make sure of winning Division 2 and receiving an offer of promotion next season.
19 Mar. The county was out-rated, but the final score was no disgrace 6½-9½. Worcestershire’s winners were Brian Turner (Malvern) and Ray Collett (Worcester). See match card. TIn spite of the loss, Worcestershire will probably be invited to play in the national stages. The date for the quarter finals is Sat 14 May. Please contact Paul Sharratt if you would like to play.
13 Mar, Stephen Woodhouse reports. Worcestershire finished sixth in Division 4 for the international States and Regions team tournament played on the International Correspondence Chess Federation server. Board 1 Stan Grayland was the team’s highest scorer. Stephen Woodhouse was team captain and the other members of the team were Brian Turner and Matthew Jordan.
3 Mar. Redditch 1 defeated Worcester City to make certain of the league title. See detailed results using the league tab above.
30 Dec, Steve Crees reports. Unforeseen circumstances and a shortage of players with own transport has meant that club regretfully has to pull out of Division 1. The Division 2 team will continue.
27 Nov, Nigel Towers reports. Keith scored 143 points from his best six tournaments. There were nine rounds in total.
12-21 Nov. Lee Davis (Malvern and Hereford) represented Wales, playing on boards 3 or 4 in the European Team Championships in Catez, Slovenia.
14 Nov. The first MCCU county match of the season ended in a 6 - 6 scoreline, but won on board 1 and won on tie-break. County players who won their games were: Arnold Kirkland (Droitwich, Bd 2), Steve Alcock (Stourbridge, Bd 5), Joel Mitchell (Longbridge, Bd 8), Matthew Rowe (Longbridge, Bd 10). See match details.
17 Nov. Joe Friar (Kidderminster) was first in the Major (u2000) Birmingham rapidplay on 5½/7 with Dustin Bowcott (Halesowen) half a point behind. Kidderminster players John Varilone and Mark Riley were mid-way in the Intermediate tournament on 3½/7.
31 Oct, John Fahy reports. Dudley & District Chess League has decided not to play this season. Consultation with clubs showed that they had already taken on sufficient commitments with other leagues to satisfy reduced demand for otb chess during the Covid epidemic.
28 Oct. Division 2 first results. Stourbridge beat Longbridge and the new Worcester and Droitwich team drew with Kidderminster.
28 Oct. Redditch may need to use alternative venues because of refurbishment of Alvechurch Sports & Social Club.
26 Oct. Worcestershire Chess League match results should now be entered on ECF League management website. Please notify Paul Sharratt and Ray Collett that your result has been posted and report any difficulties using LMS to Ray Collett.
17 Oct. Karazyna Toma, who played board 1 for Worcestershire, was second in the British Women's Championship. The event was won by Harriet Hunt.
22 Sep. League teams square up. Division 1 comprises five teams: Halesowen, Kidderminster, Longbridge, Malvern, Redditch and Worcester City. Division 2 has 5 teams: Kidderminster, Longbridge, Redditch, Stourbridge and Worcester City.
22 Sep. Division 1 will comprise: Halesowen, Kidderminster, Longbridge, Malvern, Redditch and Worcester City; Division 2 Kidderminster,Longbridge, Redditch, Stourbridge and Worcester City. A double round has been proposed for both divisions.
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Match in progress at Worcester on September 16th with players taking precautions against Covid-19 |
16 Sep. Nick Harris Memorial Match Two ‘All Stars’ teams competed in the inaugural match of the 2021-2 league season at Worcester in memory of Nick Harris. Stourbridge, the visiting team strengthened with players from Kidderminster and Malvern, emerged victorious 3-2. Players used the new slightly faster time control 50 minutes plus 20 seconds increment adopted by the league. This led to some very brisk finishes and disasters with players yet to adapt to the new time control. A total of over £200 was collected for St Richard’s Hospice in Nick’s memory. See full results of match. Read more about Nick’s achievements as a player and author.