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  • ECF Online tournaments Something on nearly every day!
  • Sat 13 Apr 2024. Staffordshire English Junior Coaches and Organisers Association Zonal Qualifier at Burntwood Instutute Rugeley Road, Walsall WS7 9BE. Under-8, -10, -12 -14, -14, -18, and Under-20 tournaments. Five rounds , time control 15 min + 10 sec, starting at 9am and prize-giving at about 4pm.
  • Sat 20 Apr 2024. Cannock & Dist CL25th Anniversary Rapidplay at Rycroft Community Hub, New Forest Road, Walsall WS3 1TR. Open, Major (u1750) and Minor tournaments (u1500), six rounds starting at 10am, time control 20 min +20 sec.
  • Sat 27 Apr. David Dunn Memorial Rapidplay at Moseley All Services Club, 91 Church Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9EA. Open, u2000, u1750, u1500 sections, seven rounds starting at 10:30am, time control 15 min + 10 sec.
  • Fri-Sun 26-28 Apr 2024. Bristol Chess Congress at Bristol Grammar School, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SR. Open (FIDÉ rated), Boniface (u1900), and Foundation (u1600) tournaments, time control 90 min + 30 sec, half-point byes
  • Sun 28 Apr. She Plays To Win Warwickshire Rapidplay at University of Warwick, Library Road, Coventry CV4 7AL. Open, Secondary u1600 and Primary u1600. Five rounds starting 1pm, time control 15 min + 5 min.
  • Sat 11 May. National Quarter finals matches for u1450 and Minor Counties teams. Venues TBA.
  • Sat & Sun 18, 19 May. Leamington Open at Warwick Trident Park, Poseidon Way, Royal Leamington Spa. CV34 6SW. Five rounds, Open, u2000, u1750, u1500 sections. FiDÉ rated, ECF gold membership required, half point bye available rounds 1-4.
  • Sat-Mon, 25-27 May 2024. Cotswold Congress at The King’s School, Pitt Street, Gloucester GL1 2BG. Open, Major (u1850), Minor (u1635), 6 rounds, half point byes in rounds 1-5, time control 90 min + 30 sec.

Draw for Bennett Cup semi-finals

24 Mar 2024 Brian Turner reports. Lee Davis plays Joe Friar and Ray Collett plays Ian Clarke.

Wheatley Cup finalists decided

20 Mar 2024. Redditch beat Kidderminster and will play Worcester in the final. See Wheatley competition results.

11 Mar 2024. Worcester beat Shirley & Wythall on handicap and will play Kidderminster or Redditch in the final.

Online teams all successful

19 Mar 2024. All three teams won their round 5 4NCL matches. Worcestershire Wolfpack A beat East Kilbride E; Worcestershire Wolfpack B beat Charlton Cobras; and Worcestershire Wolfpack Cadets beat West Wickham. In Division 4, team A is 2 points clear of their nearest rivals in Group B, team B is 4points clear of nearest rivals in Group A. The Cadets team is placed 18th out of 33 teams in Division 5. See full results with links to games.

Worcestershire teams lead Wolverhampton League

14 Mar, John Wrench reports. Halesowen are at the top of Wolverhampton League Division 1. In second place is Kidderminster’s promoted team with two matches in hand.

Worcestershire player beats grandmaster

13 Mar 2024. Several county players travelled to Hereford to play GM Keith Arkell in a simultaneous exhibition. Only Scott Oxtoby (Worcester) was successful. Keth’s overall score was +33 -4 with no draws. The evnt was organised by Lee Davies. See more.

County teams in national quarter-finals

12 Mar 2024. All three Worcestershire county teams will be playing in the ECF national stages. Dates for the quarter final finals are 11 May in the Minor Counties and the u1450 competition and on 18 May for the u1650 competition. All semi-finals will be on 8 June and the finals on 6 July. This is the first year that Worcestershire has had three teams in the national stages.

Sad loss of county stalwarts

9 Mar 2024. Longbridge clubs has announced the death of Brian Allsop, aged 67. His funeral will be held at 2pm on Wednesday 17 April at Waseley Hills Crematorium. Brian represented Worcestershire in 23 county matches between 2016 and 2019. A tribute to Brian has been posted to Longbridge Club’s website.

2 Mar 2024. Halesowen has reported the death of Joyce Evans. Joyce played for Worcestershire in over 40 county matches between 2008 and 2020 and had been a member of Halesowen club since 1977. Her funeral is 11am on Tuesday 26 March at Stourbridge Crematorium. There is a tribute to her on the ECForum.

County online teams in 4NCL

5 Mar 2024. The county teams won two matches and lost one in the 4NCL online League in round 5. In Division 4, Worcestershire Wolfpack A team beat Chess Challengers A 3-1; Worcestershire Wolfpack B beat Hebden Bridge Three 3-1; and Worcestershire Wolfpack Cadets team lost 1½-2½ to Settle. At the end of the evening, A and B teams stand top of their groups in Division 4 and the Cadets team are placed 25th out of 36 teams in Division 5. See full results with links to games.

20 Feb 2024. In round 3 in Division 4, the A team beat Atticus from Liverpool 2½-1½ and the B team beat Bishop Trojans from Bishop Aukland 4-0. The Cadets team lost their Division 5 match against Calstock Killers 1-3. See full results with links to games.

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