Worcestershire Chess Association

 

15 Oct 2026. Round 4. At the end of the evening, the team are ninth out of thirty in Division 3.

Board and colour			Worcestershire Wolfpack	Score	Chess Challengers C	Rating
381	w	1137 e	Flavell-Grant, Arthur	1 - 0	Rajavel Rekha, Arumin Raghav	660 e
382	b	613 e	Hughes, Thomas	1 - 0	Joshi, Sumedh	653 e
383	w	551 e	Elmaradny, Yehia	0 - 1	Ren, Sam	640 e
384	b	469 e	Stavrev-Colley, Alexander	1 - 0	Thayalan, Ethan	602 e
385	b	1137 e	Flavell-Grant, Arthur	1 - 0	Rajavel Rekha, Arumin Raghav	660 e
386	w	613 e	Hughes, Thomas	1 - 0	Joshi, Sumedh	653 e
387	b	551 e	Elmaradny, Yehia	0 - 1	Ren, Sam	640 e
388	w	469 e	Stavrev-Colley, Alexander	0 - 1	Thayalan, Ethan	602 e
average rating=724				5 - 3	average rating=644

 

8 Oct 2026. Round 3. The team was pitted against a higher rated and long established Manchester team and came off very much the worst. Only Thomas Hughes was able to stem the tide.

Board and colour		Rating	3Cs Juniors	Score	Worcestershire Wolfpack	Rating
1	w	1431e	Hamedi, Moussa Khalil	1 - 0	Tretiak, Mykhailo	805 e
2	b	793e	Au, Kingsley	1 - 0	Spaughton, Maurice	645 e
3	w	601e	Au, Kingston	1 - 0	Hughes, Thomas	613 e
4	b	500e	Drake, Timmy	1 - 0	Elmeradney, Yehia	551 e
1	b	1431e	Hamedi, Moussa Khalil	1 - 0	Tretiak, Mykhailo	805 e
2	w	793e	Au, Kingsley	1 - 0	Spaughton, Maurice	645 e
3	b	601e	Au, Kingston	0 - 1	Hughes, Thomas	613 e
4	w	500e	Drake, Timmy	1 - 0	Elmeradney, Yehia	551 e
average rating=872				7 - 1	average rating=668

 

1 Oct 2026. Round 2 The team rode its luck and was gifted a point in the second leg of the fixture.

Board and colour		Rating	Worcestershire Wolfpack	Score	Barnet Knights C	Rating
1	w	1164 e	Robson, Henry	1 - 0	Mukherjee, Arjun	827 e
2	b	1063 e	Dyball, Max	0 - 1	Osborne, Charlie	816 e
3	w	961 e	Allen, Henry	1 - 0	Elia, Elise	770
4	b	864 e	Simms-Preece, Zach	0 - 1	Finlay Fox, George	772 e
1	b	1164 e	Robson, Henry	0 - 1	Mukherjee, Arjun	827 e
2	w	1063 e	Dyball, Max	1 - d	Osborne, Charlie	816 e
3	b	961 e	Allen, Henry	1 - 0	Elia, Elise	770
4	w	864 e	Simms-Preece, Zach	0 - 1	Finlay Fox, George	772 e
Penalty				-½
Average rating=1034				4 - 3½	average rating=799

 

24 Sep 2026. Round 1. The Wolfpack team draw its first match. As a new team in the league, Worcestershire Wolfpack Juniors had to start in Division 3. The team played its first match against Caissa’s Lionesses and drew 4-4. Henry Robson won both his games.

 

Board and colour		Rating	Caissa's Lionesses	Score	Worcestershire Wolfpack	Rating
1	w	1255	Somanathan, Tharani	0 - 1	Robson, Henry	1164 e
2	b	1187	Calapini, Emily	1 - 0	Flavell-Grant, Arthur	1137 e
3	w	880 e	Karanam, Adhokshaja	0 - 1	Dyball, Max	1063 e
4	b	896 e	Choi, Veronica	0 - 1	Allen, Henry	961 e
1	b	1255	Somanathan, Tharani	0 - 1	Robson, Henry	1164 e
2	w	1187	Calapini, Emily	1 - 0	Flavell-Grant, Arthur	1137 e
3	b	880 e	Karanam, Adhokshaja	1 - 0	Dyball, Max	1063 e
4	w	896 e	Choi, Veronica	1 - 0	Allen, Henry	961 e
average rating=1077				4 - 4	average rating=1098

 

24 Aug 2026. County Junior Organiser, Simon Berry (Worcester), and Colin Vernon (Warndon) received approval from the county association to enter a junior team in the well-established Junior Online Four Nations Chess League (4NCL). Colin has extensive experience in running onlie squads. He formed and managed a team of players he had met at Coulsden Chess Congresses during the 2019-20 Covid epidemic and later he co-managed the first adult Worcestershire Wolfpack squad in 2023.