Worcestershire Chess Association

 

10 Oct 2026. Round 2. The team was pitted against a higher rated and long established Manchester team and came off very much the worst. Only Maurice Spaughton 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

 

22 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.