Worcestershire Chess League

League tables and fixtures 2026-7

General league news

League team competitions

8 Sep 2026. First league fixtures were played.

7 Sep 2026. Fixture lists published on LMS and estimated ratings for new players.

18 Aug 2026. A total of thirty team entries were received compared with tewnty three last season. The new teams come from new clubs Warnodon and Evesham and the new u1350 rapidplay league.

26 Jun 2026. The Annual General Meeting of the association approved the organisation of a new rapidplay u1350 team competition. The following rule changes were also agreed : (1) that when a club has two teams in the same competition, the players nominated for each team should be entirely separate; (2) Players' ratings are based on the September ratings list or the time of registration and updated according to the January list to determine eligibility and board order; (3) captains are allowed discretion to order players in their teams plus or minus 100 points; (4) a players with an estimated rating has the rating adjusted to the first published A or K rating attained with immediate effect and the new rating determines eligibility and board order.

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Championship League

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5 Oct 2026. Longbridge B and Kidderminster drew.

21 Sep 2026. Redditch beat Kidderminster away to establish an early lead in the league

17 Sep 2026. Worcester hosted Redditch and drew.

8 Sep 2026. The Championship League started with the Longbridge A versus B local Derby. Longbridge A won.

18 Aug 2026. Six teams, the same as last season, entered this competition: Kidderminster, Longbridge A, Longbridge B, Malvern, Redditch, and Worcester City. Last season Redditch were League champions and Longbridge A were runners-up.

 

Teams are of five players and there are no rating restrictions. The time control is 45+30 for home matches at Longbridge, Redditch and Worcester: Kidderminster and Malvern use a 60+30 time control for their matches. Teams play each other home and away with matches starting at 7:30pm.

Championship League Table 2026-7

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Match Points
Redditch	2	1	1	0	5½	4½	3
Longbridge A	1	1	0	0	3½	1½	2
Kidderminster	2	0	1	1	4½	5½	1
Longbridge B	2	0	1	1	4	6	1
Worcester City	1	0	1	0	2½	2½	1
Malvern

Championship League Fixtures 2026-7

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2026 Dates	Home team	Score	Away team
Wed 8 Sep 26	Longbridge A	3½ - 1½	Longbridge B
Thu 17 Sep 26	Worcester City	2½ - 2½	Redditch 1
Mon 21 Sep 26	Kidderminster	2 - 3	Redditch 1
Mon 5 Oct 26	Longbridge B	2½ - 2½	Kidderminster
Fri 9 Oct 26	Malvern		Longbridge B
Thu 15 Oct 26	Worcester City		Malvern
Wed 21 Oct 26	Redditch 1		Malvern
Mon 26 Oct 26	Longbridge A		Redditch 1
Tue 3 Nov 26	Longbridge A		Worcester City
Fri 6 Nov 26	Malvern		Kidderminster
Wed 11 Nov 26	Redditch 1		Longbridge B
Mon 16 Nov 26	Kidderminster		Worcester City
Thu 26 Nov 26	Worcester City		Longbridge B
Fri 4 Dec 26	Malvern		Longbridge A
Mon 14 Dec 26	Kidderminster		Longbridge A
2027 Dates	Home team	Score	Away team
Mon 4 Jan 27	Longbridge B		Longbridge A
Fri 15 Jan 27	Malvern		Worcester City
Wed 20 Jan 27	Redditch 1		Worcester City
Fri 29 Jan 27	Malvern		Redditch 1
Mon 1 Feb 27	Longbridge A		Kidderminster
Mon 8 Feb 27	Longbridge A		Malvern
Wed 24 Feb 27	Redditch 1		Kidderminster
Thu 4 Mar 27	Worcester City		Longbridge A
Mon 8 Mar 27	Longbridge B		Malvern
Thu 18 Mar 27	Worcester City		Kidderminster
Mon 22 Mar 27	Kidderminster		Malvern
Good Friday 26 Mar
Wed 7 Apr 27	Redditch 1		Longbridge A
Mon 12 Apr 27	Kidderminster		Longbridge B
Mon 19 Apr 27	Longbridge B		Worcester City
Mon 26 Apr 27	Longbridge B		Redditch 1
Club secretaries and team captains. Kidderminster, Dave Close (fixtures) and capt Joe Friar; Longbridge, secy Gavin Cartwright, capt Stephen Woodhouse; Malvern, John Knee (fixtures), capt Brian Turner; Redditch, capt Dan Lambourne; Worcester, secy Paul Serafini, capt Rob Sutton.

Challengers League 2026-7

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7 Oct 2026. Warndon have had to re-arrange their away fixture against Worcester Rooks to 22 Oct.

5 Oct 2026. Worcester Rooks beat Kidderminster in their away fixture.

24 Sep 2026. Worcester Rooks beat Kidderminster.

23 Sep 2026. Playing away, new team Warndon draws its first match in the league against Redditch

15 Sep 2026. Longbridge and Redditch open the season for the Challengers League. Longbridge won.

18 Aug 2026. Six teams entered, two more than last year: Kidderminster and new club Warndon. In 2025-6 Redditch were winners and Longbridge were runners-up.

 

Teams have four boards where the the players on boards 2, 3 and 4 have original September 2026 ECF ratings below 1850 in matches played in 2026 and January original ratings for matches played in 2027. There is no rating restriction for players on board 1. Time control is 45+30. Teams have fixtures with each other home and away and matches start at 7:30pm.

 

Challengers' League table 2026-7

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Match Points
Worcester Rooks	2	2	0	0	6	2	4
Longbridge 2	1	1	0	0	3	1	2
Redditch 2	2	0	1	1	3	5	1
Warndon	1	0	1	0	2	2	1
Kidderminster 2	2	0	0	2	2	6	0
Malvern 2

Challengers' League fixtures 2026-7

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2026 Dates	Home team	Score	Away team
Tue 15 Sep 26	Longbridge 2	3 - 1	Redditch 2
Wed 23 Sep 26	Redditch 2	2 - 2	Warndon
Thu 24 Sep 26	Worcester Rooks	3½ - ½	Kidderminster 2
Mon 5 Oct 26	Kidderminster 2	1½ - 2½	Worcester Rooks
Thu 8 Oct 26	Worcester Rooks	P-P	Warndon
Thu 22 Oct 26	Worcester Rooks	NEW	Warndon
Tue 27 Oct 26	Longbridge 2		Warndon
Wed 28 Oct 26	Redditch 2		Worcester Rooks
Mon 9 Nov 26	Longbridge 2		Malvern
Mon 16 Nov 26	Kidderminster 2		Malvern
Fri 27 Nov 26	Malvern		Redditch 2
Tue 1 Dec 26	Longbridge 2		Worcester Rooks
Mon 14 Dec 26	Warndon		Malvern
Tue 15 Dec 26	Longbridge 2		Kidderminster 2
2027 Dates	Home team	Score	Away team
Mon 4 Jan 27	Warndon		Redditch 2
Thu 7 Jan 27	Worcester Rooks		Malvern
Wed 13 Jan 27	Redditch 2		Longbridge 2
Fri 22 Jan 27	Malvern		Warndon
Mon 1 Feb 27	Warndon		Worcester Rooks
Thu 25 Feb 27	Worcester Rooks		Redditch 2
Fri 26 Feb 27	Malvern		Kidderminster 2
Mon 1 Mar 27	Kidderminster 2		Redditch 2
Wed 5 May 27	Redditch 2		Kidderminster 2
Mon 15 Mar 27	Warndon		Longbridge 2
Fri 19 Mar 27	Malvern		Longbridge 2
Mon 22 Mar 27	Warndon		Kidderminster 2
Good Friday 26 Mar
Mon 5 Apr 27	Kidderminster 2		Longbridge 2
Fri 9 Apr 27	Malvern		Worcester Rooks
Wed 14 Apr 27	Redditch 2		Malvern
Thu 29 Apr 27	Worcester Rooks		Longbridge 2
Mon 17 May 27	Kidderminster 2		Warndon
Secretaries and team captains. Kidderminster, fixtures secy Dave Close, capt Brandon Wilkes; Longbridge, secy Gavin Cartwright, capt Matt Clarke; Malvern, secy Brian Turner, capt John Knee; Redditch, secy Dan Lambourne, capt Harry Evans; Warndon secy Sarah Burgess, capt Alex Nicholls; Worcester secy, Paul Serafini, capt Scott Oxtoby. ½

Worcester & District League

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5 Oct 2026. Worcester White Bishops beat Kidderminster

30 Sep 2026. Worcester White Bishops played Redditch. Over the board, result was a draw, but an issue about a player’s registartion is being investigated.

22 Sep 2026. Longbridge beat Worcester White Bishops.

14 Sep 2026. New team from Warndon wins its first league match against Redditch.

9 Sep 2026. The first Worcester & District fixture of the season is a win for Longbridge.

11 Aug 2026. Seven teams entered, two more than last season: with teams from new clubs Evesham and Warndon.

 

Teams are of four players with original September 2026 ECF ratings up to1650 played in 2026 and January original ratings for matches played in 2027. Time control is 45+30. Teams play each other home and away with matches starting at 7:30 pm. Last season’s winner was Worcester White Bishops and Kidderminster was runner-up.

Worcester & District League table 2026-7

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Match Points
Longbridge 3	2	2	0	0	5	3	4
Worcester White Bishops *	3	1	1*	1	3½	4½	3
Warndon	1	1	0	0	2½	1½	2
Redditch 3	3	0	1*	2	5	7	1
Kidderminster *	1	0	0	1	1½	2½	0
Evesham 1650
Worcester Black Bishops
Team captains. Evesham secy Jason Howard-Carter, capt Graham Kemp; Kidderminster Dave Close (fixtures) and capt David Waud; Longbridge secy Gavin Cartwright, capt Tom Sherwood; Redditch, Giles Stanton; Warndon secy Sarah Burgess, capt Colin Vernon; Worcester White Bishops, fixtures secy Rob Sutton, capt Aiden Griffiths; Worcester Black Bishops,fixtures secy Rob Sutton, capt Sai Rentachintala* † ½ * Result of a match between Redditch and Worcester White Bishops was subject to controller’s investigation. Worcester’s mistake in registering a player was not penalised because Kiddermister won that board and there was no effect on Worcester’s board order.

Worcester & District League fixtures 2026-7

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2026 Dates	Home team	Result	Away team
Wed 9 Sep 26	Redditch 3	1½ - 2½	Longbridge 3
Mon 14 Sep 26	Warndon	2½ - 1½	Redditch 3
Tue 22 Sep 26	Longbridge 3	2½ - 1½	Worcester White Bishops
Wed 30 Sep 26	Redditch 3	2 - 2 *	Worcester White Bishops
Mon 5 Oct 26	Kidderminster	1½ - 2½	Worcester White Bishops
Wed 7 Oct 26	Redditch 3		Worcester Black Bishops
Mon 12 Oct 26	Warndon		Evesham 1650
Mon 19 Oct 26	Kidderminster		Redditch 3
Mon 9 Nov 26	Warndon		Longbridge 3
Mon 16 Nov 26	Evesham 1650		Kidderminster
Mon 23 Nov 26	Kidderminster		Worcester Black Bishops
Thu 26 Nov 26	Worcester White Bishops		Warndon
Thu 26 Nov 26	Worcester Black Bishops		Longbridge 3
Mon 7 Dec 26	Warndon		Worcester Black Bishops
Wed 16 Dec 26	Redditch 3		Evesham 1650
Mon 21 Dec 26	Kidderminster		Longbridge
2027 Dates	Home team	Result	Away team
Thu 7 Jan 27	Longbridge 3		Redditch 3
Mon 18 Jan 27	Warndon		Worcester White Bishops
Thu 21 Jan 27	Worcester Black Bishops		Redditch 3
Thu 21 Jan 27	Worcester White Bishops		Kidderminster
Mon 1 Feb 27	Eveshem 1650		Redditch 3
Mon 8 Feb 27	Warndon		Kidderminster
Wed 17 Feb 27	Redditch 3		Kidderminster
Mon 22 Feb 27	Evesham 1650		Longbridge 3
Mon 8 Mar 27	Kidderminster		Warndon
Wed 17 Mar 27	Redditch 3		Warndon
Thu 18 Mar 27	Worcester Black Bishops		Kidderminster
Mon 22 Mar 27	Kidderminster		Evesham 1650
Good Friday 26 Mar
Tue 6 Apr 27	Longbridge		Evesham 1650
Thu 8 Apr 27	Worcester White Bishops		Redditch 3
Thu 8 Apr 27	Worcester Black Bishops		Warndon
Thu 15 Apr 27	Worcester White Bishops		Longbridge 3
Mon 19 Apr 27	Evesham 1650		Warndon
Tue 20 Apr 27	Longbridge 3		Kidderminster
Tue 4 May 27	Longbridge 3		Worcester Black Bishops
Tue 11 May 27	3Longbridge 3		Warndon
* Result of the match between Redditch and Worcester White Bishops was subject to controller’s investigation. Worcester’s mistake in registering a player was not penalised because Kiddermister won that board and there was no effect on Worcester’s board order.

Rapidplay League 1

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24 Sep 2026. Longbridge had emphatic wins against Worcester Knights in both legs of their first match of the season.

18 Aug 2026. Four teams entered, the same as last season. Kidderminster won in 2025-6 and Longbridge were runners-up.

 

Each team has four players where players on boards 2, 3 and 4 should have original September 2026 ECF ratings below 1850 for matches played in 2026 and January original ratings for matches played in 2027. There is no rating restriction for players on board 1. Each fixture consists of two rapidplay games between the same opponents with colours reversed for the second game. Teams play fixures home and away against each other. Fixtures start at 7:30pm.

Worcestershire Rapidplay League 1 table 2026-7

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Match Points
Longbridge	2	2	0	0	6½	1½	4
Worcester Knights	2	0	0	2	1½	6½	0
Redditch Rapid 1							0
Kidderminster							0
* include defaulted fixture ½
Secretaries and team captains. Kidderminster, Dave Close (fixtures) and joint capt Luke Barton; Longbridge secy Gavin Cartwright, captTom Sherwood; Redditch, capt David Smith; Worcester, Rob Sutton (Fixtures), capt Chris Lee.

Worcestershire Rapidplay League 1 fixtures 2026-7

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2026 Dates	Home team	Score 1	Score 2	Away team
Thu 24 Sep 26	Worcester Knights	1½	6½	Longbridge
Mon 19 Oct 26	Kidderminster			Redditch Rapid 1
Thu 29 Oct 26	Worcester Knights			Kidderminster
Wed 9 Dec 26	Redditch Rapid 1			Worcester Knights
Wed 16 Dec 26	Redditch Rapid 1			Longbridge
2027 Dates	Home team	Score 1	Score 2	Away team
Tue 12 Jan 27	Longbridge			Worcester Knights
Mon 18 Jan 27	Longbridge			Redditch Rapid 1
Mon 25 Jan 27	Kidderminster			Worcester Knights
Mon 15 Feb 27	Longbridge			Kidderminster
Good Friday 26 Mar
Wed 31 Mar 27	Redditch Rapid 1			Kidderminster
Thu 8 Apr 27	Worcester Knights			Redditch Rapid 1
Mon 10 May 27	Kidderminster			Longbridge

Rapidplay League 2

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21 Sep 2026. Kidderminster lost the first leg to Redditch, but made a strong comeback in the second leg, and subject to the controller’s decision about the first fixture take an early lead in the league.

17 Sep 2026. First match of the league sees some confusion about ratings and one victory each between Kidderminster and Worcester Pawns.

18 Aug 2026. Five teams entered, one more than last season. The newcoming team is Evesham 1650 Rapids. Redditch have rebranded their team as Redditch Rapids 2. Last season Kidderminster were champions and Longbridge were runners-up.

 

Each team has four players where players on all boards should have original September ECF rapidplay ratings up to 1650 for matches played in 2026 and January original ratings for matches played in 2027. Each fixture consists of two rapidplay games between the same opponents with colours reversed for the second game. Teams play fixures home and away against each other. Fixtures start at 7:30pm.

Worcestershire Rapidplay League 2 table 2026-7

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Match Points
Kidderminster	6	2	2	1	12½	11½	6
Evesham 1650 Rapids	2	0	2	0	4	4	2
Redditch Rapids 2	2	1	0	1	4	4	2
Worcester Pawns	2	1	0	1	3½	4½	2
Longbridge
Secretaries and team captains. Evesham secy Jason Howard-Carter, capt Graham Kemp; Kidderminster, Dave Close (fixtures) and capt Cameron Henry; Longbridge Secy Gavin Cartwright, capt Jordan Cummins; Redditch, captNigel Towers; Worcester, capt Paul Serafini.

Worcestershire Rapidplay League 2 fixtures 2026-7

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2026 Dates	Home team	Score 1	Score 2	Away team
Thu 17 Sep 26	Worcester Pawns	2½ - 1½*	1 - 3*	Kidderminster
Mon 21 Sep 26	Kidderminster	1 - 3	3 - 1	Redditch Rapids 2
Mon 28 Sep 26	Evesham 1650 Rapids	2 - 2	2 - 2	Kidderminster
Wed 21 Oct 26	Redditch Rapids 2			Evesham 1650 Rapids
Mon 2 Nov 26	Kidderminster			Longbridge
Wed 25 Nov 26	Redditch Rapids 2			Worcester Pawns
Mon 30 Nov 26	Evesham 1650 Rapids			Longbridge
Tue 8 Dec 26	Longbridge			Kidderminster
2027 Dates	Home team	Score 1	Score 2	Away team
Mon 11 Jan 27	Kidderminster			Worcester Pawns
Wed 20 Jan 27	Redditch Rapids 2			Longbridge
Mon 25 Jan 27	Kidderminster			Evesham 1650 Rapids
Thu 28 Jan 27	Worcester Pawns			Redditch Rapids 2
Tue 16 Feb 27	Longbridge			Redditch Rapids 2
Wed 24 Feb 27	Redditch Rapids 2			Kidderminster
Mon 8 Mar 27	Evesham 1650 Rapids			Redditch Rapids 2
Good Friday 26 Mar
Tue 18 May 27	Longbridge			Evesham 1650 Rapids
* a question has been raised about board order

 

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Rapidplay League 3

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18 Aug 2026. The rapidplay League 3 competition is new for 2026-7 season. The annual meeting hope that it will provide league play for juniors and players new to the game. It is hoped that teams will be able to agree earlier starts to matches to make it easier for juniors to play. Four teams entered: Evesham 1350 Rapids, Longbridge, Redditch rapids 3 and Worcester Green Pawns.

 

Each team has four players where players on all boards should have original September ECF rapidplay ratings up to 1350 for matches played in 2026 and January original ratings for matches played in 2027. Each fixture consists of two rapidplay games between the same opponents with colours reversed for the second game. Teams play fixures home and away against each other. Fixtures start at 7:30pm or earlier.

Worcestershire Rapidplay League 3 table 2026-7

Team	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	For	Against	Match Points
Evesham 1350 rapids
Longbridge
Worcester Green Pawns
Redditch Rapids 3
Secretaries and team captains. Evesham secy Jason Howard-Carter, capt Xavier Didelot; Kidderminster, Dave Close (fixtures) and capt Cameron Henry; Longbridge secy Gavin Cartwright, capt Rachel Mason; Redditch, capt Nigel Towers; Worcester, capt Paul Serafini.

Worcestershire Rapidplay League 3 fixtures 2026-7

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2026 Dates	Home team	Score 1	Score 2	Away team
Thu 29 Oct 26	Worcester Green Pawns			Redditch Rapids 3
Tue 10 Nov 26	Longbridge			Redditch Rapids 3
Sat 5 Dec 26	Redditch Rapids 3			Evesham 1350 Rapids
2027 Dates	Home team	Score 1	Score 2	Away team
Wed 6 Jan 27	Redditch Rapids 3			Worcester Green Pawns
Tue 23 Feb 27	Longbridge			Evesham 1350 Rapids
Good Friday 26 Mar
Mon 12 Apr 27	Evesham 1350 Rapids			Redditch Rapids 3
Wed 21 Apr 27	Redditch Rapids 3			Longbridge
Mon 10 May 27	Evesham 1350 Rapids			Longbridge

Wheatley Cup Competition

Controller Ray Collett will invite entries to this competition in calendar year 2026. This team handicap tournament has teams of four players and teams with higher rated players are handicapped. Time control is 45+30. Players should be registered with the controller and player ratings are based on the ECF original standardplay list at the start of the competition. Where a player does not have a K or A rating, the controler will consult the WCA rating officer to allocate a rating for this competition.

Wheatley Cup 2026

Date	Stage	Home Team	Score	Away team
	Semi-final
	Semi-final
	Final
Secretaries and team captains

Summer Cups Competitions 2026

Towers Cup for open teams

 

Controller Dan Lambourne, teams are of four players who play with a time control of 45+30. The format is a two-round jamboree. Players should be registered with the controller and player ratings are based on the ECF original standardplay list in August 2027. Entries will be sought early summer 2027.

Team scores	Kidderminster	Longbridge A	Longbridge B	Malvern	Redditch	Worcester
Round 1
Round 2
Totals

Team captains: TBA

Summer Cup for u1650 teams

Controller Dan Lambourne, teams are of four players who play with a time control of 45+30. The format is a two-round jamboree. Players should be registered with the controller and player ratings are based on the ECF original standardplay list in August 2027. Entries will be sought early summer 2027.

 

Under-1650 teams for the Summer Cup

Team	Captain	Match points

 

Summer Cup for u1350 teams

Controller Dan Lambourne, teams are of four players who play with a time control of 20+10. The format may be a two-round jamboree or a knock-out TBA. Players should be registered with the controller and player ratings are based on the ECF original standardplay list in August 2027. Entries will be sought early summer 2027. Rapid play, two legs

 

Under-1650 teams for the Summer Cup

Date	Stage	Home Team	Score	Away team

 

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