Worcestershire entered four teams for season 13. Team A was promoted to Division 1 and, contrary to expectations, the B team remain in Division 2. The C and D teams play in Division 4. If you would like to play online standard play chess, please contact the Worcestershire Wolfpack squad’s co-manager Ray Collett
In the match cards shown below clicking an icon in the "View Game" should link you to the lichess record of the game to let you play through it.
17 Feb 2026, Round 3. This was a disappointing round. Both the A and the B teams lost 1½- 2½ and the C and D teams played each other. The C team won, but it was a tough battle. At the end of the evening team A are third in their group in Division 1, team B are 6th in their group in Division 2. The C team are eighth and team D are fifteenth in Division 4.
| Board | Beckenham | Score | Worcs Wolfpack A | View game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sahankar, Yashwardhan (w) | 1 - 0 | WGM Toma, Kata |  |
| 2 | Baltrunas, Evaldas | 0 - 1 | Hazlehurst, Cory | |
| 3 | Brown, John | 1 - 0 | Cartwright, Gavin | |
| 4 | Branquinho, Eduardo | ½ - ½ | Kitson, Peter | |
| 2½ - 1½ | ||||
| Board | Hebden Bridge 2 | Score | Worcs Wolfpack B | View game |
| 1 | Wedge-Roberts, Matthew (w) | 1 - 0 | Higgs, Ed | |
| 2 | Gledhill, Paul | ½ - ½ | Walsh, Marcus | |
| 3 | Ezzo, Talal | 1 - 0 | Woodhouse, Stephen | |
| 4 | Allan, John M | 0 - 1 | O’Dell, Jim | |
| 2½ - 1½ | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack C | Score | Worcs Wolfpack D | View game |
| 1 | Bethel, Mark (w) | ½ - ½ | Sharpe, George | |
| 2 | Cox, Glenn | 1 - 0 | Stephen, Alaric | |
| 3 | Collett, Ray | ½ - ½ | Austin, Phil | |
| 4 | Hanne, Nick | 1 - 0 | Rentachintala, Sai | |
| 3 - 1 |
3 Feb 2026 Round 2. On paper the A team were favourites to beat Dundee City C in Division 1 and secured a crushing 4-0 victory, but the B team was outrated losing 1½-2½ to Hertford 2 in Division 2. In Division 4 the C team lost 1-3 to Epsom Salties 2 and team D lost to Dartford Juniors 1-2½. The A team are first equal in Division 1 with Dundee Cty B and Hertford 1 in Group B. The B team are fith in Division 2 Group A. The C and D teams are mid-table in Division 4, which has 31 competing teams.
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack A | Score | Dundee City C | View game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WGM Toma, Kata (w) | 1 - 0 | Crofts, Joshua | |
| 2 | Hazlehurst, Cory | 1 - 0 | Weir, Gary | |
| 3 | Kitson, Peter | 1 - 0 | Kynoch, Richard | |
| 4 | Higgs, Ed | 1 - 0 | Wardlaw, Tom | |
| 4 - 0 | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack B | Score | Hertford 2 | View game |
| 1 | Walsh, Marcus (w) | 0 - 1 | Buswell, Mark | |
| 2 | O’Dell, Jim | ½ - ½ | Rudd, David | |
| 3 | Cox, Glenn | ½ - ½ | Du Boulay, Andrew | |
| 4 | Collett, Ray | ½ - ½ | Wooster, Nick | |
| 1½ - 2½ | ||||
| Board | Epsom Salties 2 | Score | Worcs Wolfpack C | View game |
| 1 | Nisic, Haris | ½ - ½ | Hanne, Nick | |
| 2 | Keen, Leia | ½ - ½ | Shaw, Tony | |
| 3 | Ali, Ziyad | 1 - 0 | Austin, Phil | |
| 4 | Banks, Alex | 1 - 0 | Rentachintala, Sai | |
| 3½ - ½ | ||||
| Board | Dartford Juniors | Score | Worcs Wolfpack D | View game |
| 1 | Develia, Aadishesh | d - 1 | Nicholls, Alex | - |
| 2 | Karlmarx, Sarwayogan | 1 - 0 | Lappin, Kieran | |
| 3 | Hutchins, Luke | 1 - 0 | Walkowiak, Rob | |
| 4 | Vijay Shankar, Aarush | 1 - 0 | Yaremchuk, Oleksii | |
| Penalty | -½ - 0 | |||
| 2½ - 1 |
20 Jan 2026 Round 1. The B team, contrary to expectations were not demoted and remain in Division 2 and the A team faced its first exposure to in Division 1. On paper Team A were outrated, but B, C and D teams had lower rated opponents. In the end team A also won their match giving a very good start to season 13 for Worcestershire.
| Board | Wessex A | Score | Worcs Wolfpack A | View game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lock, Gavin R (w) | ½ - ½ | WGM Toma, Kata | |
| 2 | Pye, David E | ½ - ½ | Hazlehurst, Cory | |
| 3 | Wilson, Jamie | ½ - ½ | Kitson, Peter | |
| 4 | Lukosisius, Rolandas | 0 - 1 | Higgs, Ed | |
| 1½ - 2½ | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack B | Score | East Kilbride | View game |
| 1 | Walsh, Marcus (w) | 1 - 0 | Dobbie, Graham | |
| 2 | Maclean, Scott | 0 - 1 | Robertson, Jim | |
| 3 | Cox, Glenn | ½ - ½ | Shrestha, Unnabh | |
| 4 | Collett, Ray | 1 - 0 | Murray, Johnny | |
| 2½ - 1½ | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack C | Score | Hertford 3 | View game |
| 1 | Hanne, Nick (w) | 1 - 0 | Lynch, Mark | |
| 2 | Shaw, Tony | ½ - ½ | Bellamy, Richard | |
| 3 | Jordan, Matthew | 1 - 0 | Brewis, Alan | |
| 4 | Stephen, Alaric | 1 - 0 | Hurley, James | |
| 3½ - ½ | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack D | Score | London Deaf B | View game |
| 1 | Austin, Phil (w) | 1 - 0 | Paull, James | |
| 2 | Rentachintala, Sai | 1 - 0 | Westbury, Oliver | |
| 3 | Nicholls, Alex | 1 - 0 | Bury, Alan | |
| 4 | Yaremchuk, Oleksii | 1 - 0 | Ali, Binyamin | |
| 4 - 0 |