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.
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 | Hazelhurst, 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 | Worcs Wolfpack C | Score | Epsom Salties 2 | 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 | Hazelhurst, 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 |