Worcestershire entered four teams for season 14. The annual asscoaition meeting re-elected Ray Collett (Worcester) as co-manager and over the summer Sai Rentachintala (Worcester) was appointed to asssist him as a second co-manager. Teams A an B remain in Division 1 and 2 respectively. The C team was promoted to Division 3 after higher rated taems left the league. Team D remains 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 Nov 2026. Round 5. With many A team players unavailable because of a league match, teams fared poorly. Only a few of the Wolfpacks were able to end the evening with a draw. After round 5 team stands fourth in group B of Division1; team B remain in bottom place in group B of Division 2; team C are in third position in Division 3; and, team D are twenty first out of 29 teams in Division 4. Links to games to be added.
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack A | Score | Wells hartbreakers 1 | View game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kitson, Peter (w) | 0 - 1 | Nelson, Leon | |
| 2 | Bethe, Mark | 0 - 1 | Eales, Robert | |
| 3 | Nicholls, Alex | 0 - 1 | Goatcher, Matthew W | |
| 4 | Collett, Ray | ½ - ½ | Lynn, Jeremy D | |
| ½ - 3½ | ||||
| Board | Ashfield Anonymous B | Score | Worcs Wolfpack B | View game |
| 1 | Lane, Tim A (w) | ½ - ½ | Cox, Glenn | |
| 2 | Robins, Andrew | 1 - 0 | Shaw, Tony | |
| 3 | Bentley, Alex | 1 - 0 | Ozvatan, Ceylan | |
| 4 | Taylor, Robert P | 1 - 0 | Kirkland, Arnold G | |
| 3½ - ½ | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack C | Score | Oxford & Witney 2 | View game |
| 1 | Lee, Chris (w) | 0 - 1 | Staples, Neil | |
| 2 | Serafini, Paul | 0 - 1 | Tishkin, Andrey | |
| 3 | Lappin, Kieran A | 0 - 1 | Blackwell, David | |
| 4 | Rentachintala, Sai | ½ - ½ | Turner, Roger N | |
| ½ - 3½ | ||||
| Board | Malpas & Friends X | Score | Worcs Wolfpack D | View game |
| 1 | Crean, Peter (w) | ½ - ½ | Emery, Lucy | |
| 2 | Varjian, Gary | ½ - ½ | Allen, Gary | |
| 3 | Badà, Alessandro | 1 - 0 | Siefers, Daniel | |
| 4 | Fisher, Cameron | 1 - d | default | -- |
| penalty | 0 - ½ | |||
| 3 - ½ |
20 Oct 2026. Round 4. A mixed set of results leaving the A and C teams third in their groups. Team B lost and remains at the bottom of its group. Team D plundered four points from Epsom Salties 2 in Division 4 and are now twelfth out of twenty eight teams.
6 Oct 2026 Round 3. The squad benefitted from a couple of unforced opponent errors in the final stages of the games so that in spite of many players being unavailable, there were two match wins, teams A and C, one draw, team B and one loss, team D. Dan Jones (Stourbridge) won his debut game for the squad in team B and in team D, junior Olekseii was the only Worcestershire player to win in a match against a much higher rated West Wickham. At the end of the evening, team A is second in Division 1 group B just behind Dundee City A. The B team did well to hold Streatham & Brixton B to a draw and remians at the bottom of their group in Division 2. The C team beat English Deaf Chess Association and stand third in their group in Division 3. The D team are seventeenth out of 28 teams in Division 4
22 Sep 2026. Round 2. A good night for the squad with three match wins.
8 Sep 2026. Round 1 for proved problematic for the co-managers. Several key players in the A team were absent playing over-the-board in the Worcestershire League Championship opening fixture. When individual pairings were published it was eveident that Team D had drawn a short straw and were playing a much higher rated team that has to start at the bottom of the 4NCL online league. In team A Alex, in his first appearance in Division 1, won his game. The B team lost in spite of having a received a point through a default.
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack A | Score | Morpeth | View game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kitson, Peter (w) | ½ - ½ | Coathup, Roger H |  |
| 2 | Walsh, Marcus | 0 - 1 | Turner, James | |
| 3 | O’Dell, Jim | 1 - 0 | Welsh, Alan | |
| 4 | Nicholls, Alex | 1 - 0 | Horton, John G | |
| 2½ - 1½ | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack B | Score | Settle | View game |
| 1 | Hanne, Nick | 0 - 1 | Annan, James | |
| 2 | Collett, Ray | 0 - 1 | Woodbridge, Charles | |
| 3 | Naclean, Scott | 0 - 1 | Edbury, Mike | |
| 4 | Flynn, Seamus | 1 - d | default | -- |
| 1 - 3 | ||||
| Board | Hebden Bridge 3 | Score | Worcs Wolfpack C | View game |
| 1 | Ezzo, Talal | 1 - 0 | Shaw, Tony | |
| 2 | Kerrane, John | 0 - 1 | Sharpe, George | |
| 3 | Barmby, Anna | ½ - ½ | Kirkland, Arnold | |
| 4 | Nolan, Matthew | ½ - ½ | Lee, Chris | |
| 2 - 2 | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack D | Score | Bon Accord | View game |
| 1 | Lappin, Kieran | 0 - 1 | Adam, Michael | |
| 2 | Vernon, Colin | 0 - 1 | Murray, Thomas WJ | |
| 3 | Walkowiak, Rob | 0 - 1 | Thornton, Matthew | |
| 4 | Yaremchuk, Oleksii | 0 - 1 | Sathiymoorthy, Magazhan | |
| 0 - 4 |