Upcoming
- Thu 8 Oct Worcester Pawns play Evesham at home. Contact Paul if you would like to play.
- Thu 15 Oct. Three teams in action! The two Worcester Bhops team play each other in the District League and the City team play Malvern in the Championship League.
- Sun 18 Oct. Coventry & Dist CL Rapidplay at Massey Ferguson Social Club, Broad Lane, Coventry, CV5 7NL. Start time 10:45am, 7 rounds, Three sections: Open, u1850 and u1500.
- Thu 22 Oct. Club opens early for coaching juniors and improvers welcome contact Paul for further information. The Rooks team plays Warndon. Contact Scott if you would like to play.
Latest News
Bishops teams win away matches
7 Oct 2026. The Black Bishops travelled to Redditch to record their first win this season. New members Richard Bennett and Stephen Allen won their games. See match card.
5 Oct 2026. The White Bishops travelled to Kidderminster and won. Arnold Kirkland and captain, Aiden Griffiths, won their games. See match card.
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Upsets in first KO round of club championship1 Oct 2026. Twenty nine members entered the standardplay club championship. The random draw was announced on the night by secretary Paul his bingo callers kit. New member, Bart Smissaert caused the departure of former champion Ray Collett, blitz champion Ed Higgs fell to Alaric Stephen, and first team members John Peters fell to new member Richard Bennett and Rob Sutton lost to Joe Rastall. See full results. Paul operates the bingo caller machine overlooked by arbiter Alaric and tournament controller Rob |
White Bishops draw against Redditch away
30 Sep 2026. Arnold Kirkland and captain, Aiden Griffiths, won their games. See match card.
Worcester host two league matches
24 Sep 2026. In the Challengers League, Worcester Rooks had a clear win against Kidderminster. New member Ben Fellows won his first game for the Rooks. See details. In the Rapidplay League 1 fixture, the Knights team lost heavily to Longbridge. Only captain Rob Sutton was able to win a game and Ray Collett scraped a draw in his second game. See details.
22 Sep 2026. Worcester White Bishops travelled to Longbridge and lost narrowly. See details.
17 Sep 2026. Worcester City drew its first match of the season in a home fixture against a strong Redditch team. The result was a draw. See details. The Pawns team played Kidderminster on the same night in the Rapidplay League 2 . Worcester won the first leg of the match, but lost the second. See match card.
City club list of fixtures
15 Sep 2026. The first matches of the league season were on Thu 17 Sep when City team played Redditch and Pawns team played Kidderminster. See the full list of fixtures.
Ed Higgs storms club September Blitz
10 Sep 2026. Ed won all eight games in the competition, which attracted twenty-four players. The crunch games were in rounds 4 and 5. Ed beat new county champion Joe Rastall in round 4 and club president Rob Sutton in round 5. Runner-up was Rob Sutton on 7 points See detailed results and pictures.
Last summer meeting collects for charity |
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27 Aug 2026. Secretary Paul Serafini arranged for a Worcester Festival week a charity collection for Onside, an independent charity that helps disadvantaged families and individuals to get support, on the last 2026 night at Spin the Black Circle |
Joe Rastall new county champion23 Aug 2026. Although seeded only sixth and out of serious match play for nearly a year, Joe Rastall won the championship on tie-break from Kevin Hurney (Longbridge). Both finished on 4½ points. In the last round Joe was one of four players on 3½ and to win the tournament he would have to beat Matt Gilling (Redditch), the number 1 seed. The other players on 3½, Kevin Hurney (Longbridge) and David Smith (Redditch) also played each other with Kevin winning his last round game. Another club member with a prize was Seamus Flynn, 2026 Worcestershire Minor Champion, with 4 points. Luke Elsden won the prize for Giant Slayer beating an opponent rated over 500 points higher than himself. Final scores were: Ed Higgs, Scott Oxtoby and Rob Sutton from the club all finished on 3½ point and were placed 6th to 11th. Other club players at the tournament were Aiden Griffiths 3 points; Allen Stephen, Paul Serafini, Sai Rentachintala 2½ points; Ben Fellows, Sean Conway, Luke Elsden and Simon Berry 2 points; and Bilal Butt 1 point. Alaric Stephen was tournament controller helped by Sarah Burgess and Scott Oxtoby was tournament Director. Andrew Farthing raised £150 for St Richard’s Hospice on the chess bookstall. The event was held at the King’s School Worcester.
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Pictures (Paul Serafini): Above - Worcestershire's 2026
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Andrew Farthing receives county award for Services to Worcestershire chess
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22 Aug 2026. Andrew Farthing, a life vice president of the club, received Worcestershire Chess Association’s Jim Friar Award for his services to the local chess community. Andrew was secretary of the county association, the Worcester & District Chess League, a key official at many Worcestershire Megafinals and controller for several of the revived closed congresses. Andrew oversaw the merger of the District League with the County League after the Covid emergency and recently stepped in as the competition secretary for the county association at the end of this season. |
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