Upcoming
- Tues 7 Jun. Introduction to Chess 5:30pm to 7:30pm at the Dice Box, 9 The Shambles Worcester WR1 2RF.
- Sat 28 June. Delancey UK Chess Challenge Worcestershire Megafinal at the University of Worcester, St John’s Campus. Six round rapidplay tournament for junior players, part of the world’s largest chess competition. Prizes for highest scoring girls and boys in each age group from 8 to 18 years old.
Paul Serafini wins Ball Cup at first attempt29 May 2025. Paul beat Giles Stanton (Redditch) playing the final at the City club. This is Paul’s first season of play and is a fine win. Paul won the exchange for a pawn, but his opponent had a bishop in a commanding position in the R+B vs R+R ending. Paul constructed an attack on the white king, forced the exchanged of a pair of rooks and neatly concluded the game by using his passed rook pawn. Congratulations to Paul! First game of club championship drawn29 May 2025. Joe Rastall (white) and Ed Osbourn (black) played a draw in their game for the club championship. |
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Members at Cotswold Congress
26 May 2025 Three Worcester members travelled to Gloucester for the six round Cotwold Congress. Colin Vernon and Alex nicholls played in the Minor tournament scoring 2½ points and Alex Nicholls 1½ points. Andrew Farthing (Worcester) did not play. Instead he ran a chess bookstall raising over £800 for St Richard’s Hospice Worcester
Worcester draw with Cheltenham
15 May 2025. Worcester drew 2½-2½ in a friendly match with Cheltenham who normally play in the North Gloucestershire League. Doug Nicholls and new member Sean Conway won their games. The match was organised by Paul Serafini and the club hopes to play Cheltenham away during the summer. See match card.
Worcester draw with Hereford in friendly match
24 Apr 2025. Paul Serafini organised a seven board friendly match. The home fixture saw Hereford score on the top boards and Worcester were rescued by veteran Arnold and junior Samuel to force a 3½-3½ draw. Scott Maclean also won his game. See full result.
Knights and Pawns teams at Redditch
23 Apr 2025. The Pawns team in the Rapidplay League 2 match lost the first leg of the fixture and drew the second. The teams agreed to play two additional friendly boards and Redditch won all four of those games.Team captain paul Serafini won both his games. See full result.
16 Apr 2025. Sai stepped in to make up the team in this Rapidplay League 1 match at an hour’s notice because of a late withdrawal. The team lost both legs of the fixture heavily and only Dorin and Sai were able to salvage half a point from their two games. See full result.
City team complete 2024-5 campaign
10 Apr 2025. The City team travelled to Longbridge for their last Championship fixture this season, but came off worse. Only captain Rob Sutton could hold his own. See full result.
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Club Championship finalists decided20 Mar 2025. In the championship semi-finals 2024 champion Joe Rastall beat new member Keith Sorrell and Ed Osbourn beat Ed Higgs. Although Ed Osbourn was the losing finalist in 2011, he has not prviously held the title.
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Busy time for club teams in March
21 Mar 2025. The Rooks won their away match with Malvern to go into second position in the Challengers table, but Redditch have matches in hand and the Rooks cannot catch Redditch even by defeating them in the final away fixture. Chris Lee and Scott Oxtoby won their games.
13 Mar 2025. Worcester hosted Longbridge for two fixtures in a busy night for the club. In the Challengers League, the Rooks drew and Dorin Luca won his game to propel the team into second place in the Challengers table.. see match card. In the Rapidplay League, Worcester lost the first leg of the fixture with and won the second. The Knights remains at the foot of the table with one fixture only against Redditch to complete their campaign and avoid the wooden spoon. See match card.
11 Mar 2025. The Bishops travelled to Stourbridge and drew. New member Sai Rentachintala and Arnold Kirkland won their games. This completes fixtures for the Bishops. Stourbridge have three fixtures in hand and Longbridge 2 and both opposing teams could overtake Worcester in the final table. See match card.
6 Mar 2025. There were two Worcester-Redditch fixtures in Worcestershire League: In the Championship League, the City team won 3-2 with all except board 2 ending in draws. Ed Osborne scored the crucial win.See match card. In the Rapidplay League 2 fixture, Worcester lost the first leg, but came back with a 4-0 win in the second. See match cards. There was also a friendly rapidplay two-board fixture with the recently formed Pebworth club where new members Brody McNamara and Viktor Gorbunov won their games. See details..
5 Mar 2025. The Pawns team lost to Kidderminster in the Rapidplay League 2 match. Only Scott Maclean and Sai Rentachintala were able to achieve equality. See match card.
27 Feb 2025. After two losses, the team returned to winning ways in their home Championshio League match. Scott Oxtoby, Rob Sutton and Chris Lee won their games. See match card.
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