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Worcester Rooks lead Challengers League

28 )ct 2026. The rooks travelled to Redditch and drew. See details.
22 Oct 2026. The Rooks team played Warndon at home and won 3-1. The home team looked in difficulties after an hour’s play.Rob Sutton and Ray Collett were fighting rear gaurd actions after losing material and the top boards had complex middle games. On board 4 Ray was surprised to receive an offer of a draw, which was hastily accepted and Rob had to fight for his survival, After eighty moves, his opponent conceded the draw in a R vs P ending where the rook would have to sacrifice itself to stop pawn promotion. This win places the team at the top of the Challengers League. See details

Busy night at the club

15 Oct 2026 There were three matches. Worcester Bishops teams played each other in the Worcester & District League with four (!) exrea boards. The league result over the first four boards was a big victory for the Black Bishops with new players Richard Bennett and Stephen Allen, and secretary Paul Serafini winning their games. On the extra boards, The Black Bishops also outplayed their opponents and only David Cleak could save White Bishop blushes. New player Zephaniah Bryan, stalwart John Hesketh and Black Bishop captain Sai Rentachintala won their games. See details for Bishops matches. Worcester City played Malvern in the Championship League but lost 1-4 with only Stephen Mellor and John Peters able to draw. See match card for Championship League match. The Green Pawn team played the first fixture in the new Rapidplay League 3. In the home fixture against Longbridge the home team lost the the first leg of the fixture and drew the second. Luke Elsden and new player Jack Jenkinson won their second round games. See details of Green Pawn fixture. In addition to those seventeen rated results, there were also a further five games played in the Rapidplay Championship. Alaric Stephen has forged ahead and is first on 6 points followed by Scott Oxtoby on 5 points and Joe Rastall on 4. See current standings.

Budapest Gambit - bring own sets!

12 Oct 2026. The secretary was as prepared as ever at the famous Széchenyi Thermal Baths in Budapest. In spite of websites stating sets are provided, you have to bring your own. Paul wrote: "[I] enjoyed plenty of games, winning against several local Hungarian players, although some proved exceptionally strong and gave him a few defeats too! The local players were incredibly welcoming, great company and a pleasure to play against."

Bishops teams win matches

8 Oct 2026. The White Bishops team beat Evesham 1650. Two of the games went long into the night. Bart Smissaert and Sean Conway won their games. See details

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.

Upsets in first KO round of club championship 1 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. 25 Sep 2026. The Rapidplay Championship started on the first night back at our Winter HQ. Already seventeen games have been completed and Scott Oxtoby is the early leader with four points from four games. See early rapidplay 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.

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