Club nights Thursday evenings

Four-player chess most popular at Christmas variants night 18 Dec 2025. President Rob Sutton led the club’s Christmas variants night and secretary Ray Collett looked after the catering. The most popular variant was four-player chess. Latest League results 11 Dec 2025. A poor night for the club’s teams. In the Challengers League, the Rooks lost 1 - 3 to Redditch. Captain Scott Oxtoby and Scott Maclean came away with draws. See match card. Worcester Pawns in the Rapidplay League 2. Worcester lost the first leg 1-3 and the second 0-4. Only Simon Berry was able to win a game. See details. 3 Dec 2025. Worcester White Bishops beat Kidderminster 2½ - 1½ in their last fixture before Christmas to take them top of the table. Team captain Aiden Griffiths and David Cleak won their games. See match card.

Second round of club Championship

27 Nov 2025. Scott Oxtoby, Ray Collett, Ed Osbourn, Joe Rastall, John Peters, Viktor Gorbunov, and Bilal Butt booked their places in round three of this knock-out tournament. George Sharpe and new member James Nicholl have to replay because they drew, while a further 10 players have still to play their round 2 games.

League results

26 Nov 2025. City team travelled to Kidderminster and drew their match in the Championship League. New member Alaric Stephen and captain Rob Sutton won their games. See match card.
21 Nov 2025. City beat Malvern 3-2 in an away match. Dorin Luca, and Rob Sutton won their games. With a win under their belt, the team have lifted themselves from the bottom of the table and should go into their match next Wednesday feeling more confident. See details.
20 Nov 2025. Worcester’s Bishops Team played against each other and drew. Seamus Flynn, George Sharpe, Aiden Griffiths and Colin Vernon won their games. See details.
13 Nov 2025. The City team failed to open their account in the Championship League losing to a strong Longbridge B team 2-3. Phil Ausin was the only City player to win.. See details.
11 Nov 2025. Scott Oxtoby’s team won their away fixture in the Challengers League 3-1. Dorin Luca on board 1 and new member Alaric Stephen on board 4 won their games. See details.

White Bishops lose to Redditch 6 Nov 2025. If players’s ratings are to be believed, this should have been a close match in the Worcester & District League. Things started to go badly for Worcester White Bishops when Toni Reed got a quick win on board 1. In the end Redditch players went home with a 4-0 victory to their credit. See full details. Club president wins September Fun Blitz 23 Oct 2025. So many players took part in the opening September Fun Blitz on 4 September, that the event had to be extended into October to complete the finalists’ play-offs. In the semi-finals Rob Sutton beat Joe Rastall and Scott Maclean beat Scott Oxtoby. The tournament concluded with the final on 23 October when Rob Sutton opened with a King’s Gambit. Scott accepted the gambit pawn and players castled on opposite sides. Rob lured Scott’s queen up the board and trapped her to force Scott’s resignation. See full results.

President wins Sep Fun Blitz

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