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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 inot 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 Sutto 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.

Latest League results

23 Oct 2025. Worcester Rooks drew with Malvern. New member John Peters won his game as did Stephen Mellor. See details.

16 Oct 2025. Another night with two fixtures. In the home Worcester & District League fixture, the Black Bishops drew with Longbridge. New member George Sharpe and Viktor Gorbunov won their games. See details. Worcester Knights had the away fixture at Redditch in the Rapidplay League 1. The Knights drew the first leg of the fixture but lost the second. John Peters won both his games. See details.

9 Oct 2025. Two fixtures, one away and one at home. In the Rapidplay League 2, Worcester Pawns won both legs of their away fixture against Redditch. Tony Shaw, new player George Sharpe and returner John Hesketh won both of their games. See match card. The City team, playing at home against Redditch lost 1-4 with only Ed Higgs and Dorin Luca escaping with draws. See details.

Black Bishops earn their first league win

24 Sep 2025. Skipper Alex Nicholls selected two new players, George Sharpe and Rick Griffiths-Reed for the Worcester & District fixture at Redditch and they both won. Simon Berry on board 2 had a good win over a higher rated opponent and the team went home with a 3-0 victory to their credit. See match card.

Early League results

18 Sep 2025. White Bishops beat Kidderminster. In a Worcester & District league home match, the White Bishops won 2½-1½. Terry Pountney defended a poor position stoically to deprive David Cleak a win. See details.

17 Sep 2025. City team lose to Longbridge A. Facing a full-strength Longbridge team away was never easy. Only team captain Rob Sutton and Phil Austin were able to escape with draws. See details.

16 Sep 2025. Worcester Pawns have uup and down night at Longbridge. Worcester Pawns played Longbridge in the first Rapidplay League fixture of the season. The first leg of the fixture was lost, but the team rallied and reversed the score in the second leg. New members George Sharpe and Christopher Archbold played their first league games for the club. See full match scores.

10 Sep 2025. Bruising start for Black Bishops. The Black Bishops playing in the Worcester & District League lost their first league fixture 0-4 to Kidderminster. See details.

Worcester beat Cheltenham

9 Sep 2025. Paul Serafini led a Worcester team to victory in an early season friendly away match.Worcester won 4½ - 2½. Phil Austin, Paul Serafini and new players Todd Reeves and Bilal Butt won their games. See match card.

Worcester finish in fourth place in jamboree for Towers Cup

27 Aug 2025 In the second round at Redditch Worcester again scored 1½ points and ended in fourth place. The tournament was won by Longbridge A. See details for the second round.
13 Aug 2025. The first round jamboree of the open team competition for the Towers Cup was played at Meadow Farm, Dagnall End, Redditch. Worcester players faced apponents from different clubs and scored 1½ points from the four boards. Scott Maclean won his game. See results for Worcester players in the first round.

Worcester beat Stratford-on-Avon

26 Aug 2025. Paul Serfini led his team to a 6½-5½ point victory in a pre-season friendly match. Scott Maclean, Tony Shaw, Arnold Kirkland, and new player Christopher Archbold won their games. This is the first time Worcester has played against Stratford, See match details.

Worcester member is new county Minor Champion 24 Aug 2025. Sean Conway scored his first congress trophy by winning the Worcestershire Minor Champion title at the congress held in Worcester on the weekend of 23rd and 24th August. Twelve club members played in the Worcestershire Closed Chess Congress. Joe Rastall scored the most points, 4, a half point less than winner WGM Kata Toma, the new Worcestershire Individual Champion. New player James Nicholl, who has been playing at Spin The Black Circle this summer, won an award for the highest score by a player losing in the first two rounds. Alaric Stephen, former Junior champion, made a welcome return to the board and scored 2½ points as did member Sai Rentachintala. Scott Oxtoby organised the tournament and Andrew Farthing ran the charity bookstall which made £200 for St Richard’s Hospice., and Ray Collett presented prizes. See pictures of Worcester players. See commentary and more pictures on Worcestershire Chess Association website. Link to report in Worcester News.

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