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Next games at 7:30 pm on Thu 17 September

Link for location. Club contacts and further information here
Please note that players under the age of 18 are welcome to play, but should be accompanied by parents or a responsible adult.




St Stephen's Church Hall
Winter Venue (Sep to May). Picture shows the entry to the church precincts from St Stephen's Street and the covered way to the main door of the church hall between the trees towards the left. St Stephen's Church Hall, St Stephen's Street Worcester WR3 7HS. For location map, click here

Upcoming

Competition titles in green are links to further information or the event organiser
  • Tue 24 Sep. Worcestershire Wolfpack teams play online in the Four Nations Chess League. Contact Ray if you would like to play.
  • Tue 24 Sep. Introduction to Chess by Rob Sutton and Simon Berry. 5:30 to 8:30pm at The Dice Box 9 The Shambles Worcester WR1 2RF.
  • Sat 28 Sep. UK Open Blitz, Midlands Qualifier at Quinborne Community Centre, Ridgacre Road, Birmingham B32 2TW. Round 1 starts at 11 am. Fifteen rounds with 3+2 time control.
  • Sun 29 Sep. Witney Rapidplay at Cokethorpe school, Witney OX29 7PU. Starts at 10am, 6 rounds, time control 20+10. Open and two junior sections.

Good start to new season

12 Sep. Two Worcester teams were in action. Worcester Cty beat Halesowen 3½-1½ in the Championship league. Dorin Luca, Ray Collett, and Rob Sutton won their games. See full results. The Bishops team drew 2-2 with Kidderminster.

City players help county online teams

10 Sep. Worcestershire Wolfpack squad played the first round of the Four Nations Chess League. Ray Collett and Colin Vernon co-manage the squad and play in Divisions 3 and 5. Six club members were in the teams in round 1. Ed Higgs, and Phil Austin won their games. Click on their names to play though their games recorded on lichess. If you would like to play online, please contact Ray Collett.

Season gets off to a brisk start

5 Sep 2024. Rob Sutton launched the new season with a September Fun 5 minute Blitz tournament. Twenty players took part. Group A was won outright by President Rob Sutton with 9 points from 9 rounds. Dorin Luca was runner-up scoring 7½ points. Joe Rastall won Group B. He also had a 100% record and Ed Higgs was runner-up on 8 points. The finals between Rob, Joe, Dorin and Ed will be played at the club on 28 September. Full results of the group stages are here.

Worcester in Towers Summer Cup

29 Aug 2024. Tony Shaw acted as captain for the second round of the jamboree for the Towers Cup at Meadow Farm Redditch. Only Joe Rastall won and the team shared third position with Redditch. Winners were Longbridge. See full result.

New chess club to start in city college

15 Aug 2024. Colin Vernon, Lecturer in Esports & Computing at Heart of Worcestershire College is hoping to start a chess club for students at the St Andrew’s Building on Deansway next term. Colin recently qualified as a World Chess Federation Lead School Instructor (LSI) and will be putting it to good use in coaching players for the Delancey UK Chess Challenge in spring term.

 

  

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