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Next games at 7:30 pm on Thu 12 December

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
  • Fri 13 Dec, Worcester City play Malvern away in the Championship League.
  • Sat & Sun 14-15 Dec Keith Escott Memorial Congress at Plantsbrook School, Upper Holland Road, Sutton Coldfield B72 1RB. Open u2000 and u1600. Five rounds, time control 80min +10 sec.
  • Thu 19 Dec, Christmas Variants night.
  • Fri 27 Dec to Mon 30 Dec. Bristol New Year Open Tournament at Bristol Bridge Club, Oldfield Road, Hotwells, Bristol BS8 4QQ. Seven rounds, half point byes available, time control 90 min + 30 sec.

Club teams fall short in matches

3 Dec 2024. Worcester Bishops faced Stourbridge in a home match. Stourbridge won in spite of Chris Lee’s win on board 1. See full result.
28 Nov 2024. In spite of having a stronger line-up than previous Knight teams, Longbridge proved much superior in the Rapidplay League. Only Tony Shaw was able to hold his own scoring two draws. See full results.

Worcester members help county u1650 team

23 Nov. David Cleak and Aiden Griffiths travelled to Tressell Acton Stafford for the Midlands u1650 fixture on a stormy day and both players won their games to help Worcestershire to 6-6 draw. See full results.

Worcester lose to Longbridge in Challengers League

21 Nov 2024. Chris Lee stood in as captain, but Longbridge with ahigher rated team prevailed. New member Keith Sorrell was the only Worcester player to win. See full results.

Worcester players at Stoke Gifford

16 Nov 2024. Phil Austin and Colin Vernon travelled to Stoke Gifford to play in the Bristol Blitz Championship. Both players had to leave after playing eight of the eleven rounds and Phil scored 3½ points in the very strong Open while Colin scored 4 points in the Major tournament.

Rapidplay draws and win in the Challengers League

14 Nov 2024. Worcester beat Malvern in the Challengers League. Captain Scott Oxtoby and new member Keith Sorrell won their games. See full results.
7 Nov 2024. With an unchanged team, Worcester Pawns drew both legs of their away fixture in the u1650 league with Longbridge. New players Alex Nicholls and Scott Maclean won both their games. See full results.
31 and 24 Oct 2024. In spite of illness of the team’s board 1, The Knights team held Redditch and Kidderminster to draws in both rapidplay matches in the Rapidplay fixtures. Substitute Aiden won both his games on board 4 in the earlier match. See full results.

City team lose away to Redditch

30 Oct 2024. The City team was without leading players in its away match at Redditch and lost 3-2. Dorin Luca was the only Worcester player to win. See full results.

Worcester players help county win online matches

22 Oct 2024. Seven club members played in matches in round 4 of the Four Nations Chess League. Seamus, Tony, Phil, Arnold, and new members Samuel and Sean won their games. Ray bluffed a draw after blundering a piece in the early middle game. See full results and links to games.

 

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