2023-4 season, older news
Knights win against Kidderminster: City lose to Halesowen
29 Jan 2024. Although fielding the highest rating team this season, the City team went down 1-4 in their away match against Halesowen in the Championship League. See match card.
26 Jan 2024. Chris Lee’s Knights team now lead the Rapidplay League . In the home fixture, Worcester won the first leg and drew the second. Both Chris and Rob Sutton won both their games. See match cards.
Club members steer online county teams to victory
23 Jan 2024. Seven members played for the Worcestershire Wolfpack teams in the opening round of the 4NCL online season 9. Ed Higgs was promoted to the A team because of his excellent results before Christmas and drew his game. Team B with four City club team players won their match against Shropshire & Friends 4 - 0. The Cadets team also won. See the County website for full details.
Worcester players at Lincoln match
20 Jan 2024. Five Worcester players travelled to East Groscote, Lincs to play in the u1650 county fixture against Lincolnshire. David Cleak and Simon Berry won their games, but the team lost 9½-6½. See score card.
Member's win at Shropshire congress
14 Jan 2024. Joe Rastall won the Major Tournament at the Telford five-round weekend congress outrfight with 4½ points from his five games. Aiden Griffiths was placed 3rd-7th with 3½ points in the Minor tournament. See congress result details.
Poor league results at start of year
12 Jan 2024. The Rooks team went down 1½-2½ in their away Challengers League fixture with Malvern. Team captain Scott Oxtoby was the only Worcester player to win. See score card.
10 Jan 2024. The Bishops team lost 1½-2½ in the away match at Redditch in the District League. Team captain Aiden Griffiths was the only Worcester player to win. See score card.
Rastall and Sutton lead club tournaments
4 Jan 2024. After the first games in 2024, Joe Rastall leads in the race for the club championship trailed by Scott Oxtoby and Aiden Griffiths, each on 1 point. In the rapidplay championship, Rob Sutton is on a streak and has already scored 5½ points and is trailed by Chris Lee on 2½ and Joe Rastall on 2 points.
Christmas Chess variants at The Dice-Box
21 Dec 2023. The Christmas Variants evening was hosted by The Dice Box in the city centre.
Worcester lose to Redditch
7 Dec 2023.The Rooks team suffered their first defeat of the season losing to Redditch. See score card.
30 Nov 2023. Worcester City fielded a new player Keith Sorrell, who drew his game on board 5 in the match against Redditch in the Championship League. See score card.
Seamus at Birmingham Congress
26 Nov 2023. Seamus Flynn scored 2 points in the five-round Birmingham Minor tournament.
Two league matches
22 Nov 2023. The Bishops team lost playing away to Kidderminster. Only Simon Berry escaped with a draw. See score card.
15 Nov 2023. The Knights team won both legs of their rapidplay fixture against Stourbridge.
Rob Sutton and Chris Lee won both heir games. See score card.
2 Nov 2023. The City team in the Championship League drew their home match with Malvern. Scott Oxtoby and Seamus Flynn won their games. See full score card. On the same night, The opening game of the club Rapidplay Championship was played.
26 Oct 2023. Bishops draw with Redditch at home. New member The match was in doubt until Arnold, in a difficult position, lost on time on board 2. Paul Serafini won his first game for a Worcester team. See match card. Meanwhile, Scott and new member Edward played the first game in the Ball Cup and Ray and Joe played a club championship game.
Worcester players in county online squad
24 Oct 2023. Five City club members played in the 4NCL online matches.Phil Austin and Tony Shaw, making a welcome return after disruptive housemove, won their games. Visit WCA website to see scores of matches and links to the games played. In Division 5, former City player Matthew Holmes played and won for Witney on board 1 against the Worcestershire team in Division 5.
County players in Birmingham Rapidplay
22 Oct 2023. Three club players players entered. In the Open, WGM Kata Toma was third with 5 points from seven games. Tony Shaw scored 3 points in the Intermediate and Simon Berry scored 4½ points in the Minor.
Worcester players at Newcastle-u-Lyme for MCCU u1450 team final
21 Oct 2023. Aiden Griffiths and new member Paul Serafini travelled to Newcastle-u-Lyme, but the Worcestershire team lost heavily with only Aiden being able to score.
Club League team results
19 Oct 2023. The City team suffered a second defeat, this time at home against Halesowen. The only decisive game was on board 2 where Fishburne outplayed Collett in a double bishops and pawn ending. See score sheet.
11 Oct 2023.
The City team travelled to Kidderminster for the first Championship League match, but lost to Kidderminster. Captain Rob Sutton was the only club player to win. See score sheet.
5 Oct 2023. Aiden stood in as captain for the first home rapidplay fixture against Redditch selecting new player Edward Higgs for board 3. The first leg of the fixture was drawn and the Knights got into their stride with a convincing win in the second leg. See score sheet.
New member Paul plays in Lille30 Sep 2023. Paul Serafini travelled with other Scots fans to Lille for the Scotland-Romania rugby match. Before the kick-off, and in full regalia, Paul took on the local chess talent. Paul says: It was lovely to see crowds of people playing and watching chess and recommends a site visit to Lille if you can. The game was played in the square of the Vielle Bourse in Lille. |
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Good start to 2023-4 league season
30 Sep 2023. The club has had a successful start to the season with two match wins so far and a total of ten new players attending on Thursdays. Members have also had successes playing online for the Worcestershire Wolfpack teams.
Worcester Rooks’ winning ways
28 Sep 2023. The Rooks team won their second fixture 3-1 playing away to Longbridge. View score card.
21 Sep 2023. The scoreline did not reflect the tough battles in this match. On board 1 Collett was lucky to escape with half a point when his opponent, short of time, offered a draw. Flynn, Oxtoby and Rastall won their games. Oxtoby’s game was a marathon with victory eventually coming in a R+BP vs R ending. View score card.
Club members score well for county online teams
26 Sep 2023. The second round of 4NCL Main Online saw Ray Collett’s board 3 win in the A team secure the first victory for Worcestershire Wolfpack A. They were playing playing against Cozy Tomatoes, an international team who fielded a titled player on board 2. New junior player Edward Higgs won his first competitiongame playing online for for Worcestershire Wolfpack Cadets against Crowthorne A in 4NCL Division 5
Worcester Knights go down to Longbridge
14 Sep 2023. In the first Rapidplay fixture of 2023-4, the Knights team lost playing away. Joe Rastall was the only Worcester player to win his games. See score card.
Worcester players in county online teams
12 Sep 2023. Seamus Flynn and Phil Austin won their games in the 4NCL Main Online Worcestershire Wolfpack B match against East Kilbride B.
Worcester Bishops win their first fixture
7 Sep 2023. The team beat Longbridge for its first victory of 2023-4 in defence of the championship won last year. New player Jacques Olden won his game as did Seamus Flynn and Arnold Kirkland. See score card.
New member at Coventry Rapidplay
3 Sep 2023. Seamus Fynn scored 3 points from his seven games at Coventry.
Worcester’s team captains for 2023-4 season
31 Aug 2023. Captains for the new season are: City team, Rob Sutton; Rooks, Scott Oxtoby; Bishops shared by Aiden Griffiths and Andy Gilhooly; Knights Chris Lee. Aiden is selecting the team to defend the division’s title in the opening fixture. Scott’s rating has improved so that he is unable to play in the Bishops team and he takes over the Rooks, while Chris takes the rapidplay Knights team.