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Worcestershire Summer Cup competitions

24 Aug 2023. Worcester u1650 team won on board count against Longbridge to win the Summer Cup. The u1650 match hinged on the board 1 game between Flynn and Truscott. Seamus had a dubious position and little time onhis clock, but trapped his opponent’s rook. In the competition for the Towers trophy, a match without rating limits for players, Worcester lost 1-3. In the Towers competition, Mellor had a very sharp position against Hosken, but got flagged and lost on time.

Final for the u1650 Summer Cup
Board Worcester City score Longbridge
1 Flynn, Seamus 1 - 0 Truscott, Ian
2 Kirkland, Arnold 0 - 1 Bignall, Paul
3 Cleak, David ½ - ½ Angel, Elias
4 Griffiths, Aiden ½ - ½ Woodhouse, Monty
  Totals 2 - 2  
Played 24 August at Longbridge
Final for the Towers trophy
Board Worcester City score Redditch
1 Mellor, Stephen 0 - 1 Hosken, Nigel
2 Rastall, Joe 0 - 1 Lambourne, Dan
3 Scott, Oxtoby 1 - 0 Evans, Harry
4 Lee, Chris 0 - 1 Zbircea, Mihai
  Totals 1 - 3  
Played 24 August at Longbridge

10 Aug 2023. Worcester u1650 team won a second semi-final at Longbridge again playing Kidderminster in the competition for the u1650 Summer Cup. Worcester play Longbridge in the final.

Semifinal match for the u1650 Summer Cup
Board Worcester City score Kidderminster
1 Lee, Chris ½ - ½ Varilone, John
2 Kirkland, Arnold 0 - 1 Barton, Luke
3 Berry, Simon 1 - 0 Pender, Luke
4 Griffiths, Aiden 1 - 0 Henry, Cameron
  Totals 2½ - 1½  
Played 10 August at Longbridge

3 Aug 2023. Scott Oxtoby led his team to a 3-1 victory over Kidderminster in the semi-final for the Towers Cup held at Longbridge. Worcester play Redditch at Longbridge in the final.

Semifinal match for the Towers trophy
Board Worcester City score Kidderminster
1 Rastall, Joe 1 - 0 Joe Friar, Joe
2 Shaw, Tony ½ - ½ David Waud, David
3 Austin, Phil ½ - ½ Alex Eaton, Alex
4 Scott, Oxtoby 1 - 0 Varilone, John
  Totals 3 - 1  
Played 3 August at Longbridge

Summer friendly matches

13 Jun 2023. Worcester beat Hereford in their away fixture. Experience trumped youth on board 5 and Aiden scored a quick win on board 7 to give Worcester an early lead. Further wins from Joe and Tony ensured a clean victory.

Summer friendly matches
Board Hereford score Worcester City
1 Barker, Paul ½ - ½ Collett, Ray
2 Aris, Roger 0 - 1 Rastall, Joe
3 Lappin, Kieran ½ - ½ Austin Phil
4 Hanne, Nick 0 - 1 Shaw, Tony
5 Patterson-Navarro, Carlos 0 - 1 Kirkland, Arnold
6 Layton, Oliver 1 - 0 Cleak, David
7 Bialowas, Patryk 0 - 1 Aiden Griffiths
  Totals 2 - 5  
Played 13 June at Hereford

4 Jun 2023. Worcester lost an online rapidplay Team Battle with Juodasis Rikis (Black Bishops) of Ukmerge, Lithuania, one of Worceter’s twinned cities. The highest scoring 6 players contributed points for their teams and Ukmerge ran out winners 42-28. For cross-table of results click here.

Summer friendly matches
Board Worcester City points points Juodasis Rikis
1 Sutton, Rob 7 10 Andor1
2 Mclean, Scott 6 7 Savickiene, Virginija
3 Berry Simon 5 7 Denpok
4 Collett, Ray 4 7 AstVal
5 Walkowiak, Rob 4 6 Ogalos
6 Woodhouse, Stephen 2 5 LuVal2011
  Totals 28 42  
Other players Lee, Chris 2 4 Darkmanitu
  Oxtoby, Scott 2 4 LaurisKatinas
  Zatorski, Ignacy 2 2 AdasV13
      2 KestutisKatinas2
Played 4 June on lichess with a time control of 7 min + 3 sec. Link to view the games of the top 12 players

1 Jun 2023. In the first summer fixture, a home match with Hereford, Worcester won

Summer friendly matches
Board Worcester City score Hereford
1 Austin, Phil 0 - 1 Davis, Lee
2 Shaw, Tony ½ - ½ Aris, Roger
3 Lee, Chris 0 - 1 Lappin, Kieran
4 Kirkland, Arnold 1 - 0 Layton, Oliver
5 Vernon, Colin 1 - 0 Clark, Davis
6 Hesketh, John 1 - 0 Newman, Blake
  Totals 3½ - 2½  
Played 1 June at Worcester

City team news and results

6 Apr 2023. The City team lost away to Longbridge 1½-3½.
7 Mar 2023. Playing away to Halesowen the City team lost 2-3.
3 Mar 2023. Playing away to Malvern , the City team lost 4-1. Only Joe Rastall and Rob Sutton avoided defeat.
9 Feb 2023. City drew their home match against Redditch in the Championship League.
12 Jan 2023. Reinforced with Ed Osbourn’s return to the board, Worcester beat Kidderminster 3-2. Team captain, Rob Sutton played the only decisive game winning on board 5.
5 Jan 2023. Worcester lose to Malvern 1-4 with only Stephen and Rob drawing their games.
30 Nov 2022. City beat Kidderminster away. Team captain Rob Sutton writes: "A great result, a 3-2 win! After Tony’s pressure on Dave’s king eventually gave us the point to dent Kiddy’s two-point opening salvo, I had enough craft to push my Q vs 2R and pawns endgame into a victory and as we neared 10:30pm Peter’s knight and four pawns overcame Joe’s stubborn Bishop and lone pawn. We were out-graded on every board and across the team averaged 1772 vs 1836".
19 Oct. City lose away match against Redditch. The team were saved from defaulting by Scott who filled in at very short notice, but was soon overwhelmed by his experienced opponent. The match score was evened by Stephen’s win on board 1. Positions on the remaining boards looked promising: Peter on board 2 was at a disadvantage, Ray had excellent position and was a pawn to the good and Rob was pressing a wing attack against this opponent. On board 3, however, Ray’s opponent got activity and was able to win back a pawn to leave an equal position, Rob on board 4 was unable to crash through and Peter’s position deteriorated on board 2.
6 Oct. City team draw with Longbridge. In the first o-t-b match of the season, City drew. Mellor held his own on board 1, but Kiton on board 2 misjudged a blocked position and his King was ensnared. Collett lost a piece in the early middle game, but victories by Shaw and captain Sutton evened the score.
1 Oct. First match on 6 Oct. Six teams entered and the other teams are: Halesowen, Redditch, Kidderminster, Longbridge, and Malvern. There are ten matches, each team playing the others home and away.
18 Sep Five teams entered: Halesowen, Kidderminster, Longbridge, Malvern, and Worcester.

Worcestershire Championship League
Worcester City Captain: Rob Sutton
For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.

Date Home team score Away team Standing
Thu 6 Oct Worcester City 2½ - 2½ Longbridge 1st-2nd/6
Wed 19 Oct Redditch 3 - 2 Worcester City 3rd
Wed 30 Nov Kidderminster 2 - 3 Worcester City 2nd
Thu 5 Jan Worcester City 1 - 4 Malvern 3rd
Thu 12 Jan Worcester City 3 - 2 Kidderminster 4th
Thu 9 Feb Worcester City 2½ - 2½ Redditch 4th
Fri 3 Mar Malvern 4 - 1 Worcester City 4th
Tue 7 Mar Halesowen 3 - 2 Worcester City 4th
Thu 6 Apr Longbridge 3½ - 1½ Worcester City 4th
Thu 13 Apr Worcester City 2½ - 2½ Halesowen 4th
 
Worcester City
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Board Worcester City score Worcester City
1 Rastall, Joe 0 - 1 Edge, John
2 Collett, Ray ½ - ½ Fishburne, Stewart
3 Sutton, Rob 0 - 1 Cooper, David
4 Oxtoby, Scott 1 - 0 Hadley, Mike
5 Lee, Chris 1 - 0 Priest, Adrian
  Totals 2½ - 2½  
Played 10. Cumulative MP=7, GP=21, Place 4th/6
Board Longbridge score Worcester City
1 Hurney, Kevin 1 - 0 Kitson, Peter
2 Cartwright, Gavin ½ - ½ Rastall, Joe
3 Maddocks, Phil 1 - 0 Collett, Ray
4 Truscott, Ian ½ - ½ Austin, Phil
5 Bignall, Paul ½ - ½ Sutton, Rob
  Totals 3½ - 1½  
Played xxx. Cumulative MP=6, GP=18½, Place 4th/6
Board Halesowen score Worcester City
1 Edge, John ½ - ½ Mellor, Stephen
2 Fishburne, Stewart ½ - ½ Kitson, Peter
3 Sandhu, Manvith ½ - ½ Collett, Ray
4 Cooper, David 1 - 0 Rastall, Joe
5 Hadley, Mike ½ - ½ Sutton, Rob
  Totals 3 - 2  
Played 7 Mar. Cumulative MP=6, GP=17, Place 4th/6
Board Worcester City score Malvern
1 Osbourne, Ed 0 - 1 Mityaev, Alexandre
2 Collett. Ray 0 - 1 Davis, Lee
3 Rastall, Joe ½ - ½ Turner, Brian
4 Austin, Phil 0 - 1 Clarke, Ian
5 Sutton, Rob ½ - ½ Herbert, Geoffrey
  Totals 1 - 4  
Played 3 Mar. Cumulative MP=6, GP=15, Place 4th/6
Board Worcester City score Redditch
1 Kitson, Peter 0 - 1 Lambourne, Dan
2 Osbourn, Ed ½ - ½ Hosken, Nigel
3 Collett, Ray 1 - 0 Towers, Nigel
4 Rastall, Joe 1 - 0 Smith, David
5 Austin, Phil 0 - 1 Russell, Scott
  Totals 2½ - 2½  
Played 9 Feb. Cumulative MP=6, GP=14, Place 4th/6
Board Worcester City score Kidderminster
1 Mellor, Stephen ½ - ½ Friar, Joseph
2 Kitson, Peter ½ - ½ Wrench, John
3 Osbourn, Ed ½ - ½ Spowart, David
4 Collett, Ray ½ - ½ Close, Dave
5 Sutton, Rob 1 - 0 Varilone, John
  Totals 3 - 2  
Played 12 Jan. Cumulative MP=5, GP=11½, Place 3rd/6
Board Worcester City score Malvern
1 Mellor, Stephen ½ - ½ Davis, Lee
2 Kitson, Peter 0 - 1 Mityaev, Alexandr
3 Collett, Ray 0 - 1 Turner, Brian
4 Austin, Phil 0 - 1 Clarke, Ian
5 Sutton, Rob ½ - ½ Canham, Leigh
  Totals 1 - 4  
Played 5 Jan. Cumulative MP=3, GP=8½, Place 3rd/6
Board Kidderminster score Worcester City
1 Friar, Joe 0 - 1 Kitson, Peter
2 Wrench, John 1 - 0 Collett, Ray
3 Spowart, David 0 - 1 Shaw, Tony
4 Riley, Mark 0 - 1 Sutton, Rob
5 Varilone, John 1 - 0 Kirkland, Arnold
  Totals 2 - 3  
Played 30 Nov. Cumulative MP=3, GP=7½, Place 3rd/6
Board Redditch score Worcester City
1 Hosken, Nigel 0 - 1 Mellor, Stephen
2 Lambourne, Dan 1 - 0 Kitson, Peter
3 Evans, Harry ½ - ½ Collett, Ray
4 Towers, Nigel ½ - ½ Sutton, Rob
5 Cox, Glen 1 - 0 Oxtoby, Scott
  Totals 3 - 2 Played 19 Oct
Cumulative MP=1, GP=4½, Place 3rd/6
Board Worcester City score Longbridge
1 Mellor, Stephen ½ - ½ Kevin Hurney
2 Kitson, Peter 0 - 1 Stephen Woodhouse
3 Collett Ray 0 - 1 Gavin Cartwright
4 Shaw, Tony 1 - 0 Phil Maddocks
5 Sutton, Rob 1 - 0 Sam Bentham
  Totals 2½ - 2½ Played 6 Oct
Cumulative MP=1, GP=2½, Standing 1st-2nd/6

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Rooks news and results

16 Mar 2023. The Rooks drew again, this time against Stourbrridge. Joe and Scott won their games.
2 Feb 2023. Following last week’s draw, the team went on to win the home fixture against Kidderminster 3½-½
27 Jan 2023. Worcester Rooks broke their losing streak with a draw away against Malvern.
12 Jan 2023. Worcester lost to Longbridge. Joe Rastall played on top board and was the only Worcester player to win.
21 Dec 2022. Worcester and Redditch turned out their best player for board 1 and that game was a draw. The team went down 1-3. Arnold and Chris drew their games.
15 Dec. The Rooks came a cropper against a youthful Malvern team. Colin Vernon was the only Worcester player to win his game.
23 Nov. The team played their third away match against Stourbridge and lost 1-3. Arnold Kirkland, playing board 1 had a notable victory against Julie Wilson.
9 Nov. The Rooks scored their first game point with an away draw against Kidderminster. Ray and Chris won their games.
27 Oct. In the first match the Rooks lost to Longbridge. Arnold Kirkland was Worcester’s winner.
18 Sep. Six teams entered: Kidderminster, Longbridge, Malvern, Redditch, Stourbridge and Worcester

Worcestershire Challengers’ League
For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Date Home team score Away team Standing
Thu 27 Oct Longbridge 2½ - 1½ Worcester Rooks 4th/6
Wed 9 Nov Kidderminster 2 - 2 Worcester Rooks 3rd/6
Wed 23 Nov Stourbridge 3 - 1 Worcester Rooks 5th/6
Thu 15 Dec Worcester Rooks 1 - 3 Malvern 6th/6
Wed 21 Dec Redditch 3 - 1 Worcester Rooks 6th/6
Thu 12 Jan Worcester Rooks 1 - 3 Longbridge 6th/6
Fri 27 Jan Malvern 2 - 2 Worcester Rooks 4th/6
Thu 2 Feb Worcester Rooks 3½ - ½ Kidderiminster 4th/6
Thu 2 Mar Worcester Rooks 2 - 2 Stourbridge 5th/6
Thu 16 Mar Worcester Rooks   Redditch  
In this league, players on boards 2, 3 and 4 must be rated below 1850. A player rated above 1850 may play on board 1 only.
Worcester Rooks Captain Chris Lee
Worcestershire Challengers’ League
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Board Worcester Rooks score Redditch
1 Rastall, Joe 1 - 0 Russell, Scott
2 Oxtoby, Scott 1 - 0 Smith, David
3 Kirkland, Arnold 0 - 1 Stanton, Giles
4 Cleak, David 0 - 1 Carter, Bob
  Totals 2 - 2  
Played Thu 16 Mar. Cumulative MP=6, GP=17, Place 5th/6
Board Worcester Rooks score Stourbridge
1 Rastall, Joe 1 - 0 Sharratt, Paul
2 Kirkland, Arnold 0 - 1 Wilson, Julie
3 Cleak, David 0 - 1 Horwill, Eric
4 Lee, Chris 1 - 0 Alcock, Steve
  Totals 2 - 2  
Played 2 Mar. Cumulative MP=5, GP=15, Place 4th/6
Board Worcester Rooks score Kidderminster
1 Rastall, Joe 1 - 0 Varilone, John
2 Flynn, Seamus 1 - 0 Barton, Luke
3 Oxtoby, Scott ½ - ½ Thomas, Paul
4 Griffiths, Aiden 1 - 0 Pountney, Terry
  Totals 3½ - ½  
Played 2 Feb. Cumulative MP=4, GP=13, Place 4th/6
Board Malvern score Worcester Rooks
1 Canham, Leigh 0 - 1 Rastall, Joe
2 Chester, John 1 - 0 Sutton, Rob
3 Lipinsky, Piere 0 - 1 Oxtoby, Scott
4 Allsopp, James 1 - 0 Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 2 - 2  
Played 27 Jan. Cumulative MP=2, GP=9½, Place 4th/6
Board Worcester Rooks score Lonbridge
1 Rastall, Joe 1 - 0 Cartwright, Gavin
2 Kirkland, Arnold 0 - 1 Maddocks, Phil
3 Lee, Chris 0 - 1 Hughes, Peter
4 Griffiths, Aiden 0 - 1 Angel, Elias
  Totals 1 - 3  
Played 13 Sep. Cumulative MP=1, GP=7½, Place 6th/6
Board Redditch score Worcester Rooks
1 Lambourne, Dan 1 - 0 Mellor, Stephen
2 Russell, Scott ½ - ½ Kirkland, Arnold
3 Stanton, Giles ½ - ½ Lee, Chris
4 Clack, Ian 1 - 0 Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 3 - 1  
Played 21 Dec. Cumulative MP=1, GP=6½, Place 6th/6
Board Worcester Rooks score Malvern
1 Cleak, David 0 - 1 Clarke, Ian
2 Kirkland, Arnold 0 - 1 Charman, George
3 Lee, Chris 0 - 1 Clarke, Joshus
4 Vernon, Colin 1 - 0 Allsopp, James
  Totals 1 - 3  
Played 15 Dec. Cumulative MP=1, GP=5½, Place 6th/6
Board Stourbridge score Worcester Rooks
1 Wilson, Julie 0 - 1 Kirkland, Arnold
2 Conway-Lees, Joe 1 - 0 Cleak, David
3 Horwill, Eric 1 - 0 Flynn, Seamus
4 Evans, Christopher 1 - 0 Lee, Chris
  Totals 3 - 1  
Played 23 Nov. Cumulative MP=1, GP=4½, Place 5th/6
Board Kidderminster score Worcester Rooks
1 Varilone, John 0 - 1 Collett, Ray
2 Kitchen, Michael 1 - 0 Kirkland, Arnold
3 Thomas, Paul 0 - 1 Lee, Chris
4 Pountney, Terry 1 - 0 Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 2 - 2  
Played 9 Nov. Cumulative MP=1, GP=3½, Place 3rd/6
Board Worcester Rooks score Longbridge
1 Rob Sutton 0 - 1 Stephen Woodhouse
2 Andy Gilhooly 0 - 1 Phil Maddocks
3 Arnold Kirkland 1 - 0 Robert Davies
4 David Cleak ½ - ½ Ian Truscott
  Totals 1½ - 2½  
Played Cumulative MP=0, GP=1½, Standing 4/6

 

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Bishops news and results

20 Apr. Worcester, at home, lost to Redditch.
16 Feb. Worcester beat Longbridge 3-1 at home. This result means that tthe Bishops will be placed first in the league even if they lose the remaining match.
8 Dec. Worcester beat Longbridge. Scott chalked up another away victory.
2 Nov. Clean sweep at Redditch. In their first outing the bishops had a 4-0 victory, a notable coup for newly appointed team captain, Scott Oxtoby.
18 Sep. Three teams entered: Longbridge, Redditch, and Worcester

Worcester & District League
For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Date Home team score Away team Standing
Wed 2 Nov Redditch 0 - 4 Worcester Bishops 1st/3
Thu 8 Dec Longbridge 1½ - 2½ Worcester Bishops 1st/3
Thu 16 Feb Worcester Bishops 3 - 1 Longbridge 1st/3
Thu 20 Apr Worcester Bishops 0 - 4 Redditch 1st/3
In this league, the three clubs competing have agreed that all players should be rated below 1650.
Worcester Bishops Captain: Scott Oxtoby
Worcester & District League
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Board Worcester Bishops score Redditch
1 Lee, Chris 0 - 1 Steward, Jamie
2 Barry, Simon 0 - 1 Stanton, Giles
3 Griffiths, Aiden 0 - 1 Rimington, Anthony
4 Hesketh, John 0 - 1 Downie, Daniel
  Totals 0 - 4  
Played 20 Apr. Cumulative MP=6, GP=9½, Place 1st/3
Board Worcester Bishops score Longbridge
1 Oxtoby, Scott 1 - 0 Truscott, Ian
2 Kirkland, Arnold ½ - ½ Bignall, Paul
3 Lee, Chris 1 - 0 Collett, Richard
4 Berry, Simon ½ - ½ Tipper, Andy
  Totals    
Played 13 Sep. Cumulative MP=6, GP=9½, Place 1st/3
Board Lonbgbridge score Worcester Bishops
1 Hughes, Peter ½ - ½ Flynn, Séamus
2 Bignall, Paul (Spike) 1 - 0 Cleak, David
3 Allsop, Brian 0 - 1 Oxtoby, Scott
4 Angel, Elias 0 - 1 Kirkland, Arnold
  Totals 1½ - 2½  
Played 8 Dec. Cumulative MP=4, GP=6½, Place 1st/3
Board Redditch score Worcester Rooks
1 Clack, Ian 0 - 1 Kirkland, Arnold
2 Reed, Antonia (Toni) 0 - 1 Cleak, David
3 Rimmington, Anthony 0 - 1 Oxtoby, Scott
4 Crane, Mark 0 - 1 Berry, Simon
  Totals 0 - 4  
Played Cumulative MP=2, GP=4, Place 1st/3

 

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Knights news and results

26 Apr 2023. Redditch win first leg 4-0 in their fixture against Worcester, but then dropped their guard and list the secongd leg 1-3.
23 Mar 2023. Worcester Knights drew against Stourbridge in the home fixture winning the first leg and losing the second.
23 Feb 2023. The Knights were comprehensively beaten by Kidderminster.
8 Feb 2023. In the away fixture against Stourbridge Worcester drew the first leg and won the second.
16 Nov 2022. It was all sqauer in both legs of the second fixture against Kidderminster.
1 Oct. First match away on 10 Nov. At the end of the first leg of the match, Worcester Knights appeared to be on the ropes. The team rallied and edged a win in the second leg.
18 Sep. Four teams entered: Longbridge, Redditch, Stourbridge and Worcester
23 Aug. Worcestershire Chess Association agreed to establish a rapidplay league at its annual meeting.

Rapidplay League
For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Date Home team score 1 score 2 Away team Standing
Thu 10 Nov Worcester Knights 0 - 4 2½ - 1½ Redditch 3rd
Wed 16 Nov Kidderminster 2 - 2 2 - 2 Worcester Knights 2nd
Wed 8 Feb Stourbridge 2 - 2 1½ - 2½ Worcester Knights 2nd
Thu 23 Feb Worcester Knights 1½ - 2½ 0 - 4 Kidderminster 2nd
Thu 23 Mar Worcester Knights 2½ - 1½ 1½ - 2½ Stourbridge 2nd
Wed 26 Apr Redditch 4 - 0 1 - 3 Worcester Knights 2nd
In this league, players on boards 2, 3 and 4 must be rated below 1850. A player rated above 1850 may play on board 1 only. At each fixture, each player has two games, the second with colours reversed. The fixture’s results are scored as two matches.
Worcester Knights Acting Captain: Rob Sutton
Rapidplay League
Most recent matches at top. In some matchs an extra boards wereplayed as rated friendly games
not counting to league results and shown in paretheses.
Board Redditch score Worcester Knights
1 Lambourne, Dan (b) 1 - 0 Austin, Phil
2 Steward, Jamie 1 - 0 Sutton, Rob
3 Reed, Toni 1 - 0 Lee, Chris
4 Downie, Daniel 1 - 0 Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 4 - 0  
Board Redditch score Worcester Knights
1 Lambourne, Dan (w) 1 - 0 Austin, Phil
2 Steward, Jamie 0 - 1 Sutton, Rob
3 Reed, Toni 0 - 1 Lee, Chris
4 Downie, Daniel 0 - 1 Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 1 - 3  
Played 26 Apr. Cumulative MP=11, GP=19½, Place 2nd/4
Board Worcester Knights score Stourbridge
1 Collett, Ray (b) 0 - 1 Conway-Lees, Joe
2 Austin Phil 1 - 0 Wilson, Julie
3 Sutton, Rob ½ - ½ Sharratt, Paul
4 Lee, Chris 1 - 0 Horwill, Eric
  Totals 2½ - 1½  
Board   score  
1 Collett, Ray (w) 0 - 1 Conway-Lees, Joe
2 Austin Phil 1 - 0 Wilson, Julie
3 Sutton, Rob ½ - ½ Sharratt, Paul
4 Lee, Chris 0 - 1 Horwill, Eric
  Totals 1½ - 2½  
Played 23 Mar. Cumulative MP=10, GP=16½, Place 2nd/4
Board Worcester Knights score Kidderminster
1 Rastall, Joe 0 - 1 Friar, Joseph
2 Austin, Phil 0 - 1 Spowart, David
3 Sutton, Rob 1 - 0 Eaton, Alex
4 Collett, Ray ½ - ½ Grala, Tomasz
  Totals 1½ - 2½  
Board   score  
1 Rastall, Joe 0 - 1 Friar, Joseph
2 Austin, Phil 0 - 1 Spowart, David
3 Sutton, Rob 0 - 1 Eaton, Alex
4 Collett, Ray 0 - 1 Grala, Tomasz
  Totals 0 - 4  
Played 23 Feb. Cumulative MP=9, GP=15, Place 2nd/4
Board Home team: Stourbridge Score Away team: Worcester Knights
1 Conway-Lees, Joe (b) 1 - 0 Austin, Phil
2 Sharratt, Paul 0 - 1 Sutton, Rob
3 Wilson, Julie 0 - 1 Lee, Chris
4 Horwill, Eric 1 - 0 Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 2 - 2 Played 8 Feb
Board   score  
1 Conway-Lees, Joe (w) 0 - 1 Austin, Phil
2 Sharratt, Paul 0 - 1 Sutton, Rob
3 Wilson, Julie ½ - ½ Lee, Chris
4 Horwill, Eric 1 - 0 Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 1½ - 2½  
Played 8 Feb Cumulative MP=7, GP=11, Place 2nd/4
Board Kidderminster score Worcester Knights
1 Varilone, John 1 - 0 Sutton, Rob
2 Eaton, Alex 1 - 0 Oxtoby, Scott
3 Grala, Tomasz 0 - 1 Lee, Chris
4 Henry, Cameron 0 - 1 Gilhooly, Andy
5 Pountney, Terry (0 - 1) Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 2 - 2 Played 16 Nov
Board   score  
1 Varilone, John ½ - ½ Sutton, Rob
2 Eaton, Alex 1 - 0 Oxtoby, Scott
3 Grala, Tomasz 0 - 1 Lee, Chris
4 Henry, Cameron ½ - ½ Gilhooly, Andy
5 Pountney, Terry (0 - 1) Griffiths, Aiden
  Totals 2 - 2  
Played 16 Nov. Cumulative MP=4, GP=6½, Place 2nd/4
Board Worcester Knights score Redditch
1 Sutton, Rob 0 - 1 Towers, Nigel
2 Griffiths, Aiden 0 - 1 Zbircea, Mihai
3 Berry, Simon 0 - 1 Smith, David
4 Hesketh, John 0 - 1 Steward, Jamie
  Totals 0 - 4  
Board   score  
1 Sutton, Rob 1 - 0 Towers, Nigel
2 Griffiths, Aiden ½ - ½ Zbircea, Mihai
3 Berry, Simon 0 - 1 Smith, David
4 Hesketh, John 1 - 0 Steward, Jamie
  Totals 2½ - 1½  
Played 10 Nov. Cumulative MP=2, GP=2½, Standing 3rd/4

 

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Wheatley Cup team news and results

Worcester - Redditch
Played on Thu 18 May at Worcester for the Wheatley Cup
Board Rating Worcester score Redditch Rating
1 1771 Austin, Phil 0 - 1 Evans, Harry 1878
2 1551 Kirkland, Arnold 1 - 0 Russell, Scott 1817
3 1493 Oxtoby, Scott 0 - 1 Smith, David 1801
4 1288 Hesketh, John 1 - 0 Carter, Bob (R) 1403
  Over-the-board totals 2 - 2  
  Handicap 2.1 - 0.0 Rating difference 796
  Competition totals 4.1 - 2.0  

18 May 2023. Worcester were the home team and Redditch fielded the higher rated team with a handicap of 2.1 to overcome.
25 Sep 2022. Worcester has suggested that the final for the Cup is played near the end of the season and Redditch have suggested that they will be prepared to play at Worcester because their venue will not be available in May.
18 Sep 2022. Only two clubs entered: Redditch and Worcester. These teams will play a final.

 

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Wolfpack news and results

7 Dec. Wolfpack lose final match of the season against Dundee City E. The teams were evenly matched, but it was first blow to Dundee when Tony’s king was caught in the centre and his position was hopeless in spite of gamely playing on for another twenty moves. Stephen's game reduced to a N+P ending within 25 moves and a draw was agreed after his opponent missed a hard-to-spot chance. Robin faced a positional sacrifice of the exchange in a queenless middlegame. Although Stockfish judged the sac to be "inaccurate", the position was blocked and Robin had a bad Bishop. The only break-through was difficult to see and a far from obvious pawn sac to open up the position when Robin’s rooks, with best play would have had chances to win. After manoeuvring for a further thirty moves, players agreed a draw. Colin won a pawn in the opening, but it was difficult to hold and he overlooked an indirect defence allowing his opponent to equalise material and gain space on the king side. Knowing that Tony was in dire straits, Colin refused a draw in a deteriorating position in case his opponent slipped up when there would be chances of drawing the match.
22 Nov. Worcester beat Barnet Knights D. Worcester achieved a convincing win against Barnet’s youthful team, but the initial prospects were poor. Robin and his opponent set off at a brisk pace and during the process Stephen won a pawn in the early middle game and obtained a pin on the back rank to net a further pawn and there was no reply to a steam roller of queen flank pawns in the ensuing minor piece ending. Robin overlooked double attack that lost him a piece. The pace did not slacken and eventually Robin’s opponent returned the favour and a draw was agreed in an equal R+P ending. Tony’s game was equal all the way to a double rook ending when his opponent did not see the best defence and lost a pawn and then failed take advantage of an inaccuracy before resigning in a position where he was two pawns down, but with plenty of scope for either player to go wrong in fast play. Colin won a piece in the opening, but returned it a few moves later. In the queenless middle game Colin won overwhelming material witha discovered attack.
8 Nov. Worcester lose hard-fought battle against Farnham B. Arnold had to step in at short notice because Phil's internet was dodgy. Stephen got shunted into an unfamiliar French by his young opponent and had to drop a piece. Tony had a balanced game until his opponent's knight jumped all over his position and was lucky to escape with a draw. Rob played a Petrov and was a pawn down in the middle game, but his opponent lost his way in the ending and Rob got a deserved win, the last game to finish. Arnold was out-played in a tough middle game but had some chances of winning on time, but fell to a fork in a poor position under acute time pressure.
25 Oct. Worcester beat Lerryn Clowns. 25 Oct. Worcester played a Cornish team Lerryn Clowns. Board one was drawish throughout and on board 4 Vernon allowed his queen to be trapped early in the middlegame. Rob Sutton in his first appearance for the team played a slid game and won the R+P ending. Tony Shaw was the star player. Playing slowly he was 15 minutes down with a poor middlegame position before his counter offensive began. Tony steadily outplayed his opponent and was a pawn up and had an active rook in a R+P ending, which he won in style making the final score 2½-1½.
11 Oct. Worcester beat Farnham C. Captain Collett spent the afternoon finding a fourth player for the team and Phil Austin stepped in at short notice. In the end the effort was not essential because Farnham had a default when the team lists were published. Worcester players claimed easy wins and scored a 4-0 victory.
27 Sep. Wolfpack swallowed by Charlton Cobras. A disappointing night with the team losing 4-0 against Charlton Cobras C. Stephen obtained a promising middlgame on board 1 with pressure against a backward c-pawn, but an injudicious knight move allowed his opponent to win a key central pawn and free his game. Black exchanged to a R+P ending that offered chances of a draw and an inaccurate further exchange to a K+P ending made a draw more probable. In the end, Stephen's opponent promoted a pawn first and competently navigated the Q+K vs K+P on the seventh forcing mate. On board 2 Robin, playing black, missed an early chance to get a knight on e6 in a Sicilian Defence. His opponent won a pawn after an inaccuracy in the middlegame, but lost it from a blunder a few moves later. In a complex Q+R ending white gained a further pawn and exposed Robin's king to relentless checks that led to mate or loss of the queen. Colin played the white side of the Sicilian Defence and launched a king side attack. White overlooked a black central pawn grab and black’s pawns sprung into action forcing material gains. On board 4, Arnold held out the longest. Playing his trademark Philidor Defence. In a queenlass middle game black allowed a knight to become stranded on the edge of the board and white’s rampant bishops controlled the board. White then won a piece, but failed to see Arnold could regain it to reach an equal R+P ending. In quick play there were mistakes on both sides putting Arnold a pawn down and a draw was possible with both players having unstoppable advanced pawns and Arnold’s king nearer the remaining pawn. Unfortunately with little time left, his opponent promoted first and won Arnold’s rook.
13 Sep. Wolfpack beat Watford Juniors. In the first round of 4NCL Online, Worcester Wolfpack beat Watford Juniors B 4-0. Manager Ray played the club’s new signing Stephen Woodhouse on board 1 Other members of the team were: Robin Hayles, Tony Shaw and Colin Vernon. Tony had the toughest game. He mishandled the middle game resulting from a Queen’s Pawn Opening and lost a pawn. His opponent played some suboptimal moves allowing Tony to equalise and then win the exchange before cementing his victory.

Worcester Wolfpack Captain: Ray Collett
4NCL Online Season 6 Division 5 Sep to December 2022
For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Date Home team score Away team Standing
Tue 13 Sep Watford Juniors B 0 - 4 Wolfpack 5th/34*
Tue 27 Sep Wolfpack 0 - 4 Charlton Cobras C 19th/36
Tue 11 Oct Farnham C 0 - 4 Wolfpack 7th/36
Tue 25 Oct Wolfpack 2½ - 1½ Lerryn Clowns 5th/36
Tue 8 Nov Farnham B 2½ - 1½ Wolfpack 9th/36
Tue 22 Nov Wolfpack 3½ - ½ Barnet Knights D 6th/36
Tue 6 Dec Dundee City E 3 - 1 Wolfpack 6th/36
The event is a seven round team Swiss Tournament with Dutch pairing. *Two teams joined after round 1.
Team P W D L MP GP Final
ranking
Heffalump Hunters 7 6 1 0 13 24½ 1
Bromley 7 4 3 0 11 17 2
Dundee City E 7 5 0 2 10 19 3
East Kilbride Wanderers 7 5 0 2 10 16 4
Farnham B 7 5 0 2 10 15½ 5
The Hemel's Gambit 7 5 0 2 10 14½ 6
Charlton Cobras C 7 4 1 2 9 17 7
Dundee City F 7 3 3 1 9 16½ 8
Colchester JFF A 7 4 1 2 9 15½ 9
Worcester Wolfpack 7 4 0 3 8 16½ 10
Breage Bruisers 7 3 2 2 8 15½ 11
Barnet Knights C 7 4 0 3 8 14 12
Beckenham 7 3 2 2 8 13½ 13
Bishop Knights 7 4 0 3 8 12½ 14
Wells Globetrotters 2 7 3 1 3 7 15 15
Nimrod 7 3 1 3 7 14½ 16
Warwickshire Bears B 7 3 1 3 7 14½ 17
Ashton 2 7 2 3 2 7 14 18
Lerryn Clowns 7 2 3 2 7 14 19
Telepost Dark Knights 1 7 3 1 3 7 14 20
Wessex Some Stars G 7 2 3 2 7 13 21
Telepost Dark Knights 2 7 3 0 4 6 13 22
Wessex Some Stars H 7 3 0 4 6 13 23
Bude Beach Surfers 7 3 0 4 6 12 24
Hertford 3 7 2 2 3 6 10½ 25
Farnham C 7 3 0 4 6 8 26
Barnet Knights D 7 2 2 3 6 27
Charlton Cobras D 7 2 1 4 5 12½ 28
Chess Challengers A 6 2 1 3 5 11½ 29
Colchester JFF B 7 2 1 4 5 30
Collyer’s VI 7 1 3 3 5 9 31
Chess Challengers B 6 2 0 4 4 10½ 32
Colchester JFF C 7 1 2 4 4 33
Barnet Knights E 7 1 2 4 4 8 34
Manaccan Maulers 7 0 2 5 2 35
Watford Juniors B 7 0 0 7 0 36
Worcester Wolfpack in 4NCL Online season 6 Division 5
September to December 2022
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Board Dundee City E score Worcester Wolfpack
1 Flood, Raymond ½ - ½ Woodhouse, Stephen
2 Anderson, James ½ - ½ Hayles, Robin
3 Hackney, Leyton 0 - 1 Shaw, Tony
4 Harley, Trevor 0 - 1 Vernon, Colin
  Totals 1 - 3  
Played 6 Dec. Cumulative MP=8, GP=16½, Place 10th/36
Board Worcester Wolfpack score Barnet Knights D
1 Woodhouse, Stephen 1 - 0 Rasalingam, Rishi
2 Hayles, Robin ½ - ½ Scheffel, Charlie
3 Shaw, Tony 1 - 0 Pochalwar, Siddhant
4 Vernon, Colin 1 - 0 Rowland, Benjamin
  Totals 3½ - ½  
Played 22 Nov. Cumulative MP=8, GP=15½, Place 6th/36
Board Farnham B score Worcester Wolfpack
1 Kumar, Soham 1 - 0 Woodhouse, Stephen
2 Amos, Michael ½ - ½ Shaw, Tony
3 Cooper, Malcolm 0 - 1 Sutton, Rob
4 Frostick, Helen 1 - 0 Kirkland, Arnold
  Totals 2½ - 1½  
Played 8 Nov. Cumulative MP=6, GP=12, Place 9th/34
Board Worcester Wolfpack score Lerryn Clowns
1 Stephen Woodhouse ½ - ½ Barry Childs
2 Tony Shaw 1 - 0 Simon Jenkins
3 Rob Sutton 1 - 0 Andy Young
4 Colin Vernon 0 - 1 Mark Reid
  Totals 2½ - 1½  
Played 25 Oct. Cumulative MP=6, GP=10½, Place 5th/36
Board Farnham C score Worcester Wolfpack
1 Oliver Warnock 0 - 1 Stephen Woodhouse
2 Tony Franklin 0 - 1 Ray Collett
3 Katherine Amos 0 - 1 Philip Austin
4 def 0 - 1 Arnold Kirkland
  Totals 0 - 4 Played 11 Oct
Played 6 Oct. Cumulative MP=4, GP=8, Place 7th/34
Board Worcester Wolfpack score Charlton Cobras C
1 Stephen Woodhouse 0 - 1 Oleg Verbytski
2 Robin Hayles 0 - 1 Ayush Penumarthy
3 Colin Vernon 0 - 1 Humphrey C N Jones
4 Arnold Kirkland 0 - 1 Laurie B Roberts
  Totals 0 - 4 Played 27 Sep
Played 27 Sep. Cumulative MP=2, GP=4, Place 19th/36
Board Worcester Wolfpack score Watford Juniors B
1 Stephen Woodhouse 1 - 0 Maya Saujani
2 Tony Shaw 1 - 0 Ananya Patel
3 Robin Hayles 1 - 0 Aashna Patel
4 Colin Vernon 1 - 0 Advait Tripathi
  Totals 4 - 0 Played 13 Sep
Played 13 Sep. Cumulative MP=2, GP=4, Place 5th/34

 

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