Match results 2026-7 season

Standardplay	Championship City Team	Challengers Rooks team	White Bishops team
	Black Bishops Team	Wheatley Cup team	Summer matches
Rapidplay	League 1 Knights team	League 2 Pawns team	League 3 Geen Pawns team	Go to Bottom

Worcester enter an additional rapidplay team

16 Jun 2026. The annual meeting of the county chess association agreed to ask for entries to a new u1350 rapidplay league. There werr rules revisions to clarify the role of players’ ratings for determining eligibility to play in rating limited competitions and determining board order. Captains should place players in order rating, but may use discretion about board order for players plus or minus 100 rating points. Players without an A or K rating should receive an estimated "local" rating from the tournament controller before playing in rating limited teams. Estimated local ratings are replaced by actual new A or K ratings immediately after publication by the ECF ratings website. Ratings of all players are updated in January for determining board order.
4 June 2026. The 190th annual meeting of the club decided to enter a further team in the rapidplay leagues subject to the county association agreeing to the new competition.

City team in the 2026-7 Championship League

17 Sep 2026. First fixture due against Redditch at home.
1 Sep 2026. Five teams, the same as last season, entered: Kidderminster, Longbridge A, Longbridge B, Malvern, Redditch and Worcester City.
4 June 2026. Rob Sutton was re-elected as captain the of City team in the Championship League.

Worcestershire Championship League 2026-7 Worcester City Captain: Rob Sutton For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Dates 2026	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Standing
Thu 17 Sep 2026	Worcester City	2½ - 2½	Redditch	2nd - 3rd / 6
Thu 15 Oct 2026	Worcester City		Malvern
Tue 3 Nov 2026 (tbc)	Longbridge A		Worcester City
Mon 16 Nov 2026	Kidderminster		Worcester City
Thu 26 Nov 2026	Worcester City		Longbridge B
Dates 2027	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Standing
Fri 15 Jan 2027	Malvern		Worcester City
Wed 20 Jan 2027	Redditch		Worcester City
Thu 4 Mar 2027	Worcester City		Longbridge A
Thu 18 Mar 2027	Worcester City		Kidderminster
Good Friday 26 Mar 2027
Mon 19 Apr 2027	Longbridge B		Worcester City

Worcester City Worcestershire Championship League Most recent matches at top
Board	Worcester City	score	Redditch
1	Mellor, Stephen	½ - ½	Evans, Harry
2	Rastall, Joe	½ - ½	Lambourne, Dan
3	Higgs, Ed	½ - ½	Hosken, Nigel
4	Peters, John	0 - 1	Attwell, Ben
5	Sutton, Rob	1 - 0	Reed, Toni (A)
	Totals	2½ - 2½
Played 17 Sep. cumulative MP=1, GP=2½, Place 2-3rd / 6

 

Rooks team in the 2026-7 Challengers League

5 June 2025. Scott Oxtoby leads the Rooks team in the Challengers League for 2026-7 season

Worcestershire Challengers’ League 2025-6 Worcester Rooks Captain: Scott Oxtoby For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Date	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Standing
Thu 24 Sep 26	Worcester Rooks	3½ - ½	Kidderminster	1st / 6
Mon 5 Oct 26	Kidderminster		Worcester Rooks
Thu 8 Oct 26	Worcester Rooks		Warndon
Tue 1 Dec 26	Worcester Rooks		Longbridge
Thu 7 Jan 27	Worcester Rooks		Malvern
Mon 1 Feb 27	Warndon		Worcester Rooks
Thu 25 Feb 27	Redditch		Worcester Rooks
Fri 9 Apr 27	Malvern		Worcester Rooks
Thu 29 Apr 27	Worcester Rooks		Longbridge

Worcester Rooks Worcestershire Challenger’s League Most recent matches at top
Board	Worcester Rooks	score	Kidderminster
1	Osbourne, Ed	1 - 0	Riley, Mark
2	Oxtoby, Scott	1 - 0	Close, Dave
3	Stephen, Alaric	½ - ½	Tinley, Simon
4	Fellows, Ben	1 - 0	Wilkes, Brandon
	Totals	3½ - ½
Played 24 Sep. Cumulative MP=2, GP=3½,

White Bishops teams in District league 2026-7

4 Jun 2026. Aiden leads the White Bishops team and Sai Retntachintala the Black Bishops.

Worcester & District League 2026-7 Worcester White Bishops Captain: Aiden Griffiths, For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Dates 2026	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Standing
Tue 22 Sep 26	Longbridge	2½ - 1½	Worcester White Bishops	4th / 7
Wed 30 Sep 26	Redditch	1 - 3	Worcester White Bishops	2nd / 7
Mon 5 Oct 26	Kidderminster	1½ - 2½	Worcester White Bishops	2nd / 7
Thu 8 Oct 26	Worcester White Bishops		Evesham
Thu 15 Oct 26	Worcester Black Bishops		Worcester White Bishops
Thu 26 Nov 26	Worcester White Bishops		Warndon
Dates 2027	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Standing
Mon 18 Jan 27	Warndon		Worcester White Bishops
Thu 21 Jan 27	Worcester White Bishops		Kidderminster
Thu 26 Feb 27	Worcester White Bishops		Worcester Black Bishops
Mon 15 Mar 27	Evesham		Worcester White Bishops
Good Friday 26 Mar 2027
Thu 8 Apr 27	Worcester White Bishops		Redditch
Thu 29 Apr 27	Worcester White Bishops		Longbridge

Worcester Whte Bishops Team Worcester & District League Most recent matches at top
Board	Kidderminster	score	Worcester White Bishops
1	Charlton, Mike	0 - 1	Kirkland, Arnold
2	Francis, Jon	0 - 1	Griffiths, Aiden
3	Relph, George	½ - ½	Cleak, David
4	de Havilland	1 - 0	Bodniak, Maciej
	Totals	1½ - 2½
Played 5 Oct. Cumulative MP=3, GP=6
Board	Redditch	score	Worcester White Bishops
1	Reed, Toni (A)	0 - 1	Kirkland, Arnold
2	Stanton, Giles	0 - 1	Griffiths, Aiden
3	Lowe, Terry	1 - 0	Cleak, David
4	Lloyd, Simon	1 - 0	Bodniak, Maciej
	Totals	2 - 2
Played 30 Sep. Cumulative MP=1, GP=3½
Board	Lonbridge	score	Worcester White Bishops
1	Sherwood, Tom	½ - ½	Kirkland, Arnold
2	Bessant, Graig	½ - ½	Sharpe, George
3	Bignall, Paul	½ - ½	Griffiths, Aiden
4	Cummins, Jordan	1 - 0	Cleak, David
	Totals	2½ - 1½
Played 22 Sep . Cumulative MP=0, GP=1½

Black Bishops teams in District league 2026-7

4 Jun 2026. Sai Retntachintala leads the Black Bishops.as a non-playing captain (too highly rated for W&D League)

Worcester & District League 2026-7 Worcester Black Bishops Captain: Sai Rentachintala For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Dates 2026	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Standing
Wed 7 Oct 26	Redditch	1 - 3	Worcester Black Bishops	3rd / 7
Thu 15 Oct 26	Worcester Black Bishops		Worcester White Bishops
Mon 24 Oct 26	Evesham		Worcester Black Bishops
Thu 29 Oct 26	Worcester Black Bishops		Evesham
Thu 26 Nov 26	Worcester Black Bishops		Longbridge
Mon 7 Dec 26	Warndon		Worcester Black Bishops
Dates 2027	Home Team	Result	Away Team	Standing
Mon 18 Jan 27	Evesham		Worcester Black Bishops
Thu 21 Jan 27	Worcester Black Bishops		Redditch
Thu 11 Feb 27	Worcester White Bishops		Worcester Black Bishops
Thu 18 Mar 27	Kidderminster		Worcester Black Bishops
Good Friday 26 Mar 2027
Thu 8 Apr 27	Worcester Black Bishops		Warndon
Tue 4 May 27	Longbridge		Worcester Black Bishops

Worcester Black Bishops Team Worcester & District League Most recent matches at top
Board	Redditch	score	Worcester Black Bishops
1	Tipping, Joe	0 - 1	Bennett, Richard
2	Lloyd, Simon	½ - ½	Serafini. Paul
3	McCormack, Harry	½ - ½	Berry, Simon
4	Marimon, Miguel	0 - 1	Allen, Stephen
	Totals	1 - 3
Played 7 Oct. Cumulative MP=2, GP=3

Knights in Rapidplay league 1

4 Jun 2026. Chris Lee captains the Knights team.

Worcester Knights Rapidplay League 1 2026-7 Worcester Knights Captain: Chris Lee For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Dates 2026	Home team	score 1	score 2	Away team	Standing
Thu 24 Sep 26	Worcester Knights	1 - 3	½ - 3½	Longbridge	2nd / 4
Thu 29 Oct 26	Worcester Knights			Kidderminster
Wed 9 Dec 26	Redditch			Worcester Knights
Dates 2027	Home team	score 1	score 2	Away team	Standing
Tue 12 Jan 27	Longbridge			Worcester Knights
Mon 25 Jan 27	Kidderminster			Worcester Knights
Good Friday 26 Mar 2027
Thu 8 Apr 27	Worcester Knights			Redditch
This is a rapidplay open team tournament. At each fixture, each player has two games, the second with colours reversed. The fixture’s results are scored as two matches.

Worcester Knights Rapidplay League 1 Most recent matches at top
Board	Worcester Knights	score	Longbridge
1	Collett, Ray (b)	0 - 1	Cartwright, Gavin
2	Sutton, Rob	1 - 0	Woodhouse, Stephen
3	Lee, Chris	0 - 1	Maddocks, Phil
4	Conway, Sean	0 - 1	Tirado Simarro, Carmelo
	Totals	1 - 3	Played 24 Sep
Board		score
1	Collett, Ray (w)	½ - ½	Cartwright, Gavin
2	Sutton, Rob	0 - 1	Woodhouse, Stephen
3	Lee, Chris	0 - 1	Maddocks, Phil
4	Conway, Sean	0 - 1	Tirado Simarro, Carmelo
	Totals	½ - 3½	Played 24 Sep
Cumulative MP=0, GP=1½, Place 2nd / 4

 

Pawns Rapidplay League 2 for u1650 players 2026-7

5 June 2026. Paul Serafini was elected team captain for the Rapidplay 2 League.

Worcester Pawns Rapidplay League 2 2026-7 Worcester Pawns Captain: Paul Serafini For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Dates 2026	Home team	score 1	score 2	Away team	Standing
Thu 17 Sep 26	Worcester Pawns	2½ - 1½	1 - 3	Kidderminster
Thu 9 Oct 26	Evesham			Worcester Pawns
Thu 11 Dec 26	Redditch			Worcester Pawns
Wed 4 Mar 26	Longbridge			Worcester Pawns
Dates 2027	Home team	score 1	score 2	Away team	Standing
Thu 7Jan 27	Worcester Pawns			Evesham
Mon 11 Jan 27	Kidderminster			Worcester Pawns
Thu 28 Jan 27	Worcester Pawns			Redditch
Thu 4 Mar 27	Worcester Pawns			Longbridge
Good Friday 26 Mar 2027
In this league, players on all boards must be rated below 1650. In each fixture, player have two games against the same opponent with colours reversed. A fixture’s result is scored as two matches.

Worcester Pawns Rapidplay League Most recent matches at top
Board	Worcester Pawns	score	Kidderminster
1	Lee, Chris	1 - 0	Riley, Mark
2	Sharpe, George	0 - 1	Tinley, Simon
3	Serafini, Paul	½ - ½	Charlton, Mike
4	Rentachintala, Sai	1 - 0	Szemeti, Ben
	Totals	2½ - 1½	Played
Board		score
1	Lee, Chris	0 - 1	Riley, Mark
2	Sharpe, George	0 - 1	Tinley, Simon
3	Serafini, Paul	0 - 1	Charlton, Mike
4	Rentachintala, Sai	1 - 0	Szemeti, Ben
	Totals	1 - 3	Played 17 Sep
Played 17 Sep. Cumulative MP=2, GP=3½, Place 2nd / 5

Worcester Green Pawns Rapidplay League 3 for u1450 players 2026-7

5 June 2026. Captain for the Green Pawns team in Rapidplay 3 LeagueTBA

Worcester Green Pawns Rapidplay League 2 2026-7 Captain: TBA For detailed match results, click on the score in the results column.
Dates 2026	Home team	score 1	score 2	Away team	Standing
Thu 15 Oct 26	Worcester Green Pawns			Longbridge
Thu 29 Oct 26	Worcester Green Pawns			Redditch
Mon 9 Nov 26	Evesham			Worcester Green Pawns
Dates 2027	Home team	score 1	score 2	Away team	Standing
Wed 6 Jan 27	Redditch			Worcester Green Pawns
Tue 12 Jan 27	Longbridge			Worcester Green Pawns
Thu 18 Mar 27	Worcester Green Pawns			Evesham
Good Friday 26 Mar 2027
In this league, players on all boards must be rated below 1650. In each fixture, player have two games against the same opponent with colours reversed. A fixture’s result is scored as two matches.

Worcester Green Pawns Rapidplay League 3 Most recent matches at top
Board		score
1
2
3
4
4
	Totals		Played
Board		score
1
2
3
4
	Totals		Played
Played xxx. Cumulative MP=X, GP=XX, Place NNth/34

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