Club Championship. All club members who are also members of the English Chess Federation (ECF) are eligible. The competition will be organised as a two round knock-out followed by quarter-finals, semi-finals and final. Games will have 45+30 time control. The controller will will arrange replays for players who draw. Rounds 1 and 2 will be played on 1 Oct and 12 Nov. The quarter finals will be held on 18 Feb and 15 April, the semi-finals on 22 April and the final on 27 May .

Club all-play-all Rapidplay Championship. All club membersand invited guests are eligible to play in this ECF rapidplay rated tournament. The first all-play all stage concludes on 29 April when the top scoring four players go through to semi-finals on 18 May and finals on 20 May. Players must be ECF members if they play more than four games. Time control is 20+10. Competitors may play up to two games with the same opponent with colours reversed in the all-play-all stage of this competition. All game results should be entered on the results sheet immediately after the game has been concluded.

Three Blitz tournaments. There will be an Opening blitz (5 minutes, no increment). tournament on 10 Sep , Worcester City Chess Club Blitz Championship (3 + 2 time control) will be held on 4 Feb. The Blitz Close Down (1 +5 time control) will be held on 17 June, the evening after the AGM before members go to play at a venue in the centre of town.

Team Royal competition. Rob Sutton plans an intra-club 4 board team tournament that involves standardplay, rapidplay and blitz. Details TBA.

News

10 Sep 2026. Opening Blitz Tournament. A September Fun 5 minute - no increments - blitz was organised on the second night back at winter HQ. Twenty four players competed in a Swiss tournament with 8 rounds and was won by Ed Higgs, who won all his games. See results.

3 Sep 2026. The club’s Rapidplay Championship started with five games completed. Scott Oxtoby leads with 2 points. See ECF League Management System.