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• Mon evenings at 7:30pm Marches Arena Online. Contact Kieran Lappin.
• ECF online. Tournaments most days
• Sat 19 Oct. Birmingham Junior Open at King Edwards VI Five Ways, Scotland lane, Bartley Green B32 4BT. 1pm start and prize-giving at about 6pm. Seven age and ability sections: U-18 Open, U-18 u1400, U-18 u1000, U-11 Open, U-11 u1000, U-11 u800, U-11 u600. ECF silver membership required, free for new players.

Recent news Nathanael Paul concedes single draw in simul at Leominster 29 Aug 2024. Nathanael took on thirteen players in his simultaneous exhibition at Leominster . Only one of his opponents escaped with a draw Steve Taylor. Nathanael is the current individual champion of Shropshire. Proposal to re-start Marches Chess League 24 Aug 2024. Herefordshire County Chess Association ask for team entries for the marches Chess League by 9 September. All matches will be between teams of four players at The Herdsman, Hereford on weekend afternoons using a standardplay time control. Hereford CC will organise the venue and provide equipment. Any four players, who don't have to have the same club affiliation, can enter so long as there is a nominated captain for the team. If you would like to enter a team or play in this competition, even if you are not a member of a team, please contact Lee Davis for further information.

Hereford champion plays for Wales at Krakow

11 Jul 2024. Lee Davis played board 2 for Wales in the FIDE World Senior Championships held at Krakow. He scored 3 points from 8 games.

Hereford Cathedral School in national schools final

27 & 28 Jun 2024. The school A team travelled to Nottingham HS for this five-round contest. Seeded 19th out of 26 teams, the school finished with two wins against Royal GS Newcastle and The Grammar School at Leeds, and three losses. The team's highest scoring player was Scott Stephens who played in all five rounds without losing a single game. Richard Croot was the team manager. See full results.

New club Leominster trounces Worcester

11 & 18 Jun 2024. New club Leominster payed two friendly matches. Their first match was loss to Hereford but they trounced Worcester 6½-2½ (See full result).

Dillan Duke storms Hereford Megafinal

5 May 2024. Dillan (Hereford CC and Hereford Sixth Form Coll) won all six games in the Under-18 section of the Megafinal. James Thomas (Downend) and Josh Crompton (Hereford Cathedral Sch) scored 4 points in the Under-15 section.

English Schools Championship: Hereford Cathedral School into national final

22 Mar 2024. Hereford Cathedral Sch A beat Sir Thomas Rich's Sch, Gloucester 4-2 in Region 8 Final.
1 Mar 2024. Hereford Cathedral Sch A beat Malvern College 5-1 in Region 8 round 2.
26 Jan 2024. Hereford Catherdal Sch B team lost 1½-10½ to Malvern Coll in round 1 of region 8 (Herefordshire, Gloucestershire, and Worcestershire).The A team had a bye.

GM Kieth Arkell simutaneous 13 Mar 2024. Thirty seven players from Hereford, Leominster Malvern, Kidderminster, Worcester and Abergavenny took on former English champion and grandmaster Keith Arkell at Hereford. Keith's youngest opponent was 8 and his oldest 86 years old. The overall result, with the last game finishing at midnight, was 33 wins and 4 losses in favour of Keith. The winning club players were Paul Barker, Oliver Layton, Dillan Duke from Hereford and Scott Oxtoby from Worcester. Picture credit: Hereford Chess Club website

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