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  • ECF Online tournaments Something on nearly every day!
  • Sat 13 Apr 2024. Staffordshire English Junior Coaches and Organisers Association Zonal Qualifier at Burntwood Instutute Rugeley Road, Walsall WS7 9BE. Under-8, -10, -12 -14, -14, -18, and Under-20 tournaments. Five rounds , time control 15 min + 10 sec, starting at 9am and prize-giving at about 4pm.
  • Sat 20 Apr 2024. Cannock & Dist CL25th Anniversary Rapidplay at Rycroft Community Hub, New Forest Road, Walsall WS3 1TR. Open, Major (u1750) and Minor tournaments (u1500), six rounds starting at 10am, time control 20 min +20 sec.
  • Sat 27 Apr. David Dunn Memorial Rapidplay at Moseley All Services Club, 91 Church Road, Moseley, Birmingham B13 9EA. Open, u2000, u1750, u1500 sections, seven rounds starting at 10:30am, time control 15 min + 10 sec.
  • Fri-Sun 26-28 Apr 2024. Bristol Chess Congress at Bristol Grammar School, University Road, Bristol BS8 1SR. Open (FIDÉ rated), Boniface (u1900), and Foundation (u1600) tournaments, time control 90 min + 30 sec, half-point byes
  • Sat 11 May. National Quarter finals matches for u1450 and Minor Counties teams. Venues TBA.
  • Sat & Sun 18, 19 May. Leamington Open at Warwick Trident Park, Poseidon Way, Royal Leamington Spa. CV34 6SW. Five rounds, Open, u2000, u1750, u1500 sections. FiDÉ rated, ECF gold membership required, half point bye available rounds 1-4.
  • Sat-Mon, 25-27 May 2024. Cotswold Congress at The King’s School, Pitt Street, Gloucester GL1 2BG. Open, Major (u1850), Minor (u1635), 6 rounds, half point byes in rounds 1-5, time control 90 min + 30 sec.

Worcestershire teams lead Wolverhampton League

14 Mar, John Wrench reports. Halesowen are at the top of Wolverhampton Leagu Division 1. In second place is Kidderminster’s promoted team with two matches in hand.

County teams in national quarter-finals

12 Mar 2024. All three Worcestershire county teams will be playing in the ECF national stages. Dates for the quarter final finals are 11 May in the Minor Counties and the u1450 competition and on 18 May for the u1650 competition. All semi-finals will be on 8 June and the finals on 6 July. This is the first year that Worcestershire has had three teams in the national stages.

Worcester book place in Wheatley Cup final

11 Mar 2024. Worcester beat Shirley & Wythall on handicap and will play Kidderminster or Redditch in the final.

County online teams in 4NCL

5 Mar 2024. The county teams won two matches and lost one in the 4NCL online League in round 5. In Division 4, Worcestershire Wolfpack A team beat Chess Challengers A 3-1; Worcestershire Wolfpack B beat Hebden Bridge Three 3-1; and Worcestershire Wolfpack Cadets team lost 1½-2½ to Settle. At the end of the evening, A and B teams stand top of their groups in Division 4 and the Cadets team are placed 25th out of 36 teams in Division 5. See full results with links to games.

20 Feb 2024. In round 3 in Division 4, the A team beat Atticus from Liverpool 2½-1½ and the B team beat Bishop Trojans from Bishop Aukland 4-0. The Cadets team lost their Division 5 match against Calstock Killers 1-3. See full results with links to games.

Worcestershire players at Coventry

18 Feb 2024. The Open was won by former Halesowen player Finaly Terry-Bowcott, but now affiliated to Solihull in Warwickshire. Harry Evans and Ben Attwell playedat the congress and bot ended mid-field in their sections. See full results.

Former County correspondence team captain and Hagley Chess Club secretary

8 Feb 2024. The death is reported of Tony West at the age of He was for many years secretary and treasurer of Hagley Chess Club until it closed in 2016. Tony was also team captain for the Worcestershire Correspondence Chess team competing for the Brown Pond trophy in the Counties & Districts Correspondence Chess Championship. Jim Keen, Worcestershire’s current correspondence team captain wrote: "He was a team captain for the 2nd team Correspondence Chess for many years and assisted me in obtaining interested players. He only stopped playing [correspondence chess in 2014 when the county decided to enter one team only] ... Always very helpful and enthusiastic and loved the game in both formats."

Tony West

County online teams progress

6 Feb 2024. In round two teams A and B won their matches and the cadets team drew, but progress was marred by two defaults. Fortunately, the Cadets team's opponents also defaulted a board. See match score cards with links to games.

23 Jan 2024. In round 1 of the ninth 4NCL online season, there were wins from all three teams in spite of problems with logging on in the Cadets team. New player Dorin Luca (Worcester) won his game in the B team. See match score sheets with links to games.

Worcestershire players in Kidlington Congress

4 Feb 2024. Mike Hadley (Halesowen) finished mid-field in the Open as did Stephen Chadaway (Olton) in the Major and Peter Hughes (Mutual Circle) in the Minor.

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