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7 Sep 2023. Stourbridge in the Challengers League and Worcester in the District League had the first match wins of the season.
5 Sep 2023. The controller considers that pleminary ratings, P category, are unreliable and an estimated rating for league play should be agreed by secretaries with the controller for Worcestershire League play in the 2023-4 season for players on rating-limited boards. The controller has also written to captains: "Please note also, in respect of using players out of strict descending order of rating in matches, a tolerance of 75 rating points is the acceptable limit."
1 Sep 2023. The Championship League hss the same teams as last year. Kidderminster have dropped out of the Challengers League and put a team in the District League instead. The Rapidplay league has one extra entry from Longbridge.
19 July 2023. The annual meeting of the association decided to continue the structure for the leagues used for the 2022-3 season. The ad hoc agreement by captains last season to restrict the District League to players rated below 1650 was formalised and carried into the new season.
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26 Nov 2023. Malvern beat Redditch and Mlavern put distance between themselves and second-placed Kidderminster.
15 Nov 2023. Halesowen suffered a second defeat, this time at the hands of Kidderminster who leap up to second place i the table.
2 Nov 2023. Worcester scored their first match point in a home draw with Malvern.
26 Oct 2023. Malvern had a convincing away victory against Kidderminster
19 Oct 2023. Two matches tonight. Halesowen travelled to Worcester and won a hard fought match. Meanwhie Longbridge, in a home match, defeated Kidderminster.
11 Oct 2023. Kidderminster score a home win against Worcester
13 Sep 2023. First match results in a victory for Redditch.
5 Sep 2023. The controller considers that August 2023 P category ratings (preliminary) are unreliable and an estimated rating for WCA league events will be agreed with captains and secretaries for such players. Where a player has a reliable standard rapid otb rating, the estimated value for Worcestershire Champiuonship League play will be set to the rapid play rating. The controller has also written to captains: "Please note also, in respect of using players out of strict descending order of rating in matches, a tolerance of 75 rating points is the acceptable limit."
1 Sep 2023. The same teams as last season compete. Most fixtures start at 7:30pm, but please note that Longbridge home matches start at 7:15pm and Worcester’s home games will use the shorter playing session.
19 Jul 2023. Teams have five boards and the time control is 60 min + 30sec or 45 min + 30 sec if a there is a shorter period of play requested by the home club. Teams play home and away.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
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| Malvern | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12½ | 7½ | 7 |
| Kidderminster | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11½ | 13½ | 4 |
| Longbridge | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6½ | 3½ | 4 |
| Halesowen | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 2 |
| Redditch | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6½ | 8½ | 2 |
| Worcester City | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 |
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| Dates | Home team | Score | Away team |
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| Wed 13th Sep 2023 | Kidderminster | 2 - 3 | Redditch |
| Wed 11th Oct 2023 | Kidderminster | 3½ - 1½ | Worcester City |
| Thu 12th Oct 2023 | Longbridge | 3½ - 1½ | Redditch |
| Thu 19th Oct 2023 | Longbridge | 3 - 2 | Kidderminster |
| Thu 19th Oct 2023 | Worcester City | 2 - 3 | Halesowen |
| Wed 25th Oct 2023 | Kidderminster | 1 - 4 | Malvern |
| Thu 2nd Nov 2023 | Worcester City | 2½ - 2½ | Malvern |
| Fri 10th Nov 2023 | Malvern | 3 - 2 | Halesowen |
| Wed 15th Nov 2023 | Kidderminster | 3 - 2 | Halesowen |
| Fri 24th Nov 2023 | Malvern | 3 - 2 | Redditch |
| Thu 30th Nov 2023 | Worcester City | Redditch | |
| Fri 8th Dec 2023 | Malvern | Kidderminster | |
| Wed 20th Dec 2023 | Redditch | Kidderminster | |
| Wed 3rd Jan 2024 | Redditch | Halesowen | |
| Mon 15th Jan 2024 | Halesowen | Malvern | |
| Wed 24th Jan 2024 | Redditch | Longbridge | |
| Mon 29th Jan 2024 | Halesowen | Worcester City | |
| Wed 31st Jan 2024 | Kidderminster | Longbridge | |
| Thu 15th Feb 2024 | Longbridge | Worcester City | |
| Mon 19th Feb 2024 | Halesowen | Kidderminster | |
| Fri 23rd Feb 2024 | Malvern | Longbridge | |
| Wed 28th Feb 2024 | Redditch | Worcester City | |
| Thu 29th Feb 2024 | Longbridge | Halesowen | |
| Fri 8th Mar 2024 | Malvern | Worcester City | |
| Wed 10th Apr 2024 | Redditch | Malvern | |
| Thu 11th Apr 2024 | Worcester City | Kidderminster | |
| Mon 22nd Apr 2024 | Halesowen | Longbridge | |
| Thu 25th Apr 2024 | Worcester City | Longbridge | |
| Mon 29th Apr 2024 | Halesowen | Redditch | |
| Thu 2nd May 2024 | Longbridge | Malvern | |
| Club secretaries and team captains. Halesowen, capt John Edge; Kidderminster, capt Joe Friar; Longbridge, capt Stephen Woodhouse; Malvern, capt Brian Turner; Redditch, capt Dan Lambourne; Worcester, capt Rob Sutton. | |||
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2 Nov 2023. Longbridge beat Redditch and jump to second place.
28 Sep 2023. Worcester Rook achieved their second victory, this time away, at Longbridge.
21 Sep 2023. Worcester Rooks under new captaion Scott Oxtoby beat Stourbridge.
7 Sep 2023. In the first match, Stourbridge beat Longbridge.
5 Sep 2023. The controller considers that August 2023 P category ratings (preliminary) are unreliable and an estimated rating for WCA league events will be agreed with captains and secretaries. Where a player has a reliable standard rapid otb rating, the estimated value for Worcestershire Champiuonship League play will be set to the rapid play rating. The controller has also written to captains: "Please note also, in respect of using players out of strict descending order of rating in matches, a tolerance of 75 rating points is the acceptable limit."
1 Sep 2023. Five teams compete, Kidderminster having dropped out for this season: Longbridge, Malvern, Redditch, Sourbridge and Worcester. Most fixtures start at 7:30pm, but please note that Longbridge home matches start at 7:15pm. Teams play each other home and away. Worcester’s home matches will use the shorter playing session.
19 Jul 2023. The annual meeting agreed to continue last season’s rating restriction on board 1 on which players shall be rated below 1850 in the Challengers' League. A player of any rating may play on board 1. Teams have four boards and the time control is 45 min + 30sec or 60 min + 30 sec with duration of the session deterimed by the home club.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
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| Worcester Rooks | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| Longbridge 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 |
| Stourbridge 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Redditch 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Malvern 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| Dates | Home team | Score | Away team |
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| Thu 7th Sep 2023 | Longbridge 2 | 1½ - 2½ | Stourbridge 1 |
| Wed 20th Sep 2023 | Redditch 2 | Stourbridge 1 | |
| Thu 21st Sep 2023 | Worcester Rooks | 3½ - ½ | Stourbridge 1 |
| Thu 28th Sep 2023 | Longbridge 2 | 1½ - 2½ | Worcester Rooks |
| Thu 2nd Nov 2023 | Longbridge 2 | 3 - 1 | Redditch 2 |
| Thu 7th Dec 2023 | Worcester Rooks | Redditch 2 | |
| Thu 14th Dec 2023 | Longbridge 2 | Malvern 2 | |
| Wed 10th Jan 2024 | Redditch 2 | Longbridge 2 | |
| Fri 12th Jan 2024 | Malvern 2 | Worcester Rooks | |
| Wed 17th Jan 2024 | Stourbridge 1 | Worcester Rooks | |
| Wed 31st Jan 2024 | Stourbridge 1 | Malvern 2 | |
| Fri 9th Feb 2024 | Malvern 2 | Redditch 2 | |
| Thu 29th Feb 2024 | Worcester Rooks | Malvern 2 | |
| Fri 15th Mar 2024 | Malvern 2 | Longbridge 2 | |
| Fri 22nd Mar 2024 | Malvern 2 | Stourbridge 1 | |
| Wed 3rd Apr 2024 | Redditch 2 | Malvern 2 | |
| Thu 4th Apr 2024 | Worcester Rooks | Longbridge 2 | |
| Wed 17th Apr 2024 | Redditch 2 | Worcester Rooks | |
| Wed 24th Apr 2024 | Stourbridge 1 | Redditch 2 | |
| Wed 8th May 2024 | Stourbridge 1 | Longbridge 2 | |
Secretaries and team captains. Kidderminster, secy David Waud, capt Terry Pountney; Longbridge, secy & capt Steve Crees; Malvern, secy Brian Turner, capt John Knee (tel 01684 565 378); Redditch, secy Dan Lambourne, capt David Smith; Worcester secy, Ray Collett (tel 01905 454 754), capt Scott Oxtoby. |
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23 Nov 2023. Longbridge drew at home with Redditch.
22 Nov 2023. Kidderminster, in a home match, thrashed Worcester Bishops but team positions remain the same.
26 Oct 2023. Redditch and Worcester drew their match and Kidderminster remain in the lead.
19 Oct 2023. Kidderminster notch up another win, this time playing away against Longbridge to go top of the table.
10 Sep 2023. Kidderminster beat Redditch and at the end of the evening all teams have played one match and Worcester Bishops lead by a nose.
7 Sep 2023. Worcester make a good start to defend their title with a win against Longbridge.
5 Sep 2023. The controller has confirmed that August 2023 P category ratings (preliminary) are unreliable and an estimated rating for WCA league events will be agreed with captains and secretaries. Where a player has a reliable rapidplay otb rating, the estimated value for Worcestershire Championship League play will be set to the rapid play rating. The controller has also written to captains: "Please note also, in respect of using players out of strict descending order of rating in matches, a tolerance of 75 rating points is the acceptable limit."
1 Sep 2023. Four teams entered: Kidderminster, Longbridge, Redditch and Worcester. Teams play each other home and away with most starting at 7:30 pm. Longbridge home fixtures start at 7:15 pm.
19 Jul 2023. The annual meeting confirmed that last season's informal agreement by captains will be continued into 2023-4 season and the rules were amended. All players must have a reliable standardplay rating below 1650 in the ECF August 2023 rating list or an assigned estimated rating for WCA league play below 1650. Teams have 4 players and the time control is 45 min + 30 sec.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
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| Kidderminster 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 6 |
| Worcester Bishops | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 6½ | 3 |
| Redditch 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 6½ | 2 |
| Longbridge 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 1 |
Team captains. Longbridge, Steve Crees; Redditch, Giles Stanton; Worcester, Aiden Griffiths/Andy Gilhooly. |
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| Dates | Home team | Result | Away team |
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| Thu 7th Sep 2023 | Worcester Bishops | 3 - 1 | Longbridge 3 |
| Wed 13th Sep 2023 | Kidderminster 2 | 2½ - 1½ | Redditch 3 |
| Thu 19th Oct 2023 | Longbridge 3 | 1 - 3 | Kidderminster 2 |
| Thu 26th Oct 2023 | Worcester Bishops | 2 - 2 | Redditch 3 |
| Wed 22nd Nov 2023 | Kidderminster 2 | 3½ - ½ | Worcester Bishops |
| Thu 23rd Nov 2023 | Longbridge 3 | 2 - 2 | Redditch 3 |
| Wed 20th Dec 2023 | Redditch 3 | Kidderminster 2 | |
| Wed 10th Jan 2024 | Redditch 3 | Worcester Bishops | |
| Thu 7th Mar 2024 | Longbridge 3 | Worcester Bishops | |
| Wed 13th Mar 2024 | Kidderminster 2 | Longbridge 3 | |
| Thu 21st Mar 2024 | Worcester Bishops | Kidderminster 2 | |
| Wed 10th Apr 2024 | Redditch 3 | Longbridge 3 | |
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16 Nov 2023. Worcester Knights, playing away, had an emphatic win against Stourbridge to displace Longbridge from the top of the table.
5 Oct 2023. Worcester Knights drew the first leg and won the second against Redditch.
21 Sep 2023. Longbridge drew with Kidderminster.
14 Sep 2023. In the first rapidplay match Longbridge beat Worcester.
5 Sep 2023. The controller has confirmed that August 2023 P category ratings (preliminary) are unreliable and an estimated rating for WCA league events will be agreed with captains and secretaries. Where a player does not have a reliable rapid otb rating, the estimated value for Worcestershire Championship League play will be set to the standard play rating. The controller has also written to captains: "Please note also, in respect of using players out of strict descending order of rating in matches, a tolerance of 75 rating points is the acceptable limit."
1 Sep 2023. Four teams entered: Kidderminster, Longbridge, Redditch and Worcester. Teams have fixtures with each other home and away (a total of 4 rapidplay matches). Most fixtures start at 7:30pm, but plaesenote that Logbridge home matches start at 7:15pm.
19 Jul 2023. Teams have four players. Players on boards 2, 3, and 4 must have an August 2023 rapidplay K category rating below 1850 or an approved estimated rating below that value. The time control is 20 min + 10 sec. The two matches of a fixture are played on the same night and scored separately with the away team having white on odd numbered boards in the first leg of the fixture.
| Team | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | For | Against | Match Points |
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| Worcester Knights | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Longbridge 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 6 |
| Kidderminster 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Redditch 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2½ | 5½ | 1 |
| Stourbridge 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1½ | 6½ | 0 |
Secretaries and team captains. Kidderminster, capt John Wrench; Redditch, capt,David Smith; Stourbridge capt Paul Sharratt; Worcester, capt Chris Lee. |
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| 2022 Dates | Home team | Score 1 | Score 2 | Away team |
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| Thu 14th Sep 2023 | Longbridge 4 | 3 - 1 | 3 - 1 | Worcester Knights |
| Wed 20th Sep 2023 | Kidderminster 3 | 2 - 2 | 2 - 2 | Longbridge 4 |
| Thu 5th Oct 2023 | Worcester Knights | 2 - 2 | 3½ - ½ | Redditch 4 |
| Wed 8th Nov 2023 | Kidderminster 3 | Stourbridge 2 | ||
| Wed 15th Nov 2023 | Stourbridge 2 | ½ - 3½ | 1 - 3 | Worcester Knights |
| Wed 3rd Jan 2024 | Redditch 4 | Longbridge 4 | ||
| Thu 25th Jan 2024 | Worcester Knights | Kidderminster 3 | ||
| Thu 8th Feb 2024 | Longbridge 4 | Stourbridge 2 | ||
| Wed 14th Feb 2024 | Stourbridge 2 | Kidderminster 3 | ||
| Wed 21st Feb 2024 | Kidderminster 3 | Redditch 4 | ||
| Thu 22nd Feb 2024 | Worcester Knights | Stourbridge 2 | ||
| Wed 6th Mar 2024 | Stourbridge 2 | Redditch 4 | ||
| Thu 7th Mar 2024 | Longbridge 4 | Kidderminster 3 | ||
| Wed 13th Mar 2024 | Redditch 4 | Worcester Knights | ||
| Wed 20th Mar 2024 | Redditch 4 | Kidderminster 3 | ||
| Wed 27th Mar 2024 | Kidderminster 3 | Worcester Knights | ||
| Thu 28th Mar 2024 | Longbridge 4 | Redditch 4 | ||
| Wed 10th Apr 2024 | Stourbridge 2 | Longbridge 4 | ||
| Wed 17th Apr 2024 | Redditch 4 | Stourbridge 2 | ||
| Thu 18th Apr 2024 | Worcester Knights | Longbridge 4 | ||
Notes: * Extra boards not counting for the leage were played as rated friendly games. |
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19 Jul. Ray Collett was asked to invite teams to compete and act as controller for this tournament. This team handicap tournament has teams of four players who must have K or A category August 2023 standardplay ratings. The time control is 45 min + 30 sec.
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15 July 2023. Worcestershire chess association agreed to incorporate and expand the summer team competitions formerly held between Longbridge and Redditch. Steve Crees (Longbridge) was appointed controller.
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| Semi-final | ||||
| Final | ||||
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| Semi-final | ||||
| Semi-final | ||||
| Final | ||||
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