Worcestershire entered four teams for season 12. Teams A and B play in Division 2; C and D play in Division 4. If you would like to play online standard play chess, please contact the Worcestershire Wolfpack squad’s co-manager Ray Collett
In the match cards shown below clicking an icon in the "View Game" should link you to the lichess record of the game to let you play through it.
Good start to season 12
9 Sep 2025. In round 1, teams A and C won all their games making a magnificent start to their season. Team A was led for the first time by a titled player WGM Kata Toma, Worcestershire's new individual champion. Team B drew all their games. The D team met Chess Rising Stars led by two players rated above 2000 and came off worse losing 4-0, but not without stout defence from Oleskeii (The Chase HS, Malvern) who gave a good account of himself in his first game for the squad. Worcestershire Wolfpack A beat Hertford 2, a team that has moved up a division this season and drew last season with our B team. The B team drew with Dundee City C, a team which the A team also drew with last season. The C team whitewashed Colchester JFF C with new player Nick Hanne winning on board 1. The D team lost 4-0 against Chess Rising Stars a team that played in Division 4 lst season.
| Board | Hertford 2 | Score | Worcs Wolfpack A | View game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wooster, Nick | 0 - 1 | WGM Toma, Kata |  |
| 2 | Zsibrita, Steve | 0 - 1 | Hazlehurst, Cory | |
| 3 | Lynch, Mark | 0 - 1 | Kitson, Peter | |
| 4 | Humeniuk, Michael | 0 - 1 | Higgs, Ed | |
| 0 - 4 | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack B | Score | Dundee City C | View game |
| 1 | Walsh, Marcus | ½ - ½ | Crofts, Joshua | |
| 2 | O’Dell, James E | ½ - ½ | Wardlow, Tom | |
| 3 | Woodhouse, Stephen | ½ - ½ | Hunter, Matthew | |
| 4 | Cox, Glenn | ½ - ½ | Nobel, Ray | |
| 2 - 2 | ||||
| Board | Colchestr JFF C | Score | Worcs Wolfpack C | View game |
| 1 | Zhao, Ian | 0 - 1 | Hanne, Nick | |
| 2 | Asiedu, Papa | 0 - 1 | Flynn, Seamus | |
| 3 | Naraparaju, Tharunika | 0 - 1 | Rentachintala, Sai | |
| 4 | Castellino, Enzo | 0 - 1 | Shaw, Tony | |
| 0 - 4 | ||||
| Board | Worcs Wolfpack D | Score | Chess Rising Stars | View game |
| 1 | Jordan, Matthew | 0 - 1 | Russell, Christopher | |
| 2 | Hayles, Robin | 0 - 1 | Thomas, James | |
| 3 | Lee, Chris | 0 - 1 | Shieh, Lisirui | |
| 4 | Yaremchuk, Oleksii | 0 - 1 | Narang, Ishaan | |
| 0 - 4 |
7 Sep 2025. There is one less division in 4NCL Main Online this season. Team B moves up to Division 2 to join team A. Teams C and D play in Division 4. In a further change, the lowest division has a final and semi-final like all the other divisions.
2 Jun 2025. The county association AGM re-elects Ray Collett (Worcester) as co-manager and elects Alex Nicholls (Worcester) as the second co-manager to replace Colin Vernon who stood down at the end of last season. The annual meeting approved the entry of four teams for the season beginning in September 2025.