Worcestershire Chess Association

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Worcestershire Widmills in 4NCL Division 4

Published 19 October 2025

One win, one loss on first weekend at Merry Hill

18 & 19 Oct 2025. Round 1. Worcestershire Windmills had Eternal Optimists 1 as their first opponents and black pieces on odd-numbered boards. The Windmills lost 2-4, The team recovered strongly in round 2 beating Guildford Young Guns B 5½-½.

 

Round 1      
Board Eternal Optimists 1 Score Worcs Windmills
1 Pink, Joshua (1896) ½ - ½ Friar, Joseph (2153)
2 Ireland, David (1956) 1 - 0 Gillings, Matthew (2072)
3 Nwachukwu, Chino (1904) 1 - 0 Evans, Harry (1977)
4 Badger, Paul (1816) ½ - ½ Attwell, Ben (1932)
5 Manickam, Saravanna Bava (1808) 1 - 0 Smith, David (1852)
6 Harris, John (1692) 0 - 1 Waud, David (1686)
  Totals 4 - 2  
Round 2      
Board Worcs Windmills Score Guildford Young Guns B
1 Friar, Joseph (2153) 1 - 0 Perkins, Tom (1722)
2 Gillings, Matthew (2072) 1 - 0 Webb, Samuel (1708)
3 Evans, Harry (1977) 1 - 0 Butcher, Nathaniel (1534)
4 Attwell, Ben (1932) ½ - ½ Roberts, Louis (1560)
5 Clarke, Ian (1929) 1 - 0 Aldujaili, Zain (1402)
6 Waud, David (1686) 1 - 0 Nambiar, Arnav (1164)
  Totals 5½ - ½  

 

1 Sep 2025. Ben Attwell (Redditch) was appointed team manger and the team was named Worcestershire Windmills.

2 Jun 2025. At its annual meeting the association resolved to enter a county team in the Four Nations Chess League (4NCL) to give elite county players greater opportunities to play weekend chess. This new venture was proposed by Redditch players with the backing of Kidderminster.

 

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