Worcestershire Chess Association

Worcs CA County Teams County Match Archive

County matches 2025-6

Published 14 January 2026

Emphatic win for u160 team against Derbyshire

 

Board Rating Worcestershure u1650  V  Derbyshire u1650 Rating
1 1637 (1668) Flynn, Seamus 1 - 0 Lever, Brian 1556 (1574)
2 1637 (1669) Jones, Daniel L 1 - 0 Walsh, Keith 1625 (1616)
3 1532 (1606) Nicholls, Alex P 1 - 0 Sharp, Chris 1537 (1560)
4 1521 (1540) Stanton, T Giles 0 - 1 Cockburn, Andre 1563 (1546)
5 1565 (1528) Kirkland, Arnold G ½ - ½ Boreham, Michael D 1500 (1511)
6 1479 (1500) Griffiths, Aiden ½ - ½ Pace, Graham J 1492 (1487)
7 1447 (1495) Sherwood, Tom ½ - ½ Fraser, Chris A 1492 (1442)
8 1537 (1485) Lee, Chris 1 - 0 Fores, Craig 1359 (1362)
9 1509 (1469) Cleak, David 1 - 0 Knight, Terry 1330 (1330)
10 1484 (1469) Serafini, Paul 1 - 0 Oakley, Michael 1466 (1354)
11 1456 (1457) Alcock, Steve 1 - d default  
12 1403 (1411) Vernon, Colin G 1 - d default  
Average 1518   7½ - 2½   1244

 

Worcestershire First team lose to Lincolnshire

Board Rating Worcestershure u1650  V  Derbyshire u1650 Rating
1 2092 (2065) Hazlehurst, Cory S 0 - 1 Milson, Samuel A 2226 (2163)
2 2009 (2001) Mellor, Stephen D 0 - 1 Cumbers, Paul 2186 (2198)
3 2035 (2022) Lambourne, Daniel M 1 - 0 Birtwistle, Nigel 2141 (2103)
4 2034 (2031) Hurney, Kevin 1 - 0 Stead, Nick P 2128 (2123)
5 1998 (2003) Edge, John A ½ - ½ Royle, Alex 2071 (2133)
6 1983 (1972) Evans, Harry G 0 - 1 Klimchik, Alexandr 2134 (2140)
7 0000 (1790) Peters, John D ½ - ½ Prior, Stephen CV 2082 (2071)
8 1929 (1948) Cartwright, Gavin 0 - 1 Coates, David H 2037 (2083)
9 1908 (1925) Attwell, Ben ½ - ½ Thompson, Daniel 1958 (1953)
10 1929 (1901) Clarke, Ian J ½ - ½ Taylor, Robert K 1926 (1930)
11 1852 (1856) Luca, Dorin 0 - 1 Hebert, R Andrew 1897 (1943)
12 1866 (1836) Tirado Simarro, Carmelo 0 - 1 Madukalpa, Githma 1830 (1915)
13 1802 (1829) Towers, Nigel S ½ - ½ Ladds, Graham I 1878 (1826)
14 1743 (1748) Oxtoby, Scott 0 - 1 Mason, Ben 1814 (1873)
15 1744 (1739) Collett, Ray A 0 - 1 MacDonald, Stuart 1869 (1842)
16 1689 (1710) Waud, David 0 - 1 Palmer, Keith J 1737 (1717)
Average 1789   4½ - 11½   1995

 

Narrow loss for u1650 team against Warwickshire

Played on 27 September 2025 at Stratford Town Community Hub, Stratford-on-Avon, Warks. Warwickshire players on odd-numbered boards had white pieces. Match reported by Richard Buxton and LMS.

 

Board Rating Warwickshire CA  V  Worcestershire CCA Rating
1 1640 (1640) Pitt, Chris W 1 - 0 default 0000 ()
2 1619 (1649) Allen, Matthew ½ - ½ Kirkland, Arnold G 1565 (1542)
3 1538 (1521) Bennett, Philip 0 - 1 Stanton, T Giles 1521 (1498)
4 1534 (1528) Davies, Paul 1 - 0 Cleak, David 1509 (1494)
5 1518 (1518) Stiff, Peter 1 - 0 Serafini, Paul 1484 (1499)
6 1511 (1511) Weaver, Simon 1 - 0 Archbold, Christopher 1481 (1481)
7 1466 (1466) Hall, John B 0 - 1 Griffiths, Aiden 1479 (1479)
8 1435 (1435) Vickers, Alex ½ - ½ Berry, Simon 1454 (1460)
9 1391 (1387) Grimes, Adrian 0 - 1 Sherwood, Tom 1447 (1440)
10 1265 (1265) Payne, Simon L ½ - ½ Billingham, Daniel 1398 (1384)
11 1256 (1256) Wheeler, Michael ½ - ½ Pountney, Terrance 1396 (1390)
12 1194 (1187) Reason, Mark ½ - ½ Edwards, Billy 0000 (1253)
Average 1448   6½ - 5½   1228

 

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