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Venue and Next Meeting Night We meet during the Summer months (June, July and August) on Thursdays at The Cardinal's Hat, Friar Street, Worcester WR1 2NA starting at 7:45pm. Worcester City Chess Club meets in the Winter months on Thursdays at St Stephen's Church Hall, St Stephen's Street, Worcester. For a location map, click here. If you would like to join us for a game, please telephone 01905 454754, 01905 421859, or 01905 358949. See you there! |
| City Club President presents cheque to Age Concern 19 Aug. Andrew Farthing, on behalf of Worcestershire Chess Association, presents £650, the surplus from the Worcestershire Chess Association's annual congress at Worcester University to Age Concern Sandwell, this year's charity. See picture. |
| City ace Mellor at British Championship 6 Aug. Steve Mellor finished with three points from his appearance in the British at Sheffield. Steve was outclassed in one of the strongest British Championships for many years sponsored by Darwin Strategic. The new champion is GM Micky Adams who defeated GM Nigel Short in the tie-break quick play games. |
| Bishops knocked out at Lunar Bar 2 Aug. In the delayed quarter final match of the Worcester and District knock out team competition, with Droitwich & St John's the Bishops team lost out 1½ - 2½. The match was played at the Lunar Bar of the Swan with Two Nicks. Visit the Worcester & District site for more details. |
| Provisional grades published 1 Aug. In the latest English Chess Federation grading list Ed Osbourn and Phil Smith gain 10 points. Other gainers were Pat Greenow, Roger Yates and Steve Mellor. See details on the City list. |
| Dramatic congress win for club's newest member 26 Jul. Pavel Besedin, visiting from Latvia, stormed the open section of third WorcestershireOpen Congress winning the Worcester Open Championship. British Championship hopeful Steve Mellor finished on 3 points, having felt unwell during one of the rounds. Five other City players participated, two more in the Open section and three in the Minor. For detailed results, visit the Congress webpage. The tournament was also reported by Worcester News with excellent portraits of players by Nick Toogood. |
| Annual meeting celebrates successful year 26 May. Andrew Farthing is new president and members get 2011 awards. For a report and pictures, visit the 2011 AGM news page. |
| Osbourn - Mellor set for knock out final 28 Apr. In the second Knock out semi final, Ed Osbourn and Jim Keene slugged it out to a draw and so had to replay in a 5-minute blitz game to decide the place in the final to play Steve Mellor. In the fast game, favourite Ed made short work of his opponent. |
| Worcester Bishops shine in final league game 27 Apr. In the away match against a full-strength Kidderminster Knights team, Worcester won 3½ - ½. See here for details. |
| Worcester secure County League Championship 28 Mar. Hagley stumbled against Malvern in their bid to become champions. Worcester City had to win their last match, and did so in style beating Kidderminster 5-1. Read about it in Worcester News. |
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