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Yuriy’s dramatic win A win for Lichfield’s 2B side against Wolverhampton in the Cannock League looked impossible. With draws on boards 2,3, and 4 all depended on Yuriy Slobodyuk’s game. His one piece advantage looked totally inadequate against his opponents much stronger position with two passed pawns and open files commanded…

Point Deducted

Lichfield’s Cannock League 2A team has been docked a point in the match with Oscott, turning a win into a 2-2 draw. The league decided that having played newcomer Steve Mcloughlin on board one the estimated grading should have been higher than the board two player and would therefore have resulted in the total rating…

Former club stalwart dies

Mel Cooper, Lichfield Chess Club’s first webmaster, has died after a lengthy illness. Mel was a former bank manager and he was chess club auditor and treasurer for a while. His son-in-law designed an improved version which was further developed by former first team player, Ian Kingston in 2016. Mel left about that time to…