Simply the best
One of Lichfield’s top two players, Ian Kingston, has had to drop out of competitive chess because of pressure of work. Several members of the club were quickly in touch with Ian to express their regrets at his departure, which prompted the following response. “At some point I intend to return to chess and if…
Another prodigy emerges
Another child prodigy is emerging in the Birmingham League. Eight years old Elis Dicen turned out on Board 1 in Lichfield’s B5 match at South Birmingham and it was Ray Sawyer’s misfortune to be her opponent. Elis is graded 117 and as juniors are said to gain 10 grading points a year on average she…
Whitewashed
Lichfield’s W2 team blitzed Brewood 6-0. Peter Willett, Adam Routledge, Mike Hoare and Yuriy Slobodyuk established early supremacy and then, as the clock became an extra enemy for Brewood, Ben Nevett and John Keaveney rammed home the advantage. The result takes Lichfield up to second place but it is a false position in that…
