The latest from Lichfield's league and cup matches.
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Wolverhampton League Divison 1 Lichfield got their Division 1 season off to a 3-1 winning start against a Kidderminster ‘A’ side who were weaker than anticipated. The home victory was achieved through wins for Maurice Staples and John Keaveney …
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Cannock League Division 4 Ten year old Wilf Hopper made a promising start to his league career with a draw against a substantially higher listed Rushall player as Lichfield won 3.5 – 1.5. Rob Frost, Elliot Ward and Marc …
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Birmingham League Division 3 Lichfield thrashed Central Birmingham 5.5 – 0.5, the last game lasting beyond 10pm and being won by Phil Sykes. Tony Green set the stage on top board, marching his pawns up the board with his …
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Lichfield’s first team suffered a seond narrow defeat, losing 3.5 – 2.5 to Solihull B. Turan Asgarova won her fifth game in six top board outings. She and her opponent had only a handful of seconds left on …
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Derby League Division 1 Following a defeat in their first match of the season, the newly-promoted Burton and Lichfield ‘A’ side kickstarted their campaign in Derby League Division 1 with a 4-0 whitewash of Derby ‘B’. Playing Black …
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Cannock League Division 3 Albert Chacko’s run of winning performances has come to an end with what he describes as a horrible performance. After playing for Lichfield 3A against Rugeley’s Catherine Hiley he berated himself by saying he …
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Wolverhampton League Division 2 Tony Green got Lichfield off to a great start with an early win and David Hulme gained a draw on board two.Bowie Carter went into an end game with a Roook and three pawns- a …
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Cannock League Division 3 Peter Rose was conceding a couple of hundred rating points in his board one game against Tamworth and his outstanding winning performance was not quite enough to prevent Tamworth securing a 2.5 – 1.5 victory …
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Cannock League Division 1 Ben Nevett- Farman had to face the rare and cunning Hartlaub-Charlick variation of the Englund Gambit and it took him a long time to achieve a position in which deft play secured victory when nearly …
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Derby League Division 2 Last week’s matches produced draws for both Lichfield and Burton teams in division 2. Phil Sykes won on top board as B and L drew 2-2 with Belper D. Graham Drayton got the team’ …
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Cannock League Division 2 As it was last season Lichfield’s Division 2 Cannock League teams are incredibly well matched on every board and a total difference of only 45 rating points. Inevitably it was another tight match with the …
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Birmingham League Division 1 Lichfield’s first team were beaten 6-0 by a Solihull A team which had a ratings advantage of at least two points on the top four matches and in the case of Turan Asgarova on …
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