The latest from Lichfield's league and cup matches.
Match reports
Derby League Cup and Plate After Rounds 1 and 2 of the Derby League Cup and Plate competitions, both played at Rolls Royce Chess Club on 23rd October, all three combined Burton and Lichfield sides are in contention to qualify …
Read more →
Match reports
Cannock League Division 3 With a looming checkmate threat and facing inevitable material loss Albert Chacko’s opponent resigned in just seven moves in 3A’s match with Bushbury. It was the spark which led to a 4-0 win. …
Read more →
Match reports
Birmingham League Division 3Lichfield sweep Shirley and Wythall away Wins from Bowie Carter, Adam Routledge and Phil Sykes spearheaded a Lichfield 4.5 – 1.5 victory at Shirley and Wythall and they are now top of the league. Tony Green, …
Read more →
Match reports
Birmingham Division 5 With Queens exchanged on move three Stephen Shields quickly marshalled a strong attack from both Bishops and a Knight and found a forced checkmate on move 20. Lichfield built on that to win 3-1 against Solihull …
Read more →
Match reports
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 …
Read more →
Match reports
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 …
Read more →
Match reports
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 …
Read more →
Match reports
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 …
Read more →
Match reports
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 …
Read more →
Match reports
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 …
Read more →
Match reports
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 …
Read more →
Match reports
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 …
Read more →
