All the latest from Lichfield's league and cup matches.
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Birmingham League Division 5 Lichfield have a two point lead at the top of Division 5 but it is Redditch A who must be title favourites, two points behind Lichfield and two games in hand. Solihull A are also in … Read more →
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Birmingham League Division 1 A below strength Lichfield team was crushed 5.5 – 0.5 by South Birmingham A, the team most likely to win the Birmingham League first division championship. Lichfield were conceding an average of 300 rating points … Read more →
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Derby League Division 2 It was an evening of obvious errors and it all started on board one which was the first match to finish. Adam Routledge’s opponent allowed a pawn to fork two pieces and as pieces were … Read more →
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Cannock League Division 2 Lichfield 2A and Stafford will have to win the three matches they have in hand to overtake Lichfield 2B after the B team’s 2-2 draw with Mercia. Lichfield had to win the last two games … Read more →
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Derby League Division 1 The Burton and Lichfield ‘A’ side faced bottom side Rolls Royce ‘B’ in a Monday night match at The King’s Head and emerged as convincing 3-1 winners. First to finish was John Hoddy, playing White … Read more →
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Cannock League Division 3 Elliott Ward would surely improve on his already considerable talent if he would just slow down a little. In his own word he” battered” his Norton Canes opponent using just eight minutes of his time against … Read more →
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Wolverhampton Division 1 Lichfield ‘A’ suffered a disappointing match defeat to a strong Warley Quinborne side in their Wolverhampton Division 1 clash at the Guild Hall. It was wonderful to see Turan Asgarova back in action on Board 1 following … Read more →
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Cannock League Division 3 Fourteen years old Emilie Nastase has been playing chess for not much more than 12 months and she has still to get another seven league match opportunities to qualify for a genuine rating. Leading club members … Read more →
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Birmingham League Division 3 An Olton default on Board 6 helped Lichfield to a 4-2 win and to ensure promotion from Division 3. Now the aim is to maintain the team’s unbeaten record and win the league title. Yuriy … Read more →
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Birmingham Division 5 Connor Whetnall lost his first few league games but on the evidence of this match he has started to look a seasoned player. He was cool and calculated as he punished his opponent’s early blunder, forced … Read more →
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Wolverhampton League Lichfield B crushed Wolverhampton 3.5 – 1.5 at the Guildhall with wins from Adam Routledge, Tony Green and David Hulme, Adam’s victory probably now has an invincible total of 21 in the race for theClub’s … Read more →
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Derby League Heavy traffic held up the Lichfield/Burton combined team and cost them all 10 minutes playing time agaainst Clay Cross. It proved no handicap to Adam Routledge. His win on bord one was described by Mike Hoare as … Read more →
