There isn't a 'Fantasy Chess League' of Lichfield players, but, if one existed, the big winners for the 2025-26 season would be the players below!
Well done to everyone, and thank you to all players who represented the club this year.
(Note that the stats include all rated ECF games, including from league chess, congresses, county chess, the Lichfield Internal, and games for other clubs).
ECF grading improvement
- Albert Chacko, 1549 -> 1625 (+76) - 98 games
- Adam Routledge, 1822 -> 1878 (+56) - 47 games
- Peter Rose, 1516 -> 1569 (+53) - 57 games
- Rob Frost, 1385 -> 1434 (+49) - 19 games
- Elliot Ward, 1362 -> 1398 (+36) - 15 games
- Marc Carter, 1084 -> 1118 (+34) - 9 games
- Ben Nevett-Farman, 1996 -> 2022 (+26) - 32 games
- John Keaveney, 1958 -> 1982 (+24) - 8 games
- Turan Asgarova, 2070 -> 2092 (+22) - 14 games
- Stephen Shields, 1443 -> 1462 (+19) - 20 games
Albert Chacko, Adam Routledge, Rob Frost. (Photos by Andrei Pinzaru)
Performance rating
- Turan Asgarova - 2163
- John Keaveney - 2084
- Ben Nevett-Farman - 2038
- Mircea Mesesan - 1973
- Maurice Staples - 1951
- Richard Anderson - 1950
- Adam Routledge - 1925
- Antony Green - 1870
- John Staniforth - 1849
- David Hulme - 1805
Win percentage
- Emile Nastase - 80% (W4, 5 games)
- Adam Routledge - 62% (W29, 47 games)
- Elliot Ward - 60% (W9, 15 games)
- Stephen Smithson - 58% (W7, 12 games)
- Rob Frost - 58% (W11, 19 games)
- Ian Boddington - 54% (W7, 13 games)
- Mircea Mesesan - 52% (W33, 64 games)
- Phillip Sykes - 50% (W16, 32 games)
- Turan Asgarova - 50% (W7, 14 games)
- John Keaveney - 50% (W4, 8 games)
Among the Burton players playing for Lichfield and Burton combined teams in the Derbyshire Chess Association League, notable performers were:
- Joe Parker (ECF grade +54)
- Terry Knight (+28)
- Vinod Fernando (+25)
- Anushka Ramawickrama (+23)
- John Hoddy (+19)