Follow Longbridge Chess Club’s competitive journey throughout the season with detailed match reports, league results, player performances, and team updates. From hard-fought battles to standout victories, this section covers all of the club’s over-the-board action across league and rapidplay competitions.
Longbridge Chess Club continued their winning start to the Worcester & District campaign with a hard-fought 2½–1½ victory over Worcester City’s White Bishops. The match was played in a friendly atmosphere, with plenty of familiar faces across the four boards. Worcester’s team was captained by Aiden Griffiths, with several players having connections to Longbridge and … Read more
Longbridge Chess Club faced a very tough challenge on Wednesday evening as they travelled to take on Central Birmingham in Division One. The final score was 6–0 to Central Birmingham, but the result doesn’t tell the whole story. Longbridge went into the match significantly out-rated on every board, with Central Birmingham fielding an exceptionally strong … Read more
Longbridge Defeat Redditch in an excellent team performance on Tuesday evening. They defeated Redditch by 3–1 in the WCA Challengers competition. It was a particularly impressive result given that Longbridge Chess Club were out-rated on every board, with Redditch fielding the higher-rated player in each of the four games. Despite that, Longbridge held firm on … Read more
Longbridge Chess Club got their Division Five campaign off to a winning start on Tuesday evening, beating Stourbridge 5 by 2½–1½ in a closely fought opening match. It was a strong team performance, with wins for Jordan Cummins and Gary Mason, a draw for Ian Truscott, and a determined performance from Richard Collett on Board … Read more
Longbridge Chess Club got their Worcester & District League campaign off to a winning start on Wednesday evening with a hard-fought 2½–1½ victory over Redditch 3. The match was closely contested throughout, with both teams producing some interesting games. Longbridge eventually came away with the win thanks to victories for Craig Bessant and Rohan Kartick … Read more
The new season got underway on Tuesday evening with a rather unusual opening fixture for Longbridge Chess Club, as Longbridge A faced Longbridge B in the Worcestershire Chess Association (WCA) Championship. With both teams containing a mixture of experienced players and strong club members, it was always going to be an interesting contest, and the … Read more
Longbridge Chess Club rounded off their 6600 Rapidplay League campaign in style on Tuesday evening with two excellent victories over Olton, putting themselves in a fantastic position to lift the league title. Playing at home, Longbridge produced another strong all-round team performance, winning the first match 3½–½ before following it up with a 2½–1½ victory … Read more
On Monday evening, Longbridge Chess Club travelled to Worcester after receiving a kind invitation from the newly formed Warndon Chess Club for an ECF-rated pre-season friendly. The aim of the evening wasn’t just to play competitive chess, but also to help support a new club getting established within the local chess community. It was fantastic … Read more
Longbridge Chess Club travelled to Solihull this week for a 5800 Rapidplay fixture. But this evening of competitive chess was overshadowed by an unfortunate issue with the team line-ups. Although the games were played and enjoyed in good spirit, Solihull fielded a team whose combined rating exceeded the competition’s 5800 rating limit by more than … Read more
Longbridge Chess Club produced another excellent team performance this week, defeating Sutton Coldfield in convincing fashion in the 6600 Rapidplay competition. Although the final score of 6½–1½ looks one-sided, the evening wasn’t quite as straightforward as it first appears. Sutton Coldfield were unfortunately unable to field a player on board four, resulting in two default … Read more
