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Nigel Short is new FIDE vice president Nigel Short's unremitting anti corruption campaign in recent years had led to him...

A great entry this year, 22 contestants, so 11 pairings in the first round. The draw is below, as usual...

Stafford have had to move venues again! They will be from October in the County Staff Club. See the Wiki...

With immediate effect David Fone and Dave Scriven will temporarily be taking over Derek Perks role as Tournament Secretary. The...

The ECF membership details have been added to the Registrations list. These will be updated only monthly locally in the...

Welcome to a new chess season, and I hope and expect it will be every bit as good and exciting...

The initial player registrations have now been received from the Hon Rec Sec and loaded. Please check them and inform...

Stafford have moved venues. They now meet at Stafford Constitutional Club in Lloyd street Stafford. See the Wiki here for...

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Here is an interesting photo and details of the Rubery 1950-51 team (at Christmas 1951) and the WDCL Div Two...

The 2018 Midland Open will be at the Ramada Hotel in Telford between 10-12 August. The leading Midlands player will...

David Waud has taken over from John Wrench as secretary at Kidderminster. Contact: 01562 228600; 07889 508656; david.waud@btinternet.com

A pdf copy of the Safeguarding statement approved at the 2018 AGM has been added to the Resources page and...

Rushall will move to : THE BOWMAN INN 42, Myatt Avenue, ALDRIDGE WS9 0DR Tele 01922 452613 See the Wiki...

The 2018/19 draw was made by Dave Webb, Chairman of Mercia at the club last night which is as follows:...

Please draw the attention of all players to the following rule change which was approved at the AGM 24th May....

Robert Bellin (IM) will be giving a talk on outposts and weak squares at the Redditch chess club on 22nd...

Congratulations to Nick Arkell (Brother of GM Keith Arkell) of Halesowen who won the Rock Cup last night at home...

I have had several requests to document the historical obituaries of our former players. Therefore you can now find all...

This years Rock Cup final will be held at Halesowen on Tuesday 1st May at 7:30pm between Nick Arkell (of...

Bloxwich Junior Chess Rapid Congress will take place @ Ryecroft on Sat 12th May. Please see the link here to...

We are sad to report the death of Colin Roberts of Wellington yesterday. Colin played for many years in the...

Please note the following budget proposals for the forthcoming ECF Council meeting. ECF April Council Meeting 2018 Please let me...

Notes for your Diary. Committee meeting Thursday 17th May plus All members welcome to our AGM on Thursday 21st June...

Graham Humphrey's funeral will take place at 3.30pm,on Friday April 13th at Gornal Wood Crematorium, Coopers Bank Rd., Dudley. DY3...

As expected, Champions Halesowen repeated last year's dominate performance and retained the WDCL Championship. GM Arkell headed a powerful squad...

Congratulations go to Victor Brown of Walsall Kipping who beat Geoff Rosser of Wolverhampton in the final of the Bidgood...

Graham, a long time stalwart of Midlands chess, died in New Cross Hospital on Wednesday March 21st at the age of...

To Celebrate 50 years as a chess club Rugeley are holding a Rapid Play Tournament on 7th April 2018 Details...

The Bidgood Trophy final will be held at Mercia on Tuesday 20th March at 7:30pm between Victor Brown of Walsall...

Firstly all the home teams won the previous round so two teams will have another away game. The draw is...

The draw for the semi-finals are as follows: Stafford/Wolverhampton v Rushall Walsall v Warley (Stafford / Wolverhampton play their earlier...

Here is the Semi-final draw for the Bidgood Trophy. Kevan Ward v Vic Brown Geoffrey Rosser v Tony Taylor As...

The Midland Open Rapid & Blitz will be held on 17-18 February at Holiday Inn Birmingham Walsall, 20 Wolverhampton Road,...

The season 1989/90 results have been added to the archive. Goto to the Archive page here and select the 1989/90...

The recent Rock Cup match at BSM between Andrew McCumiskey and Malcolm Phipps has been added to the games page...

Staffs finally started their county program nine days before Christmas and despite some very close games on the higher boards,...

Here are the updated draws (Home player first): Rock Cup Quarter finals Malcolm Phipps 0-1 Andrew McCumiskey Matthew Carr v...

Entries are now open for the 2018 Shropshire Chess Congress! The congress takes place on 5-7 January 2018 at Wrekin Housing Trust, Telford TF3 4AW. This year we are...

It is with sadness that we announce Cllr Robert Marshall of Wolverhampton Chess Club passed away on 1st November at...

Mercia will be at Sedgley Library from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 4th November. If you would like to learn...

It is my sad duty to report the death of Dr Brian Dudley. He died on 30th September aged 86. The...

I have made the draw for the first round of the Rock Cup due to timing of my holiday this...

It is with sadness that we report the death of Dr Brian Dudley of Stourbridge, former president Worcestershire Chess Association...

The draw for the next round of the cup is as follows: Rushall v Bushbury Warley v Halesowen Stourbridge v...

With Telford beating Stourbridge the updated Pittaway Cup quarter finals draw looks like this. Wed 18 Oct Stafford vs Lichfield...

Dear Players and Clubs of the Wolverhampton and District Chess League The season has come again and I think we...

All teams registrations (including any late ones) have now been added to the website. Please see the 'players' page here...

The link to Warley Quinborne's site has been added and the Wiki also updated. Try it here.

Entries are now being taken for this season's Staffordshire County Cup competitions. The Hickman (Open) Cup is over 6 boards....

Many more team registrations have now been added. Please check these and let me know if the Captains are incorrectly...

The new chess season is almost upon us and I’m writing to canvass entries for the Wolverhampton League individual competitions,...

The oldest results known have now been added to the archive. This included 14 annotated games from that season including...

Although the British is still on, the latest team registrations for 2017/18 have been added for Birmingham, Lichfield, Rugeley, Rushall,...

Yet another year is added to the archive, this time 2004/05. Halesowen missed out on their first title by a...

Friends Of Staffordshire Chess The Staffordshire Chess Association, like all voluntary organisations, finds it more and more difficult every year to...

Many thanks to Alex Holowczak for last night's excellent presentation and teaching at Mercia. He has kindly supplied a copy...

In the latest update the 2003/04 season has been added to the archive page here. Most of the Pittaway cup...

Alex Holowczak will be doing a presentation to Mercia members on 18th July at 7h30 for about an hour. All...

The full results from the 1998/99 season together with the historical grades has been added to the archive here. If...

South Dominate The County Cup Finals The clubs from the South of the County made a clean sweep of all...

Many thanks go to Steve Wilcox of Rushall who has kindly supplied nearly all of the missing 2000-2011 bulletins. These...

The new fixtures are now available for the different divisions and cup draws under the Fixtures menu. Please check these...

The new website is – www.staffordshirechessassociation.co.uk. 

Staffordshire Chess Association is reinvigorating itself, and its AGM on July 18th at 19h30 Amasal Sports & Social Club St.Albans...

Here are the pictures of the AGM presentations by President David Fone (on the right). 1. WDCL Champions - Halesowen...

The historical MCCU grading lists have been scanned and added next to the Bulletins for the years 1984 to 1993...

The results from 1981/82 from the bulletins have now been loaded into the archive. See link here. We currently lack...

WOLVERHAMPTON & DISTRICT CHESS LEAGUE AGM will be held at 7.30 pm on WEDNESDAY 24th MAY 2017 at the BUSHBURY...

Following a first game draw last week the replay between Andrew McCumiskey (MER)(w) and Robert Marshall (WOL) resulted in a...

Last night saw the finals of the two individual trophy finals hosted by Mercia Chess Club with excellent attacking chess...

Staffordshire County Cup Finals As many of you will be aware, the County Cups have been very poorly supported for...

West Bromwich scored a narrow victory over promotion contenders Mercia last night to secure their first division two title in...

Promoting Chess in Schools The Wolverhampton Chess League is doing its bit to support a national initiative to foster the...

IM Lawrence Cooper has kindly annotated his game against GM Keith Arkell from last week. Halesowen won the title but...

The Under 120 teams season concluded at the weekend with a 6½ to 5½ defeat away at Worcestershire. That is...

Last night Halesowen soundly beat second place Stafford despite a loss on top board for GM Arkell to IM Cooper....

Congratulations to all players through to the semi-finals. It’s good to see that two clubs, Mercia and Wolverhampton, are represented...

A memorial service was held on 7th Jan 2017 for Stourbridge's Geoff Harris who sadly passed away in May 2016....

Just a reminder about the 2017 Shropshire Chess Congress. Online entry now available - enter by this Friday to avoid...

Last night's Rock Cup quarter final game has been added between Andrew McCumiskey and Geoff Rosser here.

The quarter final draw for the Rock Cup is:  Peter Banks (HAL)                 v     Robert Marshall(WOL) Andrew Leadbetter (STA)      v     Derek...

The Round 1 games have all been completed with the exception of the Stuart Deeley v Peter Banks match where...

Ray Dolan reports that there is a new Cannock & District League website. Follow link from our links page here.

Entries have now closed for the Rock/Bidgood individual knockout competitions. Twenty-one players are taking part with a wide range of...

Sadly St George's has decided that its WDCL div 1 & 2 teams aren’t viable this year as they have lost...

Staffordshire tried to launch an under 140 team this season, but insufficient players have come forward and it will not...

David Blower from Brewood Chess Circle is helping out with the organisation of the Staffordshire County Chess Under 100 team...

We have found another batch of past Bulletins from the 2000's which have now been scanned and added to the...

All teams have now submitted their initial team registration lists and they are shown on the 'Players' page here.

Our records secretary has once again done an excellent job in sorting out the league structure and organising the fixtures,...

Bushbury have changed both their venue and their start time! They now meet at Bilston Sports and Social Club on...

The new chess season is almost upon us and I'm writing to canvass entries for the Wolverhampton League individual competitions,...

The British Championships start on Monday 25th in Bournemouth and you can follow the progress here. David Anderton of Walsall...

The Rules have been updated following the 2016 AGM decisions. They are now available in the Wiki. League rules here...

The AGM of Staffs County Chess Association will be held at Amasal Sports & Social Club St.Albans Road Industrial Estate,...

The new fixtures have now been added to the website. Please report any errors or changes directly to the Honourable...

Monday 13th June at 12noon at St Wulstans R.C. Church, 32 Vale Rd, Stourport, DY13 8YL (Followed by cremation) At...

Shock and sadness at the terrible news of Jims passing. Jim first turned up at West Bromwich Chess Club (with...

is now complete including the Wiki which should be considerably faster. Thank you for your patience while this was done.

Dear colleagues, It is with sadness I write to let you know that Jim died at home last night. Until...

Gary Haime Captain of League and Cup double winners Lichfield receives the League Champions Cup (left) and Pittaway Trophy (right)...

Lichfield B completed a narrow victory over Boldmere to setup a promotion playoff against Brewood A. Although the date has...

Despite flying in star GM Arkell Stourbridge blew their chances of taking the title in the final match at St...

Lichfield increased their domination of the Pittaway Cup with a close victory over Stafford on Monday night. They have now...

Stourbridge successfully defended their Humphrey's Trophy this week with a narrow 2½-1½ victory over Brewood. This is their third win...

Wolverhampton returned at the first attempt back to division one. They took the division two title conceding only two draws...

With some rather interesting results in the last couple of weeks there are now just three matches left in Div...

After a drawn first game (previously reported) the match was replayed on 6th April with the following result: Stuart Deeley...

The entry form is now available here for this years MCCU congress to be held in Walsall on 13th and...

The finals were held last night by mutual agreement at Mercia’s club premises. Dave Hodkinson and Michael Hoare each won...

There has been a minor adjustment to St George's venue. They now meet at the Church Centre opposite the old...

An interesting game played on Monday has been added from the St George's vs Wolverhampton division two match. See the...

The WDCL in the 1966/67 season brought us the following interesting game here between J. Tromans of Dudley and Mrs...

The semi-final draw for the Rock Cup is: Robert Marshall (WOL) v Richard Wiltshir (RUS) Malcolm Phipps (BSM) v Dave...

The new January grades are out and now show on the web. Note that for players newly graded in Jan...

Here is a list of congresses coming up in the near future. Kidlington 6th/7th Feb details Frodsham 5th-7th Feb details...

Derek Perks of Mercia won this year's quiz with a perfect 9 out of 9. There were two worthy runners-up,...

The 7th 4NCL Congress will take place at the Holiday Inn Birmingham Airport on the weekend of 29th January -...

Hi Everyone The quarter final draw for the Rock Cup is: Richard Wiltshir (RUS) v Geoff Rosser (WOL) John Fenby...

Following last year's record entry (one!), the masked Quizmaster has been persuaded to produce 10 more questions to keep us...

The U120 team was disrupted by the Christmas Activities and other late withdrawals and reached Nottinghamshire with only 9 players....

A very wild (if not technically unsound) but entertaining game was played last week in the Wolverhampton / Mercia clash....

Staffordshire's U120 team began their winter MCCU program with a close defeat against Warwickshire.Staffs lost quickly on the three lowest...

The Round 1 games have been completed with the last match played last night. I now have 11 players in...

Congratulations to all teams on their round 1 wins. The semi final draw for the Pittaway Cup and Humphrey’s Trophy...

We are delighted to launch the 2016 Shropshire Chess Congress which we hope will be our best yet. The congress...

Sabrina Chevannes has joined Stourbridge and is now registered for their first team. Sabrina has the title of Women International...

Staffordshire County and Leagues ECF Report AGM Saturday 17th October. This is a brief report about the elections. Most of...

Peter Banks's Rock Cup round 1 match against Pete Evans is now available on the games page or here. An...

Two graphs showing the number of boards played and a graph showing the average grades per board has been added...

Please note Dudley Council have now decided to close Rye Market multi-storey car park on evenings and it is therefore...

The first round draw (seeded) is: Gordon Sands (Wolverhampton) v Adrian Hussain (Warley Quinborne) Peter Nixon (Walsall Kipping) v Malcolm...

Due to a special request by an anonymous league official, the new Top40 has been set live slightly earlier than...

The WDCL website has a wonderful e-Results feature that allows users to report results electronically. There is a password reminder...

Hi All, With the new chess season already upon us, I’m writing to canvass entries for these individual competitions. As...

The final team (Telford) submitted their registrations today. There are now 358 registered players over 18 clubs ready for the...

The miniature from last night's Pittaway match is now available on the Games page here. Many thanks to Peter Thompson...

The 2015-16 league season starts on Sept 1st with a Div 1 clash between newly promoted Halesowen and last season's...

Wolverhampton and Bushbiry's players have now been added to the Players page. Only Telford are now missing.

Our very own GM Keith Arkell achieved a massive result in the Vienna Open this week with 2nd place (on...

The National Correspondence Chess Club Link: here Try us free for a year! From 1st September 2015 we are pleased...

The players for Warley Quinborne are now available on the players page. Only Telford, Bushbury and Wolverhampton are still awaited.

John Wrench has kindly supplied a copy of his game from last November. His comments show he was studying the...

The registration list of Birmingham, Mercian and Halesowen players has been added. Halesowen play Kidderminster and Mercia have the only...

Registrations added for Boldmere St Michael, Kidderminster, Lichfield, St George's and Rugeley. See the players page for details.

The 2015/16 registrations have now been loaded for champions Stafford. See here.

The 2015/16 registrations have now been loaded for Rushall, Walsall Kipping and West Bromwich. See here.

The games for the Rock Cup and Bidgood Trophy final have now been added together with the photo from the...

The 2015/16 registrations have now been loaded for Brewood and Stourbridge. See here.

The new fixtures for the 2015/16 season are now available! If you have any questions or queries then please contact...

The rules have been updated on the Wiki for the new season based upon the changes agreed at the AGM....

Bushbury have moved venue to Springvale Sports and Social Club, Millfields Road, Bilston. See the Wiki here for more details.

At the Staffs AGM this week it was decided to run an U160 team, in place of the previous U140...