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Birmingham League Division 1 Lichfield’s first team are now in mid table and surely safe from relegation worries after their 4-2 victory over Wolverhampton. Lichfield produced a strong performance in winning at Wolverhampton. Gradings were pretty even on each board. John Keaveney was first to finish, agreeing a draw
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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 the running, two points behind a nd a match in
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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 per player. Tony Green prevented the whitewash. He had all
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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 swapped off it became clear that Adam had a winning
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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 to finish after making a disappointing start against Mercia, David
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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 on Board 4. His opponent played the solid Scandinavian Defence,
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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 the birth of her baby boy. Turan faced a tough
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Derby and District Cup In the autumn, the combined Burton and Lichfield ‘A’ side were surprise qualifiers in the Derby and District Cup. Having fielded weaker sides in the first two rounds, Burton and Lichfield were able to bolster their semi-final team by bringing in Ben Nevett-Farman on Board 1.
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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 think she is around 1500 and in her third league
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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 Slobodyuk was the first to finish, agreeing a draw in
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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 him into a Zigswang situation and resignation. His win gave
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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 Ladder League trophy. David Hulme was the exchange but four
