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Birmingham League Division 5 Lichfield got off to a flying start in their Division 5 home match with Kynoch ‘B’. Albert Chacko’s opponent on Board 1 was late to arrive, and may then have regretted arriving at all, as he weakened his position with f5 to protect a central
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Birmingham League Division 1 Lichfield’s Birmingham Division 1 team were out-graded on every board in their Guild Hall clash with Sutton Coldfield, and the opposition were ultimately too strong as the Lichfield team suffered a 4.5 – 1.5 defeat. The difference in strength was particularly stark on the
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Cannock League 2A The Lichfield B team match with Stafford was a 2-2 draw but the news was made by Peter Rose who is shooting up the Ladder League with three wins in a few days.Eliott Ward is becoming another frequent winner. Stephen Shields and Connor Whetnall both lost
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Cannock League Division 2 Lichfield B collected just half a point from the top two boards. Then they were edgeds to vistory on the bottom two boards by Albert Chacko and Phil Sykes who both won. (Match played 26th January). Fuller match report awaited
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Birmingham League Division 3 Lichfield now have a seven point lead at the top of Birmingham Division 3 following their 5-1 win over strugglers Olton B. Redditch in second place have two games in hand but it is highly unlikely they will stop Lichfield taking the championship. Lichfield have played
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Cannock League Division 3 Outrated by more than 200 points Peter Rose won his board one match against David Mercer to help Lichfield B to a 2-2 draw against Stafford at the Kings Head. His oppo nent would not have been out of place in Division 1 .tephen Shields on
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Derby League Division 2 Sorry for the error. This match was inadvertently recorded here as a loss for the B team. In fact it was a plucky performance by the C team which face an overall 456 point rating deficit. Adam Routledge was evenly matched with John Hoddy on board
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Birmingham League Division 1 Lichfield’s first team not only moved into fourth place in Division 1 by defeating Central B but they now have the added boost that their top player, Turan Asgarova, is keen to get back to playing chess following the birth of her son. It was
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Burton League Division 2 Apart from an evenly matched board one game between Adam Routledge and John Hoddy, the Lichfield and Burton B team was heavily outrated by Lichfield and Burton B so the C team’s 2.5 – 1.5 win was hardly a surprise. After Adam had collected
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Cannock League Division 2 Yuriy Slobodyuk met a much higher graded opponent on board one, lost a pawn in the opening and never recovered. Gary Monks was also up against a much higher rated opponent on board two, yet battled hard to earn a draw. The bottom two boards belonged
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Cannock League Division four Lichfield had a comfortable win by 2.5 – 1.5 at Norton Canes. Rob Frost managed to Queen a pawn to complete his board one victory and Maurizio Barravalle drew after a very even struggle. Andrew Thornett carelessly lost a Bishop and his game on board
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Wolverhampton Division 1 Lichfield were at least 150 points higher rated on all four boards, and every game finished as gradings would predict, when Lichfield ‘A’ defeated Rugeley 4 – 0 in the Wolverhampton Division 1 clash at the Guild Hall, John Keaveny, playing White on Board 2, won a pawn
