All the latest from Lichfield's league and cup matches.
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Wolverhampton Division 2 Mercia B just edged out Lichfield B in a Division 2 game with Adam Routledge’s defeat on board two the decisive point. Adam goi in a tangle, lost three pawns and was unabe to find any counterpay. Given more thinking time Gary Monks might have turned
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Cannock League Division 2 Connor Whetnall earned a half point draw against a strong Walsall Kipping opponent on board four. The board four match went into an end game with Rook against three pawns. Connor is one of half a dozen league newcomers this season who are making their presence
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Cannock League Division 2 Lichfield B went down to a 3-1 defeat at Rushall and it has cost them top spot in the Division Two league table but while disappointed they are still favourites to take the title, having two matches in hand and are only one point behind. Lichfield’
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Chairman David Fone’s idea for an internal ECF rated Swiss tournament always was an imaginative idea and it is proving even more successful than Lichfield Chess Club officials dared hope. First of all 30 of the club’s 53 members entered and after three months and three months only
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Cannock League Division 2 Going into their match against Mercia, the Cannock 2B team expected to struggle due to limited availability of players, and this expectation was emphasised further when the team saw the strength of players on their opponents’ team sheet. The first game to finish was David Hulme
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Lichfield newcomer Dylan Wright leads the Liichfield Club Championship at the half-way stage with a maximum four points, level with Norton Cane’s Evan Millerchip. Seven players head the chasing group on three points, Elliot Ward, James Hadley, Bill Kimberley, Stephen Smithson, Albert Chacko and another Lichfield newcomer Andrei Pinzaru.
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Derby League Division 1 For the second time this season the combined Burton and Lichfield ‘A’ side defeated Chesterfield ‘A’ by 2.5 – 1.5, lifting them to mid-table in the tough Derby and District League Division 1. After an unexpected defeat in his last Derby League match, Adam Routledge
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Derby League Division 3 A wonderful mating tactic from Albert Chacko was the highlight of a keenly fought 2-2 drawn match between Burton and Lichfield ‘D’ and Derby ‘D’. Terry Knight on Board 3 was not happy with his performance (“Don’t mention my game”) as he fell behind on
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Derby League Division 1 The combined Burton and Lichfield ‘A’ team lost 2.5 – 1.5 in a tense, well-matched encounter with Rolls Royce ‘A’. Ben Nevett-Farman’s Board 1 game and Ryan Smith’s Board 4 game both ended quietly in agreed draws. Ben’s opponent engineered piece exchanges
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Derby League Division 2 The combined Burton and Lichfield ‘B’ team secured an excellent 2.5 – 1.5 victory against league leaders Clay Cross to move within a point of them at the top of Division 2. David Pickering, coming in as a last minute illness substitute as white on
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Wolverhampton Division 1 Adam Routledge’s superb season rolled on towards a likely 1900+ grading, but his win on Board 4 was not enough to prevent Lichfield ‘A’ from suffering a 2.5 – 1.5 defeat away to West Bromwich. Adam was always in control. winning a key central pawn
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Birminham League Division 5 David Fone, playing the crucial last match thought he had lost. He had a runaway pawn on the outside lane but it could be caught by the King. It was a classic King and pawn battle. His opponent had two isolated pawns near the centre of
