Match reports
Birmingham League Division 5 Lichfield enjoyed a comfortable 3-1 win over Solihull A to go top of Division 5 but the Solihull A team remain favourites, a point behind and a match in hand. Matt Blackwell, Ben Adams and Connor Whetnall all won with Isaac Adams losing on board four.
Match reports
Birmingham League Division 5 Lichfield’s 2-2 draw with West End Social gives them a one point lead over Redditch who have two games in hand and look certain champions as they have not lost this season. Captain John Fryer admits to having a poor losing game on Board 1.
Match reports
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
Match reports
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
Match reports
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
Match reports
Birmingham League Division 5 Ben Adams has made a good introduction into league chess. His win for B5 against Coleshill was his second success and helped propel Lichfield to a 2.5 – 1.5 win at Coleshill. David Fone got the other win on board one and a draw from
Match reports
Birmingham League Division 5 It was a closely fought match but Lichfield’s B5 team came through the clash with Walsall Kipping it to stay top of the league with an unbeaten record For most of their games David Fone and Bob Frost were very even against their opponents on
Match reports
Birmingham League Division 5 Phil Sykes built up a threatening attack but accurate defence pushed Phil into using increment time. Only seconds were left when he finally forced his opponent to resign. That was his third win in succession within a matter of days and it helped Lichfield to a
Match reports
Birmingham Division 5 With Queens exchanged on move three Stephen Shields quickly marshalled a strong attack from both Bishops and a Knight and found a forced checkmate on move 20. Lichfield built on that to win 3-1 against Solihull B. Mathew Blackwell drew on board two, Ian Boddington chipped in
Match reports
Birmingham League Division 5 Matthew Blackwell, one of two players who have joined Lichfield from Rushall started on board 2 with a victory which helped his new club to a 2.5 – 1.5 win over Redditch. Albert Chacko rattled off another win on board one to push his grading
Match reports
Birmingham League Division 5 Longbridge defaulted a board in a Division 5 match with Lichfield but their remaining players battled very hard before losing on all boards against higher rated home players. Albert Chacko on board one gained an advantage but did not find it easy to convert it to
