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Cannock League Division 2 Two hundred point rating deficits on the top two boards proved too much of a hurdle for Lichfield A and they slumped to a 3-1 win. Mick Horrigan, a first team player over 20 years ago,produced a fine performance in his fist league match since
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Cannock League Division 2 It has been an excellent season for both Lichfield teams in Division two but the top honour looks certain to go to Stafford after Lichfield’s A team was held to a 2-2 draw with Mercia. It was a hard fought match from start to finish
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Cannock League Division 3 Mick Horrigan played his first match for Lichfield in over 20 years and won as Lichfield hammered Walsall Kipping 4-0. Mick was a first team player before leaving the club which he rejoined a few months ago. Mick played on board two and Peter Rose o
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Cannock League Division 3 Lichfield’s rising young star Emilie Nastase played on board one for the first time for Lichfield 3A, faith that was rewarded with a win over Oscott’s 1600 rated Sam Whitehouse. The ratings system has yet to catch up with Emilie’s progress as she
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Cannock League Division 2 Stafford are looking increasingly likely to beat off the challenge of both Lichfield’s A and B teams after a 3-1 win over the A team but for the moment the B team are still top of the table. Tony Green on board one and skipper
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Cannock League Division 4 Stephen Shields lost a his board one game against Tamworth but was later awarded a win by the League Administrator because Tamworth did not play the correct board order. Captain Stuart Andrews lost on board three but two of this season’s newcomers, Connor Whetnall on
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Cannock League Division 2 At last the picture is clear. Lichfield 2B have finished their games with a 2-2 draw with Walsall Kipping and now head the table with 17 points, a total that can only be beaten by Lichfield A and Stafford. Stafford, with four games in hand trail
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Cannock League Division 3 Gary Monks was beaten on top board but after that it was all positive wirth Peter Rose, Connor Whetnall and Andrei Pinzaru all winning. Peter Rose at first struggled to find an attacking plan. Castling Queenside he started a pawn storm on the Kingside which his
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Cannock League Division 3 Joint winner of the Club Championship a couple of weeks ago, Andrei Pinzaru , took just 23 minutues to win his debut league match. Peter Rose then continued a fine season with another win and Lichfield’s 3B team was able to clinch a 3-1 win over
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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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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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Cannock League Division 3 Elliott Ward would surely improve on his already considerable talent if he would just slow down a little. In his own word he” battered” his Norton Canes opponent using just eight minutes of his time against 28 minutes. It was Elliott’s fifth win of the
