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Cannock League Diviion 1 Albert Chacko had every chance to win his game against Kath Hiley and with it the match, He won the opening and the middle game but then relaxed and got the end game all wrong, allowing a ‘crertain’ win to slip into a defeat. The match
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Cannock League Division 2 A great win by Adam Routledge was the prime reason why Lichfield’s 2B team was able to maintain their title challenge. Playing board one above first team skipper David Hulme, Adam overcame a 130 point rating difference to defeat john Mildenhall of Rushall, a 1950
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Cannock League Ben Adams maintained his good form with a top board draw against a much higher rated player but that was as good as it got for Lichfield who lost 3.5 – 1.5. Ben’s son, Isaac lost on two and Maurizio Barravalle and stuart Andrews also lost.
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Cannock League Division 2 Gary Monks and Albert Chacko were both winners as Lichfield 2A maintained Lichfield’s double title hunting bid with a 2.5- 1.5 win over bottom team Mercia. Tony Green contributed to the win with a top board draw
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Cannocl league Dvision2 David Hulme overcame a 100 point rating disadvantage and black colours to take Lichfield 2B to the top of Cannock League two, reversing a defeat with Rushall earlier in the season. It was the final match to finish so he had all the pressure. Peter Rose on
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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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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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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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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’
