Counties Chess
Union
2025-6 Midland Team |
Published 9 Feb 2026
Under-1650 championship
Played on 7 February 2026 at Kinver, Staffs. It is not stated which county’s players on odd-numbered boards had white pieces. Match reported by LMS
| Board | Rating | Worcestershire | Score | Staffordshire | Rating |
| 1 | 1637 (1676) | Flynn, Seamus | ½ - ½ | Fletcher, Malcolm | 1614 (1756) |
| 2 | 1637 (1658) | Jones, Daniel L | 1 - 0 | Blackwell, Matthew | 1535 (1645) |
| 3 | 1532 (1622) | Nicholls, Alex P | 0 - 1 | Chacko, Albert | 1549 (1635) |
| 4 | 0000 (1589) | Baker, Stephen | ½ - ½ | Rosser, Geoffrey C | 1640 (1629) |
| 5 | 0000 (1549) | Sharpe, George C | 0 - 1 | Jones, Daniel P | 1508 (1575) |
| 6 | 1521 (1542) | Stanton, T Giles | 1 - 0 | Phillips, Andrew | 1540 (1513) |
| 7 | 1565 (1522) | Kirkland, Arnold G | 1 - 0 | Allen, Jimmy | 1379 (1474) |
| 8 | 1447 (1515) | Sherwood, Tom | 0 - 1 | Barker, David J | 1447 (1437) |
| 9 | 1535 (1485) | Banks, Peter S | 0 - 1 | Whetnall, Connor | 0000 (1398) |
| 10 | 1479 (1500) | Griffiths, Aiden | 1 - 0 | Thomas, Finley | 1281 (1391) |
| 11 | 1509 (1471) | Cleak, David | 1 - 0 | Evans, Peter FK | 1329 (1346) |
| 12 | 1537 (1467) | Lee, Chris | 1 - 0 | Brookes, Hugo | 1052 (1256) |
| Average | 1284 | 7 - 5 | 1323 |