Counties Chess
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Last updated 25 October 2025
County matches 2025-6
County team news
25 Oct 2025. u1650 Warks-Derbys. Derbyshire beat Warwickshire 6½-5½ in a twelve board match held at Coleshill warks.
11 Oct 2025. u1650 Staffs-Lincs. Staffordshire beat Lincolnshire 9-7 in a 16 board match. The match began with Staffs taking a quick 3-0 lead and looking in a strong position on many boards. Gradually Lincs began to claw back into contention, but Staffs were aboe to make two draws to secure the win.
27 Sep 2025. u1650 Warks-Worcs.Worcs defaulted a board in a 12-board match and in the end Warks won with that advantage.
27 Sep 2025. u1650 Derbys-Staffs. Peter Evans and David Pickering report. Over 16 boards, the final result was an 8-8 draw at Rolls Royce Derby. As Derbyshire’s Under 1450 players have not yet formed a team, the captains agreed to reserve the lower four boards for under 1450 players. The lead changed hands several times. Eventually two boards were left. Staffs won the sixth board to reach 8 points and on the last board with the clocks ticking away, and the Derbyshire player achieved a past pawn and victory with only 2 minutes to spare. A hard but cleanly fought drawn match. One player remarked that he enjoyed his hard fought game - the last to finish - and David Pickering commented that county chess allows time to play a game to its logical conclusion.
Fixtures and match results
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| Midlands Counties Team Championship 2024-5 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | ||
| Sat 15 Nov 2025 | Worcestershire | Lincolnshire | |||
| Sat 6 Dec 2025 | Lincolnshire | Derbyshire | |||
| Sat 21 Feb 2026 | Derbyshire | Worcestershire | |||
| Midlands u1850 Counties Team Championship 2024-5 | |||||
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | ||
| Sat 21 Feb 2026 | Lincolnshire | Staffordshire | |||
| Midlands u1650 Counties Team Championship 2024-5 | |||||
| Date | Home team | Score | Away team | ||
| Sat 27 Sep 2025 | Derbyshire | 8 - 8 | Staffordshire | ||
| Sat 27 Sep 2025 | Warwickshire | 6½ - 5½ | Worcestershire | ||
| Sat 11 Oct 2025 | Staffordshire | 9 - 7 | Lincolnshire | ||
| Sat 25 Oct 2025 | Warwickshire | 5½ - 6½ | Derbyshire | ||
| Sat 1 Nov 2025 | Lincolnshire | Worcestershire | |||
| Sat 29 Nov 2025 | Staffordshire | Warwickshire | |||
| Sat 10 Jan 2026 | Worcestershire | Derbyshire | |||
| Sat 17 Jan 2026 | Lincolnshire | Warwickshire | |||
| Sat 7 Feb 2026 | Derbyshire | Lincolnshire | |||
| Sat 7 Feb 2026 | Worcestershire | Staffordshire | |||
| u1650 Table | |||||
| Team | Played | won | drawn | lost | Match Points |
| Derbyshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Staffordshire | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Warwickshire | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Lincolnshire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Worcestershire | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |