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Latest county results

17 Jan 2026. Warwickshire beat Lincolnshire 5-7. See match card.

10 Jan 2026. Worcester tried out a new home venue in Kinver and both teams correctly judged that snow would not impede their travel. Worcestershire’s clear victory was in line with players’ current ratings. See details.

Lincolnshire beat Derbyshire and Worcestershire in Midlands Championship

6 Dec 2025. Lincolnshire outrated Derbyshire and came away with a convincing win by 11½-4½. This back-to-back win ensures them the Midlands championship. See match card.

15 Nov 2025. Lincolnshire dominated on the lower boards in the opening match for the Midlands Championship against Worcestershire. Lincolnshire won by 11½ to 4½. See match card.

Nottinghamshire on way to u1850 Midlands champions

29 Nov 2025. Nottinghamshire had a comfortable win against Lincolnshire in a fourteen board match. See match card. Staffordshire u1650 had a comfortable victory over Warwickshire in a 12-board match. See match card.

Winners at Coventry International Congress

31 Oct 2025. IM Sohum Lohia (London), GM Vojtech Plat, former Czech champion, and IM Hao Wang (London), all on 7 points, shared first prize in this ECF nine-round event. WIM Trisha Kanymarala (IRL) won the women’s prize with 6 points. Highest placed Midlands player was GM Mark Hebden (Leics). The Blitz tournament, also of nine rounds, saw Vojtech tie with IM Siva Mahadevan (Warks) equal first with Vojtech. WFM Elis Dicen was top woman with 5½ points. The congress attracted nearly eighty players and was organised for the ECF by Alex Holowczak and arbiters were FA Lance Leslie-Smith (Mddx), FA Richard Buxton (Warks) and NA Dipal Patel (Birmingham). See full details.

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Next in the Midlands

Sun 25 Jan. Birmingham Rapidplay at Quinborne Community Centre, Ridgacre Road, Birmingham B32 2TW. Round 1 at 10:30am, Open, u2000, u1750, u1500 tournaments, 7 rounds, 15+10 time control, ECF Gold membership or surcharge required.

Next Junior tournament

Sat 31 Jan. Junior 4NCL teams at Holiday Inn, Coventry, CV2 2HP.

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Ten "Chess Counties" form the Midland Counties Chess Union and cover the areas shown in the map on the right. A small Board of volunteer directors currently led by Chief Executive Ray Dolan (Staffs) is elected annually by delegates from member chess counties. The Board organises regional competitions based on policies agreed annually by delegates from member chess counties.

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The current webmaster is Ray Collett (Worcs). The website's policy is to report results of the MCCU competitions, principally the MCCU county team tournaments and congresses. Brief results of other chess congresses held in the MCCU area and and links to organisers' websites are on the "News" pages. A calendar of upcoming chess congresses is on the "Congresses" pages. Some important national and international chess events will also be reported if there is a "Midlands" interest. In the menu bar above: "About" gives more information about the MCCU and has links to rules and administrative papers; "Guide" explains the site's organisation and provides links to most of the site's key pages.

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