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The club meets at 7:30 on Friday evenings, between September and early May, at Manor Park Club, Albert Road North, Malvern WR14 2TL. This is next to Malvern Hills College.

New players are always welcome.

The club has teams in the Worcestershire Championship and the Worcestershire Challengers.

Contact: John Knee on 01684 565378

The picture opposite was taken ahead of the early season rapid tournament played on 6/9/24. The Worcestershire Championship and Challengers trophies from last season can be seen behind the players.

This is a position from James Allsopp (Malvern) 1-0 Peter Lawrence on board 2 of Worcestershire U1650 v Surrey U1650. The full game can be found on the games page.

Latest News

September 26th

Keith Baxter won his first game in the Club Championship.

September 19th

There were wins for Henry Spedding and Brian Turner in round 1 of the Club Championship.

September 5th

Keith Baxter won the club rapidplay tournament held on the first day of the new season with 4.5/5. Results.

September 4th

The fixtures for the coming season can be found here.

August 27th

Malvern could only manage 1/4 in the second and final round of the Summer Cup played at Redditch and finished 5th out of 6 teams. James Allsopp and Lee Davis drew their games. Results.

August 24th

Malvern were well represented at the closed Worcester County Championships congress with 5 players taking part. The younger players highlighted their continued improvement with James Allsopp and Joshua Clarke both scoring 3.5/5. Lee Davis and Ian Clarke scored 3/5 and Alex Nicholls scored 1/5. James won the Junior title for the second successive year.

Headlines from last season 2024-2025

Malvern had a solid season, finishing 3rd in the Championship League and 3rd in the Challengers League, despite a number of improving junior players moving on.

Nine different players took part in the Championship where we had 4 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses. The two best performers were Brian Turner who scored 6.5/10 and Geoffrey Herbert with 2/3. The Challengers side fielded 7 different players and had 3 wins and 3 losses. James Allsopp was the best performer in the group, scoring an excellent 3.5/5 and highlighting his continued improvment.

Lee Davis, Brian Turner and Ian Clarke played for Worcestershire in the Minor Counties and Alex Nicholls represented the County in the U1650 competition.

The Club Championship was won by Lee Davis and Ian Clarke with 7/8 with Brian Turner second on 6.5/8. All three players were unbeaten during the competition.

Lee Davis and Ian Clarke with the Club Championship trophy having both scored 7/8.

Lee Davis and Ian Clarke both took part in the Bennett Cup. Lee won his group and then went on to take the trophy, beating the current County Champion in the final.

Malvern were well represented at the closed Worcester County Championships congress with 5 players taking part. The younger players highlighted their continued improvement with James Allsopp and Joshua Clarke both scoring 3.5/5. Lee Davis and Ian Clarke scored 3/5 and Alex Nicholls scored 1/5. James won the Junior title for the second successive year.

A special mention should go to Lee Davis who was awarded the title of Candidate Master for his score at the European Club Cup in Vrnjacka Banja (Serbia). The highlight of his tournament was his victory with the black pieces in a Rook & Pawn endgame over Grandmaster Dejan Antic, who was the Serbian Champion in 2015.