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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 Joe Friar v Lee Davis, Championship board 1. Lee has just played Be4. The full game can be found on the games page.

Latest News

May 9th

Worcestershire traveled to Somerset to play Devon in the Minor Counties quarter-final. The team came close but ultimately went down 8.5-7.5, which was a much closer result than it has been in recent times against this opposition. Lee Davis and Ian clarke played, Ian won his game. Full results.

May 7th

Keith Baxter drew his final game in the Bennett Cup pool stages and was unlucky to miss out on the semi-finals with an excellent 3.5/5

May 7th

Alex Nicholls has 4/4 and will top the pool stage of the Ball Cup.

May 4th

The Worcester Windmills started the final weekend with the possibility of promotion from division 4 of the 4NCL and still had a small chance before they began the final round. Unfortunately they lost 3.5-2.5 to the Full Ponty on the Saturday, beat War and Peace A by the same score on the Sunday and then battled hard but lost, again with the same score, to the 3Cs who topped the table by some margin and were unbeaten throughout the campaign. Ian Clarke played on the Sunday and drew his game. Final table.

April 25th

Alex Nicholls drew with James Allsopp in the Club Championship.

April 13th

Henry Spedding won his final game in the Club Championship and finishes with 7/8.

April 7th

Malvern drew their final Challengers match of the season away at Longbridge. Brian Turner won his game. Full results.

Ian Clarke drew with Lee Davis in the Bennett Cup.

April 1st

Malvern finished their Championship campaign with a hard-fought match away at Longbridge B. The match was drawn as were all the 5 games. Full results.

Jan 11th

Lee Davis's excellent win against Joe Friar can be found on the games page.

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.

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