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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.

August 26th

Malvern scored 2/4 in the second and final round of the Summer Cup held at Meadow Farm in Redditch. Joshua Clarke won his game. This result means that with 4.5/8, Malvern finished second behind Longbridge A, just edging out Redditch on tie-break. Results.

August 24th

Eight Malvern players represented the club at the Worcestershire Chess Association County Championships, held at King’s in Worcester last weekend. Lee Davis finished third with four out of five and was once again crowned Veteran Champion, while James Allsopp scored three out of five to retain the Junior Championship. Alex Nicholls, Joshua Clarke and Ian Clarke also scored three points, Keith Baxter 2½, Henry Spedding two out of three and Ben Mason one. Brian Turner was one of the judges for the Paul Sharratt Trophy, awarded for the most enterprising game, which was won by Senior Champion Kevin Hurney of Longbridge.

August 12th

Malvern scored an encouraging 2.5/4 in the first round of the Summer Cup held at Meadow Farm in Redditch. This was a very creditable performance as all 4 players had the black pieces. Joshua Clarke and Brian Turner won their games and John Chester performed very well on his return, securing a draw against a higher rated opponent. Results.

Headlines from last season 2025-2026

Malvern had a another solid season, finishing 3rd out of 6 in the Championship League and 3rd out of 4 in the Challengers League.

Nine different players took part in the Championship where we had 4 wins, 3 draws and 3 losses. The two best performers were James Allsopp (2.5/4) and Henry Spedding (5/8). The Challengers side fielded 10 different players and had 2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. Matthew Jordan (3/3) and John Chester (1/1) scored 100% with Alex Nicholls and Brian Turner also scoring well.

Lee Davis 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 Henry Spedding and Lee Davis with 7/8. Keith Baxter was third with 5.5/8.

Alex Nicholls finished first in the group stage of the Ball Cup with 4.5/6 but lost in the final to Graham Kemp. keith Baxter, Ian Clarke and Lee Davis took part in the Ball Cup. Keith was very unfortunate to just miss out on the knockout stage after scoring 3.5/5. Ian scored 3/5 and just sneaked through to the knockout stage where he lost to the eventual winner Joseph Friar in the semi-final.

Eight Malvern players represented the club at the Worcestershire Chess Association County Championships, held at King’s in Worcester last weekend. Lee Davis finished third with four out of five and was once again crowned Veteran Champion, while James Allsopp scored three out of five to retain the Junior Championship. Alex Nicholls, Joshua Clarke and Ian Clarke also scored three points, Keith Baxter 2½, Henry Spedding two out of three and Ben Mason one. Brian Turner was one of the judges for the Paul Sharratt Trophy, awarded for the most enterprising game, which was won by Senior Champion Kevin Hurney of Longbridge.