News 2023-2024
April 26th
Friedrich Quigley won the 2023-2024 Club Championship with 5.5 from Matthew Jordan and Lee Davis with 5. Pierre Lipinsky came 4th with 4.5.
April 20th
Malvern's final match of the Championship has been won by default. This means that the team is undefeated this season in both leagues, winning 14 and drawing 4 matches.
April 19th
In the latest round of the Club Championship, there were wins for Pierre Lipinsky and Lee Davis whilst Matthew Jordan drew with Friedrich Quigley.
April 13th
Lee Davis 1-0 Dan Lambourne can be found on the games page.
April 10th
Malvern beat Redditch in their penultimate Championship fixture thanks to a win from Lee Davis. The win ensures that Malvern are League Champions. Results
April 3rd
Malvern travelled to Redditch for their final Challengers match of the season and came away with a 2.5-1.5 win thanks to their junior players. James Allsopp and Joshua Clarke both won their games and the result means that Malvern can't be caught and win the league.
March 29th
Ian Clarke beat Matthew Jordan in the Club Championship.
March 23rd
In the Bennett Cup semi-finals, Lee Davis will play Joseph Friar of Kidderminster and Ian Clarke will play Ray Collett of Worcester.
March 22nd
Malvern beat Stourbridge 3.5-0.5 in the Challengers League thanks to wins from James Allsopp, Joshua Clarke and Ian Clarke. ResultsÂ
March 15th
Malvern hosted Longbridge in the Challengers League and drew the match 2-2, maintaining their lead in the league. Pierre Lipinsky drew his game. Results
March 14th
Lee Davis beat Ray Collett in the Bennett Cup.
March 8th
Malvern beat Worcester 4-1 in their latest Championship fixture. Joshua Clarke, Lee Davis and Ian Clarke all won with the black pieces. Results
February 29th
Malvern travelled to Worcester in the Challengers League and came away with a 2-2 draw thanks to a win from Brian Turner.
February 23rd
Malvern beat Longbridge 3-2 to maintain their unbeaten run in the Championship thanks to wins from Freidrich Quigley and Brian Turner.Â
February 16th
Brian Turner drew with Ian Clarke in the Club Championship.
February 9th
Malvern beat Redditch 4-0 in the Challengers League. John Chester, Joshua Clarke and Ian Clarke all won their games.
John Knee drew with Lee Davis in the Club Championship.
February 2nd
There were wins for James Allsopp, Friedrich Quigley, and Matthew Jordan in the Club Championship whilst John Knee drew with Brian Turner and Pierre Lipinsky drew with Ian Clarke.
January 31st
Malvern continued their excellent form with a 3-1 win away at Stourbridge in the Challengers League. John Chester and Brian Turner won their games. Results
January 26th
There were wins for Brian Turner and Lee Davis in the Club Championship whilst John Chester drew with Matthew Jordan.
January 19th
There were wins for James Allsopp and Friedrich Quigley in the Club Championship whilst John Chester drew with Brian Turner.
Lee Davis drew with Scott Oxtoby in the Bennett Cup.
January 18th
Ian Clarke beat Aiden Griffiths in the Bennett Cup.
January 15th
Malvern beat Halesowen in their latest Championship match played away from home, thanks to wins from Geoffrey Herbert and Ian Clarke. Results
January 12th
Malvern beat Worcester 2.5-1.5 in their second Challengers match of the season. James Allsopp pushed black's king out into the open on board 4 and with checkmate imminent, black resigned with his king on b2. White had a strong attack against John Chester on board 3 but dropped a piece and John went on to win. Brian Turner sealed the win by agreeing a draw on board 1. Results
January 5th
John Chester beat John Knee and Matthew Jordan drew with Brian Turner in the Club Championship.
January 3rd
Ian Clarke beat Joe Friar in the Bennett Cup.
December 29th
John Chester drew with Lee Davis in the Club Championship.
December 14th
Malvern travelled to Longbridge to play their first Challengers match and came away with a 2-2 draw thanks to wins from Joshua and Ian Clarke. Results.
December 8th
Malvern beat Kidderminster in their latest Championship match played at Malvern. The match was very close but was sealed when Friedrich Quigley won what appeared to be a drawn endgame with a nice tactic and Brian Turner converted a kingside attack by forcing black to give up his queen for a rook. Results.
December 2nd
Worcestershire lost 7-9 to a very strong Lincolnshire side in the Midland Counties Team Championship. Lee Davis and Brian Turner represented Malvern and both drew against higher-graded opponents. Results.
December 1st
There were wins for Matthew Jordan and Freidrich Quigley in the Club Championship.
Ian Clarke drew with John Varilone in the Bennett Cup.
November 24th
Malvern beat Redditch in their latest Championship home fixture. The away side defaulted board 5 and Ian Clarke won on board 4 but the win was sealed by excellent draws from Lee Davis and Brian Turner. Lee was the exchange down but forced a draw with the bishop pair and Brian set up a central attack with his major pieces that eventually forced white to take the draw. Results.
November 17th
There were wins for Ferdinand and Pierre Lipinsky, Freidrich Quigley, Lee Davis and Ian Clarke in the Club Championship.
November 16th
Lee Davis drew with Edward Higgs in the Bennett Cup.
November 10th
Malvern had an excellent 3-2 home win against current champions Halesowen. There was a very good win for Brian Turner and Geoffrey Herbert sealed the win by agreeing a draw in a complicated position with very little time left.
November 9th
Ian Clarke beat Chris Lee in the Bennett Cup
November 2nd
Malvern came away with a 2.5-2.5 draw after a hard-fought Championship match away at Worcester. There were wins for Lee Davis and Ian Clarke. Results.
October 27th
James Allsopp drew with Lee Davis and John Knee drew with Matthew Jordan in the Club Championship.
October 25th
Malvern travelled to Kidderminster for their opening fixture in the Championship and came away with a 4-1 victory thanks to wins from James Allsopp, Lee Davis and Ian Clarke. Results.
October 20th
There were wins for Matthew Jordan and Brian Turner in the Club Championship, whilst John Knee drew with Ian Clarke. Results
October 13th
In the second round of the Club Championship, there were wins for Pierre Lipinsky and Alexandr Mityaev. James Allsopp drew with John Knee and Brian Turner drew with Lee Davis.
October 6th
In the first round of the Club Championship, there were wins for Friedrich Quigley, Pierre Lipinsky and John Chester.
September 18th
The draw for the Club Championship can be found here.
August 27th
The Club opens again after the summer break on September 1st at Manor Park.
August 27th
Summary of last season
Malvern had a successful season in the Worcestershire Championship finishing second to Halesowen. There were 6 teams again this year and we finished with 7 wins, 2 draws, and a loss. Alexandr Mityaev scored an impressive 6.5/7 on board 1.
Malvern also did very well in the Worcestershire Challengers, again narrowly finishing second, this time to Longbridge by just one game point. Again there were 6 teams and we finished with 5 wins, 4 draws, and a loss. George Charman was the most successful Malvern player with 5 out of 5.
Lee Davis and Ian Clarke both took part in the Bennett Cup and made it an all-Malvern final. The first game was drawn but Lee played an excellent second game to win the competition. There were no Malvern players in the Ball Cup last season.Â
Lee Davis, Brian Turner and Ian Clarke played for Worcestershire in the Minor Counties whilst James Allsopp represented the County in the U1650 competition.
Malvern again had excellent representation at the closed Worcester County Championships congress with 6 players taking part. Lee Davis became Veteran Champion. He finished in 3rd place, just half a point behind Peter Kitson of Worcester who became County Champion and Joseph Friar of Kidderminster. Joshua Clarke scored 2 out of 4 and retained the title of Junior Champion on a tiebreak from James Allsopp who also scored 2 out of 4. Ian Clarke scored 2.5 out of 4 and both Brian Turner and George Charman scored 2 out of 4.
The Club Championship was won by Ian Clarke with 7 out of 8. Brian Turner was second with 6.5 out of 8 and Lee Davis third with 5.5 out of 8.
Lee Davis represented Wales in the European Seniors Team Championship and performed superbly to score 6 out of 9 on board 3. With 3 wins and 6 draws he was undefeated throughout.
James Allsopp finished an excellent second out of 22 entrants in the Shropshire Junior Chess Tournament under 14 section with 4.5/6 and also qualified for the gigafinal after scoring 3.5 out of 6 in a competitive megafinal in Birmingham.
August 16th
A provisional fixture list can be found here although there are a couple still to be arranged.
August 15th
Lee Davis played an excellent game with black to defeat Ian Clarke and win the Bennett Cup in an all-Malvern final.
August 14th
The Worcestershire Closed Championships have been scheduled for August 26th and 27th at Kings in Worcester. More details can be found here and this page will take you to an entry form.
July
Lee Davis represented Wales in the European Seniors Team Championship and performed superbly to score 6 out of 9 on board 3. With 3 wins and 6 draws he was undefeated throughout. Here is a link to the report.