Counties Chess
Union
2026-7 Midland Team |
Published 6 November 2026
Under-1850 Midland Counties Championship
Played on 31 Oct 2026 at St Hilda’s Church, East Groscote, Leics. Lincolnshire players on odd-numbered boards had white pieces. Match reported by ECF LMS. On board count Worcestershire edged the match by 57-59 and will be MCCU’s first nomination for the national stage.
| Board | Rating | Lincolnshire | Score | Worcestershire | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1839 (1826K) | Ladds, Graham I | 1 - 0 | Austin, Phillip N | 1758 (1765K) |
| 2 | 1825 (1825K) | Kok, Herman FF | ½ - ½ | Nicholls, Alex P | 1738 (1717A) |
| 3 | 1820 (1829A) | Georgiou, Denis | 0 - 1 | Collett, Ray A | 1719 (1719K) |
| 4 | 1804 (1804K) | Holt, Chris M | ½ - ½ | Wallace, Marvin | 1717 (1731K) |
| 5 | 1798 (1802K) | Hill, Chris | 0 - 1 | Riley, Mark | 1709 (1712K) |
| 6 | 1776 (1773K) | Ayton, Carlos | ½ - ½ | Rentachintala, Saikalyan | 1679 (1679K) |
| 7 | 1757 (1750A) | Pennell, William | 1 - 0 | Shaw, Tony | 1668 (1671K) |
| 8 | 1717 (1715K) | Palmer, Keith J | ½ - ½ | Cross, Harvey | 1488 (1460P) |
| 9 | 1711 (1711K) | Mainwaring, John P | 1 - 0 | Flynn, Seamus | 1659 (1659K) |
| 10 | 1709 (1715K) | Rooney, Brendan | 0 - 1 | Allen, Stephen | 1722 (1663P) |
| 11 | 1686 (1686K) | Stewart, Thomas | 0 - 1 | Wilkes, Brandon | 1653 (1654K) |
| 12 | 1683 (1843P) | Dunkinson, Sam | 1 - 0 | Hicken, Paul | 1606 (1606P) |
| 13 | 1632 (1630K) | Orr, William | 0 - 1 | Sherwood, Tom | 1589 (1576A) |
| 14 | 1630 (1630K) | Bertins, Tom | 1 - 0 | Charlton, Mike | 1586 (1586K) |
| 15 | 1573 (1573A) | Ashcroft, Ben | 0 - 1 | Bessant, Craig | 1572 (1563A) |
| 16 | 1556 (1565A) | Nelder, Alan J | 1 - 0 | Ozvatan, Ceylan | 1493 (1515K) |
| Average 1720 | 8 - 8 | Average 1648 |