Richard Buxton reports:
The postponed U1650 match against Worcestershire; cancelled due to bad weather, took place on Saturday 8th February 2025 at Droitwich.
Worcestershire fielded a very strong team which out-rated Warwickshire by over 100 rating points on every board.
This being said, Warwickshire put up a strong fight during the event but eventually lost 8 – 4.
Notable games included the first appearance for the County of Mark Reason on board 10 who took on an opponent 200 rating points higher than himself and won the game.
Another notable game was from Paul Davies who managed to get two pieces up in an end game where he forced a queen swop with only 30 seconds left on his clock to win the game.
There were four drawn games from, Chris Pitt, Mike Warden, Penny Wood and Richard Buxton.
Full results of the Match can be found on the ECF LMS results server.