KIDDERMINSTER Chess Club Knights kept up the pressure in their bid to regain the Worcester and District League first division championship, by beating their own Kidderminster Pawns 3-1.

Results (Knights first): John Wrench 0.5, Mark Riley 0.5; Maurice Bissell 0.5, Dave Close 0.5; Jim Friar 1, Mike Kitchen 0; Frank Pickett 1, Clive Billinge 0.

Kidderminster B continued their decline in Wolverhampton League division two where, despite putting up a fight, were beaten by Wolverhampton A 3.5-2.5.

Results (Kidderminster first): Riley 0.5, P Porter 0.5; Kitchen 0.5, M Morrison 0.5; Ken Durnell 0, F Wood 1; Bill Pugh 0.5, M Griffiths 0.5; Terry Pountney 0, M Wootton 1; Derek Digger 1, C Jones 1.