Kiddermnister Chess Club's John Varilone has finally won a match he played last October after appealing against the result.There was a dispute over the outcome of his Wolverhampton League division two clash against a Rushall player.

But after submitting an appeal with several pages of complex analysis Varilone was awarded the win 3.5-2.5.

Results (Kidderminster names first): Mark Riley 1, C Wilcox 0; Varilone 0.5, S Colwell 0.5; Mike Kitchen 0.5, P Leary 0.5; Ken Durnell 0, R Daniels 1; Terry Pountney 0.5, S Allen 0.5; Clive Billinge 1, K Butler 0.