CHESS: John Wrench and Jim Friar will do battle to decide the new Kidderminster chess champion.

At the semi-final stage, Wrench caught Maurice Bissell napping, winning a piece, and Friar capitalised on John Gittus' unusual opening.

In Division One of the Wolverhampton League, Kidderminster Chess Club completed their programme with a 3.5-2.5 victory at Stourbridge.

Individual results (Kidderminster names first): Bissell 0, G Thomas 1; Wrench 1, I Howarth 0; F Pickett 1, E Horwill 0; Gittus 1, S Jukes 0; M Riley 0, J Wilson 1; P Thomas 0.5, R Branford 0.5.

Kidderminster Pawns suffered a 3.5-0.5 defeat at Worcester St Johns Worcester and District League Division One.

Scores: C Billinge 0, S James 1; K Brant 0, G Dyett 1; P Kitchen 0.5, M Miletic 0.5; M Kitchen 0, S Foster 1.