MALVERN Chess Club playing at home in the County League Division One had a good win against Worcester City, winning 5 - .

Worcester had white on the odd boards. The individual results are as follows, Malvern names first.

1 B Turner 1, A Taylor 0; 2 G Herbert , J Keene ; 3 I Clarke 1, R Collett 0; 4 J Knee 1, E A Copeman 0; 5 D Spencer 1, A Kirkland 0; 6 M Ginger 1, K Burrows 0.

Andy played a Ruy Lopez on board one and sacrificed a pawn for pressure but was unable to find a decisive line. Brian forced exchanges to reach a winning endgame with the extra pawn.

On board two Jim played a Grunfeld Defence and attacked Geoffrey's central pawns, forcing him to tie down his pieces in defence. Geoffrey relieved the pressure with some exchanges and obtained a passed pawn but Jim found a combination, which gave him a passed pawn too. A draw was soon agreed.

Ian equalised quickly on board three with a Philador Defence and then gained central pressure with his knights. After some middle game complications he gained an open field and set up enough threats to force Ray's resignation.

John played his favourite English Opening on board four and Alan lost a pawn when his queen's side came under attack. When the game simplified to a rook and pawn endgame Alan resigned when about to lose another pawn.

On board five Arnold played a quiet line against Denis' Scandinavian Defence. An ending was eventually reached where black had a good knight against white's bad bishop. This allowed Denis to create an unstoppable passed pawn, winning easily.

Maurice, in a Colle on board six, opened up the king's side with a pawn advance. He then sacrificed a bishop to destroy Ken's defence and force resignation.