CHESS: Kidderminster Chess Club's Division One team found the severe handicap too much to overcome when facing Second Division Stourbridge in the Wolverhampton League Pittaway Cup semi-finals.

Kidderminster defeated their opponents 4.5-3.5 but were a point short of their target to reach the final.

Full results (Kidderminster names first): John Wrench 1, J Fallowfield 0; Maurice Bissell 0.5, B Dudley 0.5; Gerald Link 0.5, J Foxall 0.5; Mark Riley 0.5, I Howarth 0.5; Dave Close 1, E Horwill 0; John Gittus 0, S Jukes 1; Paul Thomas 0, D Scriven 1; Clive Billinge 1, M Podlesak 0.

In Division Two of the Worcestershire League, Kidderm-inster were beaten 3.5-1.5 at home to Greenlands, who are from Longbridge.

Results: Riley 0.5, L Wheatley 0.4; Thomas 0.5, R Peters 0.5; Billinge 0, I Truscott 1; Terry Pountney 0, I Ellis 1; Bill Pugh 0.5, S Shaw 0.5.