Stourbridge Chess Club was founded in 1852. This is an ongoing project to document the history of the club. If you have any information that you think may be relevant please send it to the webmaster.
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 29/3/1940 | A.J Butcher gave a simultaneous display. |
| 4/5/1940 | Stourbridge lost a friendly match against Birmingham 5-7 |
| 8/6/1940 | Stourbridge lost in a friendly against Birmingham 7½-1½. |
| 23/9/1940 | The national chess centre was burnt down during the German Blitzkrieg. |
| 5/10/1940 | The club's AGM was held |
| 4/10/1941 | The club's AGM was held |
| 1/11/1941 | All the club's activities were suspended for the rest of the war. |
| 9/11/1944 | A special meeting was held. |
| 27/1/1945 | The club won a friendly match against Tipton 4½-3½ |
| 10/3/1945 | The club won a friendly match against Tipton 7½-½ |
| 16/3/1945 | The Wolverhampton league is inaugurated. |
| 24/3/1945 | The club lost a friendly match against Worcester city 1-6 |
| 21/4/1945 | The club played lost a friendly match against Worcester city |
| 2/8/1945 | The Wolverhampton league was inaugurated but Stourbridge did not join it until 1969. |
| 1/9/1945 | The presidents trophy tournament was won by S.H Willetts. 7 members took part in a double round-robin tournament. |
| 3/3/1945 | A special meeting of the Worcestershire County chess association was held. It was decided all the pre-war competitions should be held in the 1945-46 season. |
| 1945 | Chess clock repaired by admiralty |
| 4/10/1945 | The club's AGM was held |
| 17/11/1945 | Stourbridge beat Worcester Royal grammar school 5-1 in their first post-war match in the Worcestershire division 1. |
| 1945-1946 | Worcestershire league division 1 second |
| 1945-1946 | Cobham trophy (division 2) second |
| 11/04/1946 | A lightning tournament was held. |
| 3/10/1946 | The club's AGM was held |
| 29/10/1946 | Stourbridge beat Dudley 10-0 in a friendly match. This was our first match against Dudley for forty years. |
| 6/11/1946 | Dr. Brian Dudley who subsequently became president of the club, was selected for his first match away against Stourport.. Unfortunately he lost by default as the team were unable to get there due to thick fog. |
| 5/6/1947 | The club played a friendly match against German POWs |
| 1946-1947 | Worcestershire league division 1 |
| 1946-1947 | Cobham trophy (division 2) |
| 2/10/1947 | The club's AGM was held |
| 1947-1948 | Worcestershire league division 1 |
| 1947-1948 | Cobham trophy (division 2) |
| 7/10/1948 | The club's AGM was held |
| 13/11/48 | Lye playing competitive chess for the first time in 40 years |
| 1948-1949 | Stourbridge's K. Parkes won junior Championship of Worcestershire to win the GC Brown Junior Trophy. |
| 1948-1949 | The club finished 4th in the Worcestershire Lyttelton trophy |
| 1948-1949 | Cobham trophy (division 2) Northern |
| 20/8/1949 | G.F. Harris formerly of Stourbridge but now Lye, won the "First A" tournament at the British championships in Felixstowe. |
| 06/10/1949 | The club's AGM was held |
| 23/3/1950 | Stourbridge lost 6½-8½ to Birmingham in a friendly match |
| 20/5/1950 | Stourbridge drew a friendly match against Birmingham 6-6 |
| 1949-1950 | Third place Worcestershire league Lyttelton trophy (division 1) |
| 1949-1950 | Won Cobham trophy (division 2) |
| 05/10/1950 | The club's AGM was held |