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 |
|---|---|
| 23/3/2020 | First national lockdown due to Covid-19 |
| 27/3/2020 | First online tournament held |
| 23/4/2020 | Stourbridge entered 2 teams in the WMA online Spring league |
| 10/6/2020 to 5/8/2020 | Summer tournament |
| 6/6/2020 | Online County Championship starts |
| 27/6/2020 | Press Report |
| 1/8/2020 | Dave Scriven won the Woodcock prize for the most enterprising game played by someone associated with Worcestershire. |
| 17/8/2020 | Press Report |
| 13/8/2020 | WMA online Summer league started |
| 19/8/2020 | The club held it's first ever zoom meeting. |
| 22/8/2020 |
Worcestershire won the national online minor counties championship. They beat Somerset 6½;-5½; in the final. Stourbridge's Hossam Aboushady, Tony Shaw and Julie Wilson all won their games. |
| 16/9/2020 | Committee meeting |
| 23/9/2020 | Zoom meeting |
| 28/9/2020 | Autumn online tournament |
| 12/11/2020 | WMA online Autumn league started |
| 27/1/2021 | Zoom Meeting |
| 28/4/2021 | Zoom Meeting |
| 19/05/21 | Committe meeting |
| 26/05/21 | Social OTB play resumes |
| 21/07/21 | Paul Sharratt received the Jim Friar Award in recognition for his services to Worcestershire's chess scene. |
| 11/08/2021 | Summer tournament (opens in a new window) |
| 18/08/2021 | Quads tournament. |
| 30/08/21 | The club dinner was held at the Seven Stars |
| 15/09/2021 | Club EGM |
| 16/09/21 | First OTB match in memory of Nick harris |
| 22/9/21 | Late Summer tournament |
| 19/10/21 | The second team lost 4½-1½ in division 2 of the Birmingham league. The first league match since lock down. |
| 14/12/2021 | Runners up in the Townshend trophy. |
| 29/12/21 | Eric Horwill won the Christmas tournament. |
| 14/05/22 | We won our first ever online daily match against Burton 9-3. |
| 31/05/22 | End of Season report |
| 15/6/2022 | Club AGM |
| 26/7/2022 | Tony Evers match |
| 8/8/22 | Club dinner at the Roedeer. |
| 17/8/2022 | End of Summer tournament (opens in a new window) |
| 24/8/22 | Brian dudley Memorial tournament |
| 31/8/22 | Pre-season blitz tournament |
| 4/12/2022 | Tournament Successes |
| 28/12/2022 | Christmas blitz tournament |
| 16/01/2023 | Mid season report |
| 25/1/23 | Paul Sharratt has been appointed joint safeguarding officer for the ECF |
| 19/7/2023 | Tony Evers match |
| 3/8/2023 | The club dinner was held at the Bay Tree Kinver. |
| 30/8/2023 | Pre-season blitz tournament |
| 23/11/2023 | Press Report |
| 27/12/2023 | Christmas blitz tournament |