Wyre Forest Chess (Stourport today from 2:30pm – Kidder. Wed – Bewdley Fri)

All levels and all ages are welcome.

It’s free to come along for a game.

Coaching available if required.

We usually have more junior players along during school holidays.

The Kidderminster Club Championship Final is being played at the Stourport venue this afternoon between 10 time winner John Wrench and 12 year old Cameron Henry.  Cameron is the youngest finalist in the competition’s 121 year history!

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Kidderminster Chess Club

Founded in 1845 and still going strong!
Wednesday evenings from 7pm
Habberley Social Club  Truro Drive  Kidderminster  DY11 6DN
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Bewdley Chess Club

12pm to 2pm Fridays
St Anne’s Church  Load Street  Bewdley  DY12 2AE

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Stourport Chess Club
2:30pm to 4:30pm Tuesdays
Stourport-on-Severn Library
Civic Centre  New Street  Stourport  DY13 8UN

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Chess has no barriers, It’s open to all regardless of age, gender, race and physical ability. Chess is truly a ‘sport for all’.  It can help to promote logical thinking and improve concentration for school children and help to ward off cognitive decline and combat loneliness for older participants.

The importance of keeping an active mind as we get older is widely accepted and researchers have found a link between playing chess and reducing the possibility of developing dementia, AD, and other debilitating mental illnesses. In fact, people over the age of 75 that partake in leisure activities such as chess that stimulate the brain were less likely to develop signs of dementia.   Source:   
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6617066/