CHESS: Kidderminster's excellent start to the season continued with a 4-2 victory at Wolverhampton in Wolverhampton League Division One.

Individual results (Kidderminster names first): B Sharp 1, M Townsend 0; J Friar 0.5, P Porter 0.5; Maurice Bissell 0, M Holloway 1; J Wrench 0.5, M Wootton 0.5; F Pickett 1, F Wood 0; P Thomas 1, C Adams 0.

Mark Riley was in fine form on Saturday when he defeated his Staffordshire opponent at Walsall Wood.

The other two Kidderminster players, Bissell and John Gittus, drew their games but Worcestershire went down to a 10-6 defeat.