KIDDERMINSTER Chess Club are guaranteed to end the season with a trophy as the Rooks and Knights will contest the Worcester and District League Cup final.

The teams each recorded 3.5-0.5 semi-finals victories over Headless Cross and Redditch respectively.

Results (Kidderminster names first): Rooks v Headless Cross: John Varilone 1, R Sanders 0; Paul Thomas 1, M Hore 0; Bill Pugh 0.5, P Wood 0.5; Terry Pountney 1, J Holmberg 0.

Knights v Redditch: John Wrench 1, J Cole 0; Jim Friar 1, D Dixon 0; Frank Pickett 1, M Clack 0; Tim Yates 0.5, M Daniels 0.5.

The final will be played tonight with the Rooks announcing an unchanged side. The Knights will be: Wrench, Maurice Bissell, Friar, Pickett or Link.