TIM Yates is proving the surprise package of Kidderminster Chess Club's season.

He stretched his unbeaten run to six games, helping Kidderminster B to a 5-1 victory at Mercia B in Division One of the Wolverhampton League.

Individual results (Kidderminster names first): Mark Riley 0.5, D Worthington 0.5; John Varilone 0.5, R Price 0.5; Yates 1, C Lane 0; Mike Kitchen 1, C Bateson 0; Clive Billinge 1, J Rich 0; Terry Pountney 1, A Bromsword 0.

In Division Two of the Worcestershire League Kidderminster drew 2.5-2.5 at the Greenlands club in Longbridge.

Results: Varilone 1, L Wheatley 0; Paul Thomas 0, R Peters 1; Billinge 0.5, I Ellis 0.5; Pountney 0, S Shaw 1; Bill Pugh 1, S Johnson 0.