07/10/2020 Rising youngster Daniel Hilditch-Love has underlined his potential as a Shropshire chess star of the future by winning the county’s minor individual championship. The Newport junior beat Nick Holmes in the seventh and final round to end on 5.5 points, made up of four wins and three draws. With a grading of 105, …
30/09/2020 League chess action is to resume in Shropshire after a special meeting on Zoom for players and club secretaries agreed the rules and format of a new online league. With a resumption of face-to-face chess a distant prospect, the new league will be started from scratch and will be entirely separate from the traditional …
06/09/20 Nathanael Paul is the new king of Shropshire chess – and has made history in the process. Paul, who plays for the Newport club, won the county’s individual championship in a competition interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. Not only is it the first time he has won, after a consistent rise to the top …