July 2021

Bill Clarke shares his memories of Bryan Holland, who sadly died a few weeks ago, here.

Shropshire players will be interested to know that Carl Portman’s latest book ‘Chess Crusader – confessions of an amateur chess player’ has just been published and there is a lot about Shropshire chess. There are plenty of anecdotes about such things as the visit of Lev Polugayevsky, the mighty cougher that was Norman Andrews, the sadly

Date: 5th September Start time: 6.30pm 6 rounds Time control: 10 minutes with 15 seconds increment added per move Maximum players: 16 Location: Limes hotel, Wellington, TF1 1SE Break time: 10 – 15 minutes between each round entry fee: £5.00 1st prize equal to 40% of total entry fee amount, 2nd 30% and 2 rating

The 2021 Shropshire Chess AGM was held at Telepost Club on 26th July. Among the items passed were: Tony Preece was elected General Secretary. We will seek to hold an online league in addition to the over the board season. Blue badge holders will be able to request that their matches are played online, with

SHROPSHIRE CHESS ASSOCIATION 2021 Annual General Meeting  President: Matthew Clark To all officers and members of the Shropshire Chess Association: Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting will be held at the Telepost Club, Shrewsbury on Monday 26th July 2021 at 7.30pm. Please ensure that any trophies held by your club are brought

Round 3 Rutter Vs Love. 1/0 Ansari Vs Zdanowski. Smith Vs Pugh. 0/1 Round 2 Preece Vs Lewis. 0/1 Szwajkun Vs Tarr. 1/2