Newport A wasted no time in laying down a marker for their title aspirations in Shropshire Chess League as they beat reigning champions Telepost A in their first match of the season. It was the first face-to-face Division One league match since the Covid pandemic brought an abrupt halt to over-the-board chess in March 2020. …
Newport and Maddocks to the fore as OTB league returns Read More »
Steve Wilson of Telepost Chess Club has published his new book, Welcome To My World Of Chess. Written during lockdown, the book is “an account of the author’s games and also of games through the centuries by some of the greatest chess players of their era, along with their profiles. There are a few puzzles …
Entries for the Minor Individual are now open. Following a survey of recent entrants the clear majority feeling was to hold this years tournament online although we may end up alternating between online and OTB in subsequent years. Entries close 6th November.
Questions hang in the air as Shropshire prepares for its first chess league season after the advent of the pandemic, including – how many people will want to play? An emergency general meeting of players to discuss coronavirus protocols to allow face-to-face action to resume revealed huge divisions of opinion, particularly on whether face masks …
Shropshire Chess EGM – Wednesday 6th October 2021 7.30pm – Zoom Meeting Present: Matthew Clark, Tony Preece, Dennis Bonner, Munroe Morrison, Chris Lewis, Malcolm Price, Nick Holmes, Francis Best, Mark Smith, Daniel Lockett, Jonathon Smith, Charles Higgie, Gary White, John Westhead, John Casewell, Phil Love, Tom Williamson, Toby Neal Agenda: To debate the protocols to …
Shropshire Chess EGM Minutes and agreed protocols Read More »
Chess training and fun for children aged 6 -13 at Nerdy Cafe, Shrewsbury, each Saturday 11am-1pm. Details here.
Quids-In Chess Club is a new adult chess club, every Wednesday from 7pm, entry just one quid. A great chance to meet like-minded players and improve your skills in the world’s most fascinating abstract strategy game! Venue – Nerdy Cafe, 49 Mardol, Shrewsbury SY1 1PP Details here or contact Kate Walker.
Shropshire chess players who refuse to wear face masks when over-the-board action resumes in the Shropshire league could find themselves declared automatic losers if proposals drawn up by chess officials are approved. All players have been invited to an emergency general meeting to vote on coronavirus protocols on the eve of a resumption of face-to-face …
Maddocks Chess Club will now meet on Thursdays. Munroe Morrison is the new club secretary.
By Matthew Clark, SCA President Dear Shropshire Chess Officials, Secretaries and senior players. I invite all Shropshire Chess members to attend an Emergency General Meeting via Zoom on Wednesday 6thOctober at 7.30 p.m. Please could club secretaries inform their members about this meeting. The Purpose of this meeting is to debate the attached protocols to …