Phil Bull roared to victory at a hugely competitive Newport Chess Club blitz tournament. Bull, who plays most of his chess for Wolverhampton, won six of his seven matches to take the top prize, half a point clear of Maddocks’ Andy Grillage. The only blemish on his record was a defeat to Newport’s Thalia Holmes …
Following the withdrawal of Newport C, all fixtures for the coming season are now on hold. The revised fixtures will be issued as soon as possible.
The over the board fixtures for this season are now available. Division 1 fixtures are here. Division 2 fixtures are here. There are no Division 3 fixtures this season. Tony Preece is acting League Controller – direct any queries to Tony. Many thanks to Vinnie Crean for his work in preparing the fixtures.
Five chess players will head into the final round of the Shrewsbury Town Championship with a chance of lifting the trophy in one of the most competitive competitions in recent years. Telepost duo Matthew Clark and Rob Nield and Shrewsbury’s Stephen Priestley all have scores of 3.5/4 going into round five, while top seed Nigel …
Results of the Newport Blitz Event held on the 6th September: http://www.newportchessclub.com/newport-events/06-09-22-summer-blitz/
Shropshire’s national chess league team has suffered an unfortunate “relegation by reorganisation” – prompting a fresh appeal for players to step forward to help restore the side’s former glories. Shropshire and Friends has provisionally been placed in division four of the over-the-board 4NCL for the 2022/23 campaign following a rejig of the league’s structure. It …
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The Shropshire August 2022 rating to be used for the 2022/23 season are now available. Standard ratings here. Rapidplay ratings here. Captains please note the change to the league rules regarding ratings, highlighted in bold below, that was agreed at this year’s AGM: 13. Players must be arranged in order of playing strength except that …
Entries for the Minor Individual are now open (https://www.shropshirechess.org/other-competitions/individual-competitions/county-minor-individual/). Entries are open to any player graded 1640 or below in August’s grading list. This year we will try reverting back to Over-the-Board and then switch back to an online format in the following year and keep switching it up going forwards. The deadline for entries …
There’s not many obvious similarities between elite Premier League footballers and your average chess player in Shropshire. While the likes of Cristiano Ronaldo and Mohamed Salah are in peak physical condition, spend hours in the gym and are well versed in theatrical displays to win free kicks and penalties, chess players benefit from sitting still …
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Glyn Pugh was announced as winner of the 2021-22 Colin Roberts Memorial Trophy at the annual meeting of Shropshire Chess Association. After two rounds of voting to whittle down the nine entries, judges chose Pugh’s win against Athar Ansari as meriting the trophy, which is for the best game played by a Shropshire player during …