Shropshire’s Charles Higgie has shone on the international stage after picking up two of his best ever results while competing for Wales at the World Senior Teams Championships. Higgie, who lives in the Malpas area and plays his chess for Oswestry in the Shropshire Chess League, defeated a titled player for the first time when […]
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There has been a second upset in as many rounds of Shrewsbury Town Championship after top seed Nigel Ferrington was beaten by his club captain Matthew Clark. Clark’s victory with the white pieces has catapulted him to the top of the tournament table with two wins from two matches. It also means both of the
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Champions Maddocks A have completed a perfect Shropshire Chess League season with eight wins out of eight. The Oakengates side maintained their 100 per cent record with a 3.5-1.5 win away to a below-strength Telepost A, finishing the campaign five points clear of closest challengers Newport A. It caps a superb season for Glyn Pugh’s
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Entries are invited for the 2021/22 Colin Roberts Memorial Trophy – a prize for the best game by a Shropshire player anywhere this season. Closing date for entries is June 30, 2022. Full details here.
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The third round of this year’s Shrewsbury Town Championships has now been drawn and can be found here. Please play your game before the end of July.
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Maddocks B have secured the club’s second league title of the season after clinching the Shropshire Chess League division two crown in dramatic fashion. Tony Preece’s side got the point they needed against Telepost C to pip Telepost B to top spot in the final round of matches. It comes after Telepost B – who
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Telepost’s Yana Smart appeared on BBC Radio Shropshire this week, promoting her weekly social chess for women project. The interview with Jim Hawkins ranges over how she got into chess, female representation in chess, the Year of Women in Chess and the social chess meetings at the Nerdy Cafe in Shrewsbury. You can hear the
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Time scrambles – where players frantically make their moves instantaneously before running out of seconds and losing the game – can lead to strange things happening on the chess board. Just ask Newport’s Shane Greenwood and Shrewsbury’s Francis Best – both players mistakenly left their kings in check within a few moves of each other
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This year’s summer team rapidplay tournament will take place on Sunday June 19, at the Limes Hotel, Wellington. Because of space constrictions, entry will be limited to five teams. Exact format and time limits will be determined nearer the time when the number of entries is known. Contact Toby Neal for further information.
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While the sporting world is gripped by the Premier League title race between Manchester City and Liverpool, two teams are both tantalisingly close from Shropshire Chess League glory of their own. Maddocks B missed the chance to clinch the division two title after losing 3-2 away to Telepost B, who are now their nearest challengers.
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