The Minutes of the 2023 AGM are available here. The President’s Report given as part of the AGM is available here. Photographs of the presentations made at the AGM can be found in Peter Kitchen’s report here. Minutes and Agendas for previous years can be found on the Meetings page.
Team knockout competitions will be moved into the regular season in a bid to create the “FA Cup” of the Shropshire chess calendar. The opening rounds of both the Cox Trophy and Minor Knockout will be played between Shropshire Chess League fixtures before Christmas, with the semi finals during the spring and the finals at …
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Maddocks A have completed the final leg of an historic treble after defeating fellow finalists Telepost B 2.5-1.5 to lift the Cox Trophy. The Oakengates side squeezed home against the tournament’s surprise package to add the knockout trophy to the Shropshire Chess League and Shropshire Rapidplay Chess League title secured earlier in the season. It …
Telford A v Telford B Wednesday 26th July, 7:30pm https://view.livechesscloud.com/#f6fff028-0f9a-4cbd-a168-0bebbc4bcdb9 Lichess link; https://lichess.org/broadcast/minor-knockout-final/-/NC9nwxjM
The Agenda for the 2023 AGM, to be held at Telepost Club on Monday 24 July, at 7.30pm is available to download below. The agenda, and previous AGM documents, are also available here.
Cox Trophy final; Maddocks A v Telepost B- https://view.livechesscloud.com/#25c2abad-e402-4689-a367-df090ca1f506 Lichess link- https://lichess.org/broadcast/shropshire-cox-trophy-2023/cox-trophy-final/eIRjuwd9 Minor Individual playoff; James Holyhead v Rob Green- https://view.livechesscloud.com/#75608eb1-2b56-44b4-88a1-c2b3d2c142ad
Liveboard link (hopefully from 12:30pm) https://view.livechesscloud.com/#4141cad9-7260-47f6-87f9-4a27a8a6d374 Results link – https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1H6QVzU43l7oLQv_6AO2rFQ14aXGc95gZuQNxH7tFWuU/edit?usp=sharing –
The draw for the Minor Knockout is here. Fixtures to be played by end of June.
Entries are invited for the Colin Roberts Memorial Prize, a brilliancy prize for the best game played over the board in any competition anywhere by a Shropshire player in the 2022-23 season. Please send your entries to organiser Toby Neal at langrishcaiger@aol.com, ideally in PGN format so the games can be uploaded to the Shropshire chess …
The Shropshire summer quickplay tournament has been fixed for Sunday, July 9, at the Maddocks chess club, Oakengates. The club opens at 11.30am and play will start at noon sharp and will continue to 6pm or thereabouts. Deadline for team entries is Wednesday, June 28. At least four teams will be needed for a viable …