Telepost are the speed kings of Shropshire chess after a stunning victory in the county’s annual summer rapidplay tournament. The Shrewsbury-based team swept away all opposition in the competition in which players had only 15 minutes to make all the moves of their game. Telepost won all their 10 matches to top the league table […]
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The results of the quickplay tournament held on Sunday can be found here.
Team Quickplay 2024 Results Read More »
Entries are now being taken for the Shropshire Minor Individual, a 7 round swiss over the board tournament played throughout the season, limited to Shropshire players rated 1640 or under based on the August 2024 ratings. Further details and entry instructions can be found here. Deadline for entries 29 September.
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Newport player Ian Jamieson has been chosen as the winner of the 2023-24 Colin Roberts Memorial Trophy, with judges unanimously picking his spectacular queen sacrifice game against Daniel Lockett. There were six entries in the competition, which is a brilliancy prize for the best over-the-board game played by a Shropshire player during the season. Comments
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Shropshire’s four teams got off to a flyer with two wins and two draws between them in the opening round of fixtures in the Four Nations Online Chess League. Shropshire & Friends 1 – aided by having grandmaster Keith Arkell on top board – defeated Guildford 1 in division one while Shropshire & Friends 3
Four-some start as county’s chess teams unbeaten on national stage Read More »
The fixtures for the Shropshire Chess League 2024-25 season are now available: Division 1 fixtures Division 2 fixtures Division 3 fixtures
New season fixtures published Read More »