Team Quickplay 2024 Results
The results of the quickplay tournament held on Sunday can be found here.
2024
17 January – deadline for round three of Minor Individual
Pairings and results for the 2024-25 County Minor Individual can be found here.
County Minor Individual – entries open
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.
Colin Roberts Memorial Trophy winner
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 …
Four-some start as county’s chess teams unbeaten on national stage
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 …
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OTB fixtures week beginning 13 January
Division One fixtures: Tues 14 Jan – Newport A v Darwinian Knights A Division Two fixtures: No fixtures this week Division Three fixtures: Tues 14 Jan – Darwinian Knights Junior v Darwinian Knights C Tues 14 Jan – Newport Junior B v Newport B Cox Trophy fixtures: No fixtures this week Minor Knockout fixtures: No …
New season fixtures published
The fixtures for the Shropshire Chess League 2024-25 season are now available: Division 1 fixtures Division 2 fixtures Division 3 fixtures
Club’s split sparks evolution of chess-playing landscape
Shropshire’s largest chess club – home to the reigning county league champions – has sensationally split in two. A new Darwinian Knights Chess Club has been formed in Shrewsbury, formed almost entirely of members of the town’s previously all-conquering Telepost club. The new club, which is based at the Salop Unison Club in the shadow …
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Oswestry end 33 years of hurt with cup triumph
Oswestry A created their own little piece of club history by bringing home the Cox Trophy for the first time in more than 30 years. But it was a triumph laced with a degree of controversy after opponents Maddocks A were penalised for playing the ineligible Athar Ansari on top board. That board – which …
2024 AGM Minutes
The Minutes of the 2024 AGM are now available here.