Chess Stall held in Telford Town Park
Click here for all photos from our recent Spring into St George’s Day event in Telford Town Park.
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2025
Former Newport grammar school student eyes winner’s trophy in BBC Two’s Chess Masters: The Endgame finals
https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/2025/04/24/former-newport-grammar-school-student-eyes-winners-trophy-in-bbc-twos-chess-masters-the-endgame-finals/
Vacant Position – Rapidplay & Blitz Tournament Organiser
Shropshire Chess is looking to recruit a Rapidplay & Blitz Tournament Organiser. You will be responsible for organising either or both a Shropshire rapidplay and blitz tournament with the primary aim of finding the Shropshire rapidplay & Shropshire blitz champion. Your role would include: – Securing a venue – Build a tournament team including arbiters
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LIVE County Individual – Jamie Hopkins vs Chris Lewis
Watch live as 2 of the leaders of the county individual give battle tonight. A win for either player would make them favourites for the county title. Match starts at 7.30pm https://lichess.org/broadcast/shropshire-individual-jamie-hopkins-vs-chris-lewis/round-1/gmK9VXqd/wwalWrJw
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31 July – deadline for round three of Shrewsbury Town Championship
Round three matches of the Shrewsbury Town Championship to be played by July 31. The draw, table of results and tournament rules can be found on the tournament page here. Past competition results and winners can be found here.
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2025 Junior Championships – Photos & Results
Photos and report from the 2025 Shropshire Junior Championships: Results Photos and report of the day
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LIVE – Shropshire Junior Chess Championships
Tomorrow sees a record entry of over 100 juniors compete at the Shropshire Junior Chess Championships. Follow all the live results here: https://chess-results.com/tnr1151764.aspx?lan=1 Links to the live games can be found here: https://lichess.org/…/2025-shropshire…/round-1/kSTPG2iz https://view.livechesscloud.com/#cdb67846-d70a-43a1-9fdc-0445c7621860
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Radio Interview – Thalia Holmes
Skip to 29.45 to listen to an interview Thalia gave to BBC Merseyside regarding her participation in Chess Masters .https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0ky7zgr
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Trustee Minutes – January 2025
A meeting of the Shropshire Trustees was held at the end of January. Minutes from the meeting are available hereJanuary management accounts can be viewed here. Trustees from left to right: Jon Smith (Oswestry), Vinnie Crean (Telepost), Matt Clark (Darwinian Knights), Chris Lewis (Newport), Peter Crean (Shrewsbury), Richard Thompson (Telford), Tony Preece (Maddocks)
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Online Leagues to be ended
On Friday an online EGM was held to debate the future of the online leagues. After a short discussion it was agreed that division 1 will be ended immediately whilst division 2 would continue until the end of the season and then be ended. This correlates with the view of the trustees that the association
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