FIDE have published the new rules of chess applicable from January 2023 including one change to the FIDE rapidplay rules. Traditionally an illegal move in rapidplay is punishable by giving two extra minutes on the clock. This has now been changed to one minute. HOWEVER, the Shropshire Rapidplay league rules make clear that all laws …
The Shropshire Chess Association owns a large number of the old analogue clocks that haven’t seen use in 10(?) years. As these clocks will no longer ever be used, we are looking to give them away to the membership. If any member wants one, please reserve your clock by sending Chris Lewis an email (christopher.d.lewis44@gmail.com) …
Photos and Results from the congress are now published. https://www.shropshirechess.org/shropshire-congress/shropshire-chess-congress-past-results/ https://www.shropshirechess.org/shropshire-congress/gallery-shropshire-chess-congress-2023/
Fixtures for the Shropshire Rapidplay League are now published. The first match night is Wednesday 9th November at Telford.
Fixtures for the Shropshire Online League have now been revised with Shrewsbury’s home match night moved to Monday. The revised fixtures are available here.https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/134110/efixtures Thanks go to Charles Higgie who has agreed to be the acting online league controller for this season.higgiecharles@gmail.com
Tony Preece from Maddocks was once again representing Shropshire chess by competing in winner-stays-on on BBC Radio Shropshire. The quiz starts at 3:08:50https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cz6ddp Given his outrageous antics it remains to be seen if he will be invited back!
Last Friday Chris Lewis and Tony Preece went head-to-head in a quiz as well as discussing the Hans Niemann cheating allegations on BBC radio Shropshire. Their encounter starts at 3:09 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cypsr2 The winner of that encounter will be a contestant on the radio again this coming Friday starting just after 9am.
Results of the Newport Blitz Event held on the 6th September: http://www.newportchessclub.com/newport-events/06-09-22-summer-blitz/
Entries for the Minor Individual are now open (https://www.shropshirechess.org/other-competitions/individual-competitions/county-minor-individual/). Entries are open to any player graded 1640 or below in August’s grading list. This year we will try reverting back to Over-the-Board and then switch back to an online format in the following year and keep switching it up going forwards. The deadline for entries …
Hello everyone. The Junior Chess Club had a very successful first term and are now gearing up to open again. I am looking to broaden the pool of volunteers to help me run the club. The role primarily involves supervising the children, pairing them against each other and sharing your chess knowledge with them. We’re …