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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Photos and report from the 2025 Shropshire Junior Championships: Results Photos and report of the day
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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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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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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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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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Can the juniors take the div 2 title? Follow their crucial match vs Church Stretton LIVE. Live Chess: https://view.livechesscloud.com/#9426501c-cd71-4e07-8203-0ea6ff32a993 Lichess: https://lichess.org/broadcast/shropshire-div-2-title-decider-newport-juniors-a-vs-church-stretton-a/round-1/Fx0Hi3jb#boards
(Almost) Div 2 Title Decider LIVE – Newport Juniors vs Church Stretton A Read More »
On Friday Dennis and Kate appeared on the radio to promote their new women’s chess club (starts 44.55). https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0kp2j8d
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Annotated PGN’s for all rounds of the Shropshire Open and the top 2 boards of the lower sections are now available to download here. Thank you to Rudy Van Kemenade for taking the time to input these games and annotate them.
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The Staffordshire Chess Congress is returning in August. The Congress will be held at King’s Hall, Kingsway, Stoke-on-Trent, ST4 9SB on Saturday 16th and Thursday 17th of August 2025. This is a prestigious venue, and its use has been generously donated by the City of Stoke-on-Trent as part of the City’s centenary celebrations. Entry forms and further
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