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
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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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Reports on last weeks sucessfull congress: Shropshire star article Event directors report
2025 Shropshire Congress Reports Read More »
Start times – Friday 7:00pm Saturday 9:30am and 2:30pm Sunday 9:30am and 2:30pm https://view.livechesscloud.com/#0d90b345-18d0-4ccd-9007-cd1c4d82f8de https://lichess.org/broadcast/2025-shropshire-congress/8SjKHGdX
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The ECF have released details of their next online arbiter course. An arbiter qualification can allow you to earn a little bit extra at the weekends whilst still allowing you to be involved with chess. The going rate for arbiters is currently around £60/day (although I’m sorry to say all Shropshire events are run by
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I found out this year that Alan Shaw sadly passed away a number of years ago. Alan inspired numerous current shropshire players in their youth to take up chess and was the inspiration behind the Nerdy Junior Chess Club. An obituary for Alan is now available here.
On Saturday Shropshire’s U11 county teams made their debut in the Midlands Junior Chess Championships. Read the full report here.
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