Chris Lewis

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

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

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.

The rating lists of active Shropshire players are now updated. Care had been taken to include players within their current club but there has been an unprecedented movement of players between clubs this season. If you spot any innacuracies or ommissions (of which there will be some) please report this to [email protected] looking up ratings

Entries are now being taken for the Shropshire Open individual, a 7 round swiss over the board tournament played throughout the season with the winner crowned Shropshire Champion. Entries should be sent to Nick Rutter ([email protected]). Further details can be found here. Deadline for entries mid-October.

The rapidplay fixtures for the Shropshire Chess League 2024-25 season are now available: Division 1 fixtures Division 2 fixtures

The Minutes of the 2024 AGM are now available here.