Nick Holmes

28/10/20 Shropshire chess is beating the coronavirus crisis by playing matches online, and work is continuing to set up the county’s first online league. County players took on Greater Manchester in a match played on the Lichess internet platform over 13 virtual boards, but went down 9.5-3.5 to strong opponents. Shropshire winners were Kate Walker

21/10/2020  Shrewsbury took the honours in a friendly county town derby match which marks another step towards a resumption of chess action in Shropshire. With no face to face games possible, the encounter between a Telepost side going as Telepost Dark Nights and a Shrewsbury team called Shrewsbury Light Squares was played online and the

07/10/2020   Rising youngster Daniel Hilditch-Love has underlined his potential as a Shropshire chess star of the future by winning the county’s minor individual championship. The Newport junior beat Nick Holmes in the seventh and final round to end on 5.5 points, made up of four wins and three draws. With a grading of 105,

30/09/2020 League chess action is to resume in Shropshire after a special meeting on Zoom for players and club secretaries agreed the rules and format of a new online league. With a resumption of face-to-face chess a distant prospect, the new league will be started from scratch and will be entirely separate from the traditional

06/09/20 Nathanael Paul is the new king of Shropshire chess – and has made history in the process. Paul, who plays for the Newport club, won the county’s individual championship in a competition interrupted by the coronavirus outbreak. Not only is it the first time he has won, after a consistent rise to the top