Nick Holmes

Following a meeting on 19 December of the SCA Council, all OTB activities of Shropshire Chess are suspended until further notice, in light of the current covid situation. If clubs or individuals have proposals arising from this – eg on the implications for the online league – please send them to SCA President Matthew Clark. […]

A reminder to all OTB home captains – please enter any results as soon as possible after a match into the web scorecard in order to update the tables.

Captains and nominated players for the current season can be found here. Please can captains provide any missing nominations to Adrian ASAP. Captains and nominated players can also be found by navigating to the individual team’s page on LMS. Captains’ contacts are available via the LMS tabs. Sadly Maddocks have withdrawn from the online league.

Newport B have withdrawn from Division Two of the OTB league. None of their fixtures had yet been played, and the revised fixture list for the division is here.

The Shropshire Chess Online League 2021-22 commences week beginning 15 Nov. Matches are to be played by captains’ agreement within the stated week, rather than on a specific named date. The league is being run via the ECF League Management System. As well as the fixtures and results, LMS provides player details including Lichess usernames

Steve Wilson of Telepost Chess Club has published his new book, Welcome To My World Of Chess. Written during lockdown, the book is “an account of the author’s games and also of games through the centuries by some of the greatest chess players of their era, along with their profiles. There are a few puzzles

Shropshire Chess EGM – Wednesday 6th October 2021 7.30pm – Zoom Meeting Present: Matthew Clark, Tony Preece, Dennis Bonner, Munroe Morrison, Chris Lewis, Malcolm Price, Nick Holmes, Francis Best, Mark Smith, Daniel Lockett, Jonathon Smith, Charles Higgie, Gary White, John Westhead, John Casewell, Phil Love, Tom Williamson, Toby Neal Agenda: To debate the protocols to

Quids-In Chess Club is a new adult chess club, every Wednesday from 7pm, entry just one quid. A great chance to meet like-minded players and improve your skills in the world’s most fascinating abstract strategy game! Venue – Nerdy Cafe, 49 Mardol, Shrewsbury SY1 1PP Details here or contact Kate Walker.

Maddocks Chess Club will now meet on Thursdays. Munroe Morrison is the new club secretary.