2025 Shropshire Congress Reports
Reports on last weeks sucessfull congress: Shropshire star article Event directors report
Announcements
Shropshire Congress LIVE board link –
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
23 January – Chess Training
Darwinian Knights will be hosting a chess training event to be given by Chris Lewis on Thursday 23rd January from 7.30pm to 10.30pm at the Unison club in Shrewsbury. The Agenda will be as below and will be open to all chess players in Shropshire. The charge will be £5 per person and all proceeds will …
Jan 2025 – ECF Level 1 Arbiter Course
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 …
Alan Shaw
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.
Trustee minutes Sep 2024
Minutes of the September 2024 Trustee meeting are available here.
Division 1 rapidplay LIVE – 7:30pm Tues 26th November
We hope to bring you live rapidplay from Newport tonight, featuring Telford A, Maddocks A, Shrewsbury A and Newport A. Link here
Shropshire & Friends 1 bid to be national champions
From Charles Higgie: On Tuesday November 19th, Shropshire & Friends 1 took another step towards becoming national online chess champions with a 3-1 win over Dundee City A in the 4NCL (4 Nations Chess League – the four nations being England, Scotland. Ireland and Wales). On board 1 Shropshire’s only Grandmaster Keith Arkell drew with …
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Midland Junior Chess Championships
On Saturday Shropshire’s U11 county teams made their debut in the Midlands Junior Chess Championships. Read the full report here.
Knockout Cup fixtures published
The first round fixtures for the 2024-25 knockout cups have been published. Cox Trophy fixtures can be found here. Minor Cup fixtures can be found here.