Cox and Minor update
The Cox Trophy semi-final draw is now available here. The Minor Knockout second round draw is here.
Announcements
Cox and Minor Trophies
Draws have been made for this year’s competitions. Details of Cox here and Minor here.
Summer Individual Tournament
By Athar Ansari I would like to invite you all to a summer open individual. This will be a 7 round swiss tournament played over-the-board once a week. A new round will be drawn each week and I welcome you to play your matches on either Mondays or Thursdays at: The Limes Hotel, 2 Vineyard …
Online chess in Shropshire
John Casewell is seeking SCA members’ views on whether and how online chess might continue if and when we return to over the board competitions. His comments are being sent to clubs by email and are below. Please send any responses to John at johncasewell@hotmail.com. Dear chess players I am advised that in early July …
Junior Chess Club – volunteers needed
Hello everyone. Now that we appear to be coming out of restrictions I am looking to start a junior chess club, with the first meeting probably early August. With the spike in interest in online chess plus the success of The Queen’s Gambit there has never been a more ideal time to open the club. …
ECF Arbiters Course – call for volunteers
There will be an ECF Arbiter course held via Zoom on five consecutive Monday evenings between 7-9pm, starting on the 7th June. With Telford having at least one national event each year, FIDE international arbiter and ECF Director of Junior Chess and Education Alex Holowczak is encouraging Shropshire players who may be interested to join …
Shrewsbury Town Championships – updated
Shrewsbury Town Championships has now begun, with an excellent entry of 22 players. Matches played on Lichess from May to September. Round One matches to be played by 31 May. Details here.
GM Keith Arkell Easter Simultaneous
Shropshire Chess Association members and affiliated players are invited to an Easter Simultaneous with Grandmaster Keith Arkell, hosted by Telepost Dark Knights. The event will be held on Lichess on Monday 19 April, at 7.30pm. The time control will be determined once the number of entrants is established, but is likely to be in the …
Welcome to the new website
Welcome to our revamp of the Shropshire Chess website. We hope you enjoy it. The original site was launched in 2003, serving Shropshire Chess players with news, information and archive records. Please have a look around our 2021 reboot and let the website editor know if you spot any teething troubles or have suggestions for …
Statement of the Special Committee of Shropshire Chess
Following the Shropshire Chess Online Quickplay event on Sunday 10th January, a complaint was made to the tournament organiser that one of the players had been using electronic assistance. The tournament organiser investigated this complaint and found strong evidence to support it. The senior Shropshire Chess officials then referred the matter to LiChess. LiChess carried out …
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