Peter Kitchen’s reports on the county chess scene in the Shropshire Star
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As Shropshire’s online chess league moves towards its crucial last stages Telepost A have moved to the top of the table after a convincing win in the Shrewsbury derby game. Telepost, who play at Abbey Foregate in normal times, beat an outgunned Shrewsbury A 3.5-0.5 and are now a point ahead of Newport A, who …
Shrewsbury C won their in-house derby match to maintain their two point lead in Division Three of Shropshire chess league, with county town rivals Telepost D in second spot. However Shrewsbury D did have one bright spot against their clubmates, with Tony Purser checkmating a significantly stronger opponent in Daniel Lockett on top board. And …
Telepost Dark Knights were clear winners in the latest team battle in Shropshire rapidplay chess league, which sees frantic online action with players up against the clock as well as the headaches at the virtual board. The team, a rapidplay incarnation of the Shrewsbury-based Telepost club, accumulated 121 points, perhaps unsurprisingly in that they are …
There’s no change at the top of Division One of Shropshire Chess League after the latest round of matches played online. Shrewsbury-based Telepost remain clear by a single point after a victory over Oswestry A, but Newport are breathing down their necks and maintaining the pressure after their win over Maddocks A. Even strong players …
Another win for Newport B has seen them extend their lead to three points at the top of Division Two in Shropshire Chess League. Newport have now won six matches on the trot with the latest to fall to their firepower being Telepost B. With all games now played online using the Lichess chess platform, …
The pace has picked up on the Shropshire chess scene with the launch of the county’s rapidplay league using an innovative new format. Before coronavirus called a halt to face-to-face chess, games in the rapidplay league were played with a time limit of 20 minutes, but with the competition moving online players get just three …
Shropshire’s top woman chess player Kate Walker reached the women’s finals of the British Chess Championships, battling top opponents in an online tournament in which some games had a live commentary by a Grandmaster. Kate, who plays for the Shrewsbury-based Telepost club, became one of 12 English players to make it to the finals after …
A Shropshire chess player has been banned for the rest of the season after an anti-cheating probe found that he had been playing better than many grandmasters. Suspicions were aroused by his stellar performance in this month’s Shropshire online team quickplay competition in which his spectacular run included beating much stronger local players. An investigation …
A very strong Newport outfit held off a powerful challenge from Shrewsbury-based Telepost to win an innovative New Year quickplay chess tournament played entirely over the internet. While Newport fielded real heavy artillery with International Master Lawrence Cooper on top board, and Gavyn Cooper on board two, Telepost countered with Nigel Ferrington – who is …
Tributes have flooded in to the “father of Shropshire chess,” veteran player and multiple county champion David Everington, who has died. Everington joined Shrewsbury chess club aged 16 in September 1963, and was the county champion on nine occasions, including for six consecutive years in the 1970s. As captain of the club’s A team, he …