Open and Intermediate Sections
Major and Minor Sections
Telford pic. Shropshire Chess Congress being held at the offices of the The Wrekin Housing Group, Colliers Way, Old Park, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4AW. Picture taken on Sunday, January 8, 2023. These are players in the Intermediate (nearer camera) and Major sections of the tournament. Picture by freelance Toby Neal. Chess players. Chess picture. Library code: Telford pic 2023. Telford 2023. 
Telford pic. Shropshire Chess Congress being held at the offices of the The Wrekin Housing Group, Colliers Way, Old Park, Telford, Shropshire, TF3 4AW. Picture taken on Sunday, January 8, 2023. This is the Major section of the tournament, played on the top floor. Picture by freelance Toby Neal. Chess players. Chess picture. Library code: Telford pic 2023. Telford 2023.
The analysis area was really quite something
Once again we rolled out the Live Boards. For the first time these weren’t exclusively for the open but the top 2 boards in every section.
We did intend to run 9 live boards but come the day we were short a rook. It turned up in Lidl the next day!
The Live Boards were only possible thanks to the marvelous efforts of our Live Board Technicians plus the ICT provided by Wrekin Housing Group
During Technical Difficulties Dexter made an appearance
As always the food was superb and so a huge thank you to Wrekin’s catering staff for working over the weekend.
Howard from Chess Essentials put on a spectacular book stall
Medals were available for juniors scoring 2.5 points or more
2 experienced Shropshire players deep in thought playing next to former Shropshire player IM John Cox
Big big congratulations to Sam Hollands (Telepost) for winning the minor section in his first ever standardplay chess tournament
