Face-to-face chess action in Shropshire has been suspended because of the rampant Omicron variant – just weeks after it had been resumed. A special meeting of Shropshire Chess Association officials and club representatives voted 8-1 to call an immediate halt to the league season. The meeting, held on Zoom, heard that some clubs had already …
Shropshire Chess EGM – Sunday 19th December 2021 7.00pm – Zoom Meeting Present: Matthew Clark, Tony Preece, Dennis Bonner, Munroe Morrison, Chris Lewis, Nick Holmes, Toby Neal, Geoff Taylor, Adrian Zdanowski, Richard Thompson Apologies: Mark Smith Agenda: To assess the current Covid situation due to the high increase in cases since the emergence of the …
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. …
Maddocks A have set down a marker in Shropshire Chess League with a 3-2 victory over once-invincible Newport. The win has taken the Oakengates-based club into a pre-Christmas lead of Division One in a season which is shaping up to be one of the most closely fought for a while, with the title contenders more …
History has been made in the Shropshire Chess League with the playing of the first hybrid match, with a mix of games played face-to-face and online. The county chess association’s annual meeting passed a motion that allowed Blue Badge holders to play their matches in the regular season online, as long as the opposing captain …
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 Sadly Maddocks have withdrawn from the online league.
Newport B have withdrawn from Division Two of the OTB league.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.
7 rounds individual 10 minutes and 10 seconds per move Date: 5th December, 6pm start entry fee: £5 1st prize : £25 2nd :£10 Rating prize A and B : £10 each Venue: Limes hotel If interested email Athar Ansari:twindl89@gmail.com
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 …