New Social Chess Club – Wellington
Players can now meet in Wellington on Monday’s 4pm-9pm to play casual chess at the Boardroom Gaming Cafe in Wellington. They are also looking for volunteers to help teach chess to new players.
2024
Annotated Congress Games
Thanks to a herculean effort by Rudy van Kemenade, the following congress games are now available to view or download from chess results, annotated by Rudy himself: Open – Every game Major – Boards 1&2 Inter – Boards 1&2 Minor – Boards 1&2
2024 Online Shropshire Junior Grand Prix
The 1st tournament of the 2024 Online Shropshire Junior Grand Prix will be held on Lichess on Sunday 18th February starting at 2pm and lasting 2 hours. https://lichess.org/tournament/OkaoiIKJ Arena password: (if you are a junior wishing to enter contact christopher.d.lewis44@gmail.com for the password) Entry is free and the following prizes (sponsored by Newport Chess Club) …
Newport Juniors v Telepost Juniors Tuesday 13th -7:30pm
https://lichess.org/broadcast/newport-juniors-v-telepost-juniors/round-1/Vkd575a0
Elite on the way as “Premier League” of chess to land in Shropshire
Some of the world’s top chess players are set to appear in Shropshire this weekend as the top two divisions of the Four Nations Chess League roll into town. The likes of Armenian super GM Gabriel Sargissian, former world number two Alexei Shirov and England’s youngest ever international master Shreyas Royal are among those who …
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Shrewsbury Town Championship winners and final deadline
The following winners of the 2023 Shrewsbury Town Championship have been confirmed: U1700 joint winners – Shane Greenwood, Alex Brims, John Casewell U1400 winner – Rudi Bedford Congratulations to all! A final deadline has been set for the completion of the playoff matches to determine the overall winner – 31/3/24 Full details on the competition …
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Shropshire’s 4NCL struggles continue after fourth straight defeat
Shropshire & Friends are once again facing a fight against relegation after losing their first four Four Nations Chess League division three matches of the season. The county side were outgunned 4.5-1.5 by the Rookies in round three, and disappointingly lost 4-2 to Brown Jack in round four in a match they would have hoped …
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Shropshire Congress 2024 Reports
Reports on last weeks congress Shropshire Star article:https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2024/01/15/bumper-turnout-for-county-chess-tournament/ Report by the event directors:https://www.facebook.com/groups/shropshirechess/posts/1304200106942592/
Shropshire Congress 2024 LIVE board links
https://view.livechesscloud.com/?fbclid=IwAR2N6t5V6ceKvigi3rLjjyU0ihzBzEC8jgnAwxP-8-rfFYnsUHsQMLFzu98#3058f36f-1378-4df4-983a-66e6f8d58f57 https://lichess.org/broadcast/shropshire-congress-2024/round-2/WToV4Q4i
Cox and Minor results reminder
To all captains of teams in the Cox and Minor Knockout – a reminder that results for these competitions should be submitted via the Web Scorecard in the normal way. The result will then appear in the League Results Feed on the homepage, and detailed results will appear on the Cox/Minor competition pages.