Nick Holmes

Nick Holmes is the website editor for Shropshire Chess and a member of Telepost Chess Club

Minutes of Zoom Meeting on establishing ground rules for grants

Zoom Meeting between the President, General Secretary and Treasurer of Shropshire Chess. 21/02/2023 Present: Matthew Clark, Tony Preece, Chris Lewis. Topic of Meeting. Establishing ground rules for grants from the Association to Schools and Clubs. 1) All three officers recognised and welcomed the recent growth of the popularity of  Chess within Shropshire and thought that …

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Online league fixtures published

Fixtures for the Shropshire Online League are now available here: https://ecflms.org.uk/lms/node/134110/efixtures Please note that the first fixtures are on Tuesday 1 November. The league does not currently have a league controller and so until one is found:Please send your lists of nominated players to Vinnie along with any amendments you require in LMS – Vincentcrean@hotmail.com  …

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2022-23 OTB fixtures released

The over the board fixtures for this season are now available. Division 1 fixtures are here. Division 2 fixtures are here. There are no Division 3 fixtures this season. Tony Preece is acting League Controller – direct any queries to Tony. Many thanks to Vinnie Crean for his work in preparing the fixtures.

August 2022 ratings

The Shropshire August 2022 rating to be used for the 2022/23 season are now available. Standard ratings here. Rapidplay ratings here. Captains please note the change to the league rules regarding ratings, highlighted in bold below, that was agreed at this year’s AGM: 13. Players must be arranged in order of playing strength except that …

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