Shropshire players will be interested to know that Carl Portman’s latest book ‘Chess Crusader – confessions of an amateur chess player’ has just been published and there is a lot about Shropshire chess. There are plenty of anecdotes about such things as the visit of Lev Polugayevsky, the mighty cougher that was Norman Andrews, the sadly …
The 2021 Shropshire Chess AGM was held at Telepost Club on 26th July. Among the items passed were: Tony Preece was elected General Secretary. We will seek to hold an online league in addition to the over the board season. Blue badge holders will be able to request that their matches are played online, with …
SHROPSHIRE CHESS ASSOCIATION 2021 Annual General Meeting President: Matthew Clark To all officers and members of the Shropshire Chess Association: Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting will be held at the Telepost Club, Shrewsbury on Monday 26th July 2021 at 7.30pm. Please ensure that any trophies held by your club are brought …
Dear Shropshire Chess players The Shropshire Chess AGM will be held at the Telepost Club on Monday 26th July at 7.30 p.m. If you have any proposals for the agenda, please can you send them to me by Wednesday 21st July. I plan to issue a final agenda on Thursday 22nd July. I am assuming the Covid restrictions …
A tournament page for this competition is now available here.
The Cox Trophy semi-final draw is now available here. The Minor Knockout second round draw is here.
Draws have been made for this year’s competitions. Details of Cox here and Minor here.
By Athar Ansari I would like to invite you all to a summer open individual. This will be a 7 round swiss tournament played over-the-board once a week. A new round will be drawn each week and I welcome you to play your matches on either Mondays or Thursdays at: The Limes Hotel, 2 Vineyard …
By guest columnist Peter Kitchen It has taken a move from social clubs and pubs to the online pathways of cyberspace – but the Shrewsbury-based Telepost club has finally ended Newport’s five-year dominance of the Shropshire Chess League. The Abbey Foregate-based club’s A team has completed a main league and rapidplay league double – both …
John Casewell is seeking SCA members’ views on whether and how online chess might continue if and when we return to over the board competitions. His comments are being sent to clubs by email and are below. Please send any responses to John at johncasewell@hotmail.com. Dear chess players I am advised that in early July …