The countdown is under way to a mass online simultaneous event in which chess grandmaster Keith Arkell will be taking on allcomers from the Shropshire chess scene. Arkell has agreed to play an unlimited number of challengers at 7.30pm on April 19 in an event organised by Shrewsbury-based Telepost chess club. The entry fee is …
Telepost Dark Knights were streets ahead in the latest Shropshire chess rapidplay team battle, helped by an amazing unbroken 16-game winning run by their grandmaster star player Keith Arkell who goes under the online username “Atomrod.” Shrewsbury-based Telepost finished on 120 points, a full 50 ahead of second-placed Mad Wolves, which is a combined team …
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Shropshire chess players are being given a chance to take on a grandmaster in a special Easter event. Keith Arkell is throwing down the gauntlet to allcomers in a simultaneous display – in which he will be playing an unlimited army of challengers all at the same time in individual games. The event is open …
As Shropshire’s online chess league moves towards its crucial last stages Telepost A have moved to the top of the table after a convincing win in the Shrewsbury derby game. Telepost, who play at Abbey Foregate in normal times, beat an outgunned Shrewsbury A 3.5-0.5 and are now a point ahead of Newport A, who …
Shrewsbury C won their in-house derby match to maintain their two point lead in Division Three of Shropshire chess league, with county town rivals Telepost D in second spot. However Shrewsbury D did have one bright spot against their clubmates, with Tony Purser checkmating a significantly stronger opponent in Daniel Lockett on top board. And …
Telepost Dark Knights were clear winners in the latest team battle in Shropshire rapidplay chess league, which sees frantic online action with players up against the clock as well as the headaches at the virtual board. The team, a rapidplay incarnation of the Shrewsbury-based Telepost club, accumulated 121 points, perhaps unsurprisingly in that they are …
There’s no change at the top of Division One of Shropshire Chess League after the latest round of matches played online. Shrewsbury-based Telepost remain clear by a single point after a victory over Oswestry A, but Newport are breathing down their necks and maintaining the pressure after their win over Maddocks A. Even strong players …
Another win for Newport B has seen them extend their lead to three points at the top of Division Two in Shropshire Chess League. Newport have now won six matches on the trot with the latest to fall to their firepower being Telepost B. With all games now played online using the Lichess chess platform, …
The pace has picked up on the Shropshire chess scene with the launch of the county’s rapidplay league using an innovative new format. Before coronavirus called a halt to face-to-face chess, games in the rapidplay league were played with a time limit of 20 minutes, but with the competition moving online players get just three …
Shropshire’s top woman chess player Kate Walker reached the women’s finals of the British Chess Championships, battling top opponents in an online tournament in which some games had a live commentary by a Grandmaster. Kate, who plays for the Shrewsbury-based Telepost club, became one of 12 English players to make it to the finals after …