Announcements

Shrewsbury Town Championships has now begun, with an excellent entry of 22 players. Matches played on Lichess from May to September. Round One matches to be played by 31 May. Details here.

Shropshire Chess Association members and affiliated players are invited to an Easter Simultaneous with Grandmaster Keith Arkell, hosted by Telepost Dark Knights. The event will be held on Lichess on Monday 19 April, at 7.30pm. The time control will be determined once the number of entrants is established, but is likely to be in the …

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Welcome to our revamp of the Shropshire Chess website. We hope you enjoy it. The original site was launched in 2003, serving Shropshire Chess players with news, information and archive records. Please have a look around our 2021 reboot and let the website editor know if you spot any teething troubles or have suggestions for …

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Following the Shropshire Chess Online Quickplay event on Sunday 10th January, a complaint was made to the tournament organiser that one of the players had been using electronic assistance. The tournament organiser investigated this complaint and found strong evidence to support it. The senior Shropshire Chess officials then referred the matter to LiChess. LiChess carried out …

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Shropshire Chess mourns the passing of a true great of the local chess world. Appreciation from Shrewsbury Chess Club here.

Oswestry Chess Club are sad to announce the recent death of John Waller. John was a member of the club for six years. He was a reliable, conscientious and enthusiastic member and will be sadly missed. Jonathan Smith – Club Secretary

Courtesy of Chris Lewis and Adrian Zdanowski we have a new online player usernames and current grades list. Please send any updates to Chris, Adrian or Nick Holmes.

The AGM was held via Zoom on 10 Dec 2020. Minutes are available here.

Shropshire Chess Association AGM is to be held via Zoom on 10 December 2020. Proposed agenda here. Rapidplay rules, to be discussed at the meeting, here. Email Nick Holmes by December 4 for Zoom invite to the meeting.

Here’s a guide to playing on Lichess. Contact details for captain here.