Colin Roberts Memorial Trophy – entries invited
Entries are invited for the 2021/22 Colin Roberts Memorial Trophy – a prize for the best game by a Shropshire player anywhere this season. Closing date for entries is June 30, 2022. Full details here.
Entries are invited for the 2021/22 Colin Roberts Memorial Trophy – a prize for the best game by a Shropshire player anywhere this season. Closing date for entries is June 30, 2022. Full details here.
The third round of this year’s Shrewsbury Town Championships has now been drawn and can be found here. Please play your game before the end of July.
Telepost’s Yana Smart appeared on BBC Radio Shropshire this week, promoting her weekly social chess for women project. The interview with Jim Hawkins ranges over how she got into chess, female representation in chess, the Year of Women in Chess and the social chess meetings at the Nerdy Cafe in Shrewsbury. You can hear the …
This year’s summer team rapidplay tournament will take place on Sunday June 19, at the Limes Hotel, Wellington. Because of space constrictions, entry will be limited to five teams. Exact format and time limits will be determined nearer the time when the number of entries is known. Contact Toby Neal for further information.
Toby Neal is retiring as our regular news correspondent after a remarkable stint of 16 years. Peter Kitchen has kindly agreed to take on the role. SCA President Matthew Clark paid this tribute to Toby: I am delighted to pay tribute to Toby as he retires from writing his regular reports on the Shropshire Chess …
See Shropshire Chess on Facebook for an invite to any women and girls interested in getting involved in chess.
Fixtures for this season’s Rapidplay Division 1 are now available here. The season begins on Friday 25 March. There is no Rapidplay Division 2 this season.
A written complaint was made to the Shropshire President that a Shropshire player had been using electronic assistance during the 20/21 Season. The President called a Special Committee, which investigated this complaint and then referred the matter to LiChess. LiChess carried out their own investigation before suspending the relevant account. The player then appealed this …
Shrewsbury Chess Club extend an invite to Shropshire players to their opening night following the recent suspension of OTB. This is on Friday 28 January at their new venue, the Nerdy Cafe in Mardol, Shrewsbury. Members will be present from around 7pm and the cafe is open until 11pm. There is a cost of £1. …
Following a meeting today of the Shropshire Chess Association Council it has been agreed that SCA OTB activities can resume with immediate effect. League matches will resume on Monday 7 February. The Covid Protocols previously agreed and available here will remain in force. Minutes of the meeting are available here.