Photos and Results from the 2024 Shropshire Junior Chess Congress
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Newport Juniors v Telepost Juniors Tuesday 13th -7:30pm
https://lichess.org/broadcast/newport-juniors-v-telepost-juniors/round-1/Vkd575a0
Shropshire Congress 2024 Reports
Reports on last weeks congress Shropshire Star article:https://www.shropshirestar.com/news/features/2024/01/15/bumper-turnout-for-county-chess-tournament/ Report by the event directors:https://www.facebook.com/groups/shropshirechess/posts/1304200106942592/
LIVE – Shropshire Juniors in Action at Hereford Megafinal
Live Boardshttps://view.livechesscloud.com/#38f404f5-0b7b-4d47-ae93-7898e2cb20ef Results:https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15u5Nle4VgbQl6SFbN-N6SdOYTsLfpBMnX1UO3euG7GQ/edit?usp=sharing Good luck Krish, Joe, Henry and Rudi!
Shropshire Junior Chess Congress – Photos and Results
Photos, results and links to the live board recording are now published. Results Photos Live Board Recordings Team Puzzle Challenge
New FIDE Rapidplay Rule
FIDE have published the new rules of chess applicable from January 2023 including one change to the FIDE rapidplay rules. Traditionally an illegal move in rapidplay is punishable by giving two extra minutes on the clock. This has now been changed to one minute. HOWEVER, the Shropshire Rapidplay league rules make clear that all laws …
Congress Photos and Results
Photos and Results from the congress are now published. https://www.shropshirechess.org/shropshire-congress/shropshire-chess-congress-past-results/ https://www.shropshirechess.org/shropshire-congress/gallery-shropshire-chess-congress-2023/
Tony Preece defends his title on BBC Radio Shropshire
Tony Preece from Maddocks was once again representing Shropshire chess by competing in winner-stays-on on BBC Radio Shropshire. The quiz starts at 3:08:50https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cz6ddp Given his outrageous antics it remains to be seen if he will be invited back!
Maddocks vs Newport – on the radio!
Last Friday Chris Lewis and Tony Preece went head-to-head in a quiz as well as discussing the Hans Niemann cheating allegations on BBC radio Shropshire. Their encounter starts at 3:09 https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0cypsr2 The winner of that encounter will be a contestant on the radio again this coming Friday starting just after 9am.
Newport Blitz – Results!
Results of the Newport Blitz Event held on the 6th September: http://www.newportchessclub.com/newport-events/06-09-22-summer-blitz/