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!
Photos, results and links to the live board recording are now published. Results Photos Live Board Recordings Team Puzzle Challenge
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 …
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 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!
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.
Results of the Newport Blitz Event held on the 6th September: http://www.newportchessclub.com/newport-events/06-09-22-summer-blitz/
Following some closely fought games both Nick Rutter and Adrian Zdanowski were tied on 5.5 points after the swiss rounds in the summer individual. The tournament was therefore decided by 2 play-off matches between Nick and Adrian. The first game was drawn in a closely fought ending whilst the 2nd game was a crushing win …
Face to face chess action in Shropshire is continuing to make its comeback with a quickplay competition being held in Wellington on October 3.Despite the autumn date, it is being billed as a summer quickplay, after the regular summer quickplays normally played around June were scuppered by coronavirus this year and in 2020. Organiser is …