Greetings chess players! With over the board chess off the agenda currently, I thought it would be good to add some video content to our website. In response to my request, David Everington sent me the scores of two games he played last season where he had faced Owen’s Defence. Rather than just give you… Continue reading Everington’s Owen Experience
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B Team Wins Key Contest
Thursday 21st November saw Shrewsbury B travel to Newport for the second time in the space of a month to take on Newport B. At least this time we were able to field a full side and were pretty much at full strength. Newport were missing two of their big guns, with neither Athar Ansari… Continue reading B Team Wins Key Contest
Update to B Team v Telepost A
Peter has annotated his game against Matthew Clark here. Francis Best
Top Boards Shine for B Team
Friday 1st November saw Shrewsbury B take on Telepost A in our third match of the season. We were without Francis for this one, and Ted has now moved to Manchester, so Dan Lockett and Jim Wilkinson were drafted in. Telepost were also slightly under strength, without the services of Trevor Brotherton, Phil Zabrocki and… Continue reading Top Boards Shine for B Team
Tough Night for B Team
Shrewsbury B faced an uphill struggle against champions Newport A on Thursday. Unfortunately, we were only able to field three players due to a combination of circumstances. Newport were also below full strength (no Lawrence Cooper, Nick Rutter or Nick Arkell), so, as Ian Jamieson pointed out after the match it might have been interesting… Continue reading Tough Night for B Team
B Team Battle to Draw
Shrewsbury B played their season opener against Maddocks A last Friday. Shrewsbury were without Ile, who has been working nights, and Dan Lockett stepped in. The first challenge of the evening was to arrange the tables so that everyone could play comfortably as we now have less space then previously. I think it was just… Continue reading B Team Battle to Draw
B Team in Brief Encounter with Newport B
Shrewsbury B team enjoyed a truncated evening on their latest outing to Newport when we faced their B team. Not for the first time this season we were forced to default a board with both Tony and Ian unavailable. Even so, we approached the match with confidence, as our four were pretty strong. Added to… Continue reading B Team in Brief Encounter with Newport B
Shrewsbury B and Church Stretton Share Spoils
Shrewsbury B team’s match with Church Stretton A could reasonably be called lively, not just for chess reasons. As some of us knew, Church Stretton were forced to change venue recently, due to the closure of the club where they used to play. The new venue, the Bucks Head, is a nice pub with a… Continue reading Shrewsbury B and Church Stretton Share Spoils
Shrewsbury B Tame Lions
Shrewsbury B took on Priorslee Lions B at the Lion on February 5th. On paper this looked like a good contest and the opening stages were certainly not without interest. Board 5 saw Tony Purser going back to his usual 1.Nf3 and a King’s Indian Attack set up against Ian Jamieson. I have to admit… Continue reading Shrewsbury B Tame Lions
B Team Keeps it Going
Shrewsbury B teams most recent match saw them up against Newport Juniors. This was theoretically a home game but, as it was against the juniors, it took place in Newport. I feel we’ve been slightly unfortunate in the matter of away travel this season. It’s worked out that, of our 15 matches, only 6 will… Continue reading B Team Keeps it Going