Month: April 2014

Controller Matt Best has issued the draw for the 5th and final round of this year’s Shrewsbury Chess Club Championship, the details for which can be viewed on the club championship page of the website. The crosstable for the tournament can be seen below, and the deadline for these games is Friday 13th June. Finally… Continue reading Club Championship Final Round

With the League season having drawn to its conclusion, the summer opens the door to the return of the ever-popular Shrewsbury Town Championship. Only 4 Shrewsbury Club members have entered so far, let’s see if we can get a few more! The link for details is here.

The final league fixture of Shrewsbury Chess Club’s 2013-2014 season was completed on Friday night as Shewsbury B – already safe from both promotion and relegation – hosted big hitters Ludlow – already promoted, but gunning for the title. The visitors enjoyed a grading advantage on all 5 boards and had recorded wins over the… Continue reading League Campaigns Completed

It seems to have been a regular occurrence this season that when two Shrewsbury teams both play on the same night, only one of them comes away with a positive result. This proved to be the case yet again on Friday as the A and C Teams were both in action. The A team –… Continue reading A Win and a Loss – but Condover/Stretton Pay the Price as Things Look Up

After the haywire events of last night’s title decider were distributed to the world via the medium of the Shrewsbury Club website, tomorrow (Friday 4th) is also set to see the final league fixture of the season broadcast live – on the same page as yesterday, in case you were wondering. Shrewsbury A host Telford… Continue reading A Team’s Final Fixture To Be Broadcast Live (Hopefully!)

Tonight (Wednesday) sees the crunch match for the first Division title take place as surprise package Wellington A take on Telepost at the Wrekin housing trust in the final round of league fixtures. For the first time in Shropshire Chess history, the whole match is being broadcast live and is available to watch through our… Continue reading Title Decider Broadcast Live