Shropshire Chess Congress - January 6th-8th 2023

[Phil.Love]

Shropshire Chess Congress

6th - 8th January 2023
At the;
Wrekin Housing Group
Colliers Way, Old Park, Telford, TF3 4AW

5 round Swiss with 4 sections for all playing abilities.
All sections ECF rated.
Open, Major (U1950), Intermediate (U1750), Minor (U1500).

Website - https://www.shropshirechess.org/shropsh ... ress-2023/
online entry - https://www.shropshirechess.org/shropsh ... ine-entry/
pdf entry - https://www.shropshirechess.org/wp-cont ... 20232a.pdf

Entry Fee: £30 all sections

Live boards from all sections
3 grading prizes in each section

Hot and cold food served on Saturday and Sunday, including cooked breakfasts and Sunday roast.
Bookstall provided by Chess Essentials, Halifax.

Any queries drop me a line.

Phil Love

[Roger de Coverly]

I'm pleased to see it's back.

It clashes with both the Hastings weekend and part of the 4NCL.

[Phil.Love]

Hi Roger,

Yes its always clashed with Hastings being on that same weekend, but with the distance between them about 220 miles its not been a problem in the past.
A tad annoying re the 4ncl though.

[Roger de Coverly]

Yes its always clashed with Hastings being on that same weekend, but with the distance between them about 220 miles its not been a problem in the past

I live about halfway between the two, it's about two hours by road in either direction. "last" year (2019) I played Hastings, so I may pencil in Telford.

[Phil.Love]

Well you'll be more than welcome Roger, I can remember seeing you playing up here previously.
Oh and well done on a very good final day at Scarborough!

[Phil.Love]

The Housing Trust have now confirmed the menu and prices for the Congress;

Menu and Prices 2023

Breakfast
£2.00 – Bacon Sandwich
£2.00 – Sausage Sandwich
£2.50 – Sausage/Bacon Sandwich with an egg
£3.50 – 5 Item Breakfast (Bacon, Sausage, Egg, Beans, Mushrooms £5.00 – 7 Item Breakfast (Bacon, Sausage, Egg, Beans, Mushrooms, Tomato, Hash Browns)
£0.14 – Toast

Sandwiches
£2.00 – Ham/Cheese/Egg Mayo/ Beef/ Turkey/ Tuna
£2.50 – Sandwich + Salad

Saturday Lunch
£4.00 – Chicken Curry
£3.50 – Vegetable Curry
£1.20 – Chips

Sunday Lunch
£6.00 – Sunday Lunch (Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, Roast Potatoes, New Potatoes, Vegetables, Gravy)

Desert
£2.00 – Apple Pudding + Custard

Confectionary
£1.00 – Mars/ Maltesers/ Twirl/ Dairy Milk/ Revels
£0.90 – Crisps

Drinks
£1.50 – Bottled Pop
£1.00 – Cans
£1.00 – Bottled Water
£1.50 – Specialty Coffee
£0.50 – Tea

[Steve Rooney]

Great to see the Shropshire Congress back for 2023! Well done Phil, for getting it back up and running. Looks like it may continue to compete for the best food at any congress as well as excellent playing conditions and a friendly organising team.

Go on, enter - you know you want to.

[Simon Rogers]

119 entries so far.
Including a few forum members, a couple of Poulton-le-Fylde Chess Club players and Carl Portman.

[Phil.Love]

Into the 130's now and ordering extra tables!

[Phil.Love]

Incase anyone is interested the results are now up on the website here;
https://www.shropshirechess.org/shropsh ... t-results/

and a few photographs of the weekend are displayed here;
https://www.shropshirechess.org/shropsh ... ress-2023/

Many thanks to everyone who took part and look forward to seeing you next year.

Phil

[Roger de Coverly]

Incase anyone is interested the results are now up on the website here;

Are games likely to be published anywhere?

[LawrenceCooper]

Incase anyone is interested the results are now up on the website here;

Are games likely to be published anywhere?

There were live boards at the time: https://view.livechesscloud.com/#db69b2 ... 14d9f663d7 but I haven't seen anything else.

[Simon Rogers]

Well done to Oleg Cukovs (Poulton-le-Fylde) and Graham Ashcroft (Preston) joint 1st in the Major.