Bloxwich Junior Chess Rapid Congress will take place @ Ryecroft on Sat 12th May. Please see the link here to the entry form. Posted on behalf of Ray Dolan

To Celebrate 50 years as a chess club Rugeley are holding a Rapid Play Tournament on 7th April 2018 Details and entry form here RUGELEY CHESS CLUB 50th Anniversary RAPIDPLAY TOURNAMENT Three sections for Max Grade Open, 160, 120 SATURDAY…

The Midland Open Rapid & Blitz will be held on 17-18 February at Holiday Inn Birmingham Walsall, 20 Wolverhampton Road, Walsall, WS2 0BS. There will be four 9-round Rapid sections and a 9-round Blitz tournament. The prize fund for the…

Entries are now open for the 2018 Shropshire Chess Congress! The congress takes place on 5-7 January 2018 at Wrekin Housing Trust, Telford TF3 4AW. This year we are enhancing the event with a new fourth section, so we will have  a FIDE-rated Open alongside an ECF-graded Major, Intermediate…

Just a reminder about the 2017 Shropshire Chess Congress. Online entry now available – enter by this Friday to avoid Late Entry fee! The congress takes place on 6-8 January 2017 at Wrekin Housing Trust, Telford TF3 4AW and will…

The entry form is now available here for this years MCCU congress to be held in Walsall on 13th and 14th August.

Here is a list of congresses coming up in the near future. Kidlington 6th/7th Feb details Frodsham 5th-7th Feb details Doncaster 26th-28th Feb details Warwickshire in Coventry 5th/6th Mar details Blackpool 11th-13th Mar details Hereford 11th-13th Mar details 4NCL Congress…

We are delighted to launch the 2016 Shropshire Chess Congress which we hope will be our best yet. The congress takes place on 8-10 January 2016 at Wrekin Housing Trust, Telford TF3 4AW. Each year we conduct a feedback process…

Our very own GM Keith Arkell achieved a massive result in the Vienna Open this week with 2nd place (on a tie-break). See the full article here and details of his results here. Mercia are hoping he does not make…