General News
A section with a number of popular pages all grouped together.

• General News - A quick link to the general news page
  • General Home page
  • General News
  • General Calendar
  • General Honours - A page to recognise successful players.
     
    There are also links to the matching pages in the junior part of the site - anything that might be of particular interest for players aged under 18.
  • Junior News
  • Junior Calendar
  • Junior Honours

Clubs
A guide to all the clubs in this area.  Where they meet and who to contact for more details.

• Clubs - Contact details for local clubs
  • National honours - Local clubs who have enjoyed success in national competitions

Junior chess
A link to the junior part of the website.  It takes you directly to the Junior news page.  For anything that might be of particular interest to any players aged under 18.

• Junior chess

Inter-county
Information on Staffordshire's Inter-County teams.

• Inter-county - A general guide to Staffordshire's Inter-County teams.
  • Inter-county
  • Open - Our team for players of any grade.
  • Under 160 - Details of our team for players graded under 160.
  • Under 140 - Details of our team for players graded under 140.
  • Bulldogs (U120)
  • Terriers (U120)
  • Correspondence - Team chess for internet and postal players.

Congresses
A guide to congresses in this area.  When and where they are held, how they are organised and who to contact for more details.

• Congress - A general guide to congresses.
  • Congress
  • Staffordshire Congress
  • Leek Congress
  • Leek Rapidplay
  • Walsall Kipping Rapidplay
  • Archives - Historical information on the 2006 British Blitz and the 2004 Wolverhampton Rapidplay congress etc.

League
Information on chess leagues that have connections with Staffordshire.  How they are organised, which clubs are involved etc and end-of-season league tables and event winners etc.

• League - A general guide to league chess in this area.
  • Cannock
  • North Staffs (Stoke)
  • Wolverhampton
  • Wolverhampton Summer

Tournament
A guide to the county cup tournaments (Hickman, Gothard, Jackson and Withnall trophies.  Competition rules, past winners and past results etc.

• Tournament - Competition rules, past winners and past results etc.
  • Board count - An example of how board count is used to decide the winner when a team match finishes as a draw.
  • Elimination Rule - An example of how the elimination rule is used to decide the winner when a team match finishes as a draw.

S.C.A.
Who is who on the committee of the Staffordshire Chess Association.

• S.C.A.

Links
A collection of links to other websites that may interest chess players.  It also explains how to find chess on BBC Ceefax.

• Links

Footnote: In the junior part of this website
For players and parents new to the chess community, the junior part of this website includes a section that tries to answer a some questions players might want to ask.

• Introduction
  • Tournament Chess - "What is a chess tournament?"
  • Team Chess - "What is team chess?"
  • Chess grades
    • Why have grades
    • Your first chess grade
    • How they update your grade
      These pages looks at what chess grades are, why we have them and how they calculate your first chess grade.

From any page in the junior part of the website, clicking the General chess link at the top of the page will bring you back to the general news page.