Woodseats Chess Club, which is actually in Heeley and easily accessible on the 24/25/43 bus routes out of the town centre, is one of the oldest chess clubs in Sheffield and welcomes players of all strengths. Whether you’re a beginner who has discovered chess on the Internet or in the …
WANT TO LEARN HOW TO PLAY CHESS? -Or maybe you can play already and just fancy a social game here in the library -Instruction and opponents available in Woodseats library: (Wednesday from 3.00 p.m.) -for more information: Contact a librarian Or go to: http://www.woodseatschess.org.uk. Or Ring: 01142748512 / 07779336029
Bill Ward writes: The Scarborough Chess Congress. The Jewel In The Crown of the Chess Calendar. The only people who don’t agree with that statement … are those who’ve never been. It is the hjghlight for so many, when good friends, and old friends, and good old friends get together …
Three Woodseats players, Shane Frith, Dave Toft and Bill Ward are going to the Scarborough Chess Congress. I hope that we’ll get some report of their activities over the chess board: I’m not sure I’m very interested in what they get up to in Chinese and Italian restaurants ( and …
I’ve been away for five weeks and a lot of exciting things have happened in connection with the club. One of the most exciting is that our website has been improved still further due to the labours of Jamie Woodhouse. Jamie has spent hours of his own time moving our …
Long standing Woodseats CC member, Andrew Ledger is about to participate in the European Club Cup! You can follow Andrew’s progress here: http://eurochess2018.com/participants/ Looks like Andrew is playing for Blackthorne Russia, and may be playing St Petersburg in the first round. They’re not bad. Good luck Andrew!
Here are some openings that you might like to try while you’re enjoying your cup of Coffee: • King’s Gambit Accepted: Basman Gambit (1.e4 e5 2.f4 exf4 3. Qe2) • Sicilan Defence: Paulsen-Basman Defence (1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5). The example might be a slightly improved version. …
Thank you to everybody who have shown an interest so far. There won’t be any more Wednesday sessions for the time being but we hope to restart the clock sometime at the end of October / beginning of November. Peter Hulse
