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 …
Another rousing Chess session in the library this afternoon. Bushira Karim and Azhara Miller brought their enthusiastic band of young players again, two of whom had distinguished themselves in a Junior Tournament in Leeds over the weekend. We were also joined by Joanna Kromka who has been playing in the …
Here’s a chance to practise your reading of the Cyrillic alphabet. ’64’ was the chess newspaper published in the old Soviet Union. I can remember following this tournament in ‘Chess’ magazine-that’s still going! Anybody submitting a correct list of the participants gets a special prize: A two-page spread in '64' …
Drawing seems to be in Fashion: I thought I’d try to follow in the World Champion’s footsteps (oh! oh!) . . .
If you decide that, since you own a computer, you’d like to play Webserver Chess for Woodseats (see recent posts), possibly you might want to invest in some chess software to record games, look up openings etc. Obviously you wouldn’t use to analyse the position :). If you use a …
This is another event of what used to be called Correspondence Chess (exchanging moves by post-cost a lot in stamps and could take a very long time). Now it’s done through the Internet. This tournament is meant for individuals and, again, Woodseats have had a lot of success in it. …
This is what used to be known as Correspondence Chess. It’s played on the Internet these days. Woodseats have frequently entered a team over the last few years. If you’d like to play or want to know more about it, ask Bill Ward or Peter Hulse. You need a computer!? …
Harry Feather writes: “We are looking for players rated U100 for the Yorkshire U100 v Lancashire U100 match on Sunday 2nd December. As a result of the Leeds Junior Congress being held on Saturday a lot of juniors we had hoped would play are unable to. Would please forward my …
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 2.30 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 …
