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 …
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
It doesn’t really . . . but in November (9-28 November 2018) for the first time for eighteen years (Kasparov v. Kramnik) it will be staged in London. Another significant anniversary is that it is twenty-five years since British born (Leigh in Lancashire) Nigel Short challenged Kasparov for his crown …
I had only just got through the door of the library, when Amber (aged 2, I think) marched up to me and intimated that she knew what Chess was and could set up the pieces and knew some of their names. She was rapidly followed by Leo, her brother, (aka …
I sing of the wrath of Achilles! When I retired from teaching, my colleagues very kindly asked me what I wanted for a present. I said that something that combined Ancient Greek and Chess would be very acceptable. What I got was a chess set with the Trojans as the …
For the last few Mondays,since the Summer League has finished and chess grades have become a thing of the past, at Woodseats we’ve been playing friendly games in the courtyard at the Red Lion on Chesterfield Road (for directions see FIND US in the main menu). Sometimes bad light has …
When members of Woodseats Chess club get together on Monday at the Red Lion on Chesterfield Road (see Find us in the top menu), they like to try out different chess openings and plot fiendish traps for their opponents in upcoming matches. Here’s an example of what might happen in …
Chess again this afternoon in Woodseats Library (Peter and Bill). Our redoubtable opponents were Billy (another one-a younger edition) and his granddad, John. First, we had a closely fought game with this set (a memento of the time that a younger member of the Hulse family went to Moscow to …
