A recent correspondent (the correspondent) of this website mentioned his fondness for the Petrov Defence (see the comments below the sheep picture). Here is a rather brilliant game in that…
There is at least one future World Champion on this photo. There are also many other famous players to be . . . and a man from Woodseats! See if…
Who is the player on the left and why was he famous? A story about him might follow: Peter
Since lichess.org. is practically melting at the moment, I thought I would go back to a time before the Internet, when they played 'Blitz' with proper chess clocks! There are…
Two well-known members of Woodseats Chess Club have taken the opportunity of some unexpected leisure to indulge in deep analysis of their favourite openings!
This is another game from a simultaneous exhibition, again featuring William Batley, the well-known Woodseats Chess player (see recent posts on this site) v. Akiba Rubinstein, a member of the…
Alekhine was World Champion at the time that this game was played. Batley did play for Woodseats (see previous posts on this site). There's more about him here, though I…
More news of members of Woodseats Chess Club from another very critical moment in history: C.G. Harbord was the first secretary of the club and his father was the…
This really doesn't need a lot of explanation. It's taken from the "Green'UN", which obviously has a very long history- for 1915! It had a regular chess column at that…
