Yorkshire Championships
This was the game that won me the Yorkshire championships. This season it was decided at the Scarborough congress and going into the last round, I was on 4/4. Unusually,…
British Championships Round 8
Some of you will have heard that I came close to winning the British Championships in October. Sadly, I mucked up the last round, but this is the game that…
Lichess Tournament #6
We played a tournament on lichess from the Grunfeld position. Well done to everyone who took part! Congrats to Daniel for the win, and Brendan and myself for 2nd and…
Lichess Tournament #5
Congratulations to Brendan this week, a glorious victory in our weekly Lichess club tournament. Well done to runner's up Daniel and Rohan! Everyone else (including myself), nice effort but must…
Recommended on YouTube
As you know, there is a ton of quality chess content on YouTube. I quite like the following playlist from IM Kostya Kavutskiy. To view the individual videos in the…
Lichess Tournament #4
Well done to me this week, on my sneaky victory (strategic use of 'Berserk' in my final game) in the latest edition of our weekly online tournament on Lichess. Congratulations…
The Mark Allison Show
Last night at Woodseats Chess Club we had a special event that Bill affectionately refers to as 'The Mark Allison Show'. Mark talked us through a couple of his games,…
Lichess Tournament #3
Congratulations to Bill, on his glorious victory in this weeks online tournament, and very well played to runners up, Brendan and Mikey. Sadly I couldn't make it this week; hope…
Lichess Tournament #2
Another exciting instalment in out series of Lichess mini tournaments this afternoon. Victory this week goes to yours truly, with runners up Brendan and Rohan. Anyhow, great fun, well played…
Simul with an International Master
Tonight at the Abbey, we hosted a chess simul with International Master Andrew Ledger. Everyone seemed to enjoy the experience, despite the fact that Andrew soundly thrashed us all, the…