Essex Knockout R1 – A Team v Barking B

WANSTEAD A R1 R2 Barking B Cawdery, John 2044 (W, B) 1-0 1-0 Naumov, Igor 1727 (B, W) Rix, Steven JL 2058 1-0 0-1 Saunders, Richard 1784 Freeman, Ashley 1901 1-0 ½-½ Mike J Cresswell, 1743 Hunnable, Ian D 1991 1-0 1-0 Chtym, Vladimir 1458 (Terry Whitton) 1d0 1d0 Default   5-0 3½-1½   WANSTEAD A 8½-1½ Barking B Barking had notified that they were a player short, so Terry Whitton was not required to attend and Barking’s task, already […]

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Magnus remains World Champion

The World Championship match in Dubai has finished after Magnus’s fourth win to reach the winning total of 7½ points with three games to spare. We have compiled a feature article embracing all the WCC blog items we have published to date, together with a download of the database of all the WCC 2021 games. You will find the WCC feature in the new Features menu in main navigation bar above. Game 11: 10 Dec, at 12:30 – Magnus wraps […]

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ChessFest and International Chess Day

Ben looked in on the ChessFest event in Trafalgar Square today and sent us a range of pictures – thank you, Ben. He comments: “You can spot Mickey and Gawain.” fourth picture below, GM Mickey Adams in the ChessFest t-shirt and “ChessKid” cap, GM Gawain Jones (centre) and IM Malcolm Pein, hard at work on his smart phone. In the featured picture (above) you can make out, bottom left, people in “chess pieces fancy dress” for a live chess game […]

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