We welcomed 30 juniors today with support from 6 coaches in the five groups over 3 sessions. Welcome for the 1st time to Jensen and good to see Amelia coming back after her trial last week. Also, it was really nice to see Woody come back and visit us after Read more
Many Chess players who are new to the game, often get stuck about what to do after a few opening moves. So to help in this area we have added a new menu page called ‘Middle Game Tactics’ which covers 10 instructive topics to help your middle game issues. So Read more
On this warm sunny day we had 27 juniors turn up at Bournemouth Library to learn and enjoy an hour of chess. Welcome back Nirvan, who has come back after a few months break and already looks a more mature player. Also a warm welcome to our latest new member Read more
We had a good turnout of 23 juniors who came along to learn and play chess. We welcomed the support of Manuela and Beatrice both from Bournemouth chess club to stand in for Paul and Azhar who were playing in the chess congress at Falmouth in Cornwall. Good luck to Read more
7 helpers/coaches/trainers came along to support the 25 juniors that came along to learn and enjoy chess. Tony our puzzle king set up 8 problems to solve at different levels to get the kids into the chess mode prior to playing the 1st round of the knock out competition we Read more
We were very pleased to receive 27 juniors that came along to learn and enjoy chess yesterday. A special welcome to our newcomers – Arthur, Andrew and Thomas, & and pleased to see one of our long term players Jiya returning after a few weeks. Eric took the 1st session Read more
On a bright and sunny day we had a total of 17 juniors who came along and with others due to return after the Easter break we look forward to seeing all in the coming weeks. Graham continued with the 2nd week of the beginners course with Devansh, whilst Paul Read more
The Kingside attack is attractive because it involves combination play with sacrifices and surprise moves. It aims for a quick checkmate, but when and how do you start the attack. Firstly, let’s look at a typical castled position where the king is protected by 3 pawns and a knight. If Read more
A much reduced number of juniors due to the Easter break however we still had a good amount of 13 budding keen enthusiastic players yesterday. Players were – Harry, Max, Nicolas, Larissa, Aarav, Noah, Markas, Joey, Neil, Rafan, Rowley and Eduard. We welcomed Devensh who is on our beginner course Read more
Our last Saturday before the Easter weekend saw 26 juniors attend our end of term Swiss Tournament, 5 rounds with 10mins ea on the clock and what a great feast of chess we had. Zander won the Major with Nicolas coming in second after a tie break game with Sameer. Read more