Bulletin No.25 – Poole Club Chess International
Pictured above is Roy Milner, main organiser for the international trips. Did you know? Back in the mid 1970s the first informal (and unofficial) Poole Club Chess International trip abroad took place visiting a team in Cherbourg. The name of Poole was chosen at the time to reflect that Poole was twinned with Cherbourg […]
Coronavirus Update – Completing the 2019/20 season – Please have your say
Bulletin No.24 – The Dorset Chess Website (Mike Jay and Peter Anderson discuss its history and future)
A brief history of the Dorset Chess website
14th June: Coronavirus Update
Below is a message from Martin Simons regarding the coronavirus and local chess. I hope you are all keeping well. It has been almost a month since the last update on the Dorset Chess Website and this update comes in two parts. 1. League Season Update The UK Government has started to relax some of its […]
Bulletin No.22 – Chess at the Cafe Tratt in Swanage
With lots of thanks to Derek Mount and Steve Peirson who produced the article. Pictured above, left to right, are Dick Woodford, Brian Beard, Paul Stanley and Derek Mount enjoying a relaxing game of chess at Caffe Tratt. Taking inspiration from the Flirt Café in Bournemouth, in autumn 2017 Purbeck Chess Club member Derek Mount […]
Bulletin No.21 – History of the Dorset Individual Chess Championship
The history of the Dorset Chess Championship in words and photos, and a few introductory words on bulletins for the comings weeks and months.
Poole win first online team challenge.
“Dorset Local Chat” – Articles 1 to 10
Dorset Local Chat N0.10 – The Dorset Rapidplay – 25 years strong and last UK Chess Tournament standing in 2020 by Martin Simons and Mike Jay How it all started, then developed – The Tuckton Social Club years (1995 – 2012) – Martin Simons discusses these early years (pictured above Bruce Jenks playing in […]
Bulletins 1 to 20 – Martin Simons reflects on 30 articles, 61 puzzles & 2 Towns
(Pictured above Martin Simons, Chair B&DCL and DCCA Executive Committee member. He has been the inspiration behind all the website “Bulletins” & “Dorset Chess Chats” over the last 2 months, providing interest and information during lockdown. They have required a huge amount of research and we are all very grateful to Martin. Also, as several readers […]
Castlepoint Junior Chess Group Suspended
17/3/2020 Following yesterday’s government advisory notice, the Castlepoint Library Junior chess club will not be running this Saturday and will, sadly, be closed until further notice. We will review the situation after Easter. In the meantime, we encourage the junior players to take a look at the puzzles available on the junior puzzle page of […]
Dorset Rapidplay attracts 48 entrants in exciting day of chess: GM Matt Turner wins
Sunday 15th March 2020 at Greyfriars, Ringwood In what might be the last chess congress nationally for some time because of the current virus crisis, the 25th Dorset Rapidplay was very competitive and had a great atmosphere. All 48 competitors went home with a prize. A record for this competition of £920 cash was paid out […]
Dorset Junior Chess Championship 2020
A fantastic day of junior chess with over 50 participants from across Dorset and a few from Hampshire.
Lots of enquiries asking “what congresses are coming up?”
20 Feb: Just recently, there has been a surge of interest in regional weekend chess congresses, especially from parents, following the success of the Dorset Junior Championships last Saturday. Coming up in Dorset there is the Closed Congress at Merley on 24 May ’20. Ian Clark runs this and will be publishing information on the website in […]
