Bulletin No.45 – The Stunning Stafford Gambit
Daily Quiz
Thursday puzzle / game
Today we have another game from Allan Pleasants from his successful 2017 Welsh Championship campaign. An interesting game with a very pretty finish! Click here to see the game with Allan’s splendid annotations.
Western Counties Championship – Dorset and Wiltshire Lose
First West of England Online Counties Match Sunday 10th Jan – Watch the games live this evening!
The combined Dorset and Wilts team which is being captained by Ian Clark will play its first match this coming Sunday at 7:00pm against Gloucester. The parings for this match are shown at the end of this article. The match will be conducted on Lichess and it will be possible to follow the games. You […]
Bulletin No.44 – Chess Players – Are we just a little bit different?
Wimborne U125 Tournaments Tuesdays 2 pm
Wimborne have been running online tournaments on Tuesday afternoons for a while and would like to notify everyone that these are open to players from other local clubs. The details are: Held on lichess for players graded under 125 old money Tuesday 2 pm – 5 pm Time limit: 20 minutes + 10 seconds increment. […]
Thursday puzzle / game
White to play and win This may look like a composed position but is from Shabalov-Krush 2004. Only one move wins for White here. Can you find it? Solution
1st Team Battle of the Year: Southbourne win
Monday puzzle / game
Mate in 2 An easy but elegant one with which to start the new year. Solution
Bulletin No.41 – Christmas Puzzles and Quiz – ANSWERS
Online Tournament Schedule Changes
The format of the Monday and Wednesday sessions is changing in the new year.
Festive Bulletin No.43 – A Review of our Extraordinary Year
Bulletin No.42 – More Local Games Fireworks!
Bulletin No.41 – Christmas Puzzles and Quiz Special
Thursday puzzle / game
White to play and win quickly The solution to the last puzzle before Christmas is both simple and at the same time a little hard to spot. You’ll kick yourself if you don’t find it! White has a number of ways of winning but one is much more convincing that the rest, forcing a quick […]
Countdown to Christmas
Southbourne win last Team Battle of the year
Monday puzzle / game
In Bulletin No.35 we covered the story of Allan Pleasants becoming Welsh Champion, which included the end of his game against Paul Hatchett. This was an interesting game and you can see the whole of it with Allan’s annotations here.
Bulletin No.40 – Christmas Opening Gifts and Gaffs
Monday puzzle / game
White to play and draw If you looked at Thursday’s puzzle you will have a hint for this one! Solution
Bulletin No.39 – In Praise of Chess Variants!
Thursday puzzle / game
White to play and draw This is another puzzle kindly sent in by Christian Westrap. Solution
Poole make it 3 in a row in team battle.
Monday puzzle / game
White to play White has a commanding position. Can you see his quickest way to finish the game off? Solution
Bulletin No.38 – 7 Deadly Sinful Traps for Black in less than 10 moves!
Thursday puzzle / game
White to play and mate in 2 We are firmly back in problem world here with an obvious (to my inexpert eyes) try that fails and a key that makes the same idea work. Solution
Monday puzzle / game
Black to play and mate in 8 Another Schlechter game. Black has a number of ways of winning but can you find Schlechter’s mate in 8? Solution
Bulletin No.37 – Ringwood Online Lockdown Tournaments
Poole win again in Team Battle
Monday puzzle / game
White to play and win This is the first of three Carl Schlechter games we will be featuring in a row. Schlechter certainly had a very sharp eye for a combination. Solution
Bulletin No.36 – The 1993 World Chess Championship Revisited – Part 2
Thursday puzzle / game
White to play and mate in 8 This is another Sam Loyd problem. White’s challenge is to avoid stalemating black. Solution
West of England Counties Online Championship Details
Ian Clark has provided an update on the West of England Counties Online Championship and reports that good progress has been made in both organising the event and assembling a squad. The key points are: Dorset and Wiltshire will be fielding a combined team to ensure a large enough squad which currently comprises 15 Dorset […]
Monday puzzle / game
White to move and win It is 1996 and a 44 year old Jan Timman is playing a 16 year old Peter Leko. Timman showed he still had his tactical sharpness by forcing a quick resignation. Solution
Bulletin No.36 – The 1993 World Chess Championship Revisited – Part 1
Thursday puzzle / game
White to move and mate in 5 This is a problem by Sam Loyd. The story goes that someone was bragging that they could tell at a glance which piece would deliver mate in a chess problem. Loyd composed this puzzle and asked the chap which piece he thought least likely to deliver mate and […]