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Streatham & Brixton Chess Club
You'll find updates about how the club's teams are getting on in the London, Surrey, and Croydon Leagues, but much else besides, like puzzles, news, games, and general interest articles. The blog is updated around once per day, and is the English Chess Federation's Website of the Year for 2007.
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Posted on Tuesday July 8, 2008 at 04:01 AM
Logical Chess: Move by Moveby Irving ChernevBatsfordIf I could transport myself back in time to give advice about chess to the nine-year-old-me -- the nine-year-old who'd just about stopped blundering a piece or two every game, the nine-year-old starting to sense that chess was in some indefinable way more than a game, the nine-year-old who'd had one chess lesson in which he'd been taught about the...
Posted on Monday July 7, 2008 at 05:11 AM
How was your weekend? Not quite chessy enough? Well, that needn't be the case next weekend - because a Richmond Rapidplay is taking place Sunday 13th July. I know several Streatham and Brixton Chess Club players are already going, and if that isn't enough to tempt you, you'll find below excellent photographs from the last one (thanks to Vad from Streatham Chess Club). Oh, more details and entry stu...
Posted on Sunday July 6, 2008 at 04:01 AM
"500 Master Games of Chess. Love it," commented PG about Tartakower & Du Mont's classic, having perused a certain picture of my cat-occupied chess books. "Went through the lot when I was about nine. It made me the player I am today. (Take that any way you wish!)"The way I took it was as an excuse for a dawdle down memory lane, and flicking through the falling-out pages I re-encountered this old...
Posted on Saturday July 5, 2008 at 03:00 AM
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Posted on Friday July 4, 2008 at 04:01 AM
"I hope you don't mind my taking the liberty of contacting you," emails Yasmin Sethi. "I have just finished a degree in Product Design at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London. As a part of this course I designed a Chess set in response to a brief set by Schott - A German Glass manufacturer. I would love for this product to be featured on your blog and to get some feedback on my...
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