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    • A pretty warning against pawn-grabbing

      This annotated game of mine, played in Division 1 of the Britsol and District Chess League, illustrates quite effectively that although Steinitz sais 'a pawn is worth some trouble', it's certainly not worth a five-piece developmental advantage! | Read More

      • schofio
      • | Oct 22, 2010
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    • KES Chess Club Blog

      Check out the new KES Chess Club blog at: www.keschess.wordpress.com Here all the match stats are published and you can see how many rated games you have played this term. | Read More

      • schofio
      • | Jan 29, 2009
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    • Free Chess Openings Explorer

      Chess opening explorers are incredibly useful, and are allowed under the rules of correspondence chess. However, many explorers, such as chess.com's own, require you to pay to register in order to go deep into the games. Some, however, are still ... | Read More

      • schofio
      • | Jan 10, 2009
      • | 5969 views
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    • Bird-Orangutang takes down World Champion!

      In this great game, Bent Larsen, one of the Bird's highest-level practitioners, demolishes Boris Spassky, the Russian world champion, in the Amsterdam Interzonal of 1964. In the game, Larsen acquires a good advantage from the opening, and builds t... | Read More

      • schofio
      • | Oct 17, 2008
      • | 479 views
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    • KES Open Day Tournament

      The final results of the King Edwards School at Bath Annual Open Day Chess Tournament are shown below (scroll down for results table). (Rob's results have been withdrawn as he was forced to retire from the tournament, meaning that the results are... | Read More

      • schofio
      • | Oct 4, 2008
      • | 336 views
      • | 4 comments
    • British National Chess Junior Squad Young Masters U16

        I recently won (joint) first prize in the British National Chess Junior Squad Young Masters U16 Tournament at Millfield School, with a score of 4.5/5. Here is my favourite game from the tournament, in the Black Knights Tango. Comme... | Read More

      • schofio
      • | Jul 22, 2008
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      • | 5 comments
    • 8 moves out of first 10 with pawns!!!

      Although my oponent did not play this brilliantly, it shows how this aggressive line of the Birds can lead to trouble for Black. (This is quite an old game of mine, but I love this line!) | Read More

      • schofio
      • | Mar 7, 2008
      • | 415 views
      • | 5 comments