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KES Chess Club Blog

Submitted by schofio on Thu Jan 29, 2009 2:47pm.

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 »

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Free Chess Openings Explorer

Submitted by schofio on Sat Jan 10, 2009 7:53am.

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 »

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Bird-Orangutang takes down World Champion!

Submitted by schofio on Fri Oct 17, 2008 11:54am.

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 »

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KES Open Day Tournament

Submitted by schofio on Sat Oct 4, 2008 7:50am.

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 (Rob's results have been withdrawn as he was forced to retire from the tournament, meaning that the results are...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 »

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British National Chess Junior Squad Young Masters U16

Submitted by schofio on Tue Jul 22, 2008 8:20am.

  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 »

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8 moves out of first 10 with pawns!!!

Submitted by schofio on Fri Mar 7, 2008 10:42am.

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 »

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