Sheffield Chess Congress 2023
The Sheffield Chess Congress is being revived. The previous series ran from 2011 to 2017. The 2023 event is to be held (as from 2012-2017) at King Edward VII School,…
The Sheffield Chess Congress is being revived. The previous series ran from 2011 to 2017. The 2023 event is to be held (as from 2012-2017) at King Edward VII School,…
Last night we ran a 5 round, 5+5 Blitz tournament. Congratulations to John who won all 5 of his games and finished 1st on the podium. Then to Bill who…
Recently, IM Andrew Ledger delivered a workshop on the topic of pawn structures in the middle games, and IQP positions. Andrew has annotated another one of his games from the…
After several months absence, we've rebooted our Sunday Lichess tournaments! In today's tournament we had 6 players, and our winner for today was new member, Oliver! Congrats! Anyone interested in…
This was the 4th round of 7 and our team was seeded a little higher than our opponents. My opponent was a similar rating to myself, so I was keen…
A couple of members, Danny and Javier, playing some quick games of chess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vJiSiTAXmw
Congrats to Andy and Finlay for their joint first-place finish in our 3+2 blitz mini-tournament on Monday night. Well done chaps! Final standings as follows... Position Name Points Round #1…
No league matches scheduled tonight for any of our teams; so casual chess (with a sprinkling of light hearted banter), was the name of the game. We're almost at the…
Well done to everyone who played in our internal club tournament tonight, well played Brendan, finishing in first place with 5/6 points. Final standings as follows: Position Name Points Round…
This was the game that won me the Yorkshire championships. This season it was decided at the Scarborough congress and going into the last round, I was on 4/4. Unusually,…