Peter Keffler R.I.P.
Peter Keffler, doyen of the Clacton Chess Club, passed away last Tuesday (22 December). He had celebrated his 92nd…
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Christmas puzzles – Day 4
This is the last of the Christmas puzzles. If you have answers to all four, email them to me…
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Christmas puzzles – Day 3
It’s Boxing Day, or should that be ChessBoxing Day? I could have written an article about the new ‘sport’ of…
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Christmas puzzles – Day 2
After yesterday’s challenging little puzzle, here’s something to test your ability at retrograde analysis. As it’s Christmas Day, it…
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Christmas puzzles – Day 1
Here is the first of four puzzles to entertain you over Christmas. In the position below, it’s Black to play.…
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78 points grading difference? No problem!
On Tuesday evening, Bury St Edmunds ‘E’ team of four juniors (average age 11) took on the Ipswich B team…
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How to beat an IM / WGM
GM Matthew Sadler (279) was not only the top seed at the recent Bury St Edmunds Congress, he is also…
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Under 160 game
Andrew Shephard (155), who played on Board 2 for the Suffolk Under 160 team on 6 December, has annotated his…
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Half-time in the Bury League
The six clubs in the Bury Area Chess League provide a total of 19 teams, playing in three divisions. The…
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Chess in hibernation
With all matches in both the Suffolk League and the Bury Area League completed for the first half of the…