English Chess Forum

England have been particularly unlucky in the draw over the last couple of rounds, playing the holders and favourites India followed by a hungry host nation team who went 6-6 overall against Germany Spain & France. When we were in medal contention there were no questions being raised here, but when ...

I suspect strong round 1 wins for Scotland and Ireland would would see them paired with a top 15 seeded team in round 2, which would be great for Freddie and Tarun alongside their teammates. Who knows, perhaps even an early clash with England!

Similar situations occur in many walks of life. If you apply to Oxbridge and you achieve the highest possible grades at A Level but still don't secure a place it is reasonable to question why this outcome has been reached. You may understand that you come from a less desirable area and/or that you ...

Similar situations occur in many walks of life. If you apply to Oxbridge and you achieve the highest possible grades at A Level but still don't secure a place it is reasonable to question why this outcome has been reached. You may understand that you come from a less desirable area and/or that you a...

University Challenge question this evening, - 'The Kan, Taimanov & Dragon are'. At which point a contestant buzzed and answered 'chess openings', as did I to my teenagers. Amol stated incorrect. He finished the question by saying 'they are variations of which chess opening', to which the other team ...

It's a credit to Mickey that he continues to actively play and therefore risk his rating unlike others who remain higher up in such a list despite little activity.

Seemingly taking slightly longer than the result on board 1 and also that on board 13.

Indeed, though I doubt anyone heading into the final round with a chance to win the tournament is playing below 2100 in the event. Whilst I am sure any final round pairing would be tough, I suspect before the tournament Danny would have taken this final round scenario. Good luck to him and our other...

The final round later today. Danny Gormally on board 2 is very much still in with a chance to win the 50+ event, whilst Terry Chapman could medal in the 65+.

This years Reykjavik open started yesterday and included a lovely win for Simon Williams. Plenty of English participants, round 2 starting shortly on this double round day.

I note that BBC2 are repeating the series with an episode each weekday at 2pm and finishing next Thursday 26th March, which may be of interest to anyone who missed the series or wants to revisit .

As a resident of Warrington and having represented both Cheshire & North Wales and Lancashire as a junior, it is of little surprise that having returned to the game 30 years later that this discussion around Warrington and county boundaries continues!

Event underway, live boards on lichess. Today is also a double round day. https://lichess.org/broadcast/isle-of-w ... 2/m37l1hOY

Unless there is an issue with the live feed, it looks like the GM opponent of Benny Aizenberg has not turned up on board 11. Assuming this is correct and per the last post around possible norms, would this be sufficient for this IM to get the GM norm or would he just get the point bye and not the ne...

Chess featured in a starter and a set of bonus questions on last nights University Challenge contested between Manchester & LSE. The screen was split in two - on the left was a chess board with the pieces set in an early opening position and on the right was a pin on a map outline. The name of the o...