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It's in my copy - page 12 of the Sports section. Nosher's win in the Sigeman tournament.

Matthew Tapp wrote: Also, Russell A James (who is roughly the same age as me - mid 30s) almost certainly did not play in the Barnstaple Open in 1972

Before anyone asks, it wasn't me playing in the 1972 Barnstaple Open either.

Ben Purton wrote:James , Jonathan

Any idea who won the eastman cup it was DK(My team) V Richmond(My former team) and I didnt play before of this fact. Therefore curious who won.

Hi Ben

Richmond won

Just noticed the Round 5 pairings from the Amersham Open.

Board 19 - Almond v Tart.

Congratulations Sean (or your computer).

William Metcalfe wrote:chesskids is a really good web site with lots of puzzles and ideas for kids

Many thanks for the plug, William. You beat me to it.

Work is proceeding (slowly) on a completely new version. Watch this space.

May 2009: The English Chess Federation’s flagship project for the coming year is Chess for Schools – an endeavour to put chess sets in every school in England, and then follow up with the objective of establishing new school chess clubs. The original concept for the project came from the child o...

I received a press release from the ECF at 14.09 this afternoon. No doubt it will be posted on the ECF website shortly.

School's closed today so I'm sitting at home waiting for news of tonight's Kingston A v Richmond A Thames Valley League match.

Just as I posted this an email arrived informing me that the match has been cancelled.

There was also chess on BBC2 last night.

The Victorian Farm featured a chess problem from the Boys' Own Paper of, I think, 1897. The days when chess was considered appropriate for older, rather than younger children.

Secondly, Leonard Barden, whether or not Emma's Dad realises or appreciates this or not, was in his day one of the leading players in the UK. He has been a respected observer of the chess scene for half a century. If we are comparing people on the basis of their ability and experience, Emma's Dad v...

This brings up several issues concerning chess in schools which I will outline here. (These comments mainly relate to the concept of introducing chess to children at the age of, say, 7. The introduction of chess in secondary schools is a very different, and very important issue.) 1. There is an enor...

Charles/Michele The English language version of the website is at http://www.stappenmethode.nl/stepsmethod/index.html . Paul Many thanks for your comments and sharing your experiences of the course in Holland. Peter I was hoping you'd reply as we've spoken briefly about it IRL and you told me you'd ...

I have the complete course (apart from one volume which disappeared, as things do, at school and is currently being re-ordered) and have some views on the subject.

I will await further postings before expressing my opinions.

Has anyone out there had any experience with the Step by Step method of teaching chess which has been used very successfully in Holland and elsewhere in Europe for many years? It is endorsed by the Dutch Chess Federation and is used in the majority of schools and clubs in Holland and Belgium. The co...

"At primary school level, when there are an equal number of boys and girls playing, there's a level playing field." Whoever this Gerry Wade (Garry, Walsh, Welsh, Jerry...) chap is he obviously has little experience running chess clubs in primary schools. The above assertion is nonsense :!: Nick, I ...