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Kingston upon Thames
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What is the quickest way for Black to win? From Saturday's county game Steve Rix (Essex) v John Foley (Surrey) kingstonchess.com/steve-rix-… #SCCU
Peter Andrews sums up the latest battle between Kingston's first and second teams, this time in Div 1 of the Thames Valley League. tinyurl.com/y7cd3b5t Kingston A prevailed with wins by David Maycock, Peter Large (pictured) and David Rowson, but it was far from one-way traffic
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Captain Stephen Moss reports on Kingston's 6.5-3.5 victory over Guildford in the semi-final of the 10-board Alexander Cup, Surrey's premier knockout competition. tinyurl.com/ymj9juen Wins for Supratit Banerjee, David Maycock, Vladimir Li (pictured) and Harvey Li (no relation)
IM Supratit Banerjee (pictured below, left) has annotated his win against Gwilym Price on board 1 in last week's Alexander Cup semi-final between Kingston and Guildford. tinyurl.com/2dr363hu A brilliant demonstration of 12-year-old Supratit's analytical strength and maturity
John Foley reports on CSC ChessPlus Kingston's opening weekend of the 4NCL season. A draw by David Maycock (pictured) on Sunday secured the match victory and two vital Division 1 points after a nasty shock against Schach Attack on Saturday tinyurl.com/3av9xk5h
Supratit is a key member of Kingston's team in the Surrey, London and national 4NCL competitions. We are delighted that his enormous talent has been recognised.
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The @4NCL season starts tomorrow. The CSC ChessPlus Kingston squad has entered four teams covering the 1st, 2nd and 4th divisions. We combine experience and youth, talent and determination. @schoolschess @KingstonChess
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Congratulations to John Foley @ChessScholar , president of @KingstonChess, who has been named Chess Educator of the Year for 2026 by the World Chess Federation. A second memento from Samarkand was the stylish Uzbek hat. @FIDE_chess
ALT John Foley, 2026 FIDE Chess Educator of the Year
Tremendous 6.5-3.5 victory for Kingston over Guildford tonight in the semi-final of the 10-board Alexander Cup. Wins for Supratit Banerjee (pictured), David Maycock, Vladimir Li and Harvey Li. We now march on to the final, where we will face Coulsdon, Epsom or Wimbledon
Kingston play Guildford at home in the semi-final of the Alexander Cup this evening. It is a repeat of last season's closely fought final and promises to be a great match between two strong teams. Updates here from 7.30pm
The indefatigable Peter Andrews' report on Kingston's 4-2 Lauder Trophy victory at South Norwood on Thursday. Wins for John Foley (pictured right, in Uzbek hat), Alex Chmelev and Stephen Moss took Kingston into the semi-finals of the competition tinyurl.com/y84m38ju
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@ChessScholar was CSC’s first tutor trainer and his award is definitely well-deserved.
Peter Andrews has written a detailed report on Kingston 1's 6-2 win over Kingston 2 in Surrey Div 1. tinyurl.com/fyw3tnz8 On board 1 IM John Hawksworth (right) lost on time to FM David Maycock and as an act of catharsis has produced a superb annotation tinyurl.com/v5avxz8y
Peter Andrews reports on Kingston 1's 6.5-1.5 win against Kingston 2 in the Surrey League Div 1 season opener. shorturl.at/70UwH A hard-fought match which we hope will scrape off the rust ahead of many tough battles to come this season
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Well done John Foley!
Thoroughly deserved we say
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We have just learnt, through a post on the SCCA website, that Wallington Chess Club is closing its doors. This is terribly sad news and we have just reached out to them to see if we can help in some way. It's never nice to see another club go bust, especially a Surrey League one.
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#KingstonChess Round 9 (final) report - (1) Henry Adams 7½/9; (2) Graeme Buckley 7; (3) Danny Gormally 6½ johnchess.blogspot.com/2026/…
ALT Henry Adams, winner of the 2026 Kingston Invitational Chess Tournament
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21-year-old Henry Adams (FIDE 2174, untitled) has won the 5th Kingston Invitation chess tournament with a score of 7½ out of 9 ahead of 1 GM and 3 IMs. An outstanding result johnchess.blogspot.com/2026/…
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#KingstonChess Round 7 report now available... johnchess.blogspot.com/2026/… - Henry Adams now leads with 6/7, with Graeme Buckley in second place on 5½. Two rounds to go.