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rtchessclub.com/2026/10/19/c… We have an endgame study for you to solve this week. Simple but pretty!

Chess Puzzle of the Week (414)

It’s quite some time since I offered you an endgame study, so here’s one now. Yuri Belyakin3 Pr Sverdlovsk TourneyNa smenu! 1951-52 White to play and draw. I found this in the September…

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Chess: World No 11, Anish Giri, leads She Plays to Win women to unlikely victory

Newly promoted SPTW were expected to be outclassed in the top division of the 4NCL British League, but proved a revelation

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rtchessclub.com/2026/10/16/c… How did you get on with analysing Monday's position? Click here to find out, and study a classic Lasker game.

Chess Puzzle of the Week (413): Solution

Monday’s position, featured in Chess Heroes: Puzzles Book 2, comes from the game Lasker – Chigorin (Nuremberg 1896). White’s queen and knight are a potent attacking force, but Bla…

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London Daily Chronicle 10 August 1922
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An indifferent batting performance by Lodway 2nd. Western Daily Press 23 April 1924
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Having strengthened our team with some close-season signings we opened our Thames Valley Div 1 campaign with a convincing away win against newly promoted Wimbledon A.
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minorpieces.uk/2026/10/08/mi… You'll really want to read my first article about Agnes (Lawson) Stevenson. Part 2 coming shortly!

Minor Pieces 112: Agnes Bradley Stevenson (née Lawson) (1)

Mrs Rawson and Miss Lawson. Two chess players with similar names whose lives would become entwined. You’ve met the former: now meet the latter. Let’s start with the story of Septimus La…

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rtchessclub.com/2026/10/12/c… Another position from Chess Heroes: Puzzles Book 2 for you to analyse this week.

Chess Puzzle of the Week (413)

As we approach the publication of the last two Chess Heroes books, here’s another of the more challenging positions from Chess Heroes: Puzzles Book 2. White to move. What would you play, and …

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An Adams Game, A Knight Maneuver And A Historical Mystery.

Good afternoon everyone. back with the blog I had intended last time! During the Olympiad I was doing my 'playing along' with the live coverage of one of Mickey Adams games. No engine and trying to...

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orangetreetheatre.co.uk/what… Tomorrow afternoon's entertainment

Impressions: From Debussy to Coltrane

A distinctive programme of musical crosscurrents, pianist Harry Baker explores the rich dialogue between French classical music and jazz.

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lokimusic.co.uk/calendar/ite… This evening's entertainment

The Black presence in Georgian theatre and music [Garrick's Temple] - Loki Music

*Bloomsbury Baroque* [1] contributes music by Ignatius Sancho and Joseph Bologne to Black History Month, along with incidental suites by Paisible [Oroonoko] and Henry Purcell [The Indian Queen] and...

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The return match between our Thames Valley D and E teams resulted in a draw.
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Here's the result of our first London League match of the season.
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IAGOCOT in the Celebrity Traitors: Stuart Heritage in the Guardian on Jerry Hall.
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Codebreaker, 103, kept his WW2 heroics a secret for decades

Fred Vanke was sworn to secrecy but has now been honoured by Bletchley Park.

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rtchessclub.com/match-result… The return match between our D and E teams in Division 4 of the Thames Valley League resulted in a draw.

Match

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rtchessclub.com/match-result… Our first London League match of the 2026-27 campaign resulted in a narrow victory over King's College London.

Match

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Chess: France and US dominate rapid and blitz at Pall Mall Masters

The Chess England event was a rare test of UK skills against strong foreign opposition

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rtchessclub.com/2026/10/09/c… Did you choose to accept Black's sacrifice in Monday's puzzle? Click here to find out whether your analysis was correct.

Chess Puzzle of the Week (412): Solution

On Monday I asked you if you would accept Black’s knight sacrifice here. There were some conflicting views in our club’s WhatsApp group. The answer is that the sacrifice is unsound, so …

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