Borough News March 23, 1973 Photo: Time is the enemy as these players concentrate [Kingston is playing on the right hand side. Chris Clegg, front right, in a familar chess pose; Peter Roche on 4th …| Kingston Chess Club
Michael Healey has christened a new opening – the Baboon, which hinges on an early b5 as Black and is a kind of mirror image of the Orangutan opening. But is it any good? Photograph by Leila Boujnane The Orangutan (1. b4) is a beautiful, rare, fascinating opening. And animal. Yet there is its mirror […]| Kingston Chess Club
After a short gap of 35 years, I played my first rated tournament since the 1990 British Championship at the Kingston Invitational Open in mid-August. Going into the event, I was quite apprehensive, not really knowing what to expect but hoping for a plus score and some improvement in my ECF rating, even if my 1990 vintage Fide rating of 2350 was likely to take a battering.| Kingston Chess Club
Played in 1969 at Richmond Primrose Westcombe (1926 – 2024) was a member of Kingston Chess Club covering at least the period between 1969 and 1973. We only became reacquainted with this fact …| Kingston Chess Club
Kingston Chess Club celebrated its sesquicentennial at the Saxon Fayre on 26/27 July in Canbury Gardens. Members of the club dressed as Saxons in keeping with the theme of the event. Many visitors enjoyed playing chess.| Kingston Chess Club
Game played in Round 5 of the 4th SCCU London Teams Championships, St Lukes Church, Hampstead 21 June 2025 Kingston v Pimlico This was the first time that Kingston had entered a team into the Major (top) section of the London RapidPlay Team Championships organised by the Southern Counties Chess Union – the regional branch […]| Kingston Chess Club
Kingston triumphed at the London Club Championship on June 21, 2025 in Hampstead, defeating Richmond & Twickenham in the final round. Vladimir Li earned the top performance prize (6/6). Suprat…| Kingston Chess Club
We were delighted to be able to fill four tables for this one-off event. With four people on each table, we had 16 enthusiastic players for the evening. Our instructor was Rosie White from the famous Young Chelsea Bridge Club. She has coached a generation of bridge players and was happy to try to convert inveterate chess players to the pleasures of a classic new game.| Kingston Chess Club
It felt a little strange to play a major chess match on the longest and hottest day of the year so far, with several players in shorts and complaints that the air conditioning was too effective. Bu…| Kingston Chess Club
Hounslow B v Kingston B, Thames Valley League division 2 match played at the Royal British Legion, Hounslow on 28 April 2025 This was not a match I expected Kingston B to win. We were away, outrate…| Kingston Chess Club
Richmond wanted to prove a point in this match – that their B team could live with our title-winning side – and they proved it emphatically, running out winners by 5.5-0.5. We are champions of the division, but we were humbled by this result – the second team's first defeat of the season in its final match.| Kingston Chess Club
In the penultimate league match of the season, Kingston B held on to their unbeaten record with a reasonably comfortable victory against a battle-hardened Richmond B side, who were in with a chance of promotion if they could beat us in the final two back-to-back matches of the season.| Kingston Chess Club
David, by profession a teacher of English and history, is Kingston first-team captain in the Thames Valley League| Kingston Chess Club
The Lauder Trophy is a mathematical puzzle: you need a six players and have a maximum of 10,500 rating points to play with. How to slice the cake – three 2000-strength stars and three under-1500s, …| Kingston Chess Club
John is president of Kingston Chess Club, director of the Kingston Chess Academy and director of ChessPlus Ltd| Kingston Chess Club
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Stephen is the author of books on chess and cricket, and club captain at Kingston| Kingston Chess Club
