17 March 2021 Reported by our Celtic correspondent Dim Parcio Dia dhaoibh! Dim Parcio speaking, greeting you on this auspicious St Patrick’s Day. Yes, I know I’m not Irish but I am from the Celtic Fringe and from the summit of Yr Wyddfa (that’s Snowdon to you saesnegs) on a very clear day I can… Continue reading »
3 Mawrth 2021 Reported by our Welsh correspondent Dim Parcio Dydd Gwyl Dewi (that’s St. David’s Day to you saesnegs) was marked by a special festive round of the Alwoodley & Friends rapidplay tournament. It was a lovely day for it, too. Cloudless skies. Warm sunshine right up till sunset and spring bursting out all… Continue reading »
26 June 2020Round 1 of the National Clubs Championships reviewed by Lumpy Kustud When our top-board player Paul Johnson saw the draw for Limewood team in round 1 of the online National Clubs Championships, he was taken aback to find he was pitched against Grand Master John Nunn – just a shade nunn-plussed in fact…. Continue reading »
The Grob (1. g4) is a much maligned opening but one of our members (who shall remain nameless as this post may be seen by prospective opponents) is rather fond of using it and has had a surprising amount of success with it. He may like to know that he is not alone as a… Continue reading »
Scarborough Chess Congress reviewed by Lumpy Kustud and our Welsh reporter Dim Parcio 27 October 2019 Lumpy Kustud: This year the Scarborough Chess Congress coincided with the Scarborough Rain Festival. Yes, it was wet, wet, wet. Hey, that’s a catchy little phrase! I might copyright it. Dim Parcio: Think you’ll find some Scots have got… Continue reading »
3 June 2019 Fears were expressed tonight for the wellbeing of members of the Awkward Squad. They were scheduled to attend the AGM of the Leeds Chess Association but unaccountably failed to appear. Fixtures Secretary Mike Bramson offered to organise a search party. Chairman Ian Strickland said, “I don’t understand it – I didn’t have… Continue reading »
28 April 2019 Final part of Chris Tatham’s account of the club’s Twitter presence ………. (You can view Part 1 of the series here, Part 2 here and Part 3 here) So who is interested in following the news and views of our humble little chess club? Well, after a manual trawl and analysis of… Continue reading »
21 April 2019 Continuing Chris Tatham’s account of the club’s Twitter presence ………. (You can view Part 1 of the series here and Part 2 here.) So who is interested in following the news and views of our humble little chess club? Well, after a manual trawl and analysis of our 302 followers at the… Continue reading »