The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog

Just a couple of small chess things to share in this post. It's such a beautiful day outside you know, and in London you're never su...

Just to note that Jonathan's piece recording the one-time residence of world championship contender Isidoro Gunsberg has been added as ...

"It is not enough to be a good player, you must also play well" - Savielly Tartakower "It is enough to play badly, provided ...

There are, it seems to me, a million and one reasons to oppose Chess on TV. Firstly, chess is just so much more suitable for the internet, i...

Recently I’ve been looking at very good players losing very quickly (see Justin’s article on Anand’s six move defeat , another six mover fro...

Today, as you can see from the diagram, we’re back in the land of brevity. You can probably work out the losing position was reached via, 1....

Every one's doing it , big time apparently . It's even the core business for some. Chess videos. Are they the future? Personall...

What would you do if you won the lottery? I'd have all those who ever annoyed me hunted down and shot - and then if there was any money ...

Because, argues the Kenilworthian , our losses constantly remind us of our lack of knowledge about the game, and this then causes us pain or...

1. d4 Nf6, 2. Nd2 e5, 3. dxe5 Ng4 4. h3?? Ne3 5. resigns "Gibaud – Lazard, Paris 1924" Well, after last night's game I'm s...

A mixed bag of news this time around for Streatham & Brixton Chess Club. Whilst we comfortably beat Crystal Palace in the Surrey League ...

Let me warn you from the off - I'm in a grumpy mood. Last night I lost again. I've now come a distant second in three of my last fo...

On Saturday I had an experience, playing chess, that I never wanted to have - but one which I knew I was bound to have sooner or later. It d...

A week or so ago, we heard of Anand’s six move Petroff disaster from Biel, 1988. Justin’s post reminded me of a remarkably similar game fro...

In answer to the question "Does chess need intelligence?" you might expect scientific research to come up with an answer along the...

"On the 22nd of April I am going to do something crazy," emails Streatham & Brixton ace and the world's 21,702nd best ches...

A chess prodigy who ran away and hooked an exotic dancer almost twice his age has returned home to a hero's welcome after a teenage adve...

Labour politician Nigel Griffiths resigned from the government earlier this week , in protest against the policy to renew Trident. My eye ...

Some changes are afoot in chess time limits, it seems. Outside of the elite, top-tier seven hour games, FIDE and Kramnik apparently propose ...

Black to play From The Guardian today... " ... this is a competition with a difference. You can rule out a forced checkmate, or a cleve...