The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog

Black to play Imagine you're sitting at the board and you're faced with this position. Next, imagine you have Black and are about to...

The second Brentwood International Chess Congress took place two weekends ago. Several Streatham and Brixton Chess Club players took part, w...

Like many expatriates who become accustomed to the proper pronunciation of a different language, I often find myself wincing when I hear Eng...

"A dour battle" was how Captain Richard Tillett summed up my recent victory with the black pieces over Dulwich's Allen Miller ...

Today we're due an update as to S&BCC's recent fortunes in the Surrey and Croydon Leagues. However, since Tom is currently walki...

Hope I didn't put you off there ... but isn't Paul Merton supposed to be funny?

[English grandmaster Geoff Scorebook writes a regular column for the Streatham and Brixton blog. Geoff is well-known as a hardworking profes...

I've been carrying this book around for a couple of weeks now but it was only a few days ago that I noticed the cover. How hard is it to...

Bear with me, for this is not so complicated as the variation it discusses. Consider the following line and the position that it brings abou...

What is the best move for White in this position? The computer will tell you instantly, but you're not using a computer. You're on y...

The advantage of the Fischer clock, they say, is that you'll never need to lose on time again. Need or not, I contrived to do just that ...

It's a year since I visited our neighbours at Streatham Library Chess Club , who meet between 3pm & 8pm each Wednesday at Streatham ...

I seems like only last week that Wijk aan Zee finished but another one has already arrived. Like buses these super tournaments. Yes Linares ...

I was drafted into the Croydon League to play at Coulsdon on Wednesday. It was, shall we say, not a successful journey. After a comprehensiv...

a. Hikaru Nakamura b. Sergey Karjakin You decide....

And, behold, the veil of the temple was rent in twain from the top to the bottom; and the earth did quake, and the rocks rent Matthew 27:51 ...

You might recall that back in November, St George's Hospital, Tooting, witnessed a rather unusual chess event: a theatre production call...

Javier Martínez Catalan (2247) v Justin Horton, Aragón Team Championship 2008, position after Black's twenty-first move: On his scoreshe...

Streatham and Brixton Chess Club's First Team has, without a doubt, had a season of two-halves in the London League - so far. The 2007/...

The S&BCC Blog quota of video clips for the week already having been filled by Tom's chess playing duck last Wednesday, you may wan...