The Streatham & Brixton Chess Blog

I am not going to tell you who played black beside Chivers in the game that is the subject of today's piece. In fact, the blunder he pro...

A short quiz for you this Saturday on the theme of middle names: Which British International Master has the middle name Roland? Which Britis...

We're already reaching the end of our Arkell Interview. In Part I we heard from Keith about his life in chess and Part II covered his...

We're continuing with Arkell Interview week today. If you haven't already seen it you might want to take a peek at Part I before r...

Today is a rather special day for us on the S&BC blog. For the first time ever we've got an interview with a genuine, honest to good...

Last weekend I nearly went to the cinema. I ended up having a quiet night in instead which was just dandy but if I had gone I'd have se...

Rejoice, for issue number 40 of Kingpin is out only two years (and a handful of months) after issue 39 . Rejoice and spend money, for there ...

Last time on When we were Kings we left Spassky in game fourteen of the 1977/78 Candidates Final with Korchnoi about to up the weirdness a...

I once heard an established poet instruct his young protégé to put away the poem he'd newly written, and not look at it again for at lea...

Sometimes you're just casually reading a chess book, without looking at a chessboard, when you notice something.... Exhibit A : " S...

This position appeared, early last Saturday evening, on board six in the individual championship of Huesca province, seventh round. It will ...