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All players welcome - Monday 7.30pm Marlborough Club, Didcot. Join our teams in the Oxfordshire Chess League plus club tournaments and casual games

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Can you find the way to punish black's mistake in this position from the @ECUonline European Team Chess Championship? White to move and display his mastery of how the knight moves! #Chess #Tactics #ETCC

ZibbitVideos's tweet image. Can you find the way to punish black's mistake in this position from the @ECUonline European Team Chess Championship? White to move and display his mastery of how the knight moves! #Chess #Tactics #ETCC

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big news... we are absolutely delighted to reveal that an article about penistone chess club has been published in the latest october edition of CHESS magazine on page 37... called 'trials and tribulations'... thank you to richard palliser for helping us ♟️

PenistoneChess's tweet image. big news... we are absolutely delighted to reveal that an article about penistone chess club has been published in the latest october edition of CHESS magazine on page 37... called 'trials and tribulations'... thank you to richard palliser for helping us ♟️

Following our recent AGM, Didcot CC congratulates Ben Sloman on his appointment as our new Chairman! Many thanks to Mark McLeod for his excellent work in the role. Mark will now be prioritizing continued development of the club's junior section, as well as captaining Didcot 4.


Reminder of 2nd Oxford FIDE Congress this weekend 20th-21st September. congress.org.uk/congress/531/h…


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James Sherwin, who on this day in 1958(!!) had just finished playing in the Interzonal Tournament in Portorož... x.com/ecfchess/statu…

♟️ Chess unites generations! At today’s UK Open Blitz Qualifier in Cardiff, James Sherwin (92) faced Bodhana Sivanandan (10) — an 82-year age gap across the board. ✨ You can still enter future blitz qualifiers here 👉 britchess.wufoo.com/forms/2025-uk-… 📸 Thanks Fanella Headlong!

ecfchess's tweet image. ♟️ Chess unites generations! At today’s UK Open Blitz Qualifier in Cardiff, James Sherwin (92) faced Bodhana Sivanandan (10) — an 82-year age gap across the board. ✨

You can still enter future blitz qualifiers here 👉 britchess.wufoo.com/forms/2025-uk-…
📸 Thanks Fanella Headlong!


We’re expanding our league presence to 4 teams this coming season with a team in each of the 4 Oxfordshire League divisions. That’s a great opportunity for experiencing competitive chess at all levels. Get in touch to speak to a team captain - league starts in October.


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Honorary 2025 Louisiana State Chess Champion! Jokes aside, tournaments with players of all ages and backgrounds, 2-3 games a day and the typical rush to get food between games really reminds me of why I fell in love with chess all those decades ago.

GMHikaru's tweet image. Honorary 2025 Louisiana State Chess Champion! Jokes aside, tournaments with players of all ages and backgrounds, 2-3 games a day and the typical rush to get food between games really reminds me of why I fell in love with chess all those decades ago.

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Dear Chess Friends, It is our great honor to share with you rare, never-before-published footage from the 1972 World Chess Championship between Bobby Fischer and Boris Spassky. This recording, recently uncovered in the archives of the Icelandic Chess Federation, was sent for…


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Although it does seem weird that world number two Hikaru Nakamura can play 22 hames vs lower rated players to potentially become World Champion, it's refreshing to see a ton of club players enjoying a unique opportunity to get to meet and even play against him. Every cloud...

Good Morning!! Today I'll be playing @RalphTan37 in the 4th round of the Louisiana State Championships and it's all being streamed on kick.com/gmhikaru with @JenShahade doing commentary

GMHikaru's tweet image. Good Morning!! Today I'll be playing @RalphTan37 in the 4th round of the Louisiana State Championships and it's all being streamed on kick.com/gmhikaru with @JenShahade doing commentary


Well Mitch, tell us about your first 2 rounds...

DidcotChess's tweet image. Well Mitch, tell us about your first 2 rounds...

Maybe you've heard? @GMHikaru is playing the Louisiana State Championship this weekend! Here he is with his Round 2 opponent Mitch Costanza; Round 3 starts at 5:30pm central! Watch at chess.com/events/louisia…

USChess's tweet image. Maybe you've heard? @GMHikaru is playing the Louisiana State Championship this weekend! Here he is with his Round 2 opponent Mitch Costanza; Round 3 starts at 5:30pm central! Watch at chess.com/events/louisia…


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Advice for the player who must face a difficult match: “He should abstain from eating meat for a few days, in order to clear his mind. It is also advisable to take purgatives to cleanse the humors of his body and, above all, he should confess his sins and receive spiritual…

davidllada's tweet image. Advice for the player who must face a difficult match:

“He should abstain from eating meat for a few days, in order to clear his mind. It is also advisable to take purgatives to cleanse the humors of his body and, above all, he should confess his sins and receive spiritual…

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Day 4: They suspect nothing.

SlenderSherbet's tweet image. Day 4: They suspect nothing.

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White to play and win.

GMJanTimman's tweet image. White to play and win.

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Efim Bogoljubow and Max Euwe playing a (not very serious) game of blitz chess in 1928.


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Brilliant Knight Sacrifice, But Why🤔🤔

GMIgorSmirnov's tweet image. Brilliant Knight Sacrifice, But Why🤔🤔

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Deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of our long-time Oxford @4NCL captain, Tim Dickinson, FIDE International Arbiter. A dedicated captain, true chess connoisseur, and a genuinely lovely person. You will be greatly missed, Tim... oxfordfusion.com/oca/GetNews.cf…

The_Archpoet's tweet image. Deeply shocked and saddened by the passing of our long-time Oxford @4NCL captain, Tim Dickinson, FIDE International Arbiter.  A dedicated captain, true chess connoisseur, and a genuinely lovely person. You will be greatly missed, Tim... oxfordfusion.com/oca/GetNews.cf…

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here is our club president Norman Fisk who loves chess and has played all his life, his rating is 1342 and his favourite opening is the london system which he used to beat players as strong as 1500 this year... apart from chess Norman loves fishing cricket and barbeques

PenistoneChess's tweet image. here is our club president Norman Fisk who loves chess and has played all his life, his rating is 1342 and his favourite opening is the london system which he used to beat players as strong as 1500 this year... apart from chess Norman loves fishing cricket and barbeques

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@BishopPair Hi Dan. Long time! Haven’t been here lots. Was going to ask a favour- I’m helping organise this chess congress in Basingstoke and wonder if you could give it a retweet, or pass on to chess colleagues. 🙏

Chessplay73's tweet image. @BishopPair Hi Dan. Long time!
Haven’t been here lots. Was going to ask a favour- I’m helping organise this chess congress in Basingstoke and wonder if you could give it a retweet, or pass on to chess colleagues. 🙏

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Black seems to have everything under control and is even threatening mate on g2. Yet, after White’s next move, Black resigned. Can you see it? More Killer Moves by @GMJacobAagaard in our latest New In Chess magazine issue. newinchess.com/new-in-chess-2…

NewInChess's tweet image. Black seems to have everything under control and is even threatening mate on g2.
Yet, after White’s next move, Black resigned. Can you see it?
More Killer Moves by @GMJacobAagaard  in our latest New In Chess magazine issue.
newinchess.com/new-in-chess-2…

Heard on the news: "...it's like they're playing 3 dimensional chess.." Or OTB chess as we call it.


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