Didcot Chess Club
@DidcotChess
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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Looks like Rachel Reeves is getting in some last minute prep for a Wednesday local league game.
Remembering the 8th World Champion, Mikhail Tal, who would have turned 89 today. #1 Moscow 1957 #2 Moscow 1960 #3 Amsterdam 1964 #4 Wijk aan Zee, 1976 (📷via S. Punte Archive, Novosti Press, Dutch National Archives.) #chess
The greatest demonstration of nobility and kindness that Daniel Naroditsky had is here. He beats Ivanchuk on time. His rival breaks down in tears from frustration. Naroditsky, very respectfully, stays seated in his place and doesn't leave. A great human being.
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
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…
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!
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.
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.
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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Historic clips from the '72 match of the century between Fischer and...
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
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…
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…
Efim Bogoljubow and Max Euwe playing a (not very serious) game of blitz chess in 1928.
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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