The holiday period over the festive season has come to an end and it is time for all our normal activities (school, work and playing chess of course) to resume. The Goodwood Chess club will be open tonight at 19:15.
Meeting Tuesdays @ 19:15 behind the Goodwood Library, c/o Voortrekker Road & Church Street. Entrance from Church Street through motorised gate diagonally opposite the church (secure parking!!!).
For more information, please feel free to email us.
Down to 4
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After a couple of exciting rounds, the 2024 Candidates is down to 4
players. There is a 3 way tie at the top, with Nepo, Naka, and Gukesh all
on 7.5, wi...
Chain of logic
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In the comments of the previous post, I mentioned the PoPLoAFun system to
be a single branch idea. It is a line from attacker to target. The
mnemonics d...
Mikhail Tal
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[image: Creative Commons Zero, Public Domain Dedication Image of the
Latvian GrandMaster Mikhail Tal sitting at a chessboard B&W Image]
Mikhail Tal: The...
Elementary Technique
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Josef Kling and Bernhard Horwitz, *Chess Studies, or Endings of Games* (London,
1851) was one of the earliest books to emphasize chess endings. It was
writ...
Girls Chess
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not a lot of girls here
I'm just back from Grade Nationals and I have some pressing thoughts about
girls chess to share with you.
The USCF should cha...
2023 U.S. Women's Chess Championship
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Information from U.S. Chess Champs:Pairings round 1
()TableWhiteScoreRatingBlackScoreRatingResult1IM Paikidze, Nazi0.02316FM
Eswaran, Ashritha0.022731-02IM...
Top Real Money Slots for Chess Lovers
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As chess has grown in popularity in recent years, so too have the number of
online slot games aimed at chess lovers. These slots offer players the
chance...
Anticipation of Things Future
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Fifteen years ago, when I started this blog, I called the first post
Remembrance of Things Past. It seems like an odd way to begin a chronicle
that literal...
Double Attack on the Hanging Rooks
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White has a slight space advantage in the center plus the half-open B file
ripe for the doubling of his rooks. White's immediate threat is 21. c5,
...
We offer chess lessons follow the link to join MCA
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MCA offers professional chess lessons. You may contact Coach Max at +264
813379064 or visit our new blogsite https://maximumchess.blogspot.com for
more in...
Chess in Art Postscript: Raglafart in Retrospect
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Art, craft, and design: these teasing, shape-shifting categories were seen
in Chess in Art XI in the industrial scale marquetry of Alan Boileau. They
were ...
How to study Openings
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*Here is a well-known method to study openings, assuming you are serious
about it.*
1. First, Experiment in rapid and blitz to see what you like. You m...
Vale, Arianne
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Like many of you I was shocked and saddened by the sudden passing of
Arianne Caoili. Her husband, Levon Aronian, announced the news on Twitter.
Most of us ...
Round Robin Roundabout
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In National Lampoon's European Vacation, Clark Griswold drives his family
around the Lambeth Bridge roundabout for hours, unable to maneuver his car
to a...
My (Slighty Tattered) Chess Career
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So going on seven weeks ago I was happy to report that Derek Slater was
back "And (Perhaps) Me Too" but there's been no follow-through, as such. A
few time...
Opening: Pawn Wall 4 - 117
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New comic. Sorry for the delay - the computer is not working very well. It
still isn't doing so well but I got it limping along at least.
You can follo...
Turning Point Towards 1800
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It was no April Fools joke about my 1800 rating. I left with one of my
typical time pressure train wreck positions. I'm wondering to myself, will
people ...
Some new chess rules passed by FIDE
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You can read about it at Chess.com. Here are the first couple: At the
recent FIDE Congress, delegates from the 103 countries represented made
some rule cha...
Watch Brooklyn Castle Online
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If you have yet to see the documentary Brooklyn Castle, now is your chance;
PBS is making it available to watch for free on their website until
November 6t...
Norths John Purdy Memorial
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Last night, I popped into the North Sydney RSL club where they were having
the Norths CS Purdy Memorial competition (which runs for over 2 months).
I was t...
Chess improvement has a new home!
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Hi all, I’ve decided to continue this website in a new place. I’ve it moved
to http://www.chessimprovement.net This new web address covers better the
purpo...
Prédateur 2.2.1 "Bugfix" released
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Because of constant pressure from Ruxy, Leo and Graham, and because the x32
version of Prédateur 2.2 was consistantly outplayed by Fernando Villega's
Mor...
I am curious
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I was sitting around the mansion and thinking about this blog. It has been
over a year since my last post. Does anyone actually read it? I don't get
any co...
Chess Books on Kindle
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I am learning about the awesome resource of chess books on Kindle.
I think we all -- whether we like it or not -- have to accept the fact that
paper books ...
Belgium Championship, part two (rounds 4-6)
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Because of my good start of 2.5 out of 3 i got to play on the seventh board
in round 4. My oponnent Van Vliet D. opted for the french defense against
my 1....
3rd New York International - Final Results
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Grandmasters Jaan Ehlvest and P. Harikrishna won the 3rd New York
International, held at the Marshall Chess Club from June 18 to 22, 2010,
with a score of ...
Scacchi: Enciclopedia pratica dei Gambetti
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Marco Saba's Scacchi: Enciclopedia pratica dei Gambetti is an interesting
resource, offering over 700 database generated opening reports for various
gambi...
Manual for Chess Trainers now available to download
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Information for CHESS COACHES In South Africa MANUAL CONTENTS SUMMARY Chess
Training in general The School Chess Supervisor Syllabus Syllabus for the
Entry...
Stoyko and Phaedrus combined
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This afternoon I struggled with the position below. If you want you can use
it yourself as a Stoyko exercise. The position is taken from Khmelnitsky's
Ches...
66 Days Later...
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A few of you probably wonder, "What ever became of likesforests?"
- I have not studied any chess.
- My baby's doing well.
- I lost 45 lbs, but in...
What's the plan?
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So what is the plan in this position? I worked hard to get a good bishop,
pawn structure, space and opponents passive pieces. Isn't a B vs N endgame
with...
One Jump Ahead
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Earlier this summer checkers had been solved. This was solved using what is
known as a "weak" solve. It was not a complete tablebase of all the
positions, ...