This is the final line up for the #Sussexunichess IM norm invitational 3 of the players played in the #British_chess_championship and one was a commentator!

11-year-old superstar Supratit Banerjee beating IM Peter Large in the #KingstonChess tournament. The secret of his success? He's the only pre-teen player who does NOT have a cluster of huge water bottles beside the board. Parents of chess kids, please note - less water, more Elo.

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Apologies for my silence: I went on holiday! In the meantime, the Kingston Invitational IM Norm RR has been ongoing. Two IMs clashed today, with IM Graeme Buckley defeating IM Peter Large after Peter left himself with a weak kingside #chess #englishchess

Elsewhere, the V Mindsports International Festival 2025 has been ongoing. IM Brandon Clarke is 4/4 and top of the leaderboard. Today, he beat IM Thibaut Vandenbussche, who couldn't stop a powerful passed pawn #chess #englishchess

The Manchester Congress is under way, and Mike Surtees stole day one with 3 wins. His Rd.2 win vs James Kearney was glorious. Kearney castled into a pawn storm, and it was chaos from there! #chess #englishchess

GM Michael Adams has been dominating the English scene recently. However, GM Aravindh Chithambaram of India defeated him in Rd1 of the prestigious Rubinstein Chess Festival 2025. Adams missed blacks only game-saving move here. Can you find it: #chess #chesspunks

The Kingston Invitational IM Norm Tournament saw overseas players thrive. Adam Taylor finished top out of the English contingent, with FM Supratit Banerjee also having another decent tournament #chess #englishchess

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The Manchester Congress concluded today. A fourway tie at the top, with the two GM's, Keith Arkell and Daniel Gormally, joined by Mike Surtees and FM Adam Ashton #chess #englishchess

The Staffordshire Chess Congress also concluded, with Wales' FM Jonathan Blackburn impressively going 5/5. Jacob Boswell was the highest English finisher, coming 2nd with 4/5 #chess #englishchess

John Saunders' final report on the Kingston Invitational. tinyurl.com/ywffv4ah Polish GM Jakub Kosakowski won the 10-player IM norm event. Norwegian FMs Jacob T Grave and Gunnar Lund were joint winners of the Open, with Grave beating his compatriot in a play-off for the trophy

The two top under-18 players at the Kingston Invitational were Jai Kothari and Shlok Verma, both of whom scored 5.5/9. As equal first they shared the prize money, but Kothari won the play-off to secure the coveted Barden Cup for top junior

Winner of the Best Game prize, judged by GM Daniel King, was FM Robert Eames for his ferocious attack in the final round. Well done to Bob and everyone else who took part in the 4th Kingston Invitational. It was played in a heatwave, with much water and many doughnuts consumed

GM Michael Adams drew in Rd 2 of the Rubinstein Chess Festival 2025 to move to 0.5/2 in this elite tournament. Adams faces GM Pawel Teclaf tomorrow as he seeks his first win. #chess #englishchess

IM Malcolm Pein is in action at the Festival Bella italia Lignano Sabbiadoro. He won his opener as black vs Luca Canova in very accurate fashion. #chess #englishchess

IM Brandon Clarke has an outside shot at winning the V Mindsports International 2025. He is joint 2nd after beating Wenxiang Li to move to 6/8. In an interesting game, Clarke created a passed pawn which he patiently manipulated up the board, assisted by a king walk #chess

managed to tie for 1st with Keith Arkell, Adam Ashton and mike surtees in the manchester summer open... my 2nd tournament win of the year at the bolton sports arena 😎

Many congratulations to Brandon Clarke who came joint first and gained a GM norm at the Mindsports International Festival 2025. 🎉 Other great performances included Sohum Lohia and Jonah Willow who both finished on 6.5/9 s3.chess-results.com/tnrWZ.aspx?lan… 📷 Brendan O'Gorman at 4NCL

Congratulations to IM Brandon Clarke on his GM norm and joint 1st in the V Mindsports International, beating GM Alexander Kovchan as black in the final round! #chess #englishchess