Good morning chess lovers!!! After a while away we're officially back over the board and online. Check out our venue and pop in on Tuesday 8pm. Everyone's welcome! Waterloo Tavern, 55 Wellington St, Gravesend DA12 1JQ

Home match yesterday against Sidcup in En Passant Cup resulted in 3-3 draw. Well done to all players!

Congratulations to our Intro team for a second win in a row. 2.5 - 1.5 against Petts Wood last week and cruising 3.5 - 0.5 against Dartford yesterday.

Congratulations to Lewisham Chess Club for their yesterday win in Intro division.

Our last match in EnPassant ended in 3-3 draw against Beckenham and Bromley Chess Club. Well done to all players.

Was a great experience in the EICC. Even the lower rated players were strong, I got some draws to two 2600s and other strong players, most notable being against the creative Jobava. I had an unfortunate missed draw vs Korobov as well. Thanks to Tata Consultancy Services - UK and Ireland for helping me play here!

Amazingly #Lewisham Chess 2nd team has reached 3rd place in 1st Div. West of London Chess League (#London League); 5.4 we beat @KingsHeadchess;admittedly we started 2-0 up bc of forfeits. Our star Jude Samarasinghe londonchess.org.uk/main.php But our 1st team, is 2nd f/ last in Ist Div. East

Big thank you to Beckenham and Bromley Chess Club for having us yesterday and well done to all players! Our Harvey team is the only one this season that has qualified for the English Chess Federation (ECF) semifinals where we'll face Medway who finished first in their division.

London has been a centre of world chess for 200 years & counting. ChessBase today write on 1883 tourney Championship starring eg W Steintz (German world champion), M Tchigorin, 1st great Russian player. Event lasted 2 months! en.chessbase.com/post/london-18…

It was great to play in the English Chess Federation (ECF) Chessable Championship, playing in an english open after almost 3 years! It also ended well with me getting the top U18 prize and also grabbing quite a few rating points. Thanks for the well organized event! Tata Consultancy Services - UK and Ireland

Congratulations to Medway for winning our semifinal match in Harvey Cup yesterday. Medway team had an amazing run so far winning every single match and we wish them all the best for the English Chess Federation (ECF) final!

Chess friends: 1st Kentish Fide Rapidplay on Sun 30th Oct 2022. RedLibbets Golf Club, Manor Lane, Ash, Sevenoaks, Kent, TN15 7HT. Six Round Rapidplay Tournament - 20+5. Three sections: Open, U1800, U1600. ECF & Fide rated More details and online entry: congress.org.uk/congress/204/h…

Hot on the heels of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport announcement of funding for #chess, Rishi Sunak and @lucyfrazermp hosted two of the UK's brightest young prospects, Shreays Royal and Bodhana Sivanandan UK Prime Minister this morning. Is this a golden age for chess? gov.uk/government/new…

Anatoly Karpov with Salvador Dali. #CHESS

Happy New Year to all !

Anyone who has to call himself a genius...isn’t.

Shreyas Royal – U14 champion - englishchess.org.uk/Juniors/shreya…

We are currently looking for one player to play in the 4NCL Div4S at Wokefield Park on Sunday 6th May; and for two players on Monday 7th May. If you know of anyone that could play, please email [email protected] or reply to this tweet.

After Intro Team lost on board count to Maodstone in semi final we have hopes for EnPassant playing their semi on Monday. Good Luck!

The Flanders Panel en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fland… Amazing book for chess and crime lovers!