Colchester Chess Club

The club's internal rapidplay championship (Tony Locke Rapidplay) was held on Wednesday 17th August. The competition was won by Nathan B...

The club's internal rapidplay championship (Tony Locke Rapidplay) was held on Thursday 30th May. The competition was won by Nathan Barn...

The club's internal rapidplay championship (Tony Locke Rapidplay) was held on Wednesday 30th May. The competition was won by Nathan Bar...

The position below is taken from S Coughlan - I Gooding (Board 1, Witham A v Colchester A, 2017), black to play. When you put this position...

The winners of the club competitions for 2015/16 are: Club Championship: Nathan Barnes Tony Locke Rapidplay: Svein Kjenner & Matt S...

An opening disaster caused by playing a sideline which an opponent was able to prepare for, taken from Barnes, N (ECF:146) 0.5 - 0.5 Kjenne...

An opening disaster caused by not paying attention to the line being played and just playing "normal" moves for the opening withou...

The 4th round of the Tony Locke Rapidplay has now been made. There are still a number of games from earlier rounds outstanding but two play...

The Al Scibor prize is awarded to the adult player with the best percentage score in the NECL league - it has been won by Colchester players...

Colchester C have played 3 league matches and won all 3 (a 2.5-1.5 win over the D team and 3-1 wins against Chelmsford C and Chelmsford D) s...

The previous post in this occasional series was an example of forgetting opening preparation, today is an example of playing your normal li...

DITO (Disaster In The Opening) This is the first in an occasional series of posts about openings going badly wrong in the hands of experie...

Below is the game continuation from the position given in "What would you do? Part 2". White declined the draw and did go onto w...

Here is a position reached in a league game this season: Black is a piece for two pawns up but his king is a bit exposed. Black made his...

A post from Clive Here is a position reached in a league game: Black is a rook for bishop and pawn up, but white has a dangerous passed ...

The current top ten players in the club grand prix are: Points 1st Nathan Barnes 7.5 2nd Mohammud Jaufarally 5 3rd Svein Kjenner 4.5 ...

After three disappointing results (the B team drawing with Billericay B and losing to Chelmsford D; the A team losing narrowly to Braintree ...

The A team and the C team were both in action on Wednesday night. The A team's first league match of the season was a whitewashing of B...

Adam Taylor is currently playing in the British Championship. The position below is taken from Adam's round seven game against Amy Hoar...