Hull Chess Club players gallery
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Many thanks to Roger Noble for providing the pictures
Fun Time
Try Crazy Chess! This addictive little game can be found
here How far can
you go? I have got to level 10 before it gets difficult
Chess Study Section
V. and M. Platov This study won first prize in the Rigaer Tagablatt tourney of 1909. The Study is said to have been Lenin's favorite and is the most widely known study in Russia. 
White to Play and Win Check out the solution here and play through some more Platov gems here
Download 100 V. and M. Platov
endgame studies in PGN
Click here This study by Yochanan Afek is one of my favorites, it twists and turns at every move. 
White to Play and Win Solution and more of my favorite studies here
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At the Hull Chess Club you will be guaranteed a warm welcome whether you are a budding
Magnus Carlsen,
Master or just a simple Woodpusher looking to play a few friendly games. You are certain to find new friends at our chess club.
One of the great attractions of the game is that the moves are easy to
learn but can take a lifetime to master. Chess is an international game, no
matter where a person is from or what social status two players can share a
game on equal terms. When you play the outside world drifts away and the
players become immersed in their own imagination. Once someone learns
how to play, a game can be found in any city on any continent.
Each player develops his or her own 'style' and this often reflects in
their personality. Some players like to attack, some defend while others
play a positional game.
An interesting fact is that more books have been written about chess than
any other subject.
The Hull Chess Club meets at the Newland Christian Centre Beverley Road on Wednesday
and Friday evenings . The clubs playing
conditions are excellent. Spread over three floors the club can accommodate
over 40 boards providing separate rooms for matches, juniors and casual
5-minute players. Good sized tables and chairs and first-class
lighting is offered. The club provides all the equipment necessary; Boards ,Sets,
Clocks etc.
The club also offers a range of enhanced facilities to members
including internet access and a large library of chess books. Tea and
Coffee is provided free to players.
The building is fully equipped to accommodate disabled players, lift to all
floors and toilet facilities.
Car parking is easy and free, check the map for directions.
Members are of all experience and ability levels, ranging from 220 to 65 on the
ECF grading list.
Experienced players will often be happy
to offer advice and assistance to beginners who wishes to improve
their game. Juniors are welcome. The club tries to maintain a junior program where experienced players give training and play games. Friday evening is best.
Parents: Your child is welcome at the Hull Chess Club. The Club
provides a safe, supervised and friendly atmosphere for young people.
Tuition is provided by senior players Chess who are able to explain and
teach all aspects of the game.
Chess a mental sport; and as such chess has its own Olympics
organised by the international chess federation
FIDE.
The
necessary equipment is inexpensive, and the skills it helps develop are
invaluable to any child. The world's greatest Grandmasters learned chess in
their youths. As a chess player, your child will learn to concentrate, and
act less impulsively. As players progress, they must tap into higher level
thinking skills: skills which can translate into superior academic
performance. Many of the countries best players have obtained degrees from
the top university and gone on to have good careers.
The Club
Championship 2011/12
The club
championship this year will take the form of a 6 round Swiss Tournament and
all games will be completed in a single session. The tournament will
commence in the first week of October and be completed by the end of May
2012
Competitions and
League Chess
The Club provides competitive chess for
members through internal competitions and local league matches all year round.
The local leagues are run by the Hull and
District Chess Association and further information can be found
on their site. HDCA
We have competitions and team places available for every playing ability. The club has a long adopted policy that every member can if they wish play for a team in the local league. The club presently enters eight teams of six players each in the three divisions of the Hull and District League. Teams are also entered into the 'four board' summer leagues.
Club
Nights
Twice a week on Wednesday and Friday evenings from 7.15
New members welcome on either night. Junior
Chess Friday evening is new members
and junior night at the club. We run a programme of coaching and
competitions, (many of our juniors have gone on to county and national
level) Juniors are encouraged to take part in internal competitions and
play against adults. The clubs best players are often at hand to give
talks and advice on all aspects of the game Saturday
Chess
The Yorkshire Chess Association runs a series of team events in four
divisions between clubs. The Woodhouse Cup is one of the oldest leagues in
the world, it began in 1885, two weeks before the Football league.
The Hull Chess Club has won it a unprecedented 13 times in succession, and
15 out of the last 19 seasons. Matches, both home and away take place on
Saturday afternoons played over eight boards.
Over the winter season Hull Chess Club will take on the best players from
cities such as Bradford, Sheffield, Leeds and York.
We also run Saturday team events in the lower Yorkshire leagues,
team captains are always on the look out for new players.
On normal club nights 5 minute 'blitz' is very popular among players who have no serious games arranged, the club has bought special clocks to play this type of chess.
The atmosphere is friendly and visitors are always welcome, you will meet a variety of people interested in chess. Join us at our next meeting -you'll be glad you did!
Officers;
President. Mr. J Scotter
Vice President Mr. B Barrett
Secretary Mr. D
Stothard
Treasurer Mr
John Bycroft
Jim Hawksley Webmaster
Subscriptions
Adult [full member] ;£34
Junior;£17
New Member;£25
Reductions for students and unemployed.
I have a dream,
I have a dream, that one day Black and White will be equal,
That one day Black and White will be equal and chess becomes obsolete, and I can get a life again,
I have a dream.
CHESS LINKS
checkout the best links
Do you recognize this motley crew? non other than the
Woodhouse Cup winning team from 1975
From left to right;
John Feaveour, Eric Fisher, Richard Britton, Jim Hawksley, Bob Ross, Ted
Starkey (Captain), John Atkinson, Gerry Hildred, Keith Bilton and Reolof
Westra. The mystery puzzle is Who is the "Ghost"
standing behind Gerry Hildred?
Click here for an enlarged view.
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News
Hull Chess
Club
2010-11
Championship Results
Champion
Shaun Culkin
Runner up
John Atkinson
Major
Paul Dearey
Intermediate
John Scotter
Minor
Brian Barrott
Lightning tournament won by Shaun Culkin
5 minute tournament won by Eric Gardiner
Club Event Dates
30th Sept 2011 Lightning
16th Dec 2011 Christmas Party
24th Feb 2012 Pairs Tournament
25th May 2012 5 minute Swiss
Internet Chess
Chess is the perfect game for playing on the internet and there are many
sites to play at or read the latest home and international news. During the
next few weeks I will be adding various links and short reviews of my
favorite sites
ChessVibes.com
is an extensive site
updated daily with all the latest news from the world of chess. The site
carries Columns, Reports Videos and Reviews and well as the excellent Weekly
endgame study by Yochanan Afek.
It also produces an excellent weekly opening theory news sheet CVO which
consists of four pages emailed as a .pdf and a .pgn game file. The editors
are IM van Delft and IM Ris who provide a concise review and analysis of the
latest hot opening lines. A game of the week plus a couple of tactical
positions from recent play.
New is CVT (ChessVibes Training) This is a larger 8 page magazine .pdf and
pgn game file delivery to subscribers by email. It is aimed at club players
who want to improve their middlegame and endgame. Features include a weekly
column by top GM Anish Giri! whose notes and insight are topical and
entertaining. The middlegame and endings are covered by IM's Willemze and
Ris in an instructive and entertaining way. IM Robert Ris also selects a
series of 12 tactical positions from recent tournament play and gives the
solutions. The tactics are often simple but solving them against the clock
will keep you sharp!.
I have now received the first four issues and must say the quality and
content is excellent, a good read in your inbox every Saturaday!
Check out the ChessVibes site for details and subscription rates to both CVO
and CVT
ChessVibes.com is well worth 'bookmarking'
and checking back regularly.
Opening Theory Milner-Barry
Gambit The
Milner-Barry Gambit is very popular at club level. White sac's a pawn
for attacking chances. If you play the French Defence you must know how
to meet this gambit. There is not a lot of published analysis and what
there is seems inadequate. Watson, Psakhis, McDonald and Collins all give
their respective lines and ideas for meeting the Milner-Barry, but
none is truly convincing when you look at the positions more deeply. I
realise that the constrains of writing a book and having limited space
restrict these respected authors to just a few pages on what is
considered by many to be an unsound and overambitious sacrifice.
I am not claiming to have rehabilitated the Milner-Barry as I
still believe Black can take the Gambit offered and play to win, but he
has to know the analysis or spend a long time at the board working out
the variations. There are many tricks and traps just waiting for you to
fall into as the Black player.
I have made two databases available to download. Key Games and a
database of over 1100 Milner-Barry games.
This is still 'work in progress' and the Key Games with analysis still
need to be checked for obvious mistakes and I am continuing to make
'adjustments' to the notes and analysis. Meanwhile if you are interested
in this gambit feel free to download the games and have a look, any
comments, analysis or suggestions welcome. Key
Games Download 1100
Game Database Download
French Winawer 7.Qg4 0-0 New theory, annotated games and database on this exciting line
Click here
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