A new season kicks off this Saturday, featuring both familiar and fresh faces eager to conquer the 64 squares. Let’s get ready with a few questions and puzzles: Couple of puzzles to get you thinking:- Best move for White? Best move for Black? If you would like the answers to Read more
A new term starts every Saturday morning from the 13th September 2025, held in the Ferndown Library from 10am until 12am, two 1 hour sessions for juniors 6yrs to 14yrs all skill levels welcome. Here are some great reasons why your child should learn to play chess:- Chess isn’t just Read more
Fancy some Summer Chess ? Here are a some alternatives to keep you ‘Sharpe’ during the summer break Lichess.org This site is free to all and you don’t have to register, play games against humans or computer, also there are loads of teaching/learning aids, a great site. NEW! – POOLE Read more
Two juniors from Ferndown Junior chess competed in this tournament and both walked away with prizes! A total of 26 juniors attended which was split into two sections, Major and Minor. Gagan and Eden were both entered in the Minor section, 5 rounds of 10min each on the clock. With Read more
Great turnout today with 12 juniors despite the really hot day, as this was the last Saturday morning until September, a bit of fun chess took part before prize giving and various presentations. First off a round of suicide chess, but first the rules for those who don’t know:- Suicide Read more
On this penultimate day of Chess we had 12 juniors including newbies Luke and Alex who look to be good chess players in the making and hopefully they will return in September where they will learn much more. The Ladder competition has come to a conclusion as next week will Read more
This weeks quiz is the SAME for all members, you’ll need three coloured pens – Print out the sheet, put your name on it and when you’ve filled in your answers either email it or hand it in to me next Saturday. Closing date will be Saturday 5th July. Just Read more
Great turnout today of 12 juniors, we welcome new beginner Jake who with Mum is learning from scratch, I hope he learnt enough today to encourage him to return in the future. On Thursday afternoon(2 – 4pm) we had 3 juniors and 5 adults enjoying some banter and chess in Read more
A quick reminder of Ladder positions:- Quiz for Red Zone Players Question 1 – The Battery One point for all 3 correct answers:- a) What is meant by a ‘Battery’ in chess? b) Which pieces can form a Battery? c) Which pieces cannot form a Battery? Question 2 – Overworked Read more
This first game was played between Constance and Anusas, yes, a few mistakes and oversights as to be expected, I have added my comments on certain moves throughout the game, it might help to run through it and try to avoid such mistakes in future. Remember, you can learn a Read more