Castling is a special move in chess where you do multiple unique actions. First of all, it is the only move where you may move two pieces in the same move! Secondly, castling is the only time in chess when it is legal to move the King more than one square! Third, it Read more
Only 7 youngsters today, but being bank holiday weekend, for me that was not too bad really, those that came were given a lesson on the joys and surprises of what Pawns can do! Firstly, birthday wishes this week go to Michal for the 28th May, have a great day! Read more
If you are losing at chess because you keep repeating the same mistakes over and over again, stop playing chess the way you currently are and start winning more games by first of all, sticking to opening principles. Put one or two of your pawns in the centre and protect Read more
It was a bit like being at school with a written exam, but 12 juniors turned up and gave it all they got after explaining these symbols:- A pawn is given no symbol but the pieces have symbols as follows: We also use symbols for special moves: 25 minutes were Read more
During the lesson on the Pin, it was mentioned that the skewer was a reversed pin, so what do we mean by that, well:- A skewer is a chess tactic where in a line of attack the more important piece is in FRONT of the attack and the secondary piece Read more
By recording your moves in a game and playing back through it, you can clearly see what you or your opponent did wrong, this is the best way to improve your game. If you don’t write your moves down, you’ll never know what really what wrong and when. You may Read more
10 juniors today, other activities like football finals, cricket and swimming keeping a few away this week, never-the-less, some good games played today. In addition, on Thursday afternoon there were 6 adults and two children playing friendly games of chess in the library with the added bonus of free teas, Read more
With Easter holidays well behind us, it was great to see 15 juniors turn up on this Spring Bank Holiday weekend. We also had 6 adults and 4 juniors on Thursday afternoon enjoying a couple of hours of chess in Ferndown Library. Great stuff! We all sang Happy Birthday to Read more
Hello everyone, I hope you all had a great Easter and look forward to a lovely new term at school!! who was that at the back booing? A good turn out today with 10 students, we welcome Philip who joins us for the first time, a new beginner to chess, Read more
What a start to 2025, we’ve now had 14 weeks and seen 23 different students pass through the door to learn and play chess, from 5 year olds upwards, beginners to intermediates, boys and girls. 8 juniors today and we welcome 3 new members, Anusas, Advik and Jack, I look Read more