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It has been a tough season so far for Sheffield E, who barely escaped relegation last year and are fighting for survival in the IM Brown. With Martin Sheard away on holiday, Netherton were not at their strongest and the … Continue reading →

Sheffield Woodseats is about to start an Internet e-mail match against a Greek Chess Club on the Island of Rhodes.  Reason?  We just wanted to prove how international Sheffield Chess is!  If you remember in the recent Chess Olympiad, the … Continue reading →

A positive result for Sheffield F. Everybody played with great passion and in solid style. Sam Cobbold the up and coming star was first to finish in crushing style, leaving his opponents pieces battered and bruised.  Not long after Steve … Continue reading →

Here’s the write-up for the Sheffield D match (with Oskar’s awesome victory against James Adair included… I must point out that I also saw the great Bg5+ move that was the catalyst for him turning the position around, if only … Continue reading →

Here’s the Match report for the IM Brown match today, Hull vs Sheffield E Sheffield E made the long trip to Hull on a very windy day to face the team currently top of the table. They had beaten Huddersfield … Continue reading →

Milan Zpevak registered for Nomads B.

This was never going to be easy…and with seemingly more players unavailable than there were able to step into the side, I wasn’t able to confirm a full 8 players until mid-day on the day of the match. Huddersfield were … Continue reading →

Two weeks before Xmas and it wasn’t proving an easy ride trying to get one team together and I had three to arrange… in the event, Sheffield F’s match had to be abandoned as finding 16 Sheffield players took me … Continue reading →

Andrew Hards is going to write a column in ‘The Star’ about local chess. Possibly we need to freshen up the ‘portal’ to Sheffield Chess. This is a suggestion: Sheffield Chess Website As you can see if you click the … Continue reading →