CoffeeHouse Chess

Yes, I know it's Sunday but I was so exhausted at the end of the week that the Friday tactic had to wait unto today. Both queens are ...

Yesterday's position came from the recently concluded Condom GM event, and in a fit of schoolboy giggles, I had to choose a position fr...

Tonight we had a good number of people at the Melbourne Chess Club discussing the recent novelty played by Aronian against Harikrishna at ...

On Monday the British Championship started, which is always usually good for some tactics during the games. Yesterdays puzzle came from the ...

So the plan is now to offer a tactical puzzle every weekday (I have already failed yesterday!) First the solution to the last puzzle: ...

The day before the second round of the Malitis Memorial Tournament I received a message to say that David Lacey had to withdraw from the eve...

This was from one of my games. As white I had some inspiration and found 1.Nf5 and after 1..exf5 2.Nd5 threatens 3.Nc7# and costs black ...