CoffeeHouse Chess

Ok, over the past few weeks we made some mistakes in the running of this chess club. We started to build a regular number of visitors each w...

46 Hmm, seems a bit random? Well, it's not, and it's nothing to do with numerology or any other bullshit destiny type thingo. ...

Imagine you're playing someone rated maybe 250-300 points below you. The game may not be a push over, but you are probably feeling confi...

That might seem a funny thing to say for someone who is in mid winter, but up in the Northern Hemisphere, it is summer holiday time and ther...

It's turn around day for my interests in chess. I have been following the exploits of the Australian teams at the World Youth Olympiad i...

Since I moved to Australia about 8 and a half years ago, there have been 4 players who I've had a particularly bad record against. IM Gu...

Well, I've been sick as a dog the past few days which means I missed much of the chess action in China at the World Youth Olympiad, as w...