🏆 #Chess Puzzle of the Week 🏆 🧩: chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/22438 📽️ by @danielkingchess.bsky.social: youtu.be/5Zm9gR5fwk4

rtchessclub.com/2026/02/06/c... Did you score 10/10 in Monday's puzzle, taken from the forthcoming book Chess Heroes Puzzles: Book 2? Click here to find out.

rtchessclub.com/2026/02/09/c... How would you continue in this opening position?

minorpieces.uk/2026/01/28/m... Rita Fox was a leading light of the London Chess Club, but her real name, date of birth and parentage are all still unknown. Find out more here.

Good morning & welcome to Whiskers Wednesday You know who’s having a tough time right now? Pretty much everyone. So let’s be kind. Always. Please…..

rtchessclub.com/2026/01/26/a... Here's Chris Baker's game from last week's London League match.

A fun bit of #chess press from the London & Midland Chess Bulletin 1949 for #ChessTuesday! ♟️📻 It reports on an informal radio match between Margate & Danish players after signals were accidentally picked up from Danish amateur Mr S Hasselbach. #chesshistory #chessliterature @englishchess.bsky.social

rtchessclub.com/2026/01/19/c... Four simple puzzles for you this week: have fun solving them!

Apologies for my absence - I hope you have been keeping up with my blogs. A beautiful game from the young Tigran Petrosian which will feature in my next blog. Enjoy the game.

Lady's Pictorial 04 June 1898

rtchessclub.com/2026/01/12/c... Can you play as well as Sir George Thomas's mother? Click here to find out.

Miss Field played cricket badly, Miss Hooke played golf, and, in this game, chess, badly.

rtchessclub.com/2026/01/09/2... Our first matches of 2026 gave our top London and Thames Valley teams the opportunity to win some valuable points. Find out how they got on in this week's match report.

Good morning welcome to Tippetty tap tap Thursday Another person's beauty is not the absence of your own. Beauty is in the way you hold yourself. It is how you treat people. The way you love. It's self acceptance. Beauty is in your soul

Good morning and welcome to Fish For Tea Friday Happiness isn’t measured by what’s in your bank account, but by the warmth we give to others and the kindness we receive in return. Kindness is something you’ll never regret

minorpieces.uk/2025/12/29/m... Mrs Sidney's dog allegedly played for Brighton 3rd team: her background is not what you'd expect.

rtchessclub.com/2025/12/22/c... Christmas greetings to all our members and friends, past, present and future. Here's a quick holiday puzzle for you.

Night night sweet dreamies The road behind you has shaped your footsteps, not weighed them down. What lies ahead doesn’t need more than that, just your presence, exactly as you are.

In the 1938/39 county chess season Hants had just three county matches. This was the last season of Match Captain Francis Elwell, who despite being 80 still scored 2 points from 3 games in the County matches, and won the Southampton Club championship. hampshirechesshistory.co.uk/hampshire-co...

rtchessclub.com/2025/12/19/c... Did you find the winning continuation in Monday's puzzle?

A Fairy Tail Of Stourbridge Junction

Welcome to #Hedgewatch Sunny, we’re delighted to have you on the Team. Happy Hedgewatching 🤗🌳

rtchessclub.com/2025/12/15/c... As it's nearly Christmas this week's puzzle introduces you to Swiss GM and coach Noël Studer.

minorpieces.uk/2025/12/10/m... Augusta Talboys was a chess-playing artist whose paintings sometimes featured kittens on the chessboard. Discover more about her life, art and chess here.

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Good morning & welcome to Roast Dinner Day Good things come to those who believe, better things come to those who are patient, and the best things come to those who don't give up. *3rd breakfast theory

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rtchessclub.com/2025/12/05/c... Did you find the best continuation in Monday's puzzle? Click here to find out.

OTD in 1994 The Budapest Memorandum was signed. It remains the most spectacular waste of paper, ink, and geopolitical optimism in the history of humankind. ​The deal was simple: Ukraine disarms. Russia, the UK, and the USA promised, in return, to guarantee our security and territorial integrity.

Daily #chess puzzle: Can you find the forced checkmate? chesspuzzle.net/Puzzle/1047573

GOTD. Doing some work for a blog. This is a quite extraordinary save!

rtchessclub.com/2025/11/28/c... How many points did you score in Monday's puzzle?

Night night sweet dreamies I admire people who’ve lived through hard things and didn’t let the pain harden their hearts. Let’s be those people. Always

www.chess.com/blog/simagin... Chess in Weston-super-Mare (with a plug for my Minor Pieces)

minorpieces.uk/2025/11/24/m... My latest Minor Piece features Annie Mabel Gooding of Cheltenham, who played in ladies' chess tournaments over a period of 25 years, and had draws against Blackburne, Lasker and Capablanca to her name.

This beautiful pocket-sized 'biographical portrait of two brilliant young chess masters' Harry Pillsbury (US) & Rudolf Charousek (Czech/Hungarian), 1914 for #ChessTuesday From the @englishchess.bsky.social Library. #chesshistory #chessliterature @richardjameschess.bsky.social @librarydmu.bsky.social

GOTD. The wonderful Zagorovsky was not only a c.c. legend - he was a fine player over the board as well. A forgotten gem.

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♟️ This #ChessTuesday we have a #throwback to the 83rd @englishchess.bsky.social Championships held at the University of #Nottingham & a great shot of the Notts #Chess Association. See anyone you know? FRom the ECF Library. @librarydmu.bsky.social #chesshistory #chessliterature

minorpieces.uk/2025/11/09/m... A 1913 photograph shows two players whose combined lives spanned 171 years. Discover their stories here.

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