We often sing the praises of the top players in Hackney Chess Club and we are of course proud of IM Richard Bates, FMs Richard Britton, Bob Eames and Ruben Gutierrez and a host of other 2000-plus rated players who turn out for our teams. But we also like to give credit to our lower graded players who turn in
Read moreGreat win for our London League Div 3 team last night over Metropolitan 2 to make sure of that division status after our usual dalliance with relegation. A big thanks to our wonderful skipper Peter Burgoyne who has led the team brilliantly and played some blinding games. Wins for Tobias Baumann, Peter, Salim Kriman, Alistair Dyte, Jeff Leung and your
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We have been approached by Secret Cinema (secretcinema.org) asking whether we would like to participate in their current project Blade Runner, the Final Cut which is taking place in London (location is secret, I will reveal when I know who is coming). See here for more details please: https://tickets.secretcinema.org/?utm_expid=12954320-7.WspvIXiJTMyaUb1_jTYsVA.0 As you can see this is an interactive experience based on
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Our popular player Paulo Rosario has had a difficult season but he came up trumps with a beautiful win in the crucial victory against Athenaeum last week. Says Paulo: “I have been having a very disappointing season (missing wins, and failing to save some draws) so it was great to have my first win of the season. I made an
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