Author: Beemaster

Radcliffe and Bingham Chess Club is pleased to announce that, after taking time off for the summer holidays, its junior sessions start again on Monday, 14th September from 6.15-7.15pm. The Junior Chess Club caters for all children and young people up to the age of 15 and for all levels of ability and experience. Apart…

On Saturday, 11th July Radcliffe and Bingham Chess Club took up what has now become its usual spot at the annual Radcliffe Carnival. Ideally situated in the shade of a couple of tall trees – a blessing given the hot weather – our selection of multi-coloured, large and giant-sized chess sets attracted around a hundred…

On Saturday, 16th May members of Radcliffe and Bingham Chess Club organised the second annual Lithuanian Chess Challenge, an international junior chess jamboree where a visiting team from Lithuania competes with teams from schools and clubs from the south-east of Nottinghamshire. The event is the brainchild of RBCC member Julius Vasiliauskas who is still in…

In March two of our talented youngsters won prestigious Junior County Championship titles. Harry Stanley, the reigning Nottinghamshire County Under-10 Champion, was this time round crowned the county’s Under-11 Champion with a tremendous five wins and a draw from six rounds of play. Adam Amirthanathan, who last year was Nottinghamshire County Under-9 Runner-up, became the…

In some respects our club’s fortunes seem to be mirroring those of a certain local football team: last season we were conquering all before us in the league; this season is proving to be a little trickier… And whilst the Garibaldi Reds have somehow managed to mislay two managers, we have had to cope with…

With the club now competing in the new Notts Summer Rapidplay competition as well as running its own summer tournament, there is no let-up in activity over the summer months. Here’s a recap of the 2024/25 season: Final league positions: First team (captain: Stuart Humphreys)– Second in Division 2: Promoted to Division 1 for the…

After our second and third teams won promotion from their respective divisions the previous month, April saw the first team play their final two matches in their attempt to return to the top flight of Notts chess for the first time since 2003. Our second, third and fourth teams played their final matches of the…

March was always going to be a pivotal month for our teams’ fortunes in the league and so it proved. Of the seven matches played in the month, we won five, drew one and lost one. This meant that two of our teams won promotion from their respective divisions whilst another retains an evens chance…

Going into February, our first, second and third teams were top (or joint top) of Divisions 2, 3 and 5 respectively, whilst our fourth team were keen to continue their impressive form in Division 5. NB. In Divisions 2-5, the top two teams at the end of the season are promoted. Overall, it turned out…

The 34th Nottingham Rapidplay was held at the High School on Sunday, 2ndFebruary. Rapidplay is a form of chess where the time control is relatively short, in this case each player having 20 minutes plus an incremental 10 seconds per move to complete each game. The organisers, the Nottinghamshire Chess Association, were delighted at the…