Author: Nick London

Members of Radcliffe & Bingham Chess Club organised a unique event on Saturday 26 April 2025, when a visiting junior team from Lithuania competed with children from the South and East of Nottinghamshire over the chess board. The event took place at Carnarvon Primary School, Bingham, which generously provided accommodation for the European visitors as…

Barry Redburn, long-time member and officer of Radcliffe and Bingham Chess Club, has passed away.He died suddenly earlier this month. Barry was a stalwart of Club, League, County and Congress chess for many decades.  He first got involved in chess at Radcliffe in 1980 after he moved into the area, having engaged with the game,…

The club juniors of ‘Radcliffe Rockets’ have been competing in the Notts Minor League against (mostly) junior teams from other clubs in the County.  The season finished with an emphatic 7-3 win against ‘Ashfield Rapids’ with every player winning at least one of their two games each. The main aim of the Minor League is to give new and young players an opportunity…