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19th Ealing Lightning Tournament

Created:19 Aug 2014 by:

Last night seventeen members entered Ealing's annual lightning tournament. We congratulate Alan Perkins on winning the event, losing only one game (to Mike Lambshire).

Jason Obihara performed powerfully to win first prize for under 170 graded competitors and but for a surprise loss in his last contest could could have shared overall top spot. Trevor Bates and Amr Khan shared the honours for under 135 competitors with excellent scores.


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Michael Adams excels at the Olympiad

Created:17 Aug 2014 by:

Adams posted the best board one result in the Norway Olympiad scoring 6.5 points from nine games (73%). Regretfully England did not back him up with performances their grades demanded and we finished well below our seeding. 

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Women's Brains

Created:17 Aug 2014 by:

Judit Polgar, the greatest female player of all time has retired at the age of 38. A comment by "Jefferson" on the Chessbase site echoes my views.

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Dale Gibbons heads Ealing's appearances lists

Created:30 Jul 2014 by:

Dale has represented our club 715 times during the period 1990 to 2014. Alastair Johnstone is second on the list with 581 appearances.

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The Best Reply to 1.e4

Created:20 Jul 2014 by:

Three of the world's chess leading experts advise and you will be surprised by their conclusions.

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Change of venue

Created:29 Jun 2014 by: Alastair Johnstone

After 22 years at the Harvester, Ealing Chess Club are moving on.


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Anand wins the Candidates Tournament

Created:29 Mar 2014 by:

With one round to go Viswanathan Anand has an unassailable lead in the 2014 candidates tournament. It is a great achievement for Anand who was dismissed by many as too old at 44 years of age to come back onto the world championship stage. 

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Candidates Tournament

Created:22 Mar 2014 by:

It is just after the half-way point and the "big three" Anand, Aronian and Kramnik have opened up a gap on the rest of the field.

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Candidates Tournament 2014

Created:14 Mar 2014 by:

Anand, Kramnik  and Svidler lead with 1.5 from their two games.

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The World's Top One Hundred Players

Created:10 Mar 2014 by:

Magnus Carlsen sets a new rating points of 2881 but I want to draw attention to the top 100 juniors.

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