Surrey beat Kent at the weekend to win the Southern Counties Chess Championships and lift the Shannon Cup for the first time since 1964. The Open team, led by Graeme Buckley won 5-11 in Dartford. It was the culmination of five years of trying by Graeme who hands over the reins to Owen Phillips.

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Kingston have completed their matches for this season in the second division of the Surrey League. The final outcome was Played 7 Won 4 Lost 3 which places Kingston in the top half of the league but is not quite good enough to get automatic promotion.

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The match between South Norwood and Kingston was always going to be tough. The final result was 3.5-3.5 with one game for adjudication which is probably lost. The result means that Kingston failed to gain top position in the Second Division and must postpone its hopes of returning the the premier league of Surrey Chess.

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Kingston reached the lofty heights of top of division 2 of the Surrey League following back-to-back victories over Wimbledon and Crystal Palace. Such is the tightness of the competition in these leagues, a couple of victories can make the difference between relegation fears and promotion aspirations.

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The creator of Chessbites, Tim Mifsud has not played competitive chess for many years. Although a strong junior (he was the British u-13 champion in 1991) and champion of his native Malta, it was impracticable to develop a chess career from the Mediterranean island. Yet the chess muse still danced within his soul and he has been developing an innovative chess database which identifies whether any position has been played previously. His website provides a useful addition to the analytical tools for the chess improver.

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Paul Shepherd of Surbiton Chess Club explains the Quickplay v Slowplay debate in the Thames Valley League and gives the result of the club’s opinion survey.

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Julian Way reflects upon the development of his chess playing strength and style.

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José Raúl Capablanca was one of the most divinely gifted chess players the world has seen. He had an effortless style and rarely lost. He was particularly effective at endgames – the mark of a grandmaster. He became world champion in 1921, the year in which he wrote Chess Fundamentals, which is one of the finest brief chess books ever written.

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