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The 2023 Thanet Congress will be taking place on 18-20 August at Sandwich Technology School. Full details and online entry at https://congress.org.uk/congress/215/home

I’m honestly a bit surprised that the platforms don’t properly support matches as a standard thing but such is life. chess.com does have a team match function which works very well but for some reason the ECF choose not to use it and instead make us do everything manually and as inefficiently as po...

I’m honestly a bit surprised that the platforms don’t properly support matches as a standard thing but such is life. chess.com does have a team match function which works very well but for some reason the ECF choose not to use it and instead make us do everything manually and as inefficiently as po...

Leeds Uni 2-6 Tiger Sharks B - our only points came due to the absence of their 4th player
https://www.chess.com/live#tm=6861

Leeds Uni v Tiger Sharks B 7pm tonight: https://www.chess.com/live#tm=6861

As team captain of Leeds University Chess Society (and ex-president of Cambridge), I can confirm that the answer to the title question is of course yes. While other clubs seem to only care about matches, university clubs tend to be much more friendly and welcoming to players of all abilities - of th...

It seems a pity though that more attention, press coverage and presumably sponsorship is given to this match, than to the British Universities Championship, which is a bigger event with a number of very strong young players at least as deserving of support. I wonder why that is? :shock: Varsity is ...