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Keep Calm We’re Back
Have you been twiddling your fingers for the last 4 Thursdays? Never fear we are back and ready to roll! Our first club night of the season starts at 7pm at Cumnor Old School on Thursday the 3rd...
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Wantage 2 v Cumnor 2 [Match Report]
On a rainy Tuesday night, Cumnor Chess Club’s number 2 team set off to St John the Baptist Church in Grove, home of Wantage Chess Club, to play its first game of the season. Wantage 2 Cumnor 2 1...
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A great result for Cumnor Chess Club [Match report]
Cumnor 1 kicked off its season in style last night, beating Wantage 1 an impressive 6-0. Cumnor 1 Wantage 1 1 Glenn, Liam (157) 1-0 Piggott, Roly (151) 2 Varney, Daniel (151) 1-0 Hemmings, Peter (149)...
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Cumnor 2 vs Bicester 2 [Match report]
Cumnor Chess Club met again last night, with players from the Cumnor 2 team matched against their rivals Division 4 rivals Bicester 2. Before the match, Liam showed a few Cumnor players the...
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Frank Woods Shield Draw
The draw for the Frank Wood competition 2015/16 was made during the Cowley Blitz. Thanks to Dave Robson, Gerard O’Reilly and all who helped. The draw is cascading as usual. The Round 1 ties (5 of them)...
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39th Annual Kidlington Chess Tournament, 6 & 7 February 2016
The 39th annual Kidlington Chess Tournament will be held on Saturday & Sunday 6 & 7 February 2016 at the usual venue, Exeter Hall, Kidlington OX5 1AB. Kidlington is a well-established event in...
View ArticleThe Légal chess trap and Stephen Hawking
Do you know the Légal chess trap? Named after the French player Sire de Légal, the trap sees White sacrifice their Queen for a devastating checkmate involving two knights and a bishop. But the trap is...
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Cumnor 1 v MCS and City 1 (FWS)
A win and a draw from Gareth and Mark respectively wasn’t enough to earn Cumnor any points last Thursday night when Magdalen College School came to town. In our previous fixture MCS ran out 6-0 winners...
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New Grades!
The July 2016 ECF grades have been published. You can go monitor the damage here. A big well done to all the players whose grade increased or in some cases didn’t go down as much as anticipated. And...
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A summer evening playing Chess
Some of the players enjoying the riverside setting and a drinkMissing his usual Thursday evening chess fix while the club is closed during August, Gareth decided to see if anyone wanted a game in one...
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The Players’ Cup and Bill Laar Trophy 2016
Each year, Cumnor Chess Club holds two tournaments: The Players’ Cup and the Bill Laar Trophy. As the leaves have just started to fall from the trees and the nights are drawing in the tournaments are...
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Witney Rapidplay
Written by Gareth Stevens seen here after his fine victory against Peter WellsAn enjoyable day of chess was had at Witney Rapidplay, hosted by Batt’s school on Saturday 24th September. Representing...
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Oxfordshire Individual Chess Championship 2016-17
A proposal to revive the Oxfordshire Individual Chess Championship after a gap of about about fifteen years was approved by the recent County AGM. The title of Oxfordshire Individual Chess Champion and...
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Witney 4 v Cumnor 2 [Match Report]
Cumnor 2 kicked off the season with a win against Witney 4 on Monday night. The post Witney 4 v Cumnor 2 [Match Report] appeared first on Cumnor Chess Club, Oxford.
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Cumnor 1 v Bicester 1 [Match Report]
Cumnor 1 kicked off the season with a draw against Bicester 1 on Thursday night. On board 6, Chris was playing his first game for Cumnor, even though he lost the game he did say he enjoyed it. My game...
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Witney Chess Congress
On the weekend of the 22nd and 23rd of October, 73 chess players from Oxfordshire and beyond meet at Cokethrope School for the Forth Witney Chess Congress. Cokethorpe is a Private School set in the...
View ArticleKidlington Tournament
Entries for the Kidlington Tournament (Saturday & Sunday 4 & 5 February) are coming in steadily. We have 52 entrants already, rather more than at the same stage last year. I hope we will have a...
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Wantage 2 v Cumnor 2 and Cumnor 1 v Wantage 1 [Match Reports]
This week saw both Cumnor teams take on their respective Wantage teams in the league. Cumnor 2 visited Wantage 2 on Tuesday evening and came back with a 5-1 victory. Graham, Steve, Marc, Leo and Alan...
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Cowley Summer Blitz, Monday 26 June
Cowley Chess Club invites you to its 2017 Summer Blitz Tournament, which will be held on Monday 26 June at Cowley Chess Club (at Rose Hill Methodist Church in the Main Hall downstairs), with Round 1...
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August evenings of chess
Hi all, Last year (2016) some of the players enjoying the riverside settingPlease join us for a fun, relaxing couple of evenings of chess at The Plough Inn in Witney OX28 6HL, on the first two...
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