Nice one ‘hun! Blitz king Midhun goes berzerk at Latvian Night
Had our super-strong newcomer Bao Nghia Dong won it, we would have had a nice headline ready. It would, of course, been:…
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It’s Latvian Night: Everything you need to know + £150 BONUS PRIZE
Get ready to play like Mikhail Tal and go BERZERK (yes, seriously – you’ll get extra points if you do) because Latvian…
Medal positions for Battersea players at Hampstead
Battersea players have scored excellent results at this weekend’s Hampstead Congress, the only regular monthly slowplay in London. In the Under-2200 FIDE…
Latvian Night at Battersea! Prepare for a Riga-rous examination of your chess
It’s the country that gave us the daredevil attacking genius Mikhail Tal, his heir apparent, the former world number two Alexei Shirov,…
Battersea Team Rapids: Team line-ups and preview, by ALDO CAMILLERI
Gird your loins – the Battersea Team Rapids is nearly upon us. So forget about Christmas, and all the unnecessary nonsense that…
Battersea players shine at the London Chess Classic
Battersea players scored some fine individual results in this year’s London Chess Classic, with players competing in many of the tournaments at…
ChessExplained beats John Bartholomew to win Chessable blitz: Full results here
Christof Sielecki, aka ChessExplained, won the battle of the YouTube stars last night as more than 70 players packed into Battersea for…
Adam shares first prize at the Central London Open
Adam Bukojemski, one of Battersea’s strongest players, finished first equal at a highly competitive Central London Open weekend tournament at Imperial College…
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As some of you may have noticed, the hugely-exciting chess World Cup knockout has just taken place Georgia. Well, we at Battersea…
New season swings into action with all-Battersea affair
A new season has now started at Battersea Chess Club with one match already played in the Central London League. We shall…
Paul and Joe in medal positions in Olomouc
Paul Stokes (in centre of photo) and Joe Skielnik, both of whom have served Battersea so well over many years, have finished…
Ali wins miniature against Russian GM
Ali Hill has won a game in 15 moves as Black against experienced Russian Grandmaster Vladimir Epishin (ELO 2541) at the Brugse…
Midhun Unnikrishnan is Battersea’s new five minute chess champion
Midhun Unnikrishnan is the new Battersea five minute champion. He held the lead from an early stage and won with a round…
Battersea juniors shine at the British
Two Battersea juniors had highly successful tournaments at the recent British Championships at Llandudno (pictured above). Koby Kalavannan, who played in the…
Success for Steve Barry at Kidlington Chess Tournament
Steve Barry finished joint winner of the Kidlington under-145 near Oxford last weekend with 4/5, a fine victory in a field of…