June 11, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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Wednesday night was Gerrards Cross club night so Natasha and I were there for the latest leg in our Chess for Life tour. We started this time with a tribute to the great Viktor Kortchnoi who died earlier this week. Then it was Natasha’s turn to help people discover their “inner Keithdom” through the always…
June 1, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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On May 31st we made our next stop on the “Chess for Life” promotion tour – this time at the Ashtead Chess Club. We started off with an impromptu demonstration of Paul Morphy’s famous game against Count Isouard for the benefit of the juniors still present. We were both very impressed at how many of…
May 16, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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The latest stop on the “Chess for Life” promotion tour was the BPB Limburg Open in Maastricht on Saturday 14th May. It’s the second biggest tournament in Holland in terms of numbers of participants and the top section boasted 6 players above 2600. Between the 2nd and 3rd rounds, we talked about 3…
May 6, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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Yesterday, Natasha and I kicked off the “Chess for Life” promotion tour with an evening lecture at the Richmond and Twickenham Chess Club. We started off proceedings with a theme from Capablanca’s games – “Linked Knights” – and then showed how Capablanca’s arch-rival Alekhine made use of a turbo-charged version of the same theme to…
May 6, 2016
Matthew Sadler
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You can’t help noticing when your book is in the news! The May 2016 edition of CHESS magazine features a full page review of “Chess for Life” by Sean Marsh. The review mentions Capablanca’s fights in the late 1930’s against the posse of emerging young players such as future World Champion Botvinnik, Sergei…