Congratulations to Neil Williams (Saint29) in the summer tournament. He was put to the test by Ieuan Ward (NM Sacbutt) and Jordan Walsh (Heisenberg2511) who shared 2nd place. Eugene van der Westhuizen (acroyogagenie) finished 3rd and made life di...
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Well, it's finally finished. So much for players making a minimum of 14 moves a week. So instead of taking 3 months, that's a season hence the Vivaldi tournament, this has taking nearly 3 seasons! Not all 5 players who finished played slowly. Afte...
Congratulations to the winners of our 2022 summer tournament. The Autumn tournament will start in the first week of October.
Congratulations to the final 3 players. 1st Chuffy54 and Finnkeddin 2nd Mickyp103 3rd Bertrandswish
Thank you for everyone who has taken part in earlier tournaments. Now is the time to join our summer tournament. Click here to join
JAYS2525 (966) wins his first game in style against Eborman (1387). This is the biggest upset so far. See the checkmate here Eborman (Mike) is well known to regular Vivaldi members and we know he'll be back!
Stephenb1985 pulls off an impressive checkmate against his fellow countryman AmeerPawn. Stephen only joined in January but his stats show that he knows what he's doing. You can review their game here and see that despite 2 blunders the checkmate ...
With almost perfect timing and 1 day to go before the Spring tournament starts - Ieuan Ward (NM Sacbutt) defeats Michael Page (Mickyp103). After Ieuan won their first game it was neck and neck in the second until it was decided with a draw by agre...
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Today is a sad day as Peter Large, our friend, has decided to leave Chess.com. What makes it sad is why he has made this decision. I will always be grateful to him as he was the first titled player to support my tournaments and give me advice and ...
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If this was the 2022 Chess Olympics this would be a gold performance. Zoe Varney (WCM HorseyChess) pulled off a series of book moves to checkmate Peter Large (IM Plimsol). Apologies to Peter but how it was done is well worth checking out. Review t...
See who made it through
Not to be confused with the Winter Tournament which has just started - the final round of the Autumn Tournament is now underway! I need to rethink the format of future tournaments if I am to keep the spirit of one tournament every season. The Wi...
There are 130 completed games and 62 remaining. Already through to the next round: ChrisD24991, CM Grouvilleknight, NM Sacbutt, Crhayes, Donacropolis, Bryantfarrel, CDPDW, Thatsagas, Heisenberg2511,
Bryant has made an impressive start to the tournament with 5 wins and is looking strong in his final game. With a puzzle rating over 3000 he certainly looks like someone to keep an eye on!
The Autumn tournament has reached round 5. Two groups remain with the top two players going through to the final round. The next tournament (Winter) is due to start soon - just waiting for one more player to complete the 64 required.
The Autumn tournament has reached round 5. Two groups remain with the top two players going through to the final round. The next tournament (Winter) is due to start soon - just waiting for one more player to complete the 64 required.
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Congratulations to all players who made the final round and especially Bluebird who was a clear winner. I plan to set up a Winter runners up tournament but will make it rated next time. Have you accepted the Winter tournament invite sent yesterday?
It will come as no surprise to those who have played against Westview to hear that he held IM Plimsol to a draw. With a tournament record of 12 W / 3 L / 2 D he has already made it through to round 4. His final game with IM Plimsol also looks set ...
After Sacbutt (Ieuan Ward) played Qxb7, Master Eli (Eli Miller) trapped Ieuan’s with Bd5 – white resigned. Despite this loss Ieuan goes through with 5pts along with Eli on 3pts. Eli played chess for a year or two in primary school and won a few c...
Heisenberg (Jordan) forces a draw with CM Grouvilleknight (Graham). In May 1987, probably before Jordan was born, the Dundee Courier reported that a – ‘Young Dundee chess player ends up fourth DUNDEE CHESS star Graham Mooney, who may have lost hi...
Croalin is the highest rated player from Scotland and along with Phish Finger they share first position in group 7. Phish Finger has been online since 2014 and Croalin joined in 2009 so with almost 5000 daily games under his belt it's probably no ...
