We had lots of wonderful volunteers at the Riviera, which left me free
to be a roving coach. Come and see the Chess Doctor, I said, and he
will find our what's wrong with your chess, and suggest some treatments.
Thanks to everyone who came to the U14 training day, and special thanks
to Tim and Sally for their support.
Whether or not you
were there, you might find it useful to have a look at the links below.
I hope you will find everything we showed you on the day and a few more
things that we didn't have time for. The page below has links to all
the computer software I showed you, too.
Positions attached to the middlegame and escapes sessions
16th July Middlegame gym Middlegame gym
"What I think might be quite good is to take a few positions – possibly not highly tactical ones – but then just look how you come up with candidates and plans etc
I had a cheerful exchange recently with a correspondent, who wanted to teach her daughter how to play chess, and was attracted to the Children's Chess Set (from Devon's very own House of Marbles). I like that set a lot, and in a similar vein you can still get hold