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Puzzle cornerSeptember 29, 2026
Mr.B was always very good at producing a puzzle for us each week. Today’s puzzle comes from Mr.Lees — many thanks! You’re Black, and you can checkmate White in two moves (you move, White moves, then you play checkmate). HINTS: select the text below the numbers 1. [White doesn’t have many moves] 2. [If you can play …Na6xBc7 it’s checkmate] 3. [Can you force White to put their Bishop on c7? (yes!)] SOLUTION: reveal by clicking the [ > ] button.
Tues 22 Sept 2026September 23, 2026
Welcome to Elliott We had an unusual game where the Black King charged up the board to e1! This is called a ‘King march’ if the player chooses to do it, or a ‘King hunt’ if the King is chased there. One of the most famous King hunts was this one:
A second stepSeptember 15, 2026
Welcome back to some old friends we missed last week, and a warm welcome to Reuben, Dylan and Teddy. Sorry I didn’t get around to printing a rating list this week — Tuesday proved to be a longer day at work than I expected! — but they’re all there on the website and updated this evening.
A good startSeptember 8, 2026
Great to see faces old and new this evening — welcome to Ernie, Leo N, Orestes and Sophie.
New season 2026/27September 1, 2026
8 Sept 2026 I hope you all had a wonderful Summer. The first club night of the new chess season will be on Tuesday 8th Sept 2026, at our usual venue of the “DJ Room”, Heavitree Social Club, EX1 3BS. Membership fees of £15 will be due for this 2026-27 year from today; perhaps the easiest way for us both is to use this link:https://devonjuniorchess.co.uk/content/exeter-junior-chess-club-membership-feeWhatever PayPal try to persuade you, you don’t need a PayPal account to pay through PayPal.Instructions for BACS payments are also on that page. Looking forward to seeing you all again, and I hope you will...