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Lewis Sharples from Blue Club wins Inter U1550 Rapidplay at 1st Bowen Manchester Central Library Rapidplay

The new tournament and rapidplay event was held in Manchester city centre at the magnificent Central Library. Lewis although ranked 5th came away with a pefect 6/6pts winning 1st place outright!

Swinton Christmas Blitz/Rapidplay 2025

Saturday 20th December - Blitz/ Sunday 21st December - Rapidplay: U1950 and U1450 sections. Fletcher Hall, Vicarage Road, Swinton M27 0WA

Top 100 Chess Players in the World

New BBC TV series: Chess Masters: The Endgame

Starting on Monday 10th March on BBC Two at 8pm and also on iPlayer. Chess Masters: The Endgame