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King’s Gambit Themed Tournament: Romantic Chess at Its Best
Derby Chess Club’s October tournament was themed around the King’s Gambit. Plenty of fireworks, during four rounds of high octane chess!
Spirited Competition in “Start of Season” Quickplay
The first “Friendly Shield” tournament of the season was a great success. Members, new and old, fought for mastery of the 64 squares in a four-round quick-play.
King George of Chess 960!
On Tuesday (06/05/25), we revisited Chess 960 for our final “first Tuesday of the month” social event for the 24/25 season. With 20 players this was the biggest turnout for our events so far!
Who Let the Animals Out!
April’s special event was based around openings named after animals.
Against All Odds!
March’s special event was an “odds” tournament, where a sliding scale of handicaps was applied to the stronger player in each game.
A Wild Sicilian Adventure!
February’s special event was a well attended Sicilian themed quickplay.
Too Fast for the New Year?
On Tuesday 7/1/25 we held a blitz tournament as our “first Tuesday of the month” social event.
Masters of the Queen Pawn Openings
On Tuesday 3/12/24 we held a themed tournament based on queen’s pawn openings.
