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		The London Chess Classic 2010 Viswanathan Anand will become the first reigning world chess champion to play in a major tournament in London since Anatoly Karpov in 1984 when he joins the eight-player field for the second London Chess Classic, which runs from 8-15 December 2010 at the Olympia Conference Centre. There will be many events alongside this major tournament. http://www.londonchessclassic.com/index.htm		Anand and Carlsen to star in London Chess Classic 2010 Alongside him will be World Number one Magnus Carlsen, former World Champion Vladimir Kramnik, US number one Hikaru Nakamura and the top four English players Michael Adams, Nigel Short, Luke McShane and David Howell.

		British Chess Championships 2010 Former world number 4 Mickey Adams will be playing in this year's British Championships in Canterbury. On the July 2009 FIDE rating list he was the number one British player and has a current FIDE rating of 2697 [FIDE profile]. His current live rating is 2703.4 (25th May). Live Games at 14:15 GMT (BST)		British Championships Quiz 2010 You are invited to test your skill and knowledge with this year's Championship Quiz. Entry is free and open to all. Prize: Free entry to the section in Canterbury 2010 of the player’s choice for which s/he is eligible. Where a player enters more than one section, the prize will be applied to the highest entry fee section entered. Where players have already entered, the fee will be returned to the player. The prize is non-transferable. Only one entry per player is permitted. http://www.britishchess2010.com/quiz_2010.htm

Cowley Summer Blitz 2010

The 2010 Cowley Summer Blitz was held on Monday 21 June.

32 players competed. 

Csaba Koszta won with a perfect 10/10 score

by a margin of no less than three points.

1st: Csaba Koszta (Cumnor) 10
2nd: Ray Starkie (Cowley) 7
3rd=: Marcus Harvey (Bicester); Gerard O'Reilly (Cowley) 7
Best U165: Maria Mate (Cowley) 6.5
Best Cowley player: Jason McKenna 6.5
Best visitor: Neil Staples (Banbury) 6.5
Best junior: Douglas Stanley (USA/Cowley) 7
Best U145: Dave Keeling (Cowley) 6
Best U130: Liam Glenn (Cumnor) 5
Best Cowley U155: Anna Wang 4.5
Best U14: Tom Daggitt (MCS/Blackbirds) 3
Best lady: Heather Lang (Cowley) 6.5
Best visitor U155: Kelly Riley (Oxford City) 5.5
Best slow starter - 0/2: Jenny Cooke (Cowley) 4.5
Best very slow starter - 0/4: Sara Sengenberger (Cowley) 4
Best U12 junior: Solomon Ottino (Cowley) 3
Best ungraded: Simon Ottino (Cowley) 3.5
Best U10: Catryn Collins (Cowley) 2

Winton Capital British Chess Solving Championship 2010-2011

- organised by the British Chess Problem Society

White (playing up the board) is to play and force mate against any black defence.

The entry fee is £3.00 and the competition is open to British residents only. Entrants need only send white’s first move. Postal entries should be sent to -

Paul Valois, 14 Newton Park Drive, Leeds LS7 4HH
and accompanied by a cheque or postal order for £3.00 made payable to the British Chess Problem Society (SAE no longer required) – please provide an email address if you have one. ALSO – for the first time this year entries may be made, with payment via PayPal, on the website at http://www.bstephen.me.uk/wcbcstarter

ECF Player of the Year 2009/10 - the result

This has been won by David Howell for the fourth consecutive year! His winning the British Chess Championship with 9/11, having led from start to finish, must have counted very heavily with the voters. Murray Chandler first won the title in 1984. Since then, this year’s runners-up Michael Adams and Nigel Short have each won 11 and 4 times respectively. Other winners include John Nunn (1), Jon Speelman (2), Luke McShane (3) and Jovanka Houska (1)