ejh's Chess in Art series finished about a year ago. It treated us to a generous selection of chess art, but inevitably somethings weren't included – Still Life for example. And thank goodness for that would be a typical reaction. Still Life? Call a...

"Rejoice, for issue number 40 of Kingpin is out ...." Or so said my friend and fellow blogger EJH a couple of Fridays ago, although not that out as it transpired. In the week that followed I visited both branches of Chess and Bridge only to find that...

There are two chess tournaments taking place in London. If you turn up at the first, let’s say it’s at Simpson’s-in-the-Strand, you’ll find the playing hall to be a slightly cramped, not spectacularly well lit room while the demo boards are...

I am not going to tell you who played black beside Chivers in the game that is the subject of today's piece. In fact, the blunder he produced was so bad, I'm not even going to tell you his opponent's name, nor the league we were playing in, the date of...

A short quiz for you this Saturday on the theme of middle names: Which British International Master has the middle name Roland?Which British Grandmaster has the middle name Curtis?Which British Grandmaster has the first name Harold, but uses his middle...