My first chess career was moderately successful. As a junior, I played at county level. I played on Board 1 for Middlesex on one occasion and was very proud of the fact that I never lost for my county.
As a junior, I also won the Middlesex Championship at the second attempt with 6 wins and 3 draws. I doubt I would have fared half as well had all the really strong players not been playing in the national championships at the same time.
I was also joint first in a major tournament at Ilford, but that was about as good as things got.
My second chess career was spectacularly successful. Returning after a twenty year lay off, I felt entitled to enter minor tournaments, and won four in a row. My proudest achievement though was winning the Crystal Palace club championship in Millennium Year; this included beating the strongest player in the club with the Pirc Defence, a favourite of his.
I will not though be embarking on a third chess career.
All the games on this page are 10 minute games, and all are recorded in English classical notation. I hate algebraic and want no part of it. They are lightly annotated. Enjoy. Or not.
February 10, 2026
One thing I find annoying about this site is that unless you keep a firm grip on the mouse you can lose the game. One game I played on March 3, I survived an attack in which my opponent gave up a piece or perhaps miscalculated and I was really on top of things. The queens were off, my rooks had full control of the only open file on the board and my knight was in a dominating post. Not only that, his king was now in a precarious position and I was picking off his pawns until the mouse slipped and instead of capturing a pawn my rook was left en prise. Game gone. The same thing happened later in the day. Totally unreal.
April 5, 2026
January 25, 2026 38 moves
January 27 (1) 75 moves
January 27 (2) 22 moves
January 28 23 moves
January 29 36 moves
January 30 24 moves
January 31 (1) 28 moves
January 31 (2) 24 moves
February 2 22 moves
February 3 (1) 32 moves
February 3 (2) 55 moves
February 3 (3) 21 moves
February 3 (4) 19 moves
February 4 (1) 37 moves
February 4 (2) 50 moves
February 5 (1) 26 moves
February 5 (2) 44 moves
February 5 (3) 23 moves
February 7 25 moves
February 8 (1) 41 moves
February 8 (2) 11 moves
February 10 31 moves
February 11 (1) 21 moves
February 11 (2) 39 moves
February 11 (3) 5 moves!
February 13 32 moves
February 14 18 moves
February 15 (1) 36 moves
February 15 (2) 67 moves
February 17 (1) 56 moves
February 17 (2) 31 moves
February 18 23 moves
February 20 (1) 31 moves
February 20 (2) 37 moves
February 22 (1) 15 moves
February 22 (2) 75 moves
February 23 13 moves
February 25 (1) 22 moves
February 25 (2) 37 moves
February 26 20 moves
February 27 15 moves
February 28 48 moves
March 2 17 moves
March 3 (1) 13 moves
March 3 (2) 24 moves
March 8 19 moves
March 9 19 moves
March 11 52 moves
March 12 18 moves
March 13 19 moves
March 16 27 moves
March 17 23 moves
March 18 (1) 39 moves
March 18 (2) unrecorded number of moves!
March 22 41 moves
March 23 20 moves
March 24 41 moves
March 26 41 moves
March 27 (1) 25 moves
March 27 (2) 15 moves
March 29 19 moves
March 31 (1) 69 moves
March 31 (2) 17 moves
April 2 13 moves
April 10 24 moves
April 12 33 moves
April 14 10 moves
April 17 35 moves
April 21 71 moves
April 22 4 moves!
April 23 17 moves
April 24 18 moves
April 26 27 moves
April 27 20 moves
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