Chessable White Rose: Round Three of the 2021 4NCL
Chessable White Rose returned to action last night in round three of the Four Nations Chess League (‘4NCL’). The evening brought excellent victories for all three of our teams. Chessable White Rose Team 1 Grandmaster Gawain Jones was back in action to take his place on board one. Together with James Adair, Kamil Plichta and Oskar […]
Using Spaced Repetition Intelligently
Followers of our science-based blog posts are in for a treat today as we turn our attention to the subject of using spaced repetition intelligently. We have brought some thoughts from earlier posts by William Hoggarth, our Engineering Manager, in from the cold. William’s collaboration with our Science Consultant, Professor Barry Hymer, and Laurens Goormachtigh, of our […]
Chess Opening Basics: The Sicilian Wing Gambit
What is the Sicilian Wing Gambit? The Sicilian Wing Gambit is a very early attempt to disrupt Black’s standard play in the Sicilian Defense, by playing 1.e4 c5 2.b4. The Sicilian Wing Gambit Black is certainly not going to be able to rattle out 20 or moves of theory in the Dragon or Najdorf variations […]
Chessable White Rose: Round Two of the 2021 4NCL
Time to catch up with the progress of our three teams in the Four Nations Chess League (‘4NCL’). Round Two was played last night and it saw all of our teams pick up important victories. Chessable White Rose Team 1 Our first team continued their winning ways with a resounding 4-0 victory of Sussex Starlings. James […]