Its only 10 days until the 1st Portishead Junior Rapidplay! For many of our juniors it will be their first rated tournament. With 55...

I'm told that we had over 30 people attending the club on Friday with at least 45 games played! Here is the current club ratings (just...

After the festive break, everything starts up again this Friday! The Junior Section runs from 6.00-7.00 pm with many of our younger...

Wishing everyone a really happy festive break. Thanks for all your support and we'll be back on 5th January with loads to look forward...

Our away match to play South Bristol looked tough and so it proved to be. Board One featured a tense game between Andrew and their rising...

I really hate gambling. It destroys lives and is a negative sum pursuit .... but I love the anticipation before any contest. Who will...

Andrew is the Godfather of Portishead Chess. He does not boast or brag, so let us take a while to hear about him! 'It was recently...

I don't suppose any of us know how she does it it - but she does! We are so grateful, not only to Jane, but The John Robinson Youth Chess...

We are very lucky to have our most experienced and top player, Andrew Borkowski (on the right in the photo), as our new Captain for both...

Curtis James-Britton, age 14, became the first Portishead player to play in a rated ECF tournament on the weekend! The Bristol Blitz was...

Andrew will be resuming his overview of past world champions after the festive break at 7.00pm Friday 12th January. Don't miss it!

The club rating system is now up and running! It's really just for fun and to add a little spice to friendly games played between club...

21st January 2023, The Folk Hall, High St., Portishead. This is open to all under-18 players and is rapidly filling up - so if you...

Every now and again I thought I'd illustrate important bits of chess advice with clips from club matches. Today's theme is "Loose Pieces...

In our last match we were unlucky to go down 1-3 against a strong Clifton E side. This time, in our new match day venue, we were up...

It turned out that the previous venue was dark and a bit small for the extra league players so Jane set off looking for somewhere more...

George Miller visited the club on Friday and was so impressed by the juniors that he will be inviting those interested to join the...

7.00 pm Tomorrow evening Andrew continues his survey of the World Chess Champions - thius time featuring Alexander Alekhine, a brilliant...

We have just completed out application to join the ECF Junior Development Pathway which should helps us develop our juniors all the way...

We have a new club rating system! This is purely for fun and is not to be taken too seriously. If you are not interested that is fine,...