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Saturday March 16th 1100-1300 Saturday March 30th 1100-1300

From: "Adam Moyse" Thursday, 28 Apr, 2022 Subject: Leigh Chess Mates April 30th Meet-up Hey Everyone, The library is open this Saturday from 11am - 1pm for some chess. Please come along, pop in and say hello and play some over the board chess! If you are part of the competition, there are no new games until I get all games completed so I can pair everyone accordingly. I hope to see you all there!

Hope to see you all this Saturday October 30th 2021. Adam sent an email this week to say we can meet again in the Library. Best wishes.

The English Chess Federation have made available 2 booklets (lots of diagrams, an easy read)of An Introduction to Chess "suitable for players graded under 1200 Elo" Some good tips/reminders for us all? Chess Booklet One aimed at Beginners : Chess Booklet Two aimed at Improvers More information here https://www.englishchess.org.uk/new-to-chess/ Hope to see you all again - this year!

See the Chess.com news - we can have evenly matched games (unrated) https://www.chess.com/article/view/chess-com-month-in-review-october-2020 Odds Play for DAILY (unrated) games available in the PLAY interface (feature will come for Live soon - no news on Arena tournaments) If you create a challenge for a friend who is rated significantly higher or lower than you are you will be prompted to select an "Odds game" ..."Auto-Balance" or you can choose type of difference (e.g. less pieces, starting positions etc.)

Despite the worrying increase in COVID rates, some good news for Leigh book lovers. For Chess Club sadly not yet. Leigh Library limited reopening Building on the July Click and Collect Service, they are now allowing limited browsing (20 minutes) from Friday Sep 11. Best wishes to all.

Happy to play anyone from the Leigh-On-Sea Library Chess Mates club.