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Snodland Chess Club welcomes players of all ages and abilities from complete beginner to Grandmaster.

We are a friendly, welcoming club and we can provide free coaching to take you from beginner to winner! We particularly welcome junior members.

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We have teams in Kent County Chess Association and English Chess Federation competitions.


Sunday 17 October 2010

Snodland player draws with Grandmaster

Snodland player George Hollands achieved an extremely impressive draw with GM John Emms in a simultaneous display that took place yesterday.

You can play through the game below. After 32 Rxe4, white accepts a worse position but still with chances to create a complicated ending that may have winning chances. At this point, white can in fact allow his Queen to be captured and force a draw (32. h3 Nxf2 33. Re7+ Kc8 34. Re8+ Kc7 35. Re7+ with a draw by repetition) but presumably the Grandmaster wants to keep playing for the win. However, George has a sufficient material advantage at this point that he can hold the draw comfortably.


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