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Winners announced! - 17th Dec, 2023
An Excellent Weekend For Cumnor At Kidlington - 6th Feb, 2023
Oxfordshire Win - 29th Jan, 2023
New Year, New News! - 24th Jan, 2023
Happy New Year! - 5th Jan, 2023
Kidlington Chess Tournament - 30th Dec, 2022
And the winners are… - 25th Dec, 2022
The Cowley Blitz is Back! - 30th Nov, 2022
Oxon Junior Chess Trials and Championship - 24th Nov, 2022
A Grand Night Out: Cumnor Goes To Witney - 20th Nov, 2022
Match Reports: University 2 v. Cumnor 1 and University 1 v. Cumnor 1 - 7th Nov, 2022
Oxfordshire Needs You! - 24th Oct, 2022
One Plays Chess In Cornwall - 24th Oct, 2022
9th Witney Weekend Congress - 13th Oct, 2022
A New Term Begins … - 30th Sep, 2022
New Season - 30th Sep, 2022
New Members - 16th Sep, 2022
The Chiltern League - 2nd Sep, 2022
Club Reopens - 30th Aug, 2022
Join us for a casual game of chess in Witney - 2nd Aug, 2022
Closed for August - 13th Jul, 2022
Oxfordshire Girls Chess Championship at Blenheim Palace - 7th Jul, 2022
Cowley Summer Blitz: Online on Monday 4th July - 29th Jun, 2022
Four Play Chess in Somerset - 28th May, 2022
Match Report – Witney 1 v. Cumnor 1 - 21st May, 2022
End of Season Awards - 20th May, 2022
Ray Starkie Best Game Prize - 5th May, 2022
Cumnor 2: Second in Division 3! - 3rd May, 2022
Match Reports: Cumnor 1 v. Banbury 1 and University 1 v. Cumnor 1 - 3rd May, 2022
Chess event in historic Abingdon venue - 3rd May, 2022
Match Report: City 1 v. Cumnor 1 - 24th Mar, 2022
Four BLTs at the Club - 11th Mar, 2022
Teaching chess in Oxfordshire schools with CSC - 11th Mar, 2022
Match Report: Cowley 1 v. Cumnor 1 - 11th Feb, 2022
2021-2022 Frank Wood Shield - 4th Feb, 2022
Match Report: Didcot 1 v. Cumnor 1 - 26th Jan, 2022
Tournament News - 18th Jan, 2022
The Players’ Cup and Bill Laar Trophy – Follow the latest results online - 16th Jan, 2022
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! - 17th Dec, 2021
Cowley Christmas Blitz 2021 - 10th Dec, 2021
Match Report: Cumnor 1 v. Cowley 1 - 26th Nov, 2021
FIDE Chess World Championship 2021- Carlsen-Nepomniachtchi - 26th Nov, 2021
Match Report: Banbury 1 v. Cumnor 1 - 22nd Nov, 2021
Cumnor at the Witney Congress - 8th Nov, 2021
County Matches - 3rd Nov, 2021
Match Report: Cumnor 1 v. Witney 1 - 29th Oct, 2021
Match Report: Cumnor 1 v. Oxford University 1 - 22nd Oct, 2021
Busy Nights at the Club Coming Up - 21st Oct, 2021
Match Report: Cumnor 1 v. City 1 - 8th Oct, 2021
8th Witney Weekend Congress - 5th Oct, 2021
Match report: Cumnor 1 v. Didcot 1 - 1st Oct, 2021
Three Month Membership to the Club for Free! - 27th Sep, 2021
Fixtures are out - 21st Sep, 2021
Cumnor 1 Captaincy - 13th Sep, 2021
Witney Online Rapidplay 2021 - 5th Sep, 2021
Open Club nights start on the 9th September - 3rd Sep, 2021
Welcome Back!!! - 26th Aug, 2021
The 2021-22 Season! - 24th May, 2021
RIP – Ian Brooke - 22nd Apr, 2021
OCA Blitz @ Cowley – Thursday 8th April - 1st Apr, 2021
Ray Starkie Prize for the Best Game During the Season - 30th Mar, 2021
As lockdown eases, what’s happening with chess? - 11th Mar, 2021
OCA Blitz @ Cowley – Monday 15th Feb - 9th Feb, 2021
Mike Duck Online Tournament: The Final Rounds - 18th Dec, 2020
Cowley Christmas Blitz 2020 - 9th Dec, 2020
Mike Duck Online Tournament: Round 3 - 13th Nov, 2020
Mike Duck Online Tournament: Round 2 - 6th Nov, 2020
Mike Duck Online Tournament: Round 1 - 30th Oct, 2020
First Mike Duck Online Tournament - 22nd Oct, 2020
Witney Online Congress - 30th Sep, 2020
2020-21 Season Goes Online - 28th Sep, 2020
Witney Rapidplay….. Online - 24th Aug, 2020
2020-21 Season - 11th Aug, 2020
New Grades are out - 30th Jul, 2020
Online National Club Championships - 29th Jun, 2020
ECF National Online Clubs Championships - 24th Jun, 2020
Cumnor vs Magdalene College School - 17th May, 2020
Cumnor v Cowley match this Sunday! - 17th Apr, 2020
ODCL Season 2019-20 Cancelled - 31st Mar, 2020
Cumnor Chess Club and Coronavirus - 16th Mar, 2020
Coronavirus - 16th Mar, 2020
Kidlington Chess Tournament 2020 - 11th Feb, 2020
RIP – Ann Willan - 18th Jan, 2020
43rd annual Kidlington Chess Tournament, 1 & 2 February 2020 - 12th Jan, 2020
Trophy Night - 10th Jan, 2020
Merry Christmas! - 14th Dec, 2019
Eldar wins the Players Cup - 9th Dec, 2019
Cowley Christmas Blitz - 18th Nov, 2019
Some Busy Club Nights Ahead - 12th Nov, 2019
Frank Woods Shield - 30th Oct, 2019
7th Witney Weekend Congress - 9th Oct, 2019
Fixtures are out! - 30th Sep, 2019
First Oxfordshire Girls Chess Championships at Blenheim Palace - 29th Jul, 2019
New Grades are out - 23rd Jul, 2019
Final Club Night of the Season - 19th Jul, 2019
Success for Cumnor at the Cowley Blitz - 1st Jul, 2019
RIP – Chris Fox (Banbury Chess Club) - 25th Jun, 2019
Casual games in Witney in August - 24th Jun, 2019
Summer time 2019 - 21st Jun, 2019
The Grunifeld Defence (aka Oxford University) win the 2018/19 FWS - 31st May, 2019
Cowley Summer Blitz (& OCA Prizegiving), 24 June 2019 - 28th May, 2019
Ray Starkie Memorial Award - 3rd Apr, 2019
Oxfordshire A win the Chiltern League Open - 1st Apr, 2019
Oxfordshire Easter holiday chess events for juniors - 13th Mar, 2019
Nick wins the Blackpool Major - 11th Mar, 2019
Cumnor 1 win the League - 8th Mar, 2019
Players Cup and Bill Laar Trophy 2019 - 22nd Feb, 2019
Silverware on the cards, in the League, Frank Wood Shield or Kidlington? - 1st Feb, 2019
New Grades - 28th Jan, 2019
Club is closed for one evening - 23rd Jan, 2019
Trophy Night - 11th Jan, 2019
42nd Kidlington Chess Tournament - 4th Jan, 2019
The last chess evening of the year - 20th Dec, 2018
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! - 17th Dec, 2018
RIP – Derek Punter - 27th Nov, 2018
Cowley Christmas Blitz, 3 December 2018 - 23rd Nov, 2018
Sixth Witney Weekend Congress - 11th Oct, 2018
ECF President’s Award for Steve Rumsby, - 15th Sep, 2018
The New Season - 13th Sep, 2018
Witney Rapidplay 2018 and Sixth Witney Weekend Congress - 17th Aug, 2018
Summertime Chess - 13th Aug, 2018
Final Club Night of the Season - 26th Jul, 2018
Football’s coming home… - 25th Jun, 2018
Cowley Summer Blitz - 7th Jun, 2018
The Frank Wood Shield Final - 4th Jun, 2018
Frank Wood Shield – Cup Final Day - 30th May, 2018
Does glory await Cumnor in the Frank Wood Shield Final? - 25th May, 2018
Grandmaster Peter Wells Simultaneous Display - 9th Mar, 2018
Club Closed due to Snow - 1st Mar, 2018
41st Annual Kidlington Chess Tournament - 8th Feb, 2018
New Grades - 26th Jan, 2018
41st Annual Kidlington Chess Tournament, 3 & 4 February 2018 - 25th Jan, 2018
Trophy Night - 15th Jan, 2018
Merry Christmas - 21st Dec, 2017
Cowley Christmas Blitz - 21st Nov, 2017
Witney Chess Congress 2017 - 25th Oct, 2017
2017-18 Fixtures - 6th Oct, 2017
5th Witney Weekend Congress - 6th Oct, 2017
The 2017-18 fixtures have been released - 13th Sep, 2017
The Club is open - 7th Sep, 2017
Pub chess in Witney - 9th Aug, 2017
August evenings of chess - 24th Jul, 2017
Final club night of the summer! - 21st Jul, 2017
Cowley Summer Blitz 2017 - 4th Jul, 2017
The latest Cumnor Cup / Bill Laar Trophy results - 23rd Jun, 2017
Cowley Summer Blitz, Monday 26 June - 10th Jun, 2017
Witney 1 win the Frank Wood Shield - 9th Jun, 2017
Hopping along to the club… - 13th Apr, 2017
Grandmaster Peter Wells Simultaneous Display - 10th Mar, 2017
Trophy Night! - 1st Mar, 2017
40th Annual Kidlington Chess Tournament, 4 & 5 February 2017 - 17th Feb, 2017
New Grades are now out! - 31st Jan, 2017
Wantage 2 v Cumnor 2 and Cumnor 1 v Wantage 1 [Match Reports] - 20th Jan, 2017
Kidlington Tournament - 13th Jan, 2017
Cumnor 1 Mid-Season Report - 19th Dec, 2016
Cowley Christmas Blitz 2016 - 14th Dec, 2016
Cowley Christmas Blitz, Monday 5 December - 16th Nov, 2016
Witney Chess Congress - 27th Oct, 2016
Cumnor 1 v Bicester 1 [Match Report] - 21st Oct, 2016
Witney 4 v Cumnor 2 [Match Report] - 19th Oct, 2016
Oxfordshire Individual Chess Championship 2016-17 - 12th Oct, 2016
2016-17 Fixture Lists - 6th Oct, 2016
Witney Rapidplay - 28th Sep, 2016
The Players’ Cup and Bill Laar Trophy 2016 - 9th Sep, 2016
Witney Rapidplay and Witney Weekend Congress 2016 - 1st Sep, 2016
Chess returns - 31st Aug, 2016
A summer evening playing Chess - 12th Aug, 2016
The club is now closed but only for August - 2nd Aug, 2016
Oxfordshire is looking for players - 31st Jul, 2016
New Grades! - 29th Jul, 2016
Would anyone like to play Peter Wells – Grandmaster? - 2nd Mar, 2016
39th Kidlington Chess Tournament - 24th Feb, 2016
Cumnor 1 v MCS and City 1 (FWS) - 17th Feb, 2016
The Légal chess trap and Stephen Hawking - 29th Jan, 2016
New Grades! - 26th Jan, 2016
Wantage 1 v Cumnor 1 and Cumnor 2 v Wantage 2 [Match Report] - 17th Jan, 2016
Trophy Night 2016 - 11th Jan, 2016
39th Annual Kidlington Chess Tournament, 6 & 7 February 2016‏ - 10th Jan, 2016
Frank Wood Shield Draw - 1st Jan, 2016
Sorry I have been away…. but I am back now - 31st Dec, 2015
MCS/B1 v Cumnor 1 and Cumnor 1 v Cowley 3 [Match Report] - 2nd Nov, 2015
Cumnor 2 vs Bicester 2 [Match report] - 16th Oct, 2015
A great result for Cumnor Chess Club [Match report] - 9th Oct, 2015
Wantage 2 v Cumnor 2 [Match Report] - 8th Oct, 2015
What is your favorite chess quote? - 20th Sep, 2015
Ray is looking for players - 16th Sep, 2015
Keep Calm We’re Back - 31st Aug, 2015
Cumnor Chess Club players in the news as chess boot camp comes to Oxford - 22nd Aug, 2015
A most peculiar chess opening - 17th Aug, 2015
Cumnor’s inaugural cold turkey chess tournament - 14th Aug, 2015
The Club is now Closed (But don’t worry it’s only for August!) - 1st Aug, 2015
All chess video commentaries should be like this… - 30th Jul, 2015
Mid-2015 ECF grades released – how did Cumnor’s chess players fare? - 25th Jul, 2015
Fixture’s are released - 20th Jul, 2015
13-year-old chess wizard wins scholarship - 10th Jul, 2015
A modern immortal chess game - 10th Jul, 2015
Cumnor 1 v Witney 1 [Frank Wood Shield – Match Report] (Throwback Thursday) - 9th Jul, 2015
Junior summer chess camp - 7th Jul, 2015
Blindfold chess in Cumnor (Throwback Thursday) - 2nd Jul, 2015
Throwback Thursday - 1st Jul, 2015
Summer of Fun - 26th Jun, 2015
Cowley Summer Blitz 2015 - 24th Jun, 2015
Witney Rapidplay and the third Witney Congress 2015 - 13th Jun, 2015
Cowley Summer Blitz 2015 - 6th Jun, 2015
Cup Final! - 30th May, 2015
Cumnor 1 End of Season Report - 15th May, 2015
The Winners ….and Losers! - 10th May, 2015
Election Day Special! - 7th May, 2015
Cumnor 2 v Cowley 4 [Match Report] - 29th Apr, 2015
Cowley 3 v Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 24th Apr, 2015
Cheating in Chess? - 19th Apr, 2015
Cumnor 1 v Didcot 2 [Match Report] - 17th Apr, 2015
Hampshire “A” v Oxfordshire “A” - 12th Apr, 2015
No more Draws! – FIDE - 1st Apr, 2015
Oxfordshire win the U150 Chiltern League! - 31st Mar, 2015
EPSCA Under 11 Southern Zonal qualifier - 29th Mar, 2015
Cumnor 2 v Witney 5 and City 4 (Abingdon Sch) - 24th Mar, 2015
Wantage 1 v Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 18th Mar, 2015
Chiltern League – Oxfordshire v Buckinghamshire - 15th Mar, 2015
Cumnor 2 v Cowley 5 and Wantage 2 v Cumnor 2 [Match report] - 7th Mar, 2015
Cumnor 1 v Oxford City 2 [Match Report] - 7th Mar, 2015
Oxfordshire U150’s - 4th Mar, 2015
Anyone want to play against a Chess Grandmaster? - 20th Feb, 2015
Cumnor 1 v Oxford City 1 FWS [Match Report] - 14th Feb, 2015
2014 Players Cup Presentation Night - 10th Feb, 2015
Cumnor 2 v St Claires [Match Report] - 10th Feb, 2015
MCS/B1 v Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 8th Feb, 2015
ECF releases latest chess grades – how did you do? - 26th Jan, 2015
Will you win a trophy at Cumnor Chess Club this year? - 22nd Jan, 2015
Bicester 1 v Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 21st Jan, 2015
Cumnor 2 snatches victory from Cowley Workers [Match Report] - 20th Jan, 2015
Playing for Oxfordshire! - 20th Jan, 2015
Cumnor 1 v Witney 1 [Frank Wood Shield – Match Report] - 9th Jan, 2015
38th Kidlington Chess Tournament, 7-8 February 2015 - 9th Jan, 2015
The Boys (and Girls) are back in Town! - 6th Jan, 2015
Santa Claus is coming to town! - 24th Dec, 2014
Cumnor 1 v Cowley 3 [Match Report] - 16th Dec, 2014
Didcot 2 v Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 10th Dec, 2014
Cumnor 2 v City 4 (Abingdon School) [Match Report] - 10th Dec, 2014
Cowley 4 v Cumnor 2 [Match Report] - 9th Dec, 2014
Cumnor 1 v Wantage 1 [Match Report] - 5th Dec, 2014
Report from the Cowley Christmas chess blitz - 2nd Dec, 2014
Fancy a Christmas Chess blitz? - 28th Nov, 2014
Carlsen Retains Crown - 24th Nov, 2014
The Great Chess Dispute! - 21st Nov, 2014
Cumnor 2 v Wantage 2 and Witney 5 [Match Reports] - 21st Nov, 2014
Christmas / New Year: Dates for your diary - 16th Nov, 2014
City 2 v Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 5th Nov, 2014
Cumnor 1 v Bicester 1 [Match Report] - 2nd Nov, 2014
Cowley 5 v Cumnor 2 [Match Report] - 2nd Nov, 2014
Rest and Resilience – report from European Youth Chess Championships - 29th Oct, 2014
Critical moments – report from the European Youth Chess Championships - 26th Oct, 2014
Oxfordshire U150’s beat Buckinghamshire at chess - 26th Oct, 2014
Castles kingside – report from European Youth Chess Championships - 24th Oct, 2014
A shared experience – report from European Youth Chess Championships - 21st Oct, 2014
Small beginnings – report from European Youth Chess Championships - 20th Oct, 2014
Cumnor 1 v MCS/B1 [Match Report] - 18th Oct, 2014
Chess Season Starts With… Well.. With A Lot Of Chess - 11th Oct, 2014
Cumnor 2 v Cowley Workers 2 [Match Report] - 11th Oct, 2014
Who wants to watch England v San Marino? No chance! - 9th Oct, 2014
Witney Rapidplay 2014 report - 1st Oct, 2014
Chess, Chess and some more Chess! - 15th Sep, 2014
Doors open again on Thursday! - 2nd Sep, 2014
The Club is now Closed (But don’t worry it’s only for the summer!) - 29th Jul, 2014
New Grades are Out! - 27th Jul, 2014
ESCC: Live chess! - 14th Jul, 2014
Blindfold chess in Cumnor - 7th Jul, 2014
ESCC: Not Overdoing It - 25th Jun, 2014
ESCC: “Chess is mental torture” - 25th Jun, 2014
ESCC: Team Spirit at the European Schools Chess Championships - 23rd Jun, 2014
Magnus Carlsen reigns supreme - 23rd Jun, 2014
ESCC: Another Magic Day for Zoe at the European Schools Chess Championships - 21st Jun, 2014
ESCC: A Magic Cure - 20th Jun, 2014
ESCC: The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Chess Parent - 19th Jun, 2014
ESCC: Flying the flag at the European Schools Chess Championships - 18th Jun, 2014
Cumnor player draws chess grandmaster! - 18th Jun, 2014
ESCC: Pre-match preparation for the European Schools Chess Championships - 17th Jun, 2014
ESCC: Zoe in Kavala - 17th Jun, 2014
CLOSED CLUB NIGHT (19th JUNE) - 14th Jun, 2014
Tournaments Galore! - 8th Jun, 2014
Who needs Brazil? - 27th May, 2014
Cumnor 1 End of Season Report - 9th May, 2014
Cowley 3 v Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 12th Apr, 2014
Going down to the wire… - 3rd Apr, 2014
Bicester 1 v Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 19th Mar, 2014
Cumnor player beats chess grandmaster! - 17th Mar, 2014
Oxford City 2 v Cumnor 1 - 4th Mar, 2014
Cumnor 1 v Didcot 1 [Match Report] - 28th Feb, 2014
Witney 2 v Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 5th Feb, 2014
Kidlington Chess Congress - 2nd Feb, 2014
New Grades, Trophy Night, ect - 31st Jan, 2014
Cumnor 1 v Cowley 3 [Match Report] - 25th Jan, 2014
Trophy Night - 17th Jan, 2014
Cumnor 1 v Wantage 1 [Match Report] - 15th Jan, 2014
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year - 29th Dec, 2013
Cumnor 1 v Bicester 1 [Match Report] - 11th Dec, 2013
Cumnor 1 vs Oxford City 2 [Match Report] - 1st Dec, 2013
Cowley Christmas Blitz - 23rd Nov, 2013
Congratulations to Magnus Carlsen, World Chess Champion! - 22nd Nov, 2013
Didcot 1 vs Cumnor 1 / Cumnor 2 vs Witney 4 [Match reports] - 10th Nov, 2013
Watch Carlsen and Anand fight to be World Chess Champion - 9th Nov, 2013
What to do *before* you make a move at chess - 8th Nov, 2013
Cumnor 1 vs Witney 2 [Match Report] - 3rd Nov, 2013
Daniel in the Junior 4NCL - 25th Oct, 2013
An early end for Cumnor Chess Club’s Frank Wood Shield dream - 20th Oct, 2013
A revamped website - 20th Oct, 2013
Cumnor 2 vs Wantage 2 [Match Report] - 17th Oct, 2013
Wantage 1 vs Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 13th Oct, 2013
The Season Starts Here… - 6th Oct, 2013
The new season is about to begin for Cumnor Chess Club - 22nd Sep, 2013
New Grades! - 26th Jul, 2013
It’s Summer Time and The Weather is Fine - 18th Jul, 2013
A Quick June Update - 9th Jun, 2013
Cumnor 2, Division 4: season report for 2012/2013 - 15th May, 2013
Cumnor 1, Division 2: season report for 2012/2013 - 10th May, 2013
An unsatisfying victory for Oxfordshire in the U125 Chiltern Chess League - 9th May, 2013
Cumnor chess players ready for Chiltern League U125 final against Buckinghamshire - 26th Apr, 2013
Wantage 1 vs Cumnor 1 [Match Report] - 26th Apr, 2013
Witney 4 vs Cumnor 2 [Match Report] - 24th Apr, 2013
Cumnor 2 vs Wantage 2 [Match Report] - 12th Apr, 2013
Cumnor 2 beat a sorry Cowley Workers 2 [Match Report] - 29th Mar, 2013
Cumnor 2 vs Cowley Workers 2 match scheduled for Thursday night - 27th Mar, 2013
Updated Players Cup results - 27th Mar, 2013
Close but no Cigar… Cumnor 1 vs MCS/B1 [Match Report] - 22nd Mar, 2013
Cumnor 1 play top of the table MCS/B1, but are safe in Division 2 - 20th Mar, 2013
Snow stops play! U125 Chiltern league final postponed - 17th Mar, 2013
Cumnor chess players prepare for Chiltern League U125 final against Buckinghamshire - 11th Mar, 2013
Beautifully entertaining chess positions [VIDEO] - 8th Mar, 2013
Lecture by Grandmaster Peter Wells - 7th Mar, 2013
Oxford City 2 vs Cumnor 1 [Match report] - 6th Mar, 2013
Cumnor 2 vs Cowley Workers 2 – Postponed - 5th Mar, 2013
Cumnor Chess Club on Facebook - 5th Mar, 2013
We’re on Twitter - 5th Mar, 2013
Welcome! - 9th May, 2012

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