Happy first birthday Brighton and Hove Albion North Stand Chess Club! We started off at 27000+ in the chess com world rankings and in our first year have risen 25515 places to #1485. Set up for exclusively BHAFC fans, if any supporters play chess, or used to play and fancies a game, then look us up and join.
Our match against dynamo is possibly my favourite to date. Its in the top 3 with Chelsea and athletic madrid probably. Some insanely impressive wins and draws in there. A whitewash wasnt completely unrealisticCongratulation to all involved.
ps Dynamo Kiev are apparently better at Chess than Football!
Let´s see how we get on
https://www.chess.com/club/matches/brighton-and-hove-albion-nsc/976166
For any club members who perhaps havent been around a while (or indeed any new BHA fan interested in joining us)
We are having an Easter Sunday BHANSC blitz arena tomorrow evening. Come pop by, registration from 19:30, start at 20:30, duration 1 hour
https://www.chess.com/club/brighton-and-hove-albion-nsc/news
They are 3 minute games, great fun (subjective I suppose), and open to all levels. Games this fast are riddled with mistakes (for many of us) so as you lose or win one, you simply move onto the next game. Its like a royal rumble.carnage. If anyone plays or has kids who want to play perhaps, this a a great time to join in
If you have any questions feel free to ask on here
Hope to see you there
A-ha, I need to join this! I've been on Chess.com for a couple of months having recently dusted off my board and started playing again. I never put it together with this old thread, I just happened to spot [MENTION=1557]maffew[/MENTION] on the website, and it's all started to fall into place since. Hopefully the chess club is still going, as I'm off to try and find it and join.
It certainly is.
We play in different comps v other teams, with loads being against other football teams supporters.
We've also got an internal league on the go.
Please join us, it's going really well!
https://www.chess.com/club/brighton-and-hove-albion-nsc
Anyone know if any of the Albion players play the game? I can see Pascal Groß plotting his moves in advance, doing the chess equivalent of a Cruyff turn ...