The fire alarm only sounded for about 40 seconds this morning. Unfortunately, it was at 3:19am so we all had another disturbed night.

For day three of the EBU Overseas Congress, sponsored by First for Bridge, the group ventured to the nearby historical town of Treviso (pictured above). It was also the final of the Swiss Pairs, which was won by Joy and Irving Blakey (pictured). Tournament Director Chris Benneworth covers some highlights from the day below:

The Hinden team ( Frances Hinden, John Atthey, Graham Osborne, Neil Rosen, Chris Jagger) lead Division 1 after the second weekend of the Premier League. They currently have a total of 166.82 VPs...

Day two of the EBU Overseas Congress, sponsored by First for Bridge, started rather earlier than expected as Tournament Director Chris Benneworth explains:

For players booked to play in the Online One-Day Green Pointed Swiss Teams this Saturday 21st October, please see the below information, which has also been sent via email: The first session will...

Under-16 squad leader Alan Shillitoe is looking for opposition to play training matches against the next generation of u16s. Starting from November, matches will be played on Friday evenings at...

Simon Webb (10 June 1949 – 14 March 2005) was a British chess player, an International Master, a Correspondence
Chess Grandmaster, and a chess writer.

Born in London, he was joint British under-18 champion in 1966, and fourth in the European Junior
Championship in 1969. Webb was briefly a professional player in the late 1970s, participated in a number of strong tournaments, and met some strong players, including a 17-year-old Garry Kasparov at the 1980 European Team Championship (Webb lost). At one event, he was assigned a lady translator.