An
archive of past issues in electronic format is currently being
assembled. At the moment recent issues up to but not including the current magazine (No. 31) are available here. Some early numbers are also available. Clicking a link will have different effects depending on your browser and operating system, but will often load the files directly into your browser window. A good option is to right click the links and choose an option like "Save Target As ..." or "Save Link As ..." Files sizes are given in brackets for your information. Recent Issues (Nos. 26-30) I nursed issue No. 26 into its final form and took over the production of the magazine from Lester Millin thereafter. The PDF versions were produced at the time with an eye to placing them on the club site. Important Note: For reasons of good child protection policy it has been necessary to think about the use of images of under-18s in these online versions. Issues 27-30 were taken down for a while but are now back up: at the moment these versions have all images of individuals currently under-18 removed, while we work exactly how handle this issue. Historic images of children remain however: look out for Will Burt in No. 27 and Gerard O'Reilly in No. 29! Issue No. 26 Winter 2006 (459KB) - The Chequered Board pays tribute to GM David Bronstein (1924-2006) and Heather Lang gives an extensive report on the doings of Cowley juniors. Issue No. 27 Summer 2007 (1.1MB) - We celebrate winning the National Club Rapidplay, while bidding farewell to David Bruce, who is moving to Birmingham. Dave was one of the first editors and a regular contributor to the magazine. Issue No. 28 Winter 2007 (358KB) - Congratulations to Anna Wang on becoming British Under-8 Champion; elsewhere Will Burt mulls over rules and queen sacrifices and the club prepares to move to a new venue, due to the impending closure of Cowley Community Centre. Issue No. 29 Summer 2008 (839KB) - Plenty of good chess of course, but the sad duty of this magazine was to pay tribute to our fellow club member Mike Harrison following his untimely death - Lester pays tribute to Mike, who was associated with the club for nearly twenty years. Issue No. 30 Winter 2008 (1.2MB) - It is particularly poignant that, having paid tribute to Mike Harrison in the previous issue, Lester himself died while this issue was in preparation. Just some of the many tributes to this legendary force in Oxfordshire chess appear here, and a special memorial edition appeared in 2009. Appropriately we have more junior success to report: James Foster becoming British Under-15 champ and playing in Dubai with sister Chantelle; meanwhile Maria and Anna Wang reflect on their time at the European Youth Championships in Montenegro. Old Issues (Nos. 1-4) These PDF files have been produced the hard way, by editing old word-processor files to look like the original hard copies. This leads to nice small file sizes and enables me to improve some ropey type-setting. It may take some time before the full archive appears: most of the magazines are divided into several files, so it takes a while to reassemble them into a single unit. By the way---if anyone has electronic copies of issues Nos. 21, 22, 23 or 25 please could you let me know, as I'm missing those ones. Issue No. 1 Spring 1997 (244KB) - David Bruce and Ray Starkie greet readers from the editor's desk, and there's an entertaining article on the Sicilian by Tim Dickinson. Look out for "Claire's Queen Sac" as well! Issue No. 2 Autumn 1997 (250KB) - This includes an exclusive article by Harriet Hunt, as well as an amusing Star Trek themed article by the ever imaginative Tim Dickinson. Issue No. 3 Winter 1997 (306KB) - The editors got a bit trigger happy with fonts in this issue, and I have rationalized this. As ever there is plenty to enjoy - especially Ray Starkie's intelligent interview with Harriet Hunt (and her equally intelligent replies). Look out also for some tricky Christmas puzzles from Lester Millin. Issue No. 4 Spring 1998 (340KB) - The first issue to show the hand of Lester Millin at work: so expect especially good coverage of junior chess. You'll also find several interesting cuttings from "Ray's Scrapbook" and much more ... Will Burt 11th October 2009 |