Our last Saturday before the Easter weekend saw 26 juniors attend our end of term Swiss Tournament, 5 rounds with 10mins ea on the clock and what a great feast of chess we had. Zander won the Major with Nicolas coming in second after a tie break game with Sameer. Read more…
In our penultimate Saturday for this term we had 23 juniors who came to learn and play chess. With the conclusion of the Ladder tournament today, some last minute jostling on the leader board took place. A warm welcome to a new recruit Aarav, who on first assessments, could be Read more…
Apologies for the delay of this post, but my computer is in ‘hospital’ having a brain implant, I’ve managed to use another computer without the normal facilities, so this newsletter will be shorter than normal. 20 juniors attended our Saturday morning session along with tutors Tony Sanderson, Azhar, Eric, Steve, Read more…
ICAD Blitz Chess Tournament ICAD (Indian Cultural Association of Dorset) held two exciting 10 minute chess tournaments last Sunday from 12noon to 7pm at the Muscliff Community Centre. There were 2 sections. Sadly I can’t find any further information about this, so if anyone has any details or photos of the event please let us know and we Read more…
‘Springing’ into our first Saturday of March came 26 enthusiastic chess prodigies, all champing at the bit to play a proper game. But for the first half an hour, we try to teach chess skills at all levels. Leo took an advanced class in the first session, whilst Martin O Read more…