UPDATE 20/9/25

IT WAS GREAT TO SEE A FULL COMPLIMENT OF JUNIORS COMING ALONG TO LEARN AND ENJOY CHESS YESTERDAY, WE HAD A TOTAL OF 27 PLAYERS.

WE WELCOMED BACK NEIL AND TEODOR WHO RETURNED TO CONTINUE WITH CHESS.

WE WELCOMED NEWCOMERS DAVID AND JACOB FROM WIMBORNE AND HOPE THEY WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WEEKLY SESSIONS.

Saturdays games underway.

Saturdays games underway.

TONY HAD A FULL GROUP OF 7 PLAYERS IN TWO SECTIONS REVIEWING AND SOLVING CHESS PUZZLES AND A FINAL MATE IN 2 WHICH MOST PLAYERS SOLVED.

STEVE CONTINUED WITH BEGINNERS OMER AND RITESH AND HOPE THEY HAVE SOME PRACTICE IN THE WEEK TO HELP WITH THEIR DEVELOPMENT.

Three of our beginners receiving input from Steve.

MARTIN TOOK A GROUP OF INTERMEDIATES THROUGH A GAME – https://xco.ysa.mybluehost.me/website_cb3a4304/games/ White to play and win…

ERIC PLAYED A GAME WITH JH AND WAS PLEASED WITH HIS ABILITY TO OPEN AND DEVELOP HIS PIECES. I THINK HE IS PROMISING AND WAS ABLE TO LEARN NEW TACTICS THAT CAN UNLOCK POSITIONS.

THE 2^ND SESSION GROUP WAS ALLOCATED INTO 3 SECTIONS WITH STEVE TAKING THE LION SHARE OF BEGINNERS – ANDREAS/SEPANTA/BJORN AND DAVID. THEY ALL SEEMED TO ENJOY THE SESSION AND I WAS VERY PLEASED TO RECORD GAMES PLAYED BY THEM. EXCLLENT PROGRESS.

ERIC WAS KEEN TO ESTABLISH JACOB’S LEVEL AND WAS IMPRESSED WITH HIS LEVEL AND GAME AS A WHOLE. HE WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH TO JOIN OUR ADVANCED SESSION

Martin, Eric and Paul review a game with the two offering ideas

Paul and Martin taking a group of intermediate players through a game.

WE STARTED OUR LADDER BOARD COMPETITION AND THE RESULTS WERE:

1^ST SESSION ADVANCED AND INTERMEDIATE

PETER 1 NATHANIAL 0/ SAM 0 NICOLAS 1/ KAUTUM 1 ZAYEEN 0/RAFAN 1 NEIL 0

KIT 0 JH 1/ MARKAS ½ HARVEY ½, LAIM 0 NIRVAN 1/PAVINA 1 SARAH 0

2^ND SESSION INTERMEDIATE AND BEGINNERS

DAVID 1 SEPANTA 0/ NILAY 1 MANVIK 0/ ANDRES ½ BJORN ½, JACOB 1 HEKTOR 0

WE ALWAYS TRY TO MANAGE THE NUMBERS AND PROVIDE AS MANY INDIVIDUAL AND GROUP SESSIONS AS PHYSICALLY POSSIBLE SO THANKS TO ALL OUR COACHES – STEVE/PAUL/GRAHAM/TONY AND YOURS TRULY.

I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING YOU ALL NEXT SATURDAY.