27 SEPTEMBER

JUST TO REMIND ALL PARENTS THAT WE WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE NEXT WEEK ON THE 4/10 BUT RETURNING THE FOLLOWING WEEK ON THE 11/10 AND WELCOME YOU ALL BACK THEN.

WEEK 2 OF OUR JUNIOR CHESS CLUB AND WE WELCOMED 26 JUNIORS WHO CAME TO LEARN AND PLAY CHESS.

THIS INCLUDED ERIN A NEW BEGINNER AND WE WISH HIM WELL IN HIS CHESS PROGRESS.

OUR ADVANCED SESSION OF 6 PLAYERS INCLUDING JACOB FROM WIMBORNE WERE SHOWN VARIOUS OPENINGS INCLUDING THE BENKO AND PETROV’S DEFENCE PLUS A MATE IN TWO PUZZLE – THANKS TONY.

A GROUP OF 7 INTERMEDIATES OF VARIOUS LEVELS REVIEWED MATING TECHNIQUES AND TACTICS PLUS BACK RANK MATING POSITIONS BY PAUL/MARTIN AND ERIC.

STEVE PROGRESSED 6 BEGINNERS – NEWBIE ERIN, WITH OMAN AND RITESH WHO SEEM TO BE DEVELOPING AND ANDREAS/SEPANTA/DAVID IN THE 2^ND SESSION.

WELCOME BACK KOKO AND ROWLEY FOR THE 1^ST TIME IN THIS TERM WHO WERE JOINED BY MANVIK/NILAY/HEKTOR/AND TEODOR. VARIOUS TACTICS WERE PRESENTED BY PAUL/MARTIN AND ERIC AND WE ARE HOPING WEEK BY WEEK THEY ARE USING PATTERN RECOGNITION TO USE ALL IN THEIR OWN GAMES.

WEEK OF THE LADDER BOARD RESULTS

1^ST SESSION

PETER 1 JACOB, RAFAN ½ ZAYAAN ½, NEIL 0 KAUTUM 1, SARAH ½ NIRVAN ½, LIAM 0 KIT 1, HARVEY 0 MARKAS 1, JH ½ COACH ½, OMER ½ RITESH ½.

2^ND SESSION

ROWLEY 1 HEKTOR 0, KOKO 0 NILAY 1, MANVIK ½ COACH ½, ANDREAS 1 DAVID 0, SEPANTA ½ TEODOR 1/2.

Thanks again to all our coaches for coming along and supporting the club.

Keep the chess going in the intervening week and we all look forward to seeing you on the 11/10.

Eric Sachs