We welcomed 23 willing and keen chess juniors at the club on Saturday morning. With the coaching team almost at full strength bar the absence of Eric the junior club resumed it’s usual format for the morning. The first session advanced group returned to solving the various chess puzzles posed Read more…
It was great to see and welcome 29 enthusiastic chess juniors at the club on Saturday morning. We welcomed 5 newcomers to the chess club in the second session namely James, Monty, Holly, Oakley and Koco all with their own good reasons for wanting to learn or improve their chess Read more…
We welcomed 27 juniors to the Library yesterday and had 2 excellent sessions of chess. Details of the ladder board results from yesterday and ladder board tables after Round 2 appear later in the report. I want to mention the Dorset Junior chess Congress which is being held on the Read more…
It was great to see 25 enthusiastic juniors come along to learn and play the great game of chess. There is a growing number of libraries and other junior clubs providing chess in and around the area so we are happy our lessons are well supported which makes it all Read more…
It was welcome back to all after the Xmas and New Year holidays and we had a good turnout of 24 juniors ready to play and enjoy chess with renewed enthusiasm. This was supported by our full coaching team of Steve/Paul/Azhar/Tony/Martin and your author. Having individual and small group teaching Read more…
In our Final Saturday of the season we had an enjoyable end of season competition of 4 rounds allocated between a Major and Minor. 21 Juniors competed and the Final league tables are below: Major section. Tristan and Harry both finished on 3.5/4 and won a coveted carved wooden chess Read more…
In our penultimate session of the season we enjoyed having and teaching 20 enthusiastic juniors, including 2 new players Mariella and Drihti and we hope they enjoyed coming along. We wanted to create an end of season feeling with fun games of chess 960 followed by prizegiving for the ladder Read more…
On a wet and windy day where parents were calling to confirm if chess club is still on, we had a compliment of 18 juniors over both sessions. This went really well and most enjoyable for all that came along. We welcomed Levana for the 1st time and 2nd time Read more…
Martin is happy to give private chess lessons. He regularly plays in Division 1 in Dorset and has a lot of experience. He is DBS certified and you will give lessons to any level including beginners. He charges £15 per hour and travels to you.
DECEMBER SCHEDULE 7-12- FINAL WEEK OF ATHE LADDER BOARD COMPETITION 14/12 – LESSONS AND CHESS 960 GAMES FOR ALL 21/12 – FINAL SESSION OF THE TERM – XMAS COMPETITION 10-12.30 WITH ALL PLAY ALL GAMES. MEDALS FOR WINNERS ON THE DAY, MEDALS FOR LADDER BOARD WINNERS AND ATTENDANCE CERTIFICATES FOR Read more…