Junior Chess Saturday 17th December 2022 Final week fun event & Christmas competition For our final week we will have a blitz 5 min competition allocated between advanced and others in 2 sections. The allocation will be arranged in accordance with the ladder board final week at 10/12/22. The session Read more…
The Agenda for this post;- Elstead Hotel Winchester Junior Competition Children In Need Ladder Positions The Sicilian Opening Elstead Hotel Saturday at the Elstead Hotel saw 18 very keen Juniors joining in the fun filled morning, with plenty of puzzles and games analysed and played. Top marks this week go Read more…
Our last Saturday before the summer break attracted 19 youngsters to participate in a 6 round Swiss tournament split between advanced and intermediate players. Clocks set at 10 mins each. In the advanced section a tie was decided between Zander and Finn as neither could force a win against each Read more…
Update for the Bournemouth Junior Chess Club – Saturday 23 April Saturday’s theme was blindfold chess and playing chess by V.I. (visual impaired) players 1st part Eric gave a talk on the history of blindfold chess including details of demonstrations by some of the greats – Philidor/Reshevsky and Alehkine. Records Read more…
BRAILLE CHESS ASSOCIATION Enabling blind and partially sighted people to enjoy the game of chess. The 2021 BCA Telephone Email Skype Summer Ladder (TESSLa short) event was played over three months, 27 competitors played 214 games! They also used Lichess, Zoom and SMS text. The year’s U1450 Ladder Champion is Read more…
24 Juniors took part in Saturdays Handicap Tournament over 6 rounds with challenging time controls for some, those with quick thinking used time as an added weapon against their opponents. Congratulations to Zander in the advanced section with 6 wins from 6 and Yash in the intermediates also with 6 Read more…
SUMMARY OF OUR CHESS TUTORS FOR JUNIORS ON 26th FEB 2022 – ELSTEAD HOTEL 10AM – 12.30PM Once again it is great to see the enthusiasm and continuation of 27 kids that came along to play and learn chess especially during half – term week where there are so many Read more…
Let’s all give our 3 club members a well deserved clap after a wonderful display of competitive chess, taking on the mighty Highcliffe team and walking away with all four scalps. The team (Poole Bishops) are now table toppers at this stage of the season. Well done boys, or should Read more…
SIMULTANEOUS RESULTS 29/1/22. Zander and Harry took on 12 opponents in a SIMUL display with a score of 8/12. (Eight wins from 12 games). This highlighted the strength and ability of both players to take a group of other opponents, great stuff, against a few older and more experienced players Read more…
Guidance and goals from the chess team of Eric/Graham/Steve and Paul – January 2022 We want to highlight some points and objectives to help you progress with your chess. Standard you wish to reach – goals – what are your personal goals Similar to every class and chess is no Read more…