BANK HOLIDAY AND HALF TERM WEEK

• 23 Juniors came along to learn and enjoy chess.

1^st Session

• Beginner Willow continued along with several other beginners which Paul managed very well to cover for Steve. Really good effort with 6 beginners in the 2^nd session. I hope they enjoyed the lessons.
• Tony had his usual full house with the advanced group and Nicolas had a good win in a tight fought match vs Nathanial.
• Eric spent time with Harvey going through a standard Sicilian defence showing all the strengths and weaknesses.
• Martin took a compliment of 5 to review and go through various level of puzzles – mates in 1/2/3…..

2^nd session

>Eric went through a few basics with newcomer Hektor who went on to win his 1^st game in the ladder board.

>Martin carried on with the puzzle group of Zayeen/Nicholas and Carlo.>

Puzzle 1 – White play and checkmate in 3….

Puzzle 2 – White play and checkmate in 4…

Puzzle 3 – White play and checkmate in 3…

Solutions below…

>Paul took all 6 beginners as mentioned above.

RESULTS

1^ST SESSION ADVANCED

Nicolas 1 Nathanial 0

Tristan 1 Lathujan 0

Rafan ½ Coach ½

1^ST SESSION INTERMEDIATE/BEGINNERS

Markas 1 Harvey

Pavina 1 Nirvan 0

Kit 0 Jacob 1

Liam ½ Willow ½

2^ND SESSION ADVANCED

Zayeen 1 Nicholas 0

Carlo 0 Oakley 1

2^ND SESSION INTERMEDIATE/BEGINNERS

Holly 1 Manvik 0

Nilay 0 Mariella 1

Koko 0 Hektor 1

LADDER BOARD TABLES AFTER 24 MAY 2025 – ROUND 3 …

We are continuing next Saturday 31/5/25 and wish all a happy half term.

Eric Sachs

Puzzle 1

1.Qg6+ Rxg6 2. hxg6+ Kg8 3. Rh8 mate

Puzzle 2

1.Qg7+ Rxg7 2. Nf6+ Kh8 3.Rd8+ Rg8 4. Rxg8 mate

Puzzle 3

1.Nf6+ Kh8 2. Qxh6+ gxh6 3. Rg8 mate