I came across this chess puzzle today and tried to recreate it, using google forms.
I hope it works.
Click here to test your chess knowledge.
:-)
Here we want to keep all our chess parents up to date (electronically) with what's up with chess at Aristea Primary. Just remember, all the new posts are on top.
Saturday 24 November 2012
Tuesday 20 November 2012
Special 100th post!
I would like to share with you our 100th post:
Almost 7 months ago, on the 22nd of April, I started this blog.
Today, this post, is our 100th!
We also had more than 1400 hits on our blog!
Thanks for your support!
:-)
Almost 7 months ago, on the 22nd of April, I started this blog.
Today, this post, is our 100th!
We also had more than 1400 hits on our blog!
Thanks for your support!
:-)
Chess tactics
Good afternoon (my time) to everyone!
I recently ordered two chess books for our learners (especially the juniors) written by Garry Kasparov - Checkmate! My first chess book and Checkmate tactics. In the last week, I paged through them and had a very interesting read. I can really recommend parents buying these books for your children to read through with them.
While I was reading and paging through the books, I just thought of the blog and that I must share some of the tactics that I found in the books. Some of them I have put up on the blog already, but that was almost 6 months ago!
Here are the links to those posts, click on them, go through them before you scroll down to the next post. Click on each word, it won't open in a new window, so be sure to press the 'back' button to come back to this post.
The Fork
The Pin
The Skewer
In the post below this one, I will have more and better examples of each of these, and I will include a section where you have to sacrifice a valuable piece to gain advantage or even win the match later.
Enjoy!
:-)
I recently ordered two chess books for our learners (especially the juniors) written by Garry Kasparov - Checkmate! My first chess book and Checkmate tactics. In the last week, I paged through them and had a very interesting read. I can really recommend parents buying these books for your children to read through with them.
While I was reading and paging through the books, I just thought of the blog and that I must share some of the tactics that I found in the books. Some of them I have put up on the blog already, but that was almost 6 months ago!
Here are the links to those posts, click on them, go through them before you scroll down to the next post. Click on each word, it won't open in a new window, so be sure to press the 'back' button to come back to this post.
The Fork
The Pin
The Skewer
In the post below this one, I will have more and better examples of each of these, and I will include a section where you have to sacrifice a valuable piece to gain advantage or even win the match later.
Enjoy!
:-)
The Pin, Fork and Skewer
The Fork
If you attack two of the opponent's pieces at the same time by using one piece , this is called a fork.
A white bishop attacks to a black king and knight. Black is obliged to lose his knight. (Diagram 1) A white knight attacks to a black queen and rook. Black is obliged to lose one of its pieces.
A queen and a pawn can also fork the opponents (see Diagram 2)
The Pin
Black knight can't move because it will lose his king. (see diagram 3) This position is called as a pin. The black bishop is also pinned by a white queen.
The Skewer
The white rook is attacking to more valuable black queen . The queen must escape but the black rook will be lost. This is called a skewer. (see Diagram 4)
All this I got from the following website: usefullchess.com
Click here to go to their website.
Then, a sacrifice to put the other player in a bad position - when you play again, you have forked him. (diagram 6) OR you win the game (diagram 5)
Let's have a look:
This is an easy example. White wins after the sacrifice of a queen.
1. Qd8 + Rxd8 2. Rxd8 mate
1. Rxf7 !!
A sacrifice of a rook . Qxf7 2. Nd6+ !! (this is a fork. Knight attacks the Black king and queen at the same time. Black's queen is captured)
Saturday 17 November 2012
Blog posts updated
Just a short post with regard to the blog being updated:
On the post: "My own chess experience", (click here to go there in a new window)
> I have uploaded three photos in the post,
> I also made a link to the rest of the photos in the album, in the right hand navigation bar.
Then,
In the bottom post: "Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop", (click here to go there in a new window, otherwise just scroll down)
>> I played the game and saw that there was one mistake on move 94, which I changed already.
>> I can also tell you, the board ends as follows:
White king on h1
Black: Kf2, Bf3, Nf1
:-)
On the post: "My own chess experience", (click here to go there in a new window)
> I have uploaded three photos in the post,
> I also made a link to the rest of the photos in the album, in the right hand navigation bar.
Then,
In the bottom post: "Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop", (click here to go there in a new window, otherwise just scroll down)
>> I played the game and saw that there was one mistake on move 94, which I changed already.
>> I can also tell you, the board ends as follows:
White king on h1
Black: Kf2, Bf3, Nf1
:-)
Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop
Good afternoon everyone!
I'm enjoying a nice relaxed afternoon after running the Winelands Marathon in Stellenbosch this morning. I know that has got nothing to do with chess, but it has to do with me. I also want to mention that I have updated some of the 'about me' information in the side bar.
Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop
First, lets look at the puzzle, that brought me to this post:
Answer: Be5#
I have read up about the topic at hand, and found a very interesting read on wikipedia.
Click here to go the that post. It will open in a new window.
In that page they had the following game:
I suggest you print this post. :-) I am going to do it now and play it on one of my boards!
Enjoy your weekend!
I'm enjoying a nice relaxed afternoon after running the Winelands Marathon in Stellenbosch this morning. I know that has got nothing to do with chess, but it has to do with me. I also want to mention that I have updated some of the 'about me' information in the side bar.
Checkmate with a Knight and Bishop
First, lets look at the puzzle, that brought me to this post:
Answer: Be5#
I have read up about the topic at hand, and found a very interesting read on wikipedia.
Click here to go the that post. It will open in a new window.
In that page they had the following game:
Get a chess board, and set it up in the following position. Then play the rest of the game:
From this position, play continued:
84.Kd6 Kf6 85.Kc5 Ke5
86.Kc4 Bd5+ 87.Kd3 Nf4+
88.Ke3 Be4 89.Kd2 Kd4
90.Kc1 Kc3 91.Kd1 Bc2+
92.Ke1 Kd3 93.Kf2 Ke4
94.Kg1 Bd1 95.Kf2 Nd3+
96.Kg3 Ke3 97.Kh4 Kf4
98.Kh3 Ne1 99.Kh4 Ng2+
100.Kh3 Kf3 101.Kh2 Kf2
102.Kh3 Be2 103.Kh2 Bg4
104.Kh1 Ne3 105.Kh2 Nf1+
106.Kh1 Bf3# 0-1
I suggest you print this post. :-) I am going to do it now and play it on one of my boards!
Enjoy your weekend!
Friday 16 November 2012
Aristea's first simultaneous match
Attention all chess learners:
I am looking for 12 chess players, who has the ability to notate, from grade 4 to 7 to play against me simultaneously in, what will be a first for Aristea Primary (as far as my knowledge stretches), a 'simul' match.
Everyone will play on his or her own board against me simultaneously! I will play 12 games simultaneously against everyone else.
Date: Thursday, 29 November 2012
Time: After school, 'till everyone is done
Place: Arts and Culture room
Requirement: Must be able to notate!! Each grade must be represented.
Cost: ITS FOR FREE!
Non-participants are welcome to come and watch, even take a board to play against someone else.
Pictures of all participants, the day in a whole and all the games will be uploaded on the blog. Thus, if you beat me, everyone else who reads the blog will know that you were the one to beat me, and they can see how you did it!
Let me know as soon as possible, when and where ever you see me, if you want to play, so that I can put your name on the list! Only the first 12 names that I get, will be allowed to play.
I am looking for 12 chess players, who has the ability to notate, from grade 4 to 7 to play against me simultaneously in, what will be a first for Aristea Primary (as far as my knowledge stretches), a 'simul' match.
Everyone will play on his or her own board against me simultaneously! I will play 12 games simultaneously against everyone else.
Date: Thursday, 29 November 2012
Time: After school, 'till everyone is done
Place: Arts and Culture room
Requirement: Must be able to notate!! Each grade must be represented.
Cost: ITS FOR FREE!
Non-participants are welcome to come and watch, even take a board to play against someone else.
Pictures of all participants, the day in a whole and all the games will be uploaded on the blog. Thus, if you beat me, everyone else who reads the blog will know that you were the one to beat me, and they can see how you did it!
Let me know as soon as possible, when and where ever you see me, if you want to play, so that I can put your name on the list! Only the first 12 names that I get, will be allowed to play.
My own chess experience!
Hello everyone!
First of all, I want to share with you my own chess experience this week. I took part in the Western Province Individual Blitz tournament on Thursday evening. I saw a couple of familiar faces faces from the previous tournaments I played in, and from the Western Province Individual Schools Tournament, that took place in Gansbaai in the July holiday. It was held at the Claremont Chess Club.
We played 7 rounds between 19:30 and 21:30! In this blitz tournament we had 3 minutes on the clock, with 2 seconds being added to your time (automatically) with every move that you make. I had a score of 1 out of 7! I only won my sixth match! But it was a good experience, and I enjoyed and learned a lot. It just goes to show - the more chess you play the better you will get, and the less chess you play (like myself), the rustier you get! :-) Back to the drawing board for me, as they say!
For more information, click here to go to the Western Province Chess website for more and up and coming WP chess events. Here are the photos that I promised. The rest you can find in another photo album in the right hand navigation bar.
Just to end off this post, just a easy puzzle to get your brains going:
Checkmate with a pawn!
The previous post, here below, has got more interesting puzzles to learn from - chess puzzles with more a lot to learn from!
:-)
First of all, I want to share with you my own chess experience this week. I took part in the Western Province Individual Blitz tournament on Thursday evening. I saw a couple of familiar faces faces from the previous tournaments I played in, and from the Western Province Individual Schools Tournament, that took place in Gansbaai in the July holiday. It was held at the Claremont Chess Club.
We played 7 rounds between 19:30 and 21:30! In this blitz tournament we had 3 minutes on the clock, with 2 seconds being added to your time (automatically) with every move that you make. I had a score of 1 out of 7! I only won my sixth match! But it was a good experience, and I enjoyed and learned a lot. It just goes to show - the more chess you play the better you will get, and the less chess you play (like myself), the rustier you get! :-) Back to the drawing board for me, as they say!
For more information, click here to go to the Western Province Chess website for more and up and coming WP chess events. Here are the photos that I promised. The rest you can find in another photo album in the right hand navigation bar.
The next one was an big ornament in the club:
Can anyone please remind me from what TV show this was from? Thx!
Send me an email: chess dot aristea at gmail dot com
Just to end off this post, just a easy puzzle to get your brains going:
Checkmate with a pawn!
:-)
Puzzles with an extra edge!
The first puzzle, it is Black to move, but if it would have been White's move, then he/she would have an easy checkmate in one move - Q to e or f 8#
+2+move+-+mate+in+2(1).jpg)
The second puzzle we can learn a lot from:
> Black moves Rf5+,
> The King moves to g4
> Now, from here, black can move his Rook to d5, with a discovered check from the Bishop, White must move his King, while the Black Rook takes Whites Queen!
Thus:
>> ....... Rf5
>> Kg4
>> Now the Black advances with his pawn, to put Black in check, with h5+.
>> ......... Kh3
>> Now, Black has one move to put White in Checkmate
I will give you a clue - The Rook and the Bishop behind him, will put white in double check!
Let me know if you get it - comment below.
I hope you enjoyed it!
:-)
Wednesday 14 November 2012
Checkmate with two Bishops
Good morning everyone!
This is an interesting checkmate - with White only having two Bishops.
If White only had one Bishop left, would a checkmate be possible?
Let me know!
:-)
This is an interesting checkmate - with White only having two Bishops.
If White only had one Bishop left, would a checkmate be possible?
Let me know!
:-)
Tuesday 13 November 2012
Puzzles page update
I updated the puzzle page this morning.
The following 3 boards are a preview to the puzzles I have upload in the puzzles page.
Click on the picture to enlarge
Click to enlarge:
This puzzle I go through with you step for step to help you get to the answer
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The following 3 boards are a preview to the puzzles I have upload in the puzzles page.
Click on the picture to enlarge
Click to enlarge:
This puzzle I go through with you step for step to help you get to the answer
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Monday 12 November 2012
Have a great week!
Hi everyone!
I hope you have a great week ahead.
To all our learners - good luck with the exams starting today.
Do your best - what more can one ask!
:-)
Mr. Bekker
I hope you have a great week ahead.
To all our learners - good luck with the exams starting today.
Do your best - what more can one ask!
:-)
Mr. Bekker
Sunday 11 November 2012
More puzzles uploaded
Just a note: The puzzle page were updated with more puzzles! :-)
Answer the easy puzzle below, then click on it to go to the puzzles page for more!
:-)
Friday 9 November 2012
Checkmate in 2 and 3 moves - with clues!
Good one.
.
Next one:
In this one, even thought White has a queen to work with, Black uses his Rook, Bishop and Knight together to good effect, and to win the game in three moves:
Struggling? Here is the first move:
1) .........Nf5 #
2) Kd2
Then Black moves his Rook
And then his Knight again to win the game.
Let me know if you get it!
:-)
Checkmate with a pawn!
Hello everyone!
I hope you are all having an excellent day. To all the learners, I wish you the best of luck with the last exams of the year! Remember, study hard and you will achieve good marks! The more you put in the more you get out!
With the chess year over, I am not going to have so much chess news on the blog. However, I can still share chess puzzles, interesting reading material and links that I find on the internet. Today I have found a chess puzzle, where black is put in to checkmate - with a PAWN!
Check it out:
I will post more chess puzzles with clues in a short while!
Just a note: Remember that the newest post always go on top.
Have a nice weekend!
:-)
I hope you are all having an excellent day. To all the learners, I wish you the best of luck with the last exams of the year! Remember, study hard and you will achieve good marks! The more you put in the more you get out!
With the chess year over, I am not going to have so much chess news on the blog. However, I can still share chess puzzles, interesting reading material and links that I find on the internet. Today I have found a chess puzzle, where black is put in to checkmate - with a PAWN!
Check it out:
I will post more chess puzzles with clues in a short while!
Just a note: Remember that the newest post always go on top.
Have a nice weekend!
:-)
Wednesday 7 November 2012
Puzzles - checkmate in one or two moves
Hi there!
Here are a couple of puzzles for you to enjoy!
Let me know if you see it and if you are having trouble!
Puzzle - White to move
White must move and put black in checkmate.
Here is a tip: You must put him in double check!
Let me know if you get it!
Here is a tip: You must put him in double check!
Let me know if you get it!
Saturday 3 November 2012
Chess puzzle from the tournament
White to move and to put black in checkmate.
Do you see it??
The answer is below....
Answer: N on d4, move to c6.
Do you see it??
The answer is below....
Answer: N on d4, move to c6.
Last Mini-Tournament Final results
The results for the finals are as follows:
Click on the images to enlarge.
With the second semi-final between JJ and Enrico, we actually had a draw! Enrico went through to the final based on more points in the group stages. Luckily I set up these situation rules before-hand.
CONGRATULATIONS to Liam Meyer for winning the tournament!
We also celebrated our last chess day for 2012 by everyone wearing their T-Shirts with jeans, while the rest of the school still had to wear their school clothes! :-)
Thanks again to Cavendish Toyota for sponsoring the shirts!
Click on the images to enlarge.
With the second semi-final between JJ and Enrico, we actually had a draw! Enrico went through to the final based on more points in the group stages. Luckily I set up these situation rules before-hand.
CONGRATULATIONS to Liam Meyer for winning the tournament!
We also celebrated our last chess day for 2012 by everyone wearing their T-Shirts with jeans, while the rest of the school still had to wear their school clothes! :-)
Thanks again to Cavendish Toyota for sponsoring the shirts!
We like to think that they are still beautiful!
Clint, deep in thought, proudly wearing his T-shirt!
Last Mini-Tournament of 2012
Hi everyone!
Yesterday, Friday 2 November 2012, we had our last mini-tournament for the year. Next week our revision week starts and the week there after our exams! From me, good luck to all the learners preparing and learning for the exams.
But first, here is what happened yesterday:
I changed the format from the previous tournament we had in October. I divided all the entrants in 4 groups, randomly drawn during first break by Mr. Delport in the staff room. Late entrants were divided in the groups from the first to last group.
The first two places in each group went through to the finals: quarter-, semi- and finals. All the finalists won a keyring, and the overall winner a keyring and a medal.
Here are the group results:
The finals will be posted next!
:-)
Yesterday, Friday 2 November 2012, we had our last mini-tournament for the year. Next week our revision week starts and the week there after our exams! From me, good luck to all the learners preparing and learning for the exams.
But first, here is what happened yesterday:
I changed the format from the previous tournament we had in October. I divided all the entrants in 4 groups, randomly drawn during first break by Mr. Delport in the staff room. Late entrants were divided in the groups from the first to last group.
The first two places in each group went through to the finals: quarter-, semi- and finals. All the finalists won a keyring, and the overall winner a keyring and a medal.
Here are the group results:
:-)
Tuesday 23 October 2012
Puzzle: Mate in one move for white
We had the following game this afternoon at practice.
It was between two beginners, Zariah (playing white) and Ewald.
The board ended like this: It is Zariah's move to put Ewald in checkmate
Can you see it?
Tell me about it! - Comment below.
:-)
It was between two beginners, Zariah (playing white) and Ewald.
The board ended like this: It is Zariah's move to put Ewald in checkmate
Can you see it?
Tell me about it! - Comment below.
:-)
Winners photos of the mini-tournament
Good morning everyone!
Here are some photos of the mini-tournament.
The winner and first 3 places in the senior division:
Here are some photos of the mini-tournament.
The winner and first 3 places in the senior division:
f.l.t.r: Myself, 3rd Ndinani, 2nd Enrico, 1st Clint
The winner and first 3 places in the junior division:
f.l.t.r: Myself, 3rd Alex, 2nd Tristan, 1st Abbigail
I will add a photo album a bit later, like the others to the right hand side of the blog. If you want to see the whole album directly from facebook, you can click on the following link. You must just log in to your facebook account first.
I hope you have a wonderful day!
:-)
Sunday 21 October 2012
Answering puzzles
Here is another example where white have to sacrifice a piece to win in the end:
He moves his Rook to h8.
The black King takes the Rook.
1) Rh8 + Kxh8
Now, the board looks like this:
White moves his Queen to h6, check (+),
The black King moves to g8.
2) Qh6 + Kg8
Now, the board looks like this:
White can win in one move! Can you see it??
YES! - The Queen takes g2, checkmate (#).
3) Q x g2 #
Now the checkmate board looks like this:
I hope you enjoyed this one as well!
Note to self: puzzles CB
The black King takes the Rook.
1) Rh8 + Kxh8
Now, the board looks like this:
The black King moves to g8.
2) Qh6 + Kg8
Now, the board looks like this:
YES! - The Queen takes g2, checkmate (#).
3) Q x g2 #
Now the checkmate board looks like this:
I hope you enjoyed this one as well!
Note to self: puzzles CB
Answering puzzles: step for step
Note to self: this is puzzle CA
White to move and he moves
1) Q x d8!
The black King takes the queen
....K x g8.
Now the board looks like this:
Now, white can move one piece and put black in checkmate!
Can you see it? Click here to enter the answer.
If you can't see the answer, or you want to check if your answer that you entered above is correct, click here to see the solution.
I hope this step by step tutorial helps you to answer the puzzles.
More good news! WP Schools chess commitees
I'm refering you to and earlier post, click on the link below to go to that post.
I have some more good news!
I have some more good news!
WP Schools Chess Elections: New committees 2012 - 2014
Mini-Tournament results
Hi all!
On Friday, the 19th of October 2012, the first of two mini-tournaments took place.
We had two divisions, for the juniors (to the left of the picture) and the seniors - two rows of 5 tables to the right of the below picture.
The results were as follows:
JUNIORS:
The SENIORS were a bit tighter and tougher:
We had 4 players tied on third place with 3 out of 4.
The Buchholz (FIDE) or Solkoff (USCF) tie-break system then determines the order of the players. (there are two names for the same system). Click on the link to read more about these tie-break systems.
Congratulations to the respective winners, Abbigail and Clint!
I will add some more of the photos as soon as I receive them.
A special word of thanks to Tam-Lyn's mom, Nathasha, for the photos she took during the tournament. I will put up a link to that photo album when it is ready.
Thank you also to all the learners who helped pack the boards, who cut out the table numbers (JJ), who packed the tables away, who helped clean the hall, who ran around fetching kids and things in my class! It is very much appreciated!
:-)
On Friday, the 19th of October 2012, the first of two mini-tournaments took place.
We had two divisions, for the juniors (to the left of the picture) and the seniors - two rows of 5 tables to the right of the below picture.
The results were as follows:
JUNIORS:
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| Click on the image to enlarge. |
We had 4 players tied on third place with 3 out of 4.
The Buchholz (FIDE) or Solkoff (USCF) tie-break system then determines the order of the players. (there are two names for the same system). Click on the link to read more about these tie-break systems.
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| Click on the image to enlarge. |
I will add some more of the photos as soon as I receive them.
A special word of thanks to Tam-Lyn's mom, Nathasha, for the photos she took during the tournament. I will put up a link to that photo album when it is ready.
Thank you also to all the learners who helped pack the boards, who cut out the table numbers (JJ), who packed the tables away, who helped clean the hall, who ran around fetching kids and things in my class! It is very much appreciated!
:-)
Sunday 14 October 2012
WP Schools Chess Elections: New committees 2012 - 2014
I want to share some more great news with all of our parents and blog readers!
WP Schools Chess Elections: New committees 2012 - 2014
WP Schools Chess Committee (elected on 17 October 2012 at at Palm Park Primary, Eerste river )
Chairperson & Technical Coordinator: Reon Hunter - North
Vice chairperson & League Coordinator: Mr R Kassiem - South
General Secretary: Madri Alberts - North
Minutes Secretary: Mary Baatjies - South
Treasurer: Renier Bekker - North
Assistant treasurer: William Coetzee - East
Tournament Coordinator: JJ Alberts - North
Additional members: Rodger van Blerk(Central), Warren Rossiter (Central), Shawaal Kamaar (South), Mvuseleli Lobi(East)
13 October 2012
Central, East, North, South
Primary Schools, Secondary Schools, Special Schools
District North (elected on 11 October 2012 at Delft primary , Delft)
Chairperson: Reon Hunter - Delft Primary
Vice chairperson: Renier Bekker - Aristea Primary
General Secretary: Madri Alberts
Treasurer: Rene Prins - Eversdal Primary
Tournament Coordinator: JJ Alberts
High School League Coordinator: L Delport - Melkbos Fellowship College ; Jolandri Alberts
Primary School League Coordinator: A Badenhorst - Labiance Primary; W. Perold - Curro Durbanville
Enter online for tournaments
You can enter online by clicking on the following link:
Click here to enter one of both of the tournaments online
Click here to enter one of both of the tournaments online
Newsletter 7/2012
Letter 7/2012 11 October 2012
Dear Chess Parents and players
I trust that you had a relaxing holiday.
As we enter the last term, we are also slowly
but surely going to slow down in the chess department. With the cricket starting again, a lot of our
players are not able to come to practises.
At this moment, I actually prefer fewer players, because I now have the
opportunity to help the younger and junior players without a big crowd of
players seeking attention elsewhere. Don’t
get me wrong, anyone who wants to play, is more than welcome!
Our practises will be on a Tuesday and Thursday
again, from 14:15 until about 15:15. It
was moved to Wednesday at the end of last term for the grade six and seven
writing tests on a Wednesday, having to study for tests on a Tuesday
afternoon. We were busy with a grade six
and seven championship and had to make it easier for them to participate in that.
Good news is that we finally received our
digital clocks at the end of last the last term. We will also be having two ‘mini-tournaments’
this term. Both will take place on a
Friday afternoon and on the following dates: 19 October and 2 November
2012. If your child/(ren) wants to
participate, please fill in the tear-off slip at the bottom, and send it with
the entry fee of only R5 per tournament to school (me) before or on Thu. 18
October 2012. Please also indicate which
tournament (or both) he/she wants to participate in.
Both tournaments will be three to five short
(rapid) rounds depending on the number of entries. It will end at approximately 17:00, and a
small tuck shop will also be open.
For more information, go to our blog at http://aristeachess.blogspot.com, send me a whatsapp or sms at 084 4311 960 or
email me at chess.aristea@gmail.com.
Kind regards,
Mr. R. Bekker
Please return this slip to school, before or on Thursday,
18 October 2012.
I,
______________________, parent of ____________________ in grade _____, hereby
confirm that he / she may participate in Aristea’s mini tournament on Friday
the
19th
of October / 2nd of November / Both days. (Please
underline the choice). I will make the
necessary transport arrangements, if necessary so that my child can get home
afterwards.
Signature: _____________________.
Tuesday 21 August 2012
Puzzles - mate in 1 move
More puzzles (mate in 2 and 3 moves) will be published on the puzzles page.
Click here to go to the puzzles page where I uploaded 9 more puzzles.
Click here to go to the puzzles page where I uploaded 9 more puzzles.
The GRADE SIX (6)* Championships
We will start the grade 6* championships on Thursday, the 23rd of August 2012.
The * indicates that is not ONLY the grade sixes that will take part, but some of the grade 7's and 4's as well. Four grade 7 learners, JJ in grade 4 and Alex Mckenzie in grade 3!
There was one open spot left, that needed to be filled before I can set up the groups for the round robin games. I gave the opportunity to Chad, the grade 5 KING winners, but he declined. So, I mentioned it to his brother Alex, and the fact that the harder your opponents, the better he will get later on. He thought about it for a couple of moments and accepted! :-) Good luck Alex!
The groups, drawn randomly by my wife and I this evening, that will play a round robin tournament, is as follows:
Group A
Clint van Rooyen
Adrian Fieties
Mambesi / Justin Gouws (who accepts first - Divan, unfortunatly had to withdrew due to other commitments)
Alex Mckenzie
Group B
JJ Oosthuizen
Ravian Daniels
Mickyla du Preez
Ernst
Group C
Enrico Davids
Keegan Walker
Wouter Rademeyer
Gerhard Potgieter
Group D
Jacques Claassen
Trevor Rademeyer
Joshua Syce
Tiaan
The * indicates that is not ONLY the grade sixes that will take part, but some of the grade 7's and 4's as well. Four grade 7 learners, JJ in grade 4 and Alex Mckenzie in grade 3!
There was one open spot left, that needed to be filled before I can set up the groups for the round robin games. I gave the opportunity to Chad, the grade 5 KING winners, but he declined. So, I mentioned it to his brother Alex, and the fact that the harder your opponents, the better he will get later on. He thought about it for a couple of moments and accepted! :-) Good luck Alex!
The groups, drawn randomly by my wife and I this evening, that will play a round robin tournament, is as follows:
Group A
Clint van Rooyen
Adrian Fieties
Mambesi / Justin Gouws (who accepts first - Divan, unfortunatly had to withdrew due to other commitments)
Alex Mckenzie
Group B
JJ Oosthuizen
Ravian Daniels
Mickyla du Preez
Ernst
Group C
Enrico Davids
Keegan Walker
Wouter Rademeyer
Gerhard Potgieter
Group D
Jacques Claassen
Trevor Rademeyer
Joshua Syce
Tiaan
Grade 5 championships - Bishop and Pawn
The Bishop quarters played out as follows, the winner underlined:
Zukhanye vs Dawie
Kyle M vs Albertus
Nathan vs Matthew
Mickhael vs Kyle N
Bishop semi-finals:
Zukhanye vs Kyle M
Matthew vs Kyle N
The Bishop FINAL: Kyle M vs Matthew
The winner will be decided tomorrow morning.
The Pawn semi-finals played out as follows, the winner underlined:
Dawie vs Albertus
Nathan vs Mickael
The Pawn FINAL: Albertus vs Mickael
The winner will be decided tomorrow morning.
Zukhanye vs Dawie
Kyle M vs Albertus
Nathan vs Matthew
Mickhael vs Kyle N
Bishop semi-finals:
Zukhanye vs Kyle M
Matthew vs Kyle N
The Bishop FINAL: Kyle M vs Matthew
The winner will be decided tomorrow morning.
The Pawn semi-finals played out as follows, the winner underlined:
Dawie vs Albertus
Nathan vs Mickael
The Pawn FINAL: Albertus vs Mickael
The winner will be decided tomorrow morning.
Grade 5 championships - ROOK Champion
The Rook semi-finals played out as follows, the winner underlined:
Craig vs TC
Wikus vs Tyler
ROOK FINAL: Craig vs Tyler
And the winner is: Tyler Pretorius
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Afterwards, the KING champion played against the ROOK champion and the KING won!
Chad vs Tyler - Chad won.
Craig vs TC
Wikus vs Tyler
ROOK FINAL: Craig vs Tyler
And the winner is: Tyler Pretorius
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Afterwards, the KING champion played against the ROOK champion and the KING won!
Chad vs Tyler - Chad won.
Grade 5 Championships - KING champion
With the long weekend and the fact that I have been sick last week, hindered my blogging abilities, so sorry that the blog has been standing still the last couple of weeks. But I'm better and back to old blogging ways! Expect some more puzzle as well!
Here is an update on how the grade 5 championships went.
The King quarters were played out as follows, with the winners being underlined:
Craig vs David
Earl vs TC
Wikus vs Chad
Tyler vs Ndinani
King semi's:
David vs Earl
Chad vs Ndinani
KING FINAL: David vs Chad
And the winner is: Chad Mckenzie.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Here is an update on how the grade 5 championships went.
The King quarters were played out as follows, with the winners being underlined:
Craig vs David
Earl vs TC
Wikus vs Chad
Tyler vs Ndinani
King semi's:
David vs Earl
Chad vs Ndinani
KING FINAL: David vs Chad
And the winner is: Chad Mckenzie.
CONGRATULATIONS!!
Sunday 5 August 2012
Grade 5 championships
The group stages took place, as mentioned, last week and Thursday.
Here are the standings for the quarter-finals:
Click to enlarge:
Just to illustrate the Rook and Pawn draws: If David loses his game, he will play the loser of Earl and TC. The winner of this match, gets to play in the Rook Final. (He still have a chance to win something)
:-)
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