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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.

:-)

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:

 

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


Answering puzzles: step for step

Note to self: this is puzzle CA
Sometimes in chess you have to make a big sacrifice to gain much more! In this case, to win the game!

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!


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:

Click on the image to enlarge.
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. 

Click on the image to enlarge.
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!

:-)


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



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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: _____________________.