We had our second friendly tournament last Friday, the 17th of May 2013. Here is the 'report':
Changes:
I invited a friend of mine teaching at Parow-East Primary School, to bring their chess players to come and join in the tournament. He brought 8 players, making it a bit more interesting for our players to play not only against our own learners.
Another change from the previous tournament, is that I gave the top 10 players from last time a better rating so that the first rounds draw won't be decided alphabetically like last time. I think it was fairer this way. If you don't agree with me, please, I want to know what I should have done so that I can learn from it.
Proud moments:
I must share with you how proud I was of three of my beginner learners: Allan Nel, Nathan van Staden and Jan Goosen, won their first games! I could see the elation on their faces and I could see what that had meant for them. Congratulations you guys! Keep on playing plenty of games and you will win more and more games.
Final results:
This is only the top ten of the tournament. I can say that everyone who played had at least a half a mark.
| Complete results after round 4 | ||||||||||
| ARS | KRAAIFONTEIN | 2013.05.17 to 2013.05.07 | ||||||||||
| No. | Name | Rating | Title | Fed | Score | Buchz | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 |
| 1 | JJ OOSTHUIZEN | 1008 | 5A | ARS | 4.0 | 10.0 | W+13 | B+14 | W+2 | B+4 |
| 2 | BLAINE PHILANDER | 1002 | 6E | ARS | 3.0 | 11.0 | B+22 | W+6 | B-1 | W+3 |
| 3 | KIAN BLOWS | 1002 | 6E | ARS | 3.0 | 10.0 | W+18 | B+8 | W+5 | B-2 |
| 4 | NDINANI SIBELEKWANA | 1004 | 6E | ARS | 3.0 | 9.5 | W+9 | B+21 | W+11 | W-1 |
| 5 | CRAIG STRYDOM | 1005 | 6E | ARS | 3.0 | 8.5 | B+17 | W+12 | B-3 | W+11 |
| 6 | LIAM MEYER | 1006 | 7E | ARS | 3.0 | 8.0 | W+20 | B-2 | W+13 | B+16 |
| 7 | KEEGAN WALKER | 1005 | 7E | ARS | 3.0 | 5.5 | W+26 | B-11 | W+20 | B+12 |
| 8 | TREVOR RADEMEYER | 1007 | 7A | ARS | 2.5 | 8.5 | B+19 | W-3 | B=10 | W+17 |
| 9 | THESHEN NAIDOO | 1000 | PWO | 2.5 | 8.0 | B-4 | W+19 | B+24 | W=10 | |
| 10 | MICKYLA DU PREEZ | 1001 | 7E | ARS | 2.5 | 7.5 | W=25 | B+15 | W=8 | B=9 |
Thanks
Thanks to all the players who played the game in such a good spirit! I could see that you enjoyed the afternoon of chess. Thank you to Mr. Brewis and the Parow-East Primary learners for coming and enjoying the day with us. We will do so again. Then, thank you for the parents supporting your learners, and thanks to Marie managing the tuck shop!
Next date
Hold thumbs that we will have another tournament this term. I must organise it first with school management. It will depend on when exactly the exams start, because the intended date I have in mind is the 7th of June. This time, I'm going to invite more schools, to make it a bit bigger. Which will mean it will be a bit cheaper - R10 in stead of R15. If schools are interested, we will see if we can make it on a Saturday this time. All in due course, I will keep you posted!
:-)
Kind regards
Mr. Bekker
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