First league match results

Good day everyone.

Here are Fridays league match results, vs Panorama.

The first one was the 'major' one, the one that we are going to send in for the results, the other two at the bottom were just friendlies. Just for both teams to gain some experience.

In short the results were as follow:
u13 'first' team - lost 1 - 5
u13 'second' team - wins 4.5 - 1.5
u11 team - draws 3 - 3

Congratulations to all the winners - I am proud of you.  :-)
Click on the images below to enlarge to see the names properly.

Next week we have our first friendly tournament of the year.  Please don't forget to enter by this week Thursday, the 2nd of May.

Hope to hear from you soon!

:-)

1 year anniversary!

Good day to everyone.

I almost missed it, (have been very busy lately) but I just want to say that our blog have been up-and-running for 1 full year.

Here are some statistics:
We have had almost 3100 hits - that is more than 250 hits per month!

We have a world wide audience, from the USA, Canada Germany, Belgium, France, Poland, Romania, Ukraine, Lebanon the UK, the Philippines, Russia and of course South Africa!

Just coming back to the present time and with what is happening on the blog:

>> You can still enter the daily chess puzzle competition. I just saw before this post that I finally have some entrants! :-)  More news will follow very soon.  

>> Entries are still open for our first and second chess tournament taking place at the school on the 3rd and 17th of May.  Closing date is the 2nd and the 16th of May.

>> Our first league games start this Friday, against Panorama!

>> Please be at all the practises to be able to be selected for the team.

>> Here is one puzzle to get the brains going:

Kind regards!

:-)

Something amazing I found

I found this while searching for something on the internet.

I would like to share it with you:  click here to have a look at a YouTube video clip of just under 2 minutes, named: The Most Inspirational PowerPoint Ever Created

Enjoy!

:-)

Daily puzzle: 15 April 2013

Good evening everyone.

It is late in the day, I know, but I just couldn't get to posting the new puzzles.

Luckily I have time now to do it - and if I counted correctly, today is also the day that I include the link to the competition.  Click here to enter your answers.  Just follow the instructions in the form that you are going to fill in.

Today's two puzzles are included in the competition.

Enjoy and good luck with the competition!

:-)

Daily puzzle: 14 April 2013

Good afternoon everyone!

I hope you have had a great weekend thus far.

Here are today's two daily puzzles.

Enjoy!

:-)

Daily puzzle: 13 April 2013

Good morning everyone!

Here are the two daily puzzles for today.

Remember to keep record of the answers, to enter our competition for a brand new Aristea T-Shirt.  I will post or courier it to you no matter where you are in the world.  See the post on the 11th of April for more information.

Keep well and enjoy the weekend.

:-)

Daily puzzles: 12 April 2013

Good afternoon everyone

Here are today's two daily puzzles.  Remember to record your answers, to enter our puzzles competition.  For more information, see the previous post, 11 April 2013.

Enjoy!

:-)

Daily puzzles: 11 April 2013

Good day everyone

Here is today's puzzles.  Just follow the instructions on each picture.

Here is a thought:
I am going to launch a puzzle competition.  After a weeks' daily puzzles, I'm going to include a link to a form where you must enter each day's answers.  (Thus you will have 14 puzzle answers)  So keep a record of the answers of each puzzle through out the week and provide them on the day when the link appears with the puzzles.

The first one to get everything correct, wins an Aristea Chess T-Shirt!
Entries are open to ANYONE, world-wide.  I will post / courier the shirt to where ever you find yourself!  Competitions are open for 1 week after the link appeared.  If there is no winner, the prize will carry over to the next week.

Enjoy!

:-)

Daily puzzles: 10 April 2013

Hello everyone

I'm going to try to upload 2 puzzles daily.  One to find checkmate in 1 move and the other to find checkmate in 2 moves.

Here is today's two puzzles.  I'm going to put them in original size, so that it is easier to print.

Just a note regarding the tournament: If there are any primary school players outside of Aristea Primary, who also wants to participate - you are more than welcome to do so.  You will just have to fall in with the way things are done, and not expect a 'top class' tournament.  Please just read the information in the previous post.

Enjoy!

:-)

First tournament, 2 new puzzles

Good afternoon everyone.

I know I have been quite lately, but for good reason.  Luckily I haven't forgotten you, though.
Today I have two brand new puzzles for you, and some news regarding our first tournament of the year. (read below the puzzles)

Click on the puzzles below to enlarge to solve them.

News regarding our first two tournaments for the year:
Date: Friday afternoons, 3 and 17 May 2013
Time: 14:00 till 16:30
Rounds: 4
Time per round:  10/10
Schedule:
Round 1 - 14:15 - 14:35
Round 2 - 14:40 - 15:00
Round 3 - 15:05 - 15:25
Round 4 - 15:30 - 15:50
Prize giving - 16:00
Entry fee: R15
The first placed player will receive a medal and a brand new T-shirt.  Second place only a new T-shirt.

If you want to enter, click here to go to the enteronline page.

Mr Joubert, who is organising the Klawer Tour each year, is organising if a chess team can perhaps go with! It will take place on the 24th and 25th of May.  As soon as he knows, I will send out another letter and notification via the blog if we can go, and who is going to go.

Yours in Chess

Kind regards, keep well.

:-)