Very good news

Good day to everyone.

We are ending our very good term of chess off with some excellent news: ALL our chess teams (under 11, 13 and Girls) have been selected to play in the District North Top Schools Playoffs on Saturday, the 1st of August.

This will imply that we will have to sharpen our games with a few extra practises. For the first two weeks, we are going to have special team practices on a Thursday afternoon as well, (the same time as the other practises).  We are also going to have a tournament on the 25th of July at school.  More info on that early next term.  If your son or daughter played in a league match this term, I really want them to play in this tournament. More information on the tournament will follow shortly.  For the first time, I'm going to do online entries! :-)

Talking about tournaments and sharpening our games - there is a big chess festival taking place in Cape Town in the middle week of the holidays.  There are three different types of tournaments to choose from.  The best for our learners are the Rapid (30 min a side) tournament on Thursday and Friday the 9th and 10th of July.  If you can provide your child with the opportunity to play in this very big tournament, his/her game would sharpen considerably during the holidays.  More information, click here.

I hope you enjoy the holidays.  Those of you driving far this holiday - drive safe and see you next term!

Kind regards.

:-)

Chess League Results for the 2nd term

Good day to everyone

Well can you believe it, we are almost done with the second term.  A term that has been a good one for Chess at Aristea!

Our learners are currently writing exams, thus no chess at school again until next term.
Hopefully I will get next terms fixtures before the end of the week.

For those interested, there is a big chess tournament (festival) taking place at the Cape Town Stadium in the holidays, from the 3rd to the 10th of July.  See the post below for more information.

Here then are the results for our matches that we played:

Opponent                   Result
Meridian                     won by default
Durbanville                draw 3 - 3
Webnerstreet u/11      won 5 - 1
Webnerstreet Girls     lost 0 - 6
Belhar                         won 5,5 - 0,5
CL Willmot                draw 3 - 3

Congratulations to all our players!  You did us proud.

Keep well and drive safe this holiday season.

Looking forward to another good term of chess!

:-)

SA Open Chess Fesitival

Click on the picture to go to the website for more information.

There are a couple of options to choose from.
Below is an extract from the page.

SA Schools Individual Chess Championship

The SA Schools Individuals is incorporated as part of the SA Open Chess Festival 2015. It will be held at the same venue (Cape Town Stadium) from Monday 6 July until Thursday 9 July. This will be a 7 round Swiss event. Please note that this event is open to all scholars. The entry fee is R250. The times of the rounds are daily from 09h30 until 15h30.

SA Open Blitz Chess Championship

The SA Open Blitz Championship will be played on Tuesday 7 July, from 14h00 until 18h00. This will be a 9 round Swiss event.  This event is open to all. The entry fee is R100.

SA Open Rapid Chess Championship

The SA Open Rapid Chess Championship will be played on Thursday 9 July and Friday 10 July, from 11h00 until 15h00. This will be a 7 round Swiss event. This event is open to all. The entry fee is R150.