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Very Much Appreciated!
Many, many thanks to all who signed the huge paper/card on Saturday, a nice touch in which all of us involved in the club appreciate it immensely. Thank you all.
Many, many thanks to all who signed the huge paper/card on Saturday, a nice touch in which all of us involved in the club appreciate it immensely. Thank you all.
2024 UK Chess Challenge Southern Gigafinal Under 12 Boys Huge congratulations to Leo from Poole Chess Club and until recently our very own Bournemouth Junior Chess Club, who played in the Southern Gigafinal Under 12. He got some excellent wins and finished with an amazing 5/7 which qualifies him for Read more…
On our final Saturday before the summer break we held a 10min ea, 6 round tournament, split into two sections, advance and intermediates. 17 juniors took part, 10 advanced and 7 intermediates. Refreshments were served very kindly by Daniele, thank you for your valuable assistance today. Most of the group Read more…
We hosted a special event this morning which was a simul given by Finn Schell to our 10 advanced and intermediate players. The matches started at 10.10 and finished at 11.45 with a score of 8.5/10 7 won games and 3 draws for Finn, an excellent score. Finn with a Read more…
Another sunny day and we had a good turnout of 17 juniors despite being advised many of our players have other commitments in July as the holiday season approaches. Just a reminder we are hosting a simul next Saturday 13/7 where all our advanced and intermediate players are invited to Read more…
Another hot and sweltering day brought us 20 youngsters still eager for a game of chess, unfortunately we were a little light on tutors due to holidays and illness but Azhar, Martin and Graham did their best to educate and entertain all those who attended:- Max, Nicholas, Tristan, Harry, Sameer, Read more…
On a great summer day we had 18 juniors that came along to learn and play chess. We welcomed back Albert for a 2nd week and also great to see Alfie back and better than ever. We saw some good games played in all sections today. Tony went through a Read more…
We welcomed 24 juniors who came along to learn and play chess including newcomer Albert whom we hope we will come back again. In Tony’s absence Eric took the 1st advanced session and reviewed an interesting game played recently in the Casablanca memorial event between Magnus Carlsen and Hikura Nakamura. Read more…
On another lovely sunny day we had a great turnout of 27 juniors who came along to play and enjoy chess. Tony took the 1 st advanced session of 9 players and went through a selection of puzzles graded from easy to difficult. All present did well and enjoyed the Read more…
We enjoyed hosting 17 junior chess players yesterday which was a good turnout considering the sunshine and half term. Tony our specialist puzzle king returned to set up various puzzles to solve at different levels. All did well to get through them and hopefully they will see similar lines during Read more…