THOMSON CHESS CLUB

 The Final Standings are : Senior standings   Junior Standings  The Prize winners with their prizes The Junior Champ Nathan Jaylene 3rd Guangming 2nd  The Senior Champ Arlan so I gave him the prize Darren 2nd  Jireh 3rd Benson finished 4th    All players had a good time over the last 3 Thursdays, with some takeaways on how not to lose winning games in the Junior section. There were many upsets which won games were lost due to a missed back rank mate. Some need to learn the Laws of Chess (understandably, it being their first tournament). With the prizes we hope to inspire more to read about chess and learn from the books. It is by far the most useful way (as reading makes you ponder).  Thanks again to Arlan and Ryan for assisting throughout the tournament! 

Standings after Round 5 Senior  J unior     Pairings for Rd 6   SENIORS   JUNIORS

This was the scene at our first Thomson Chess Club Rapid. Thankfully we had 19 players which gave the opportunity to split the Rapid to 2 sections, the Seniors at afar and the Juniors. The Seniors included Arlan Cabe (also our co-organiser) engaging in a fierce battle with Benson, with the others which included 2 teenagers (both very keen on chess improvement). The Rapid will continue for 2 more weeks till April 23 where books are often to the top four in each section. Our kiddos at work here, finishing ahead of the seniors (as usual) just before 8.30pm. They need to draw inspiration from our Seniors in taking their time to make better moves. There were 3 in the group which managed to do so and they won all their games.   Based on the feedback gathered, more formats will be introduced in coming weeks after this event.  Remember to register for the April 30 session at the previous post in the blog!

 Click on link below to fill up the registration please https://forms.gle/thTzfHSBb98eR3HT6      

 Only 1 signed up so far at Thomson Chess Club for Feb 19. We close for today. 

 We had a good turnout of 24 players who dropped by at the Club opening last night. It was a good mix of players from total beginners to a National Master. Casual games plus some blitz going on. Besides 5 players who were from Tanglin, others were unknown faces which is a good sign of things to come.  Here at Thomson we promote interaction between players and keep the mood cordial, so players do not feel too tense as in chess tournaments.  I commend my fellow volunteers Arlan Cabe and Ryan Low for stepping forward to help man the sessions going forward. We do not hold any keys but they shall inform the Constituency Office staff to open the cabinets for the equipment at Classroom 3. The room can sit 16 players comfortably, maximum 20 if we cram it.   So do register for the sessions if you wish to secure a place to play. Register using Google Sheet