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PLEASE MIND YOUR LANGUAGE

An incident happened at the Club last night. 2 girls who played with a teenager were called names and labelled repeatedly during the session. The Club welcomes players of all levels so long as one knows the rules of the game. It is a place for many to play and learn so they can improve. If you find that your opponent is not playing to your level, it is fine to stop further games nicely and introduce them to someone else who may suit them better.  No one has the right to single out weaker players for we were once weak players too.  Humility is what we learn from the game of chess - everyone has the right to play.  If you cannot bring yourself to accept that I would recommend that you stay home and play online.  Please.
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ANY TAKERS? CLASS STARTS 3 MAY

 https://chessaddict63.blogspot.com/2026/04/prospectus-for-zoom-class-for-adult.html    Please read the Prospectus and if you are interested, drop me an email at jfan2003@gmail.com.
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THOMSON RAPID : FINAL STANDINGS & PRIZE GIVING

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 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! 
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RAPID TOURNAMENT UPDATES

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Standings after Round 5 Senior  J unior     Pairings for Rd 6   SENIORS   JUNIORS
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FREE RAPID TOURNAMENT AT THOMSON CHESS CLUB

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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!
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HOW TO REGISTER IF YOU ARE COMING APR 2

 Click on link below to fill up the registration please https://forms.gle/thTzfHSBb98eR3HT6      
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FEB 19 SESSION - HOW?

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