THOMSON CHESS CLUB

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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 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