THOMSON RAPID : FINAL STANDINGS & PRIZE GIVING

 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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