NAG PREPARATION GAMES

 For those who have registered to play the National Age Group from Dec 1-5, please note the time control. It is CLASSICAL, ie 90 minutes with 30 sec increment.

This means the games should finish at least 2.5 hours and not 20 minutes. As the location is at One Punggol (which is on the far North eastern corner of Singapore), it is not practical for those in the West to head home and go for the next round should there be 2 rounds on that day ( there are 3 such days).

Hence it is important to prepare your child to condition themselves to play SLOWLY. The conditioning takes time, certainly not over 3 to 4 games but over at least 4 months which a game played weekly.

Thomson CC is able to help if interested players are committed to play a weekly game - please register your interest each week so that we can pair you against someone in your age group. Registrations close by 12 pm each Thursday to allow time for pairings. It's absolutely FREE. Note that we have room for only 12 players for this. The other 6 places are for others to play casual games. 

The time control for the games shall be 30minutes+30 secs, all games must start latest 7.30pm. Cancellations after 12pm on the day to be emailed to jfan2003@gmail.com


Click to register HERE

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