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Sunday Rapid
Thanks to all the participants!
Congratulations Harry! Well done and a well deserved first prize chess clock.
I will advertise the next Sunday tournament well in advance 🙂
In the next 3 weeks we will have a coaching session as usual. This Sunday we will
look at IQP once again with a few annontated games. All rated juniors invited.
Ale [...]
Sunday Rapid Tournament
This Sunday there will be a rapid tournament open to all juniors.
Registration: 13 00 and before or via email
Round 1: 13 05
7 rounds
Closing ceremony: 16 50
Prizes depending on numbers
Cost: $ 20
An excursion to the toystore
When we opened the Academy we thought that we also want to sell all kinds of chess products. In order to do so, we thought it would be a good idea to visit one of the largest manufacturers of chess equipment, located in Ningbo China.
Or else I just wanted a good excuse to go on a holiday during schooltime. Shanghai is the closest airpo [...]
Academy Update
Dear Chess-friends,
Monday after school chess.
A group is forming on Monday afternoons and a few students have already signed up. Doors open at 3.30pm, lesson starts at about 4pm or when everybody has arrived. Different chess activities continue until about 6pm.
Sunday advanced group.
Do not be intimidated by the name. This group is concurren [...]
New Challenges, New Ideas
Challenges
If you have tried to call since Tuesday, oops 🙁
We thought nobody loved us but in fact our landline had been disconnected due to a clerical error. It has now been reconnected but now we need to wait for a technician to re-configure our system. Meanwhile I have diverted our number 1300 79 76 75 to my mobile. If that doesn’t wo [...]
Queensland Junior Championship
Emmanuel College hosted the Queensland junior championships this week. Tuesday the under eight’s fought it out. All the results with excellent reports from the Arbiter, Charles Zworestine, are on the Gardiner Chess website
The medalwinners were..
U8
1 Chan, Jason 11/11
2 Durden, Sam 9/11
3 Brut [...]
The Hjorth Attack
Greg Hjorth is a name known to all who played Chess in Australia in the late seventies, early eighties. By the time I had learned the moves in 1978, Greg had been a prodigy for many years. We met at a Chess camp where Australia’s best players including then, number one IM Robert Jamieson were instructing Juniors. Greg offered to play [...]
Gelfand breaks through
World Chess Championship
Finally a decisive result. The game itself was not the most exciting I’ve ever seen, in fact I fell asleep watching it live. Peter Leko’s commentary was partly responsible 🙂 Karpov made an appearance and showed why he dominated Chess for over a decade. He was my childhood hero
On the official site you [...]
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