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Devon Junior Exchange Chess championship 2016

Tue, 07/06/2016 - 7:46pm — DrDave

This inagural event (as far as we know) was attended by 6 pairs of
contestants on Saturday 4th June at the end of half-term.

The Windmill

Sun, 29/05/2016 - 6:12pm — DrDave 
[Event "Moscow"]
[Site "Moscow URS"]
[Date "1925.11.25"]
[EventDate "1925.11.10"]
[Round "12"]
[Result "1-0"]
[White "Carlos Torre Repetto"]
[Black "Emanuel Lasker"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "?"]
[BlackElo "?"]
[PlyCount "85"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 cxd4 5. exd4 Be7 6. Nbd2
d6 7. c3 Nbd7 8. Bd3 b6 9. Nc4 Bb7 10. Qe2 Qc7 11. O-O O-O
12. Rfe1 Rfe8 13. Rad1 Nf8 14. Bc1 Nd5 15. Ng5 b5 16. Na3 b4

U14 games 2016

Wed, 06/04/2016 - 9:55pm — DrDave 
[Event "U14 Jamboree"]
[Site "Churchill School Somerset"]
[Date "????.??.??"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Leif Hafstad"]
[Black "Ben Choo Yin"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B22"]
[Annotator "Regis,Dave"]
[PlyCount "68"]
{You made a couple of second-best moves in the opening and then missed a
skewer. You later worked up a nice initiative the exchange down, but you
didn't have quite enough attack or enough time.} 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5

U14 Training Day 2016

Sun, 31/01/2016 - 7:49pm — DrDave

Thanks to everyone who came and worked so hard all day on Saturday.

We hope you enjoyed the day and went away with lots to think about and
work on during the next year.

Some notes:

1. We have made a page with links about the day here:
http://www.exeterchessclub.org.uk/content/u14-training-day-2016
(this page!)

Exeter Junior Chess Club Championship 2015-16

Christmas Greetings 2015

Fri, 18/12/2015 - 10:47pm — DrDave

You won't be surprised to hear that we won't be meeting
on Friday 25th Dec or Friday 1st January, so the neet meeting
will be Friday 8th January 2016

Thanks for all your support and best wishes for Christmas and New Year

Our Christmas card features a chess puzzle; see the comments for hints!

RULES of EXCHANGE CHESS (2016)

DEVON JUNIOR CHESS ASSOCIATION
RULES of EXCHANGE CHESS (2016)

1. Players play in teams of two against other pairs; White and Black play against Black and White. 

    rnbqkbnr    RNBKQBNR 
    pppppppp    PPPPPPPP       
    .+.+.+.+    .+.+.+.+
  0 +.+.+.+.    +.+.+.+. 0 
  0 .+.+.+.+    .+.+.+.+ 0 
    +.+.+.+.    +.+.+.+. 
    PPPPPPPP    pppppppp     
    RNBKQBNR    rnbqkbnr

2. Captured pieces are passed to your partner straight away; the pieces you receive will be the same colour as your pieces on your board.

The Chess Doctor at the DJCA Riviera Tournament 2015

Sat, 03/10/2015 - 12:00am — DrDave

We had lots of wonderful volunteers at the Riviera, which left me free to be a roving coach. Come and see the Chess Doctor, I said, and he will find our what's wrong with your chess, and suggest some treatments.

Jokes

Sat, 26/09/2015 - 2:10pm — DrDave
I usually have about my person some positions to amuse young players at the end of an evening. Here are some of my favourites: Problems Hints Solutions

Problems.

White to play and... 1. Mate in half a move (?)

Safeguarding Policy and Procedures (DRAFT)

pExeter Chess Club and Exeter Junior Chess Club/p pSafeguarding policy/p pWe acknowledge the duty of care to safeguard and promote the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and are we will make sure safeguarding practice reflects both our legal responsibilities and Government guidance and also complies with the English Chess Federation Guidelines (Attached)./p pThe policy aims to ensure that, regardless of age, gender, religion or beliefs, ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation or socio-economic background, all children and vulnerable adults:br /

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