Thirty-odd under-14 games, played last month with notes by DR. For
general themes and comments on the openings, see the whole booklet.
These games are included here just in case anyone wants to play over
them here or download them. [Actually, I think they're here just to see
if anyone notices.]
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Pretty good guys... getting better every match! We were
within
an ace of winning this one... Next time!nbsp; In fact, Seaton have
generously invited us for a friendly match at their club -- who's
interested in going?
Well, another rather lop-side score, but the games certainly weren't
lopsided.
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[Event "EJCC vs. TBGS"]
[Site "Palm Handheld"]
[Date "2010.02.05"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Batten, Adam"]
[Black "Nie, Daniel"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B00"]
[PlyCount "71"]
{You seemed a bit distracted to start with: I'm sure you've been told, calm
down and play slowly and check what your opponent can do to you. Once you
Well, ouch! We lost four-nil, but I hope you thought that, however
big and strong they were, they weren’t that much better than us, and
they didn’t do anything very special to beat us. (Is that a good
thing?) But I was very pleased and proud with how well you
played, how well you fought, and how well you concentrated. It
wouldn't have needed much luck for us to come away with 2-2.
They're just tall, that's all...
Here is a set of cards that you can have up your sleeve while
running a
junior chess club. Sometimes you have a spare player -- and
sometimes players get a bit bored playing the
same
old faces each week #8211; so here are some ways to mix things up.
Here is a collection of very short games organised by tactical
theme. The main aim is to give you a quick run-through the basic
tactical ideas in genuine positions.nbsp; One advantage of using short
games is that you can set the positions up on a board very quickly and
accurately.nbsp; You can of course just use the diagrams as test
positions.nbsp; If you have a database that you can use with a group,
you might like the PGN regardless.
Anyone could have done this, and maybe you would have done it
better, but you might find it useful that it has been done by someone
else.
