Opposition
Twenty-five juniors and a full house of tutors, the opposition in two endings to play through and three more Knockout results — with the Ladder tables after the day’s games…
Read moreAnother excellent turnout of 25 juniors today, a good mix of chess levels kept tutors Jon Catchpole, John Heath, Sam and yours truly, very busy for a challenging 2 hours.
Knight against king
Theme of the day on the display board was endgame technique with Knight against King.
Knight check shadow
By placing your King diagonally to a Knight means it’s safe from attack by the Knight for at least 3 moves.
Karpov’s distance
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Anatoly Karpov is a Russian and former Soviet chess grandmaster, former World Chess Champion. This particular move was very often played by him hence the name, moving the King to within 2 squares of a knight, if the Knight moves it will be in ‘Knight Check Shadow’ (or taken) and we all know what that means!
Ladder results and standings
Wins today for Kieran, Oscar T, Uzzaer, Constance, Mason, Oscar F, Jack, Fin, Orson, Lewis and Arnav.
Scoring is 3 points for a win, 2 for a draw and 1 for a loss.
Rooks
| Player | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
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| Kieran | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Jonah | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Henry | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Eden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Oscar T | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 |
| Constance | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Uzzaer | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 |
Also in the Rooks, and yet to play a game in this group: Lewis.
Bishops
| Player | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Constance | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Rowan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Michal K | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Tishi | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Gagan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Arnav | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Eden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Zayd | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Wyatt | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Lewis | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 |
Knights
| Player | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Points |
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| Jack | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| Lenaya | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Otis | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| Seyon | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| Mason | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| Orson | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| Fin | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| Adah | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Trisztan | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Oscar F | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| Phoebe | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 |
| Florence | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Henry M | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| Julian | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
Also in the Knights, and yet to play a Ladder game: Rupert.
The Knockout tournament
One game played between Gagan and Oscar T, in which Oscar won.
On the wall: Henry, Oscar T, Wyatt, Fin, Kieran, Rowan and Uzzaer are through, and Tishi and Lewis have still to play.
Reporting your results
All Ladder results must be reported back to Graham.
We meet at Ferndown Library every Saturday, 10am–12 noon, and the club is open to 6–16 year-olds.