Junior Chess Club
Monday nights from 5pm – 6:30 pm
during school terms.
Migrant resource centre
49 Molle Street
West Hobart 7000Cost: $25.00 per school term, which includes coaching and discount entry to the Southern Tasmanian Chess Championship.
For insurance reasons, membership to the adult club is required ($20 per year).
Children of all ages and abilities are welcome to attend.
Formal coaching is provided, as well as running a tournament each term.
Special activities are occasionally run such as lightning chess nights, guest speakers, simultaneous demonstrations and chess camps.
The adult club starts at 6:30pm, which is designed to encourage mentoring of young players and gives an opportunity for the stronger juniors to pit their skills against adult competition
Enquiries: Mellissa Harvey 62 231 991 Coaches: Nigel Frame (Previous State Champion & State Lightning Champion)
Tom Krasnicki
Don Robertson
Events
Adult club starts from 6:30pm and juniors are welcome to overlap for casual games.
24-25 Sep 2011: Tasmanian Junior Chess Championships
Venue: Princes Street Primary School
Under 18 and Under 12 will be run as separate events.
U18 Format: 6 games: 60mins + 10sec /move
U12 Format: 9 games: 25mins + 10sec /move29 Aug 2011: Southern Junior Championships
Venue: Princes Street Primary School
Time: 10am - 4:30pm
Format: 7 games 15mins + 10sec /move
See the website or contact Mellissa for more information
28 Feb 2011: Lightning Championship.
Open to all (adult and junior).
Congratulations to Neil Marcovitz and Kevin Bonham, who were tied for 1st place.
A full cross table may be found at the Hobart Club.7 March 2011: Open Rapid Tournament
This is an open one-game-a-week swiss event for juniors and adults of all strength.
It is intended to run from 6:30-7:30 each Monday except public holidays until finished, with games starting as close to 6:30 as practical.
Players wishing to enter on the first night must be present at 6:15. Players who miss the first round can enter from round 2 or 3.
A flier with rules (eg what to do if you have to miss a round) will be available on the 28th and players can enter before the event starts if they wish.Time table
7 March Open Rapid starts 14 March Public holiday. To be determined whether adult club will open. 21 March Open Rapid week 2 28 March Open Rapid week 3 4 April Open Rapid week 4 11 April Open Rapid week 5 18 April Open Rapid week 6 25 April Public holiday. Club not open this night 16 May Scheduled final round of Open Rapid I hope the new format will be enjoyable - we have decided to start with a relatively light event and see how it goes.
The Club Championships will start later in the year.
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