Chess to music

The start of this does not appear to be about chess ... but then it gets down to business :-)

UK Chess Challenge

It was fantastic to see so many juniors playing chess at Rugby Workers Club last night. We went around and asked them if they wanted to take part in the UK Chess Challenge which we are aiming to start in our next club meeting which will be on Monday 7th February.

The UK Chess Challenge is a junior competition held every year right across the country in schools and junior chess clubs. Players who do well can play in the next stage of the competition which for us is in the Birmingham/Solihull area one Saturday in May. It is usually called the 'Megafinal' and there is a separate one for each county in the UK.

It is not compulsory so if you don't want to take part in the UK Chess Challenge that's fine. The ladder competition will take a secondary role but it will continue. Of course you can always play for fun or challenge one of the adult players.

Hope to see you next time.

Bob and Sue

Happy New Year

We will be meeting at Rugby Workers club on Monday 3rd January 2011 although quite often the club is closed on a Bank Holiday Monday.

In the coming weeks we will be looking to run the UK Chess Challenge which we have entered for the club and we will also be planning some formal coaching as part of the session.