Well Done Jamie

Jamie did well to win the mini tournament at Rugby Workers Club last night although to be fair the junior players did have a significant time advantage over the adults! This photo taken on my blackberry does not do justice to the impressive atmosphere in the room. We must do this again!

Don't forget about our event at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum on Thursday. We hope to see you there. Our next meeting will be on Monday 16th January. Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Sue and Bob

Come and play chess at Rugby Art Gallery and Museum - bring friends too

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Calling all Rugby Junior Chess players ...

You are invited to participate in a seasonal chess fest on 22 December. This will take place on the ground floor of Rugby Art Gallery and Museum (the glass-fronted room next to the entrance to the Library).

Note that there is a session in the morning for younger (primary school-aged) children and one in the afternoon for older players. If you can persuade people at your school, or at scouts or other clubs, to come alomg that would be great. At the summer event we attracted some new junior players and we would like even more!!!

Parents who play chess are also very welcome and the RAGM requires that any children under 8 should be accompanied by an adult.

Hope to see you there.

Warwickshire Junior Chess Congress 2011

The club was vey well represtented by six juniors at the Warwickshire Junior Tournament at end of November.  

We had four entrants in the under 12 section; Kai Cockrell had three wins and three draws (so was unbeaten) and scored 4.5 points, Julien Carrouche, Leo Johnson and Jamie Kearney,all got 3.5 points (Jamie despite a bad migraine).

In the under 16 section Rhys Davies won a respectable 3 games and in the under 10 section William Kendell scored 4 points.

All in all a  strong result for the club.  Well done to all who played.

Date for your diary: Thursday 22nd December

Keep this date free for an afternoon game of chess in Rugby Library. The event will be aimed at junior players and there will be adults from Rugby Chess Club available for coaching. More details to follow. Sue