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An initiative to promote chess in the Glenwood community has been undertaken with a chess club at Glenwood Preparatory School. Club matches shall commence at 18h30 every Friday. The Glenwood Chess Club aims to uplift youth chess by providing a platform for participation and competition. Tournaments hosted by the club will be rated. Venue: Glenwood Preparatory School, Bath Road (The Hopper room)
Monday 29 December 2014
Thursday 20 November 2014
4th Blitz tournament
Dear Member/Parent/Player
Please take note that GCC will be holding its 4th Blitz tournament this week Friday.
Registration is from 6pm to 6.30pm
Entry fees:
GCC Member = R10
Non-GCC Member = R15
Please pass the message on to all chess players.
Hope to see a lot of players on Friday! This will be the last Friday tournament for 2014, so lets come out in our numbers to make it a memorable one.
Regards
GCC
Tuesday 11 November 2014
3rd Blitz Tournament
Dear Member/Parent/Player
Please take note that GCC will be holding its 3rd Blitz tournament this week Friday - 14 November 2014. The 2nd Blitz tournament was a great success. Hope to see more of you this week Friday.
Registration is from 6pm to 6.30pm
Entry fees:
GCC Member = R10
Non-GCC Member = R15
Please pass the message on to all chess players and parents.
Hope to see a lot of players on Friday!
Regards
GCC Exec
Tuesday 4 November 2014
GCC Blitz Tournament 2
Dear Member/Parent/Player
Please take note that GCC will be holding its 2nd Blitz tournament this week Friday(7 November).
Registration is from 6pm to 6.30pm
Entry fees:
GCC Member = R10
Non-GCC Member = R15
Please pass the message on to all chess players.
Hope to see a lot of players on Friday!
Regards
GCC Exec
Tuesday 28 October 2014
Glenwood Chess Club Doubles Tournament
Dear Member
Please take note that the club will be hosting an OPEN doubles tournament on Friday 31st October.
Registration is from 6pm to 6:30pm.
Entry Fee is R20 per team
Average
Team Rating must not exceed 1600. If there is a rating difference of
more than 200 points, the higher rated player MUST play on board 1 of
the team.
A team name must also be submitted. (LATEST CHESSA RATINGS WILL BE USED)
Format: 7 round swiss
The
team playing white is responsible for providing clocks. GCC will be
renting clocks at R2 a clock. Please bring your own clocks.
If
you do not have a partner and would like to play, come to the
tournament as we will also be doing manual partnering for you. Also if a
team exceeds the average team rating, the players will have to partner
with someone else.
Please
pass the email on to all interested individuals. It is a fun tournament
and we would like to have as many people possible. It is not limited to
club members only!
Prizes:
1st - 30% of entry fees
2nd - 20% of entry fees
3rd - 10% of entry fees
Regards
Divesh Sookdeo - Club Director
Thursday 23 October 2014
Doubles Tournament
Dear Member
Please take note that club will not be open on 24 October. We have postponed the doubles tournament to next week Friday, 31 October 2014.
Entry fee for a team: R20
Please send me your team name, and who will be playing board 1 and board 2. This will make registration easier on the Friday next week. The doubles tournament is an open tournament.
Registration will be from 6pm to 6.30pm. Please bring your own clocks as well.
Please pass email on to other individuals that may be interested in participating.
Reminder about prize giving taking place on Saturday the 25th of October.
Regards
Club Director
Club Prize Giving and Lunch
Dear Member/Parent/Guest
You are invited to attend the Glenwood Chess Club Prize Giving this week Saturday (25th October).
The venue for the Prize Giving is Marcos Restaurant 45 Windermere Road (Lilian Ngoyi Road)
Please click here for the menu catered for our Prize Giving.
Please click here for the schedule.
Please RSVP with the amount of individuals attending.
1) Adult Club Members may bring 1 additional member.
2) Children Club Members may bring immediate family members.
Hope to see you there.
Regards
Divesh Sookdeo - Club Director
Tuesday 14 October 2014
Glenwood Chess Club Blitz Tournament
Dear Member
Please take note that the club will reopen this week Friday with a series of one day tournaments. First up is a Blitz tournament.
Entry fee for GCC Members = R10
Entry fee for non-GCC Members = R15
Prize Money = 1st place - 30% of entries
2nd place - 20% of entries
3rd place - 10% of entries
Registration will take place from 6 to 6.30pm.
Hope to see many of you there Friday evening.
Regards
GCC Exec
Thursday 11 September 2014
Friday 5 September 2014
Durban Open International Chess Tournament
Durban Open Entry Form
Dear Chess Player
As you may be aware the 1st Durban
Open International Chess Tournament is going to be held along side the
World Youth Chess Championship in Durban from 19-29 September 2014.
The details of the event can be found on our official webpage
The
event caries a total prize pool of 150000 RANDS and we already have
ensured participation of TEN GRANDMASTERS and several other FIDE rated
players from ABROAD
THE LOC IS PLEASED TO OFFER AN EARLY BIRD
DISCOUNT IN ENTRY FEE TO ALL SOUTH AFRICAN PLAYERS WHO REGISTER FOR THE
EVENT ON OR BEFORE 5TH SEPTEMBER 2014...... THE DISCOUNT IS MASSIVE ---- 25% REDUCTION IN ENTRY FEE IF YOU PAY ON OR BEFORE 5th SEPTEMBER 2014.
Please note that this entry fee discount is valid only for South African players.
To Register please go to our official page and fill out the online registration form or send us a mail on durbanopenchess@gmail.com
HURRY THIS OFFER IS ONLY VALID TILL 5th
SEPTEMBER. This is a unique opportunity to match wits with some of the
famous names in the game:
Our confirmed list of Grandmasters include:
1. Abhijeet Gupta - INDIA - Former World Junior Champion
2. Ahmed Adly - Egypt - Former World Junior Champion
3. Sahaj Grover - INDIA - Former World UNDER-10 Champion
4. Eric Hansen - Canada
5. A R SALEH SALEM - UAE's Best Player
6. VInay Bhat - USA
7. SABINO BRUNELLO - ITALY
8. Gil Popilski - Israel
9. Axel Rombaldoni - Italy
10. Tejas Bakre - India
And some more.... Please see some details on our facebook page
We are also arranging budget
accommodation especially for the South African players who participate
in Durban Open, For details please send us a mail on durbanopenchess@gmail.com
Hurry and Register NOW.... We hope to see
you in DURBAN Open - a Unique Chess tournament to be played in
International Convention Center
TEAM DURBAN OPEN
Thursday 28 August 2014
Tuesday 19 August 2014
Friday 15 August 2014
Monday 4 August 2014
Tuesday 29 July 2014
Glenwood Chess Club Championship 2014
Glenwood Chess Club's first club championship tournament has just concluded. GCC attracted close to 60 players to compete in the tournament, which was divided into five sections.
The E Section which was a 9 round swiss, saw Dayaan Parthiphal finish clear 1st with 7/9, a point and a half ahead of the field. Sachin Pather came 2nd with 5.5/9, and Thanushree Pather was 3rd with 5/9.
The D Section was a 10 player round robin, with Joshua Bezuidenhout emerging 1st with 7/9, half a point ahead of the field. Zahra Kara came 2nd with 6.5/9, followed by Chad Blomeyer with 5.5/9.
The C Section was won by the club's director - Divesh Sookdeo, who finished with 6/9, a half point ahead of his field. Nathi Ngubeni, Sachin Ramgoon and Adhir Lalla shared 2nd place with 5.5/9.
The Candidates Section was won by Shivar Gopaulsingh, with 7/9, a half point ahead of his field. Petros Ntombela came 2nd with 6.5/9 followed by Yashkar Balmakhun with 5/9 for 3rd place.
And finally the hotly contended Championship Section was won by Joseph Mwale and Jason Subke with 7.5/9, with Lulama Qobo and Bhekinkosi Mgobhozi sharing 3rd place, with 5/9.
The E Section which was a 9 round swiss, saw Dayaan Parthiphal finish clear 1st with 7/9, a point and a half ahead of the field. Sachin Pather came 2nd with 5.5/9, and Thanushree Pather was 3rd with 5/9.
The D Section was a 10 player round robin, with Joshua Bezuidenhout emerging 1st with 7/9, half a point ahead of the field. Zahra Kara came 2nd with 6.5/9, followed by Chad Blomeyer with 5.5/9.
The C Section was won by the club's director - Divesh Sookdeo, who finished with 6/9, a half point ahead of his field. Nathi Ngubeni, Sachin Ramgoon and Adhir Lalla shared 2nd place with 5.5/9.
The Candidates Section was won by Shivar Gopaulsingh, with 7/9, a half point ahead of his field. Petros Ntombela came 2nd with 6.5/9 followed by Yashkar Balmakhun with 5/9 for 3rd place.
And finally the hotly contended Championship Section was won by Joseph Mwale and Jason Subke with 7.5/9, with Lulama Qobo and Bhekinkosi Mgobhozi sharing 3rd place, with 5/9.
GCC members prepare for their
games. The young school players use old school pen and paper tech, and
the old school players with their flashy hand held tech.
Sunday 27 July 2014
Tal Swiss and other news.
Dear Sir/Madam
With the conclusion of the
club championships this week Friday, the club now moves on to its 2nd
Swiss Tournament (Tal Swiss Tournament) which starts on the Friday 1st of August at Glenwood Preparatory School.
1) All paid up club members will automatically be entered. If you are not participating, please let me know before the tournament commences.
2) New members are welcome to join our club at any time. Please follow instructions on the entry form (see attached).
3) I would like to encourage all World Youth 2014
participants (current club members and non-club members) to play in this
tournament as it will provide competition and match practice.
4) Current club members please to specify if you want to play in
the A section if your rating falls below the prerequisite. Otherwise you
will automatically be placed into the B section.
5) Registration for the tournament will take place at 5.45pm on the 1st of August. Please
bring your own clocks if you have. Clocks may be rented at R2 per
round. Person playing black will have the responsibility of
providing/renting the clock.
OTHER ANNOUNCEMENTS:
1) Club will resume its coaching sessions from the 1st of August. Coaching sessions are from 4pm to 6pm. Coaching fee is R100 per session attended by your child. If you will be attending, please send me an email.
2) The Club will be hosting an Open Chess Tournament (Glenwood Chess Club Open) on the 30th and 31st of August. Please keep yourself available for those dates. Entry forms will be made available soon.
"The Glenwood Chess Club aims to uplift youth chess by providing a platform for participation and competition"
Yours sincerely
Divesh Sookdeo - Club Director
Saturday 26 July 2014
SA Schools Individual Championship Report
According to Mr Vicky Magu,
KwaZulu-Natal has the potential to do well. KwaZulu-Natal was
well represented at the South African Schools Individual Championship
that took place in Bloemfontein from the 10th to 12th
July 2014. The KwaZulu-Natal school representatives braving the cold
were determined not only to show the potential our province possesses
but also bring home the medals illustrating that potential should not
be the only word associated with us but rather include words such as
talent, skill and champions.
Top 3 in each age group (U9, U11,
U13, U15, U17, and U19) and division (Boys and Girls) were to be
awarded medals. KwaZulu-Natal secured 14 of the 36 possible medals
with 10 other players positioned between 4th and 10th.
Positions are as follows:
U9 Girls: 1st Aarti
Datharam (GCC); 2nd Diya Datharam (GCC)
U11 Girls: 2nd Karmishta
Moodley (GCC); 4th Santham Moodley; 5th
Priyasha Naidoo (GCC)
U11 Boys: 1st Naseem Essa
(GCC); 3rd Eli-Jordan Govender (GCC)
U13 Girls: 1st Zahra Kara
(GCC); 5th Dayaan Parthiephal (GCC)
U13 Boys: 1st Sachin
Reddy (GCC); 2nd Cailin Chetty (GCC); 4th Aaron
Jude Naidu
U15 Girls: 1st Keyana
Padayachee; 2nd Saiyuri Naidoo (GCC)
U15 Boys: 5th Shivar
Gopaulsingh (GCC); 6th Tarendra Moodley; 8th
Liam Moodley (GCC)
U17 Girls: 2nd Nobuhle
Ndunakazi
U17 Boys: 1st Kenyon
Padayachee; 3rd Kyran Appanna; 4th Jivorn Reddy
U19 Girls: 3rd Viashna
Hansraj; 4th Caitlin Chetty (GCC)
U19 Boys: 8th Kieron
Dowie
On behalf of the Glenwood Chess Club
Executive Committee, and a member of the KwaZulu-Natal School Chess
group that was in Bloemfontein, I would like to congratulate all
KwaZulu-Natal players for representing their province to the best of
their ability, for achieving what they did and reinforcing that
KwaZulu-Natal Junior Chess is a force to be reckoned with. I would
like to further extend congratulations to all those members that play
in the Glenwood Chess Club (GCC). We are a proud club to have a
strong contingent of junior players and also to witness others
growing in their chess becoming stronger over time.
Family Affair: Sisters Aarti
(centre) and Diya Datharam (right) claiming 1st and 2nd
place respectively.
One of the ladies for the future…
Karmishta Moodley (centre)
Young Guns Eli-Jordan Govender
(left) and Naseem Essa (right)
The leading lady… Zahra Kara
(right)
Well done Sachin Reddy, emerging
victorious from a tough u13 Boys section
Dynamite coming in small packages
with love from KZN… Saiyuri Naidoo (centre) and Keyana Padayachee
(right)
Nobuhle Ndunakazi (centre) flying
high for KZN u17 Girls
Mr Vicky Magu saw the light
surrounding himself with KZN Talent… Kyran Appanna (left) and
Kenyon Padayachee (right)
Viashna Hansraj (left) going BIG in
the u19 Girls
Thank you to
Mr Bongani Mkhunya (KZNCA Schools and Youth Representative) for
organising this whole experience and for allowing me to be part of
it. Thank you to Mr Vicky Magu for organising the tournament and
allowing us to come take home his trophies.
Written by Divesh
Sookdeo
Wednesday 9 July 2014
GCCC Postponed Games
Dear Member/Parent
1) This week Friday
is the scheduled last round of the club championships (A to D section).
Throughout the tournament we have allowed postponements but recently
the amount of games being postponed has been substantial. It is out of
our control but we cannot allow the tournament to finish later than
already planned. We have added 1 more week to the club championships to
help with the postponements.
Postponed games by a player (see attached list) must be completed by Sunday the 27th of July. If a postponed game result is not given to me by the end of the day, the person who postponed the game shall lose the game. This decision was taken in fairness to accommodate all postponed games.
As GCC Executive, we have provided next week Friday (18th) - 1 round, Saturday (19th) - 2 rounds and the following week Friday
(25th) - 1 round for players to play their games. In the attached list
there are 5 rounds of postponed games. The Club Director has done his
best to accommodate everyone in those 5 rounds. It is recommended that
players organise to play each other during the week wherever possible.
2) Club games will start at the normal time of 6.30 this week.
3) E section will be playing round 8 this week Friday and conclude next week Friday.
Regards
Glenwood Chess Club Executive Committee
Monday 30 June 2014
Temporary change of 6pm schedule and postponed games.
Dear Member/Parent
1) It has been requested that rounds be started earlier on Friday
due to the start of eThekwini trials the next day. I have to factor in
people who are working during the day and cannot make an earlier round,
so please whoever cannot make the round before 6pm, please let me know by Wednesday morning. This is an urgent matter.
I will need to draw up a schedule that best suits everyone.
2)
Also I noticed that quite a few children qualified to go to Bloem for
the SA Schools Tournament. Please can the parents of those kids please
confirm with me by Wednesday
morning as well if their kid will be going to Bloem as both the schools
tournament and one of the club's rounds clashes. Therefore a different
schedule will need to be made.
Regards
Divesh Sookdeo
Wednesday 25 June 2014
Monday 9 June 2014
CLUB NOTICES
Dear Member/Parent
Please take note of the following notices:
1) THERE WILL BE NO CLUB THIS FRIDAY. This is due to the school hosting a school function in the evening.
2) All scheduled games (A-D section) for this week Friday will be played next week Friday. Round 6 games will be played next week Friday. E section will also have their next round next week Friday.
3) The club executive has decided to temporarily
stop coaching sessions on Fridays due to a low attendance. Once there is
a peaked interest from players and parents again, the club will resume
coaching sessions.
Regards
Glenwood Chess Club Executive Committee
Petrosian Memorial Tournament Report
(Report by Rahul Beekrum)
Glenwood Chess Club
hosted its first Open Rapid tournament on 1 June 2014 at Northlands Primary
School. The tournament was held in honour of former world champion ‘Iron’
Tigran Petrosian for his contribution to chess. After 7 rounds the tournament
was won by Mbongeni ‘MC’ Sithole.
The tournament
attracted a strong group of 47 players with 10 players over 1700. There were
many upsets and after 4 rounds the 3 leaders with full score were top two seeds
Erick Takawira and Joseph Mwale, and surprise challenger Petros Ntombela. Mwale
went on to beat Petros in round 5 while GCC president Sayen Naidu took a point
of Takawira to leave Mwale clear on 5/5. However, Mwale lost to Takawira in round
6, leaving 4 players, including Bhekinkosi Mgobhozi and Mbongeni Sithole on 5/6
going into the last round.
In round 7, the game
between Mwale and Mgobhozi resulted in a quick draw, with Takawira playing
Sithole for outright first place. The game was never going to be a draw in a
messy position after Sithole began a kingside pawn storm with the White pieces
after castling kingside, leaving his king unprotected. The position seemed
equal material-wise for most of the game, but Takawira got into time trouble
and Sithole eventually won.
Thus the tournament
was won by Mbongeni Sithole on 6/7, with a three way tie for 2nd on
5.5/7 between GCC members Joseph Mwale, Bhekinkosi Mgobhozi, and Cyril Danisa
on tiebreak respectively. The Best Junior award was shared between Genevieve
Pillay and Shayur Hansraj, with Genevieve winning it by one bucholz point.\
Thursday 5 June 2014
Youth Trials
eThekwini District Youth Trials (u8 to u20)
Dates: 5 July - 8 July 2014
Venue: Berea Primary School (20 Bellevue Road, Berea, Durban)
Entry Fee: R150
Entry Form: To be published soon
Contact: Divesh Sookdeo - eThekwini Chess Association Schools and Youth Representative
Cellphone: 0733356094
Mbongeni Sithole wins Petrosian Memorial Rapid
Mbongeni Sithole won the Petrosian Memorial Rapid with 6/7 dropping only one point. Sithole proved unstoppable leaving 4 top GCC players in his trail, not even a National Master was able to hold him back.
The full results are here.
The full results are here.
Monday 26 May 2014
Sunday 18 May 2014
Petrosian Memorial Rapid Swiss - 1 June 2014
“Iron
Tigran” Petrosian
Tigran
Vartanovich Petrosian (June 17, 1929 – August 13, 1984) was a
Soviet Armenian Grandmaster, and World Chess Champion from 1963 to
1969. He was nicknamed "Iron Tigran" due to his almost
impenetrable defensive playing style, which emphasized safety above
all else.
Petrosian
was a Candidate for the World Championship on eight occasions (1953,
1956, 1959, 1962, 1971, 1974, 1977 and 1980). He won the World
Championship in 1963 against Mikhail Botvinnik, successfully defended
it in 1966 against Boris Spassky, and lost it in 1969 to Spassky.
Thus he was the defending World Champion or a World Championship
Candidate in ten consecutive three-year cycles. He won the Soviet
Championship four times (1959, 1961, 1969, and 1975).
Petrosian
is widely known for popularizing chess in Armenia. He was
recognized as the hardest player to beat in the history of chess.
Petrosian was not selected for the Soviet Olympiad side until
1958; he had already been a Candidate twice by that time. But he then
made ten straight Soviet Olympiad teams from 1958 to 1978, won nine
team gold medals, one team silver medal, and six individual gold
medals.
His
overall performance in Olympiad play is impressive: +78 −1
=50 (only one game lost, to Robert Hübner, out of 129 played), the
third all-time best performance after Mikhail Tal and Anatoly Karpov.
Petrosian was an expert against the King's Indian Defence, and
he often played what is now known as the Petrosian System. The
Queen's Indian Defence also has a variation developed by Petrosian.
This system received much attention in 1980 when it was used by the
young Garry Kasparov to defeat several grandmasters. Today the
Petrosian Variation is still considered the most pressing variation,
with the greatest score in Master games.
For
his excellence in World Chess and significant contribution to the
game, the Glenwood Chess Club honours his memory through the
Petrosian Memorial Tournament, a one day rapid swiss on 1 June 2014.
Current can be seen here. (Note a player's entry will only appear here if they entered using the online entry)
Tuesday 13 May 2014
Thursday 8 May 2014
Club Championship pairings
N.B. By choosing to participate in the GCC Club Championship Tournament you are agreeing to abide with the rules and regulations stipulated here.
Championship Section Candidates Section
C Section D Section
E Section - pairings will be done on Friday night at GCC.
Championship Section Candidates Section
C Section D Section
E Section - pairings will be done on Friday night at GCC.
Monday 5 May 2014
Max Euwe Memorial
Dr Max Euwe (20 May 1901 - 26 November 1981)
was a Dutch chess Grandmaster, World Chess Champion (1935 - 1937), and
FIDE President (1970 - 1978). Euwe (pronounced uhr-vuh) earned a
doctorate in mathematics at the University of Amsterdam. Euwe had also
won the Amateur Heavyweight Boxing Championship of Europe. Euwe also authored or co-authored a number of highly instructional chess books, including "The Road to Chess Mastery", "The Middle Game" - books 1 and 2, "Judgment and Planning in Chess", and "Chess Master vs Chess Amateur".
Glenwood Chess Club hosted it's first open swiss tournament: Max Euwe Memorial to commemorate this former World Chess Champion and his contributions to chess. GCC saw 69 players pitting wits against each other from 2 May to 4 May 2014. Durban's veteran Cyril Danisa gloriously emerged clear first with 6/7 against tough competition.
Most at the tournament would not know this fact: The tournament's esteemed Arbiter Keith Rust actually had the privilege of playing a game against Dr Max Euwe! Click here to see how the young Keith Rust pulled off a draw against former World Champion Max Euwe, some 40 years ago!
Considering GCC's committee used less than a week to prepare for the tournament, the youthful committee with a driven passion for chess organized and run an excellent tournament.
The results after round 7 are here.
Glenwood Chess Club hosted it's first open swiss tournament: Max Euwe Memorial to commemorate this former World Chess Champion and his contributions to chess. GCC saw 69 players pitting wits against each other from 2 May to 4 May 2014. Durban's veteran Cyril Danisa gloriously emerged clear first with 6/7 against tough competition.
Euwe Memorial Champion: Cyril Danisa.
Euwe(73) about to play 9. c3 against the 16 year old Keith Rust.(9 May 1974)
Considering GCC's committee used less than a week to prepare for the tournament, the youthful committee with a driven passion for chess organized and run an excellent tournament.
The results after round 7 are here.
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