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.

 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.

 

 

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

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 10^th to 12^th 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 4^th and 10^th. Positions are as follows:

U9 Girls: 1^st Aarti Datharam (GCC); 2^nd Diya Datharam (GCC)

U11 Girls: 2^nd Karmishta Moodley (GCC); 4^th Santham Moodley; 5^th Priyasha Naidoo (GCC)

U11 Boys: 1^st Naseem Essa (GCC); 3^rd Eli-Jordan Govender (GCC)

U13 Girls: 1^st Zahra Kara (GCC); 5^th Dayaan Parthiephal (GCC)

U13 Boys: 1^st Sachin Reddy (GCC); 2^nd Cailin Chetty (GCC); 4^th Aaron Jude Naidu

U15 Girls: 1^st Keyana Padayachee; 2^nd Saiyuri Naidoo (GCC)

U15 Boys: 5^th Shivar Gopaulsingh (GCC); 6^th Tarendra Moodley; 8^th Liam Moodley (GCC)

U17 Girls: 2^nd Nobuhle Ndunakazi

U17 Boys: 1^st Kenyon Padayachee; 3^rd Kyran Appanna; 4^th Jivorn Reddy

U19 Girls: 3^rd Viashna Hansraj; 4^th Caitlin Chetty (GCC)

U19 Boys: 8^th 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 1^st and 2^nd 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

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