IM Henry Steel and WIM Khadidja Latreche from the Stellenbosch Chess Club joined NA Ricardo Minnaar (on a rare weekend off) to talk about Chess, do some training and inspire Chess pupils in the Little Karoo.
Photo credit -Kaspaas Bothma
Stellenbosch Chess Club had a record 6 teams competing in the League this year. Furthermore, the Club fielded 3 woman in the A-Section and 8 women/girl players in the C and D-Section.
Final Results for this year as per Chess-Results (click on Section to view full tournament details):
And the D-Section on Chess Western Province League page
We were very sad to hear that due to a lack of response from school chess players, the Bridge House School Rated Tournament will not proceed this year.
The Organizers are already planning how to engage more players next time in order to make this a regular on the chess calendar.
Keep your eyes and ears open, as we will let you have details as soon as we receive them.
These Bruckner de Villiers players took part in the Stellenbosh Primary School Tournament and took home a hoard of medals.
They are: Joshua Jacobs (U12 Gold), Lurieka Lee (U8 Bronze), Houston Wareley (U12 Bronze), Ambro Lee Robertson (U14 Silver) and Jaid Engelbrecht (U14 Silver).
More pics to follow
I was going through photos from all the chess events and found these. Our kids did great!
Chess Stellenbosch 