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2018 Cape Winelands Schools Chess Team
At the conclusion of the second set of trials in Worcester, the Schools Chess Team that will take part in a number of other tournaments this year, was announced. Congratulations to all!
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Cape Winelands Schools Chess – Prestige 2018
This year’s Prestige Tournament took place in Worcester. Results for the 2 day tournament: U20, U18 Boys, U18 Girls, U15 Boys, U15 Girls, U13 Boys, U13 Girls, U11 Boys, U11 Girls, U9 Boys, U9 Girls, U7 And some pictures of the medal winners!
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Cape Winelands Schools Chess Trials
The first round of the Cape Winelands Schools Trials took place in Wellington on Saturday 3 March 2018. Well done to all the learners for taking part in the heat and congratulations to the medal winners. The results from Chess-Results: U9 Boys, U9 Girls, U11 Boys, U11 Girls, U13 Boys, U13 Girls, U15 Boys, U15 Girls, U18 Boys, U18 Girls, U20 Boys and…
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PRG U/15 Masters at Central Trails
At the Central Trials in Paarl, Paul Roos Gymnasium’s U/15s ended up in the top 5 positions. Philip Coetzee (Gold), Dawid Nieuwoudt (Silver) and Antonie Steenkamp (Bronze), are also in the same class at Paul Roos Gymnasium. Reegan Rass and Andrew Stevens made up the quintet.
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Stellenbosh Chess Club Blitzes to the win in WP Team Competition
The Stellenbosch Chess Club A Team consisting of Henry Steel, Stephan Wagner, Heinrich Basson and Khadidja Latreche, took the honors in this weekend’s WP Team Blitz Competition with 23,5 compared to closest rivals Steinitz on 16,5. Stellenbosch dominated the event to such an extent that they won 3 of the 4 board prizes. Henry on…
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2018 Central Cape Winelands Chess Trials – Primary Schools
AF Louw Primary, who joins the ranks of Stellenbosch Chess Playing Schools, hosted the Primary Schools Trials on 17 February 2018. Well done to the many competitors who took part and the players who qualified to compete in the Cape Winelands Schools Chess Trials on 3 March 2018 in Wellington. Please note that the final…
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SAJCC 2017 Report
27 Chess Players from Stellenbosch Schools took part in the 2017 National Team Championships which were held at Birchwood in Boksburg at the beginning of January 2018. Our stars were: Caleb Samuel as part of the WP U20A Team that won Silver. Nathan Amsterdam in the WP U20B Team that won Gold. Nathan also won a board prize.…
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Alexander beats GM Nakamura
Photo credit: Lennert Ootes Text: Stellenbosch Chess Club In 1925 the 14 year old Mikhail Botvinnik defeated Jose Raoul Capablanca in a simultaneous exhibition in Leningrad. In 1964 the 13 year old Anatoly Karpov drew a game against Botvinnik in a simultaneous exhibition in Moscow. The 14 year old Karpov also drew a game against…
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Last of 2017
The last term of 2017 saw the SA Women’s Open and Chess Western Province Awards take place. The SA Closed Chess Championships also took place at the end of 2017. Shannon Neels from Stellenbosch took part in the SA Women’s Open and placed third in the Women’s Open Chess Championship 2017 A. At the Chess Western…
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Metro (WP) Girls Tournament
Metro held their annual Girls Tournament at Aristea Primary this past weekend. Read the feedback from WP Schools pages And the results: U7, U9, U11, U13, U15&17 Well done Girls!!
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