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Heinrich Basson from Stellenbosch continued his travels with chess, taking part in the Sunway Sitges International Chess Festival from 16 to 23 December 2016. He also took part in the 40th Zurich Weinachtsopen Tournament from 26 to 30 December 2016. He placed 9th in both tournaments. Congratulations!
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Congratulations to the Stellenbosch Schools Chess Players who took part and received the following at the SAJCC this past December in Boksburg: In the U8A Section, Cronan Willis received a board prize, and the WP Team won the gold. The WP U10A Team of which Martiens Geyser was part, won silver in their division. In…
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The above photograph from the official SAJCC 2016 Facebook page sets the tone for the photographs of this event that can be found on their page. For all the latest results, have a look at Chess-Results.com Then see if you can spot the Stellenbosch players in the next funny face pics from the Official Facebook page.
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Preliminary dates schools
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Stellenbosch Chess Club Members had a picnic with their famillies at the Jan Marais Nature Reserve on Sunday 11 December 2016 to end off the year on an informal note. In the shade of the big trees a few tables were set out, and games of chess and Boulles took place. Good fun with good natured ribbing…
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Excitement is running high, with team uniforms and bags having being delivered, team training done and last minute preparations being made for the big trip to the Birchwood Conference Center in Boksburg. We want to wish all the Stellenbosch Chess Players, as well as all our chess neighbors taking part in this year’s team competition, all…
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Heinrich Basson from Stellenbosch combines his love of chess and travel, by taking part in chess tournaments in other parts of the world. He just finished with a very respectable 5/9 in the 1 International Chess Festival Roma Città Aperta 2016 Travel safely Heinrich!
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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
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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): A-Section B-Section C-Section And the D-Section on Chess…
