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  • Tournament Cancelled

    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…

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  • 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).  

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  • I was going through photos from all the chess events and found these.  Our kids did great!

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  • Chess in Langebaan

    Some of the Stellenbosch Chess Club Juniors took part in the first Mayoral Cup this past weekend. Dawid Nieuwoudt ended 5th in the Open Section, and in the U/10 Section, Christoff Bester came second and Martiens Geyser (aka Jacobus as per Chessa) third. Congrats!    

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  • Here is the link to the  Official Site with all the details of this major event! For more on the bid, have a look at this facinating city:  http://www.2016baku.org/

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  • Congratulations to Stellenbosch’s Alexander van der Merwe who took part in PE, and ended in the Top 10 in the U/12 Section.

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  • Congratulations to all the Stellenbosch Schools that took part in this years Western Cape Top Schools Tournament in Mossel Bay. The results from Chess-Results: U19 Mix           U19 Girls           U17 Mix U15 Mix            U15 Girls           U13 Mix       …

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  • Events – Fixed!

    You may have noticed that the events did not pull through from Google Calendar. The privacy settings have now been reset and the calendar is public again! If you click on an event, you can even add it to your own calendar.    

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  • Ikaya Primary held their very first rated tournament this year.  Well done to the organizers and all the participants on the day. See post below for some pictures of the event Here are all the results of the tournament: Open/B Section Under 10    

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