Devon Junior Chess Championships 2016

Schools Team Competition U11/U9 1st Exeter Junior School 2nd Abbey School 3rd Broadclyst Primary School 4th Ellacombe Academy U9 section 1st Caleb Caleshu 2nd Josh Keay 3rd Albert Baxter Best girl: Serena Bovey & Charlotte Leslie Best U8: Serena Bovey U11 section 1st Nathan Ng 2nd= Frederick Sansbury & Connor Fitzpatrcik Best girl: Niranjana Narayanan U15 section 1st= Nicky Bacon / Robert Liu 3rd Toby O'Donoghue Best U14 Toby O''Donoghue Best U13 Evan McMullen Best U12 Kieran Raine Best girl: Daisy Grundy

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Saturday, December 3, 2016 - 09:30

Venue:

Teign Academy, Kingsteignton TQ12 3JG

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Schools Team Competition U11/U9

19/30 Exeter Junior School
17½/30 Abbey School
11/24 Broadclyst Primary
10/24 Ellacombe Academy

U9
1st Caleb CALESHU 6/6
2nd Josh KEAY 5/6
3rd Albert BAXTER 3½/6

Best girl: Serena BOVEY / Charlotte LESLIE 2½/6
Best U8: Serena BOVEY 2½/6

U11
1st Nathan NG 5½/6
2nd= Frederick SANSBURY / Connor FITZPATRICK 5/6

Best girl: Niranjana NARAYANAN 4/6

U15
1st= Nicky BACON / Robert LIU 5½/6
3rd Toby O'DONOGHUE 5/6

Best U14 Toby O'DONOGHUE 5/6
Best U13 Evan McMULLEN 4½/6
Best U12 Kieran RAINE 4/6

Best girl: Daisy GRUNDY 3½/6

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MIDDLEGAME TIPS:

* PAWNS: You will have to move some to get your pieces out, and you can try to dominate the centre with pawns on e4 and d4 ( perhaps with c4 and/or f4). But the pawns in front of your castled King form a solid wall on f2/g2/h2, and those on a2/b2/c2 are probably OK where they are too. So, oddly, pawns are often well-placed where they are at the start of the game. "Every pawn move loosens the position", says Tarrasch: if you move the pawn on g2 to g3, you immediately get holes at f3 and h3. Moving a pawn from f2 to f3 not only takes away the best square for your Knight, which is a good defender of the pawn on h2, but also opens up a check to your King from c5. When the endgame appears, one side or the other will have to win material to win - by queening a Pawn, or at least threatening to. Then Pawns can be moved more freely, to block opposing Pawns, to create and support extra or passed Pawns of their own side, and to keep out the opponent's pieces - including their King.

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