This section will be for the kids in terms of hints and tips to make them better players. Watch this space!
African Adventures Chess Comp - 41 entries
Latest list for my charity event on Sat Feb 15th at St Thomas Church Hall.
Still an ongoing battle trying to attract players from the two juniors clubs in area (Ashton and 3cs) which is a real shame.
Senior Event (for competitive players) from Ethan Lancaster, Sithun De Silva, William Hardman-Elliott, Nathan Li, Alicia Custy, Lawrence Moustafa, Marton Lange, Patrick Shaw (8 players so far)
Senior event (lapsed or non competitive) - Shawn Dissanayake, Alex Hollingworth, Adam Hamer, Jacob Hunt, Jack Horsfall, Tyler Timperley-Brogan, George Pixton, Layla Pixton, Jack Ellidge, Alyssa Varlow, Aaron Varlow (11 in total)
Junior Event - Kyle Dissanayake, Leon Li, James Cooper, Rossi Diggle, Noah Hunt, Leon Walker, Lucy Lowe, Jake Vickers, Myah Spencer, Emily Winkler, Sadies Southwood, Devon Bradbury, Luke Bland, Sky Carlisle, Heidi Washington, Scarlett Lancaster (16 in total)
Adult Event - Helen Poulton, Helen Green, Ste Vickers, Ian Temple-Heald, Mark Barber and Sarah Letitia (6 in total)
41 players in total
African Adventures Chess Competition Raffle
3cs Town Team trial Jan 2020
11th January 2020
3cs held a trial for the 2020 Oldham town team at St Edwards Parish Hall in Lees.
Results were as follows:
| Name | Rd1 | Rd2 | Rd3 | Rd4 | Rd5 | Rd6 | Overall |
| Patrick Shaw | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4th place U11 |
| Lawrence Moustafa | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | |
| James Cooper | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | |
| Dylan Crothers | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Jake Vickers | 0 | 0 | 0.5 | 1 | 1.5 | 2 | |
| Leon Walker | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1.5 | 1.5 |
Next stage will be the EPSCA Northern Championships in Liverpool on 8th Feb 2020
Results from todays CSC Competition
A fabulous day at the Christmas chess event at Ashton with around 50 players, we had 12 competing.
Gutted I didn't win the most important prize of all (the Christmas jumper prize) but one of our players did, Adam Hamer magnificent jumper with warming winter fire attached. Never any doubt!!!
Senior event:
Lawrence scored his best ever 3.5 out of 5 and notable draw v winner Dawn Supatan.
Nathan Li played very well to score 3 out of 5.
Ethan after a slow start came good with an excellent 2.5.
Sithun and Shawn score 2 points after excellent starts.
Adam scored 1 point but he is giving all opponents good, tough games.
Junior event:
Well done to Dylan Crothers on taking 2nd place overall after rescuing a seemingly lost position in round 6, scoring 5 out of 6
Patrick Shaw again in the first 3 places for the 3rd consecutive competition and would have finished higher if he hadn't messed up a castling move in round 5. He scored 4.5 out of 6.
Kyle Dissanayake scored an excellent 4.5 and lost 3rd place on a tiebreak.
Leon Li also played really well scoring 4 out of 6
The highlight for me was the performance of newcomer Leon Walker with a fabulous 3.5 out of 6 (our next future star I reckon!).
Jess Caton had a lovely day but may be a touch disappointed with her 3 out of 6.
12 players in the CSC Congress Sat 21st Dec
The confirmed list of 12 players for the Christmas competition on Saturday is
Senior - Ethan Lancaster, Sithun De Silva, Nathan Li, Lawrence Moustafa, Shawn Dissanayake, Adam Hamer (senior)
and
Junior - Patrick Shaw, Kyle Dissanayake, Leon Li, newcomer Leon Walker, Jess Caton and Dylan Crothers.