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:

* ROOK: Rooks must have open lines. This may take some time to arrange, and because they can be chased by minor pieces they are best place in waiting (like the Queen) on the central e- and d-files. Later, they can move strongly up the board using these central files - for example, in the middle game, to e3 and then move over to g3 to help attack the Black King, or right up to the seventh rank on e7 or d7, where it can attack pawns right along the opponent's second rank. This control of the seventh rank is very powerful, particularly in the endame if your opponent's King is stuck on the last rank (a8-h8). Rooks work even better in pairs - for example, by putting them on e1 and e2 they can control the e-file and then often Black cannot swap off by playing their own Rook to e8. Even stronger is to control the seventh rank absolutely with eg. Rook on d7 and e7, where they can gobble up pawns and often Ks.

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