Riviera Junior Open Tournament 2017

Photo from classroom used for U14 section, Riviera 2016

Prizewinners

2017 Devon 'Riviera' Junior Open
Prizes awarded to
U9 Section
1st= Max Kaye & Tymon Konczak 3rd Theo Hyland U8 & Best Girl Serena Bovey

U11 Section

1st = Benjamin Bacon & Caleb Caleshu & Alfie Sequeira

U14 Section
1st James Gibbs 2nd= Oliver Bacon & Evan McMullan & Surinder Virdee
Best Girl Niranjana Narayanan U13 Kieran Raine & Tom Lewis U12 Tom Bracey

U18 Section
1st Nicolas Bacon 2nd= Nandaja Narayanan & Vignesh Ramesh
Best Girl Nandaja Narayanan

Date:

Saturday, October 14, 2017 - 09:30

Venue:

Churston Ferrers Grammar School

Attachment::

Riviera2017o.pdf

Results files:

2017 Riviera U9 results.pdf

2017 Riviera U11 results.pdf

2017 Riviera U14 results.pdf

2017 Riviera U18 results.pdf

Chess Tips

MIDDLEGAME TIPS:

* If you stand worse:
o Fight, don't just react to threats. Mednis calls passive play "awaiting the undertaker"! It is much harder for the attacker to keep their nerve if the defender has active play, and without counterplay your opponent will just keep building up their position. It used to be said of Alekhine that to beat him you had to win three games - once in the opening, once in the middlegame, and once in the endgame. Make the same be true for you.
o Don't stop looking for your own opportunities. Many games have been lost that could have been drawn or even won (don't I know it!). But also, people resign with a saving move available on the board - they were just going through the motions until resigning, instead of planning their comeback.
o Never give up. There is always hope if you fight. Don't play for one last cheap trap and then resign. Play the move that will make your opponent groan, the move you would hate to see if you had the advantage. Defend with endless determination.
o If your best hope is for your opponent to fall into a trap, then you can play for a swindle, but only when you know you are losing. Otherwise, play good moves, not trappy ones.

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