Battleships

Opening traps

The first game I ever played in a chess club went like this (I was Black)

[Event "Chess Club"]
[Site "Hereward School, March"]
[Date "1972.??.??"]
[Round "?"]
[White "Stacey, Ian"]
[Black "Regis, David"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C20"]
[PlyCount "7"]

1. e4 e5 2. Qh5 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 $4 
(3...g6) (3...Qf6)
4. Qxf7# 1-0

Oh dear!

OK, I haven't been caught like that since. What should Black do about this?

Devon players score for England

News from Mr,Cross:

Over half-term, Devon junior players Caleb Caleshu, Pengxiao Zhu, James Glasson and Joe Forty represented England regional U14 or U12 teams against the equivalent full Wales International teams in Chepstow. Their combined score was 4 out of 8 and they contributed to England winning both matches.

Well done Devon!

Tactical Themes

Mates

Annihilation of Defensive Barrier/Obliteration/Demolition of Structure

Clearance/Line Opening

Decoy/Attraction/Removal of the Guard

Defensive Combinations

Deflection

Desperado

Discovered Attack

Double Attack

Double Check

Drawing Combinations

Fortress

Greek Gift Sacrifice

Interference/Obstruction

Knight Fork(s)

Overloaded Defender(s)

Paralysed Piece(s)

Pawn Promotion/Pawn Breakthrough

Perpetual Check

Pins

Queen Sacrifice

England success

Exeter School pupil Pengxiao Zhu took part in the EPSCA* U11 team trial in Liverpool last weekend and has been selected for the England team. He scored 4/6 points, coming joint third in the competition.

*England Primary Schools Chess Association

UK Chess Challenge 2022

The event dates and qualification rules for the UK Chess Challenge 2022
have been announced.

https://www.delanceyukschoolschesschallenge.com/2022-dates-and-overview/

The UK Chess Challenge is the largest chess competition in the world,
with (pre-COVID) more than 100,000 children taking part in schools and
elsewhere each year. There are different stages to the competition:
school, Megafinal, Gigafinal and Terafinal.