Lancashire Junior Chess Congress and Coaching News
Saturday 10th March, and we are at Oldham Hulme Grammar School for the EPSCA Under-9 Northern Regional . Ten teams were originally scheduled for the day, however, Staffordshire pulled out leaving 9 teams to battle for the qualification spots in the final.
Each month, a set of mating positions will be published for you to solve. This month, we will start with some easy one’s, they are all checkmate in one. How hard can that be?
All the following are check mate in one, these should be easy to spot. The key is to look at each pattern, and understand what elements make up the checkmate.
Look at the following games, all of the games show a checkmate by the Queen. Look at the patterns, can you see why they are checkmate? Continue reading “Queen Checkmate Patterns”
The first basic checkmate that juniors should learn is the King and Queen versus King checkmate. It is easy to remember, so long as the rules are followed.
It is going to be a busy few weeks, with back to back EPSCA events.
First up the U9’s Zonal, followed by the U11’s zonal where Lancashire will be competing with other counties for a place in the finals.
A great turnout for our first time at AKS Lytham Independent School for the recent Lancashire Junior Chess Congress. A great warm welcome from the school, excellent playing facilities and excellent facilities for the parents and guardians, as 50+ junior chess players battled it out in their respective sections. A special thank you to the school for making us feel so welcome, and the excellent facilities available. The restaurant food was excellent! The chess was good as well, and some excellent results all round.
