THOUGHTS OF A CHESS ADDICT

This is part of the market for chess trainers in Singapore for 2016. There should be more of such jobs. All I can say is that the pie is growing and can only grow bigger if there are more trainers available. Some schools had shelved their Chess CCA due to lack of trainers, which is a real pity because I am sure that there are enough Singaporean chess players approaching their retirement with good speaking skills and just need a little training to teach chess to kids. Join me.

This year's National Championships from 20-27 December differs from the ones held before. We see the return of some old faces with the rating cap of 2400 lifted. With the absence of (IM Goh Wei Ming who will be away at  in Hungary), IMs Hsu Li Yang and Terry Toh, we get the participation of: GM Wong Meng Kong IM   Ravindran Shammugam IM   Enrique Paciencia IM   Tin JingYao FM  Mark Ong Chong Ghee (after a long break!) CM  Tan Wei Liang        Benjamin Foo        William Woong        Urcan Olimpiu We hope that this event with a total prize fund of $5000 can attract and compensate the top players of Singapore for their time and effort in maintaining the chess prowess whilst pursuing a career outside of chess. I hope that the following players (whose names are mentioned below) do see the significance of contributing back to the Singapore Chess scene now that there is positive vibes and vigour with the launch of the Nationals. Terry Chua IM-elect Timothy Chan FM Dominic Lo Kelvin Wee A

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