1897 registered for the NSI this March 16-17 @ the OCBC Arena. A new venue, with good access by public transport. This sets another National record for the number of participants in a National Chess event. Good news, but perhaps a good reflection point.
2 students took part in the U10 category - Gabriel scored 5/9 and had a won position against Shaun Yeo before he blundered his Queen in time trouble. He also managed to draw against Leanne Tan (39th), both commendable achievements given that this is his first NSI. He is now fired up to do more for his game and I am happy that he has now adopted the habit of reviewing his games after play. This will go a long way towards improvement.
Jarell just joined me not long ago - he was not familiar with the coordinates and had difficulty recording his games. Nonetheless he picked up 5.5 pts this year finishing 125th out of 467 players.
My ex students also fared well, one scoring 5 pts while the other was the U10 Champ.
For the U12, Luke ended his campaign losing only 2 games and a draw to finish 39th and gaining 44 rating points. A more than satisfactory result. He has been consistently playing slower time control games and that has helped tremendously in his thought process. More work in going through master games to pick up game plans should propell his game.
Finally at the U14 Andrius had 6/9 finishing 47th out of 334 players gaining 30 rating points. He has matured after spending Friday nights playing and reviewing his games which adds to his confidence in his opening repertoire. His overall strength has grown, but perhaps he needs to work on following the training plan consistently.
Thank goodness no one went 4.5 pts and under. Overall, a good job done!
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