THOUGHTS OF A CHESS ADDICT

What a good start to the New Year at the SCF Hong Bao Rapid! 192 participants, even the organisers were amazed at the turnout! There was a sumptuous Lohei led by the MP of Marine Parade GRC Mr Edwin Tong during lunch which was provided to players from the Siglap South CC.  The Open event was won by GM Bong Villamayor while Danielle Tan captured the Challenger's. A fun filled day and no complaints about illegal parking which was a great relief. What's heartening was the possible opening of a weekly chess-playing session at Siglap South CC should there be interested parents and players to support it. Who knows maybe a new chess club may spring up in the East! Looking forward to it!

For those going to the HongBao Rapid at Siglap South CC, my advice is to drop your children off or take public transport or cab if you can. You can see from the map that there are at best 10 car-park slots near the CC. The residents living around the area can summon the LTA to book any vehicle that is illegally parked. So if you wish to arrive on time without hassle, do heed my advice.

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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...

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