Guildford Junior Chess Club

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Andrew Martin
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Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Thu Sep 16, 2021 11:06 am

GJCC meets on Monday evenings from 6-7pm at the Guildford Institute GU1 4LH.

We provide training, tournaments, matchplay and friendly chess for all standards from beginner to international level.

All welcome!

A record of the first training session appears below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFnxXfs2snA

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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Tue Sep 21, 2021 12:28 pm

Week two of this new project.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owaPZ28urVs

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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Tue Sep 28, 2021 12:24 pm

Week Three - Endgames you should know.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPpCU01UJEw

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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Wed Oct 06, 2021 12:39 pm

Week Four

Both sides of the Exchange Spanish:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHKIMMVGHY0&t=218s

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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Tue Oct 12, 2021 3:39 pm

Week Five and IM Nigel Povah gives some basic training:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opcaltj_lnQ

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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Tue Oct 19, 2021 11:23 am

Session Six featured a famous game:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yv_sI9SQGXM

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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Sun Oct 24, 2021 7:52 pm

En Passant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPE8aRS2yNc

One question: Can you construct a helpmate where White checkmates Black on the sixth move, ending with an en passant capture?

There are two answers, both of which are on the video.

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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Sat Nov 06, 2021 7:06 pm


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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Tue Nov 09, 2021 6:31 pm

Session Eight : Nigel Povah instructs


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GP1hX8KxIhI

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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Wed Dec 01, 2021 12:09 pm

Session Eleven - Echoes of a World Championship game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrV0-tFNPqg

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Re: Guildford Junior Chess Club

Post by Andrew Martin » Sat Dec 11, 2021 8:37 am

Nigel Povah discusses king and pawn endgames:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4EiWL5Sz-o

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