Category: Chess
I am a continuously improving chess teacher (for children) and an amateur chess player. 2 of my own kids are already stronger players than myself, while my 3 years old little Clara will quickly reach my level :-)
SSK Hammarö now also on Facebook
Since last week, our chess club has a Facebook profile, see
https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100017793340547
Follow us there, if you want to be updated with our local chess activities.
Hammarlunden school chess team (Hammarö) at Skollags SM 2017 (Stockholm)
A very good presence of the Hammarlunden school chess team (Victor and Felix Muntean + Olof and Nils Mattsson)!!
The team played yesterday and today at Skollags-SM in Stockholm and got the place 7 out of 23 school teams (stronger e.g. than many teams from Göterborg, Uppsala, Lund, Vesterås, and a couple of Stockholm teams) at the mellanstadiet level.
The results can be seen here:
SSK Hammarö vs. Snabb SM (April 8, 2017, Lund, minioren)
Victor succeeded to be 3rd and Felix the 18th out of 64 participants. Here are the results:
http://www.schack.se/tavling/ungdomstavlingar/snabbsm/anmalda-spelare-snabb-sm-2017/
Victor and Felix Muntean in the local chess (media)
See the interview with Värmlandsbygden at http://varmlandsbygden.se/hoppas-pa-att-fa-mota-de-basta/
Hammarö SSK wins Värmlands’s blitz chess tournement
The team 1 of Hammarö SSK was the strongest team in the lagblixt-DM 2017, that took place at Värmlands museum in Karlstad on January 6. More details can be found at http://karlstad.schack.se/index.php/2017/01/09/hammaro-vann-lagblixt-dm/
Karlstad Open – an international chess event
The announcement can be found at http://karlstad.schack.se/index.php/tavlingar-program/karlstad-open/while for the current standings, see: http://chess-results.com/tnr254804.aspx?lan=6&art=2&rd=5&fed=SWE&wi=821
End of the chess season at SSK Hamarö
10 players had to fight against each other in a Round Robin tournament (tempo: 5 min/person). Well done everybody!
Mondays chess evenings at Hammarö SSK
We meet at 6 pm. The lesson for junior players is about 45 minutes, while the adult players study chess positions, problems, openings, end games. Then we have a joint internal competition which normally ends at around 8 pm.
Join us!
Chess & Friends Tournament at Hammarö SSK
Monday (5 Dec. 2016) evening 18 club players and chess admirers, both adults and children, have competed in 3 groups ( 4-4-10, depending on their chess level). Kjell-Åke, Gabriel and Viggo are the winners. We all had fun and look forward to the next chess event.