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PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CHESS INTERVIEW ON Victoria's 'A' Channel Morning show
Re: PLEASE TAKE A LOOK AT THIS CHESS INTERVIEW ON Victoria's 'A' Channel Morning show
Jill showed remarkable poise and spoke very well. What a wonderful young lady.
I think she clearly demonstrated the determination that many young players have today. I hope she does very well, but I believe she will be happy with the experience gained regardless of the result (a quality to envy).
Final results for the 9th Annual Victoria City ON Victoria's 'A' Channel Morning show
Final results for the 9th Annual Victoria City Junior Chess Championships
Grade K-3 1st Jason Cao 2nd Tony Liu, 3rd Justin Wild
Grade 4-7 1st Jill Ding 2nd David Dosso 3rd Jonathan Wild
Grade 8-12 1st Josh Wild 2nd Kristijan Gjorgjevik 3rd TianTian Geng
Some great games on Sunday at the Victoria City Championships. The best young chess players in the city battled for trophies in one of the strongest City Championships ever held in Victoria.
Congratulations to all who played in the 9th Annual Victoria City Junior Chess Championships.
Junior chess champs face off
Published: January 22, 2009 3:00 PM
Updated: January 22, 2009 3:35 PM
0 Comments The region’s best young chess players gathered last Sunday, Jan. 18 for the ninth annual city championships at the University of Victoria.
Josh Wild, a Grade 9 student at Pacific Christian School, took home the first-place trophy in the Grade 8-12 category.
Jill Ding, in Grade 7 at St. Michaels University School, became the first girl to win the Grade 4-7 division in tournament history.
In the Grade K-3 category, Jason Cao, a Grade 3 student at Campus View Elementary, walked away with first place honours.
The 2008 city championships (rescheduled to this month from December due to snow), serve as preparation for the Canadian Youth Chess Championships, which takes place in Victoria from July 21-24. For more information on that tournament, visit: www.cycc2009.pbwiki.com.
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Victoria's young chess players are preparing for the Canadian Youth Chess Championships being held in Victoria this summer. www.victoriajuniorchess.pbwiki.com (...)
Brian Raymer
TV Interview January 15th 2009
The beautiful young girl showed me a good opening :
1...e6
Yes, Black moves first. The Obama era ;)
Then, of course, White makes her first move...
2.e4.
I've seen this position before, but maybe in a different move order ;)
In the picture below, it goes without saying that we're waiting for the next move, 2...d5. A dynamic opening !
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