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September 2021
The Goldsmith Defence – adult class
A gentle 7 week course for adult beginners & intermediate players on the delights of chess and how to play an attacking game! Monday 23rd August - Monday 4th October 2021 6pm - 7:30pm Come and join Alan Goldsmith at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide on Monday evenings from 6 - 7:30pm and discover the social side of chess! Free tea, coffee and biscuits! You will also learn: some amazing openings and essential endgames the importance of tactics…
Find out more »Holiday Class Thursday 30th September 2021
Learn chess with Alan Goldsmith these holidays! 4-times State Champion & chess writer for the Sunday Mail - President of SAJCL Holiday Chess Classes - morning or all day Thursday 30th September 2021 VENUE: The Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000 The Full Day is 9:15 - 3:30 PM while the Morning class starts around 9:15AM and finishes at 12:15PM. Pizzas will arrive around 12:15. Each Coaching Class is suitable for youngsters of all levels and ages (6+) –…
Find out more »October 2021
Holiday Chess Class Friday 1st October 2021
Learn chess with Alan Goldsmith these holidays! 4-times State Champion & chess writer for the Sunday Mail - President of SAJCL Holiday Chess Class - morning or all day Friday 1st October 2021 VENUE: The Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000 The Full Day is 9:15 - 3:30 PM while the Morning class starts around 9:15AM and finishes at 12:15PM. Pizzas will arrive around 12:15. Each Coaching Class is suitable for youngsters of all levels and ages (6+)…
Find out more »Adelaide’s Vegan Festival
Come and join Knights & Bytes at the Vegan Festival on Saturday 30th October and Sunday 31st October 2021! We will have lots of chess happening and juniors under 14 are able to enter free. There will be 'learn to play' sessions for beginners - adults and juniors as well as Simultaneous Displays against all-comers by some of our leading players including this year's State Champion Bill Jordan and former Champions: Women FIDE Master Giang Nguyen and Alan Goldsmith. Giang…
Find out more »December 2021
Holiday Chess Class
Learn chess with Alan Goldsmith these holidays! 4-times State Champion & President of SAJCL Holiday Chess Classes - morning or all day Thursday 16th December and/or Friday 17th Dec 2021 Thursday 13th January and/or Friday 14th January 2022 VENUE: The Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000 The Full Day is 9:15 - 3:30 PM while the Morning class starts around 9:15AM and finishes at 12:15PM. Pizzas will arrive around 12:15. Each Coaching Class is suitable for youngsters of…
Find out more »Holiday Chess Class
Learn chess with Alan Goldsmith these holidays! 4-times State Champion & President of SAJCL Holiday Chess Classes - morning or all day Thursday 16th December and/or Friday 17th Dec 2021 Thursday 13th January and/or Friday 14th January 2022 VENUE: The Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000 The Full Day is 9:15 - 3:30 PM while the Morning class starts around 9:15AM and finishes at 12:15PM. Pizzas will arrive around 12:15. Each Coaching Class is suitable for youngsters of all…
Find out more »January 2022
Holiday Chess Class CANCELLED
Learn chess with Alan Goldsmith these holidays! 4-times State Champion & President of SAJCL Holiday Chess Classes - morning or all day Thursday 16th December and/or Friday 17th Dec 2021 Thursday 13th January and/or Friday 14th January 2022 VENUE: The Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000 The Full Day is 9:15 - 3:30 PM while the Morning class starts around 9:15AM and finishes at 12:15PM. Pizzas will arrive around 12:15. Each Coaching Class is suitable for youngsters of all…
Find out more »Holiday Class CANCELLED
Learn chess with Alan Goldsmith these holidays! 4-times State Champion & President of SAJCL Holiday Chess Classes - morning or all day Thursday 16th December and/or Friday 17th Dec 2021 Thursday 13th January and/or Friday 14th January 2022 VENUE: The Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide 5000 The Full Day is 9:15 - 3:30 PM while the Morning class starts around 9:15AM and finishes at 12:15PM. Pizzas will arrive around 12:15. Each Coaching Class is suitable for youngsters of all…
Find out more »Weekly Rookies Club
These take place at the Chess Centre, 10 Ranelagh St Adelaide from 10am -12 noon on Sundays and generally run through-out the term. We usually have about 15 youngsters there ranging in ages from 6 -15 and my sister, Lil Weston who won the Australian Junior Girls Champion many years ago and is a retired Primary teacher takes the younger kids while I manage the rest. The format is to show some of the most important ideas in chess and…
Find out more »Weekly Adult Zoom classes Monday evenings
Zoom sessions are a great way to improve at chess. Let me show you how I think you can quickly improve your tactics and learn some simple sharp openings that will give you a thrill every time you start a game, whether you are playing white or black. I will be running sessions for adults from 6:30-8pm (SA time) on Monday evenings from 24th January 2022 and all you need to do is to click on the link below: Alan…
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