Here are downloadable versions of Intermediate Lectures from the event:

Monday 11am – The greatest chess game of all time (IM Robert Jamieson)
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Monday 3.30pm – Pawn Strategies in Closed Positions (Tim Broome)
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Tuesday 10am – Euwe v Keres, 1939 (Carl Gorka)
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Chess coach Arie giving advice

Here are downloadable versions of the Novice Lectures from the event:

Monday 11am – Good Knight v. Bad Bishop (Tim Broome)
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Monday 3.30pm – Back Rank Checkmates (Carl Gorka)
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Tuesday 10am – Blunders (IM Robert Jamieson)
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Getting excited about chess

One of the best aspects of the National Interschool Chess Championships is the chess coaching the kids received from accredited coaches.

After every game the players would sit down with a coach and go through the moves they played with the coach providing advice and insight along the way. This is one of the best ways of improving because the advice is specific to the mistakes you just made and being your own game you are emotionally involved so more likely to retain the knowledge.

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