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SGChess Blog #6 – Our Thoughts after the National Junior Squad Sorting Assessment

Recently, the SCF Training and Development team conducted a “sorting assessment” for all of our NJS trainees. The purposes of this assessment is to group players of similar levels in the various training squads. All the students had 60 minutes to answer 15 questions. 14 of these 15 questions are focused on various important chess concepts, while the last question was to test a player’s general knowledge about famous chess players.

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SGChess Blog #4 – A half asleep Gong Qianyun snoozes her way to winning the best women’s prize at this week’s Titled Tuesday event!

For Singaporeans, it’s a big struggle to even stay awake or complete the event because 12am (Early Titled Tuesday) and 6am (Late Titled Tuesday) aren’t exactly conducive for good chess since we’re close to dozing off on the board. Moreover, the field comprises many world class Grandmasters vying for the top prize of USD$1000 (2nd $750, 3rd $500, 4th-5th and top lady $100 each).

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