CHECKMATE PUZZLE 1

From this position it is WHITE to move and checkmate in 1 move.



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FIRST TOURNAMENT FOR NEW CLUB

Over the weekend of December 11th and 12th Niall a member of gpjcc played in the prestigous London Junior Chess Championship under 10 minor tournament.
Over the 2 days Niall scored 4 wins 1 draw but only lost 2 games.
This is a fantastic result in a competition when Niall was 18 months younger than most of the players.
Also his score of 4½ qualified him to the under 12 minor tournament at the end of the year.

Here is Nialls favourite game from Paul morphy.

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