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The school can boast the claim of being the main centre for chess in Togo. With the assistance of the generous sponsorship from parents and patronage from the former Headmaster, Mr Ian Sayer, the school has become the centre for Togolese chess and has been used as a venue for a host of chess competitions, including team tournaments, open tournaments, junior championships, junior team championships, and prestigious international tournaments which have attracted players from the neighbouring countries of Ghana, Benin, and Nigeria.
The school aims to promote the study and knowledge of chess as an art, educational tool and challenging recreational activity. |
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Chess is a mind sport which has many benefits. Apart from being a game to be enjoyed other benefits include helping one to concentrate, to analyse, to be focussed, to be patient and to be open minded. In the long term, it is a means for the improvement of society. |
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Are you a chess enthusiast? Then ponder over this:
The Power of Thinking: Having a better position is a very exciting feeling. You are excited, concentrating on ways to win the game, and can’t help but feel good about life in general.
Of course sometimes you feel too good, forget to pay attention, and end up losing the advantage or, in the worst case scenario, you lose the game.
Chess is meant to be a game where the winner is the better player in that particular game. Being the better player in a particular game is not only related to what you know in general, but how much energy you are expending during the game, and how much you are concentrating.
Unfortunately, both of these conditions tend to suffer significantly when in a much better position – it is simply not the same as when you are fighting for your life.
Another phenomenon often found in such situations is the desire to get things over with. This is especially true in the cases where you have been dominating the game for a long time, positional or materially, and are simply tired of it.
It is extremely important that you do not become obsessed with the quest to wrap things up and in the process sacrifice some of your advantage.
In trying to convert a winning position to a win, there is nothing wrong with trying to get it over with, but you have to be careful how you go about it. |
| Logic lies at the heart of chess and is mirrored in principles which have been distilled from centuries of chess thought and play and which serve as a compass to steer a player towards the selection of the appropriate strategy. |
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Togo Juniour Chess Championship
The tournament attracted 16 students mainly from The British School Of Lome, College Protestant Lome Agbalepedogan and College Protestant Lome Tokoin.
The tournament was a 5 – round swiss system where each player plays 5 games.
Time duration for each player was 30 minutes.
Prizes were given to the first 3 positions.
First was Klu Kekeli of College Protestant Lome Agbalepedogan.
Second was Lokossou-Dah-Lande Kossivi Sewonou also from College Protestant Lome Agbalepedogan.
The third position was taken by Ahianyo Aanyo from College Protestant Lome Tokoin. |
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