Guernsey Chess International

Peter Playing in the Guernsey chess International starting on Sunday 17th of October you can follow his progress on the Guernsey chess web site  http://www.guernseychessclub.org.gg/festival/festival.aspx  This tournament is a very strong event with a number  of grandmaster in it including Peter coach Nick Pert(GM) Peter hoping to improve his international chess rating at the moment it is 2132 .Peter is the 49 best under 14 in the whole of the world! 2nd best under 14 in  the United Kingdom.We really looking forward to the trip to Guernsey Peter Grandad and Gran mother are also going to come to give support.Some of the chess games can last over 5 hours! You have to do a lot of traveling to improve your international chess rating as not all chess events in England are international rated!.  We hope   to be able to blog  to let you know how Peter is doing while we are out in Guernsey.If you got any questions about this tournament please do send us a comment we will do our best to answer you.We hope to do a blog on why ALL children should learn to play chess.We would also like to help encourage home educated children to learn chess.So if any parent of a home educated child wants advice about chess do please ask!.