VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE - ON THE 14TH OF APRIL

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SAJCA REPORT FOR THE 14 APRIL CHESS COUNCIL MEETING

THE MINUTES OF THE CHESSA COUNCIL MEETING PERTAINING TO THE VOTE OF NO CONFIDENCE

Upcoming Tournaments	Recent Results/ Draw
SA WOMEN'S OPEN CHESS CHAMPIONSHIP 26 – 29 April CENTURION CHESS OPEN TOURNAMENT 27, 28 AND 29 APRIL EASTERN PROVINCE OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT 2007 27 -  30 APRIL 2007	Emerald Sedibeng Open RESULTS 2007

SA Women’s Open Chess Championship SA Vroue Ope Skaak kampioenskap 2007 26 – 29 April

Presenting special guest Woman Grand Master, Jennifer Shahade, 2 times USA Woman’s Champion and author of Chess Bitch: Woman in the Ultimate Intellectual Sport. She will be analyzing games, participating in the simultaneous exhibition and promoting her book.
Marketing and Master of Ceremonies – Kass Naidoo, sports journalist and editor/owner of Gsport, sport for Girls  web site

 

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"We must dare to think “unthinkable” thoughts.
We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities"

"Don’t fight forces – use them."
–  Buckminster Fuller, Inventor, Philosopher

"Luck is when preparation meets opportunity."
– Brian Tracy

"Champions aren’t made in gyms. Champions are made from something they have deep inside them, a desire, a dream, a vision. They have to have the skill and the will. But the will must be stronger than the skill."'Muhammad Ali'

“Learning is not attained by chance; it must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.” 
- Abigail Adams

“Even if you’re on the right track,
you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
–  Will Rogers

Results show that just one year of chess tuition will improve a student's learning abilities, concentration, application, sense of logic, self-discipline, respect, behavior and the ability to take responsibility for his/her own actions.
- Garry Kasparov

If you don't make mistakes you're not working on hard
enough problems.  And that's a big mistake. 
- F. Wilezek

"You are unique, just like everybody else!"
- Margaret Mead (1901-1978)

We all have our own strengths and weaknesses, confidences and fears. It is not important for us to be carbon-copied images of one another in order for us to be successful. What is important is that we are willing to build on our positive traits, and we are willing to work to overcome our negative traits.