Below, please find a weekly update from Sahan, including some details about a new way to stay connected with old friends…

Last week was the beginning of a movement at the Hart House Chess Club towards greater communication between members. We may not fully recreate the warmth of the Reading Room will over a chat room in an online tournament, but we think we could come close! You can find our Discord server at this [LINK].

With our move towards a Swiss tournament for the Blitz, players have more time in between
games, and are able to kibitz more freely. Trying to stay true to our slogan, ‘The Kibitzer is King’,
we hope to have more communication between groups of players on discord, especially for the
blitz.

Sahan Karunaratne will be on Discord for the duration of the blitz tournament. Many of you
know him personally, and we hope that may encourage you to join us!

A discussion of the previous week would not be complete without mentioning Mark Plotkin and
his puzzles. Expect puzzles and solutions to be posted on Facebook, with the links available with the Friday email!

Congratulations are in order for ‘ChessMaster’ for winning the blitz, and ‘Itsjustahobby’ for
winning the bullet!