Tomorrow:  TCCL Banquet with Pizza ordered in!  We will celebrate last season and discuss the next season.  Please bring your own beverage and $2 to help cover the pizza costs.

Reminder:  RCC members should stay in the South Cafeteria of the Harwick building unless they are Mayo Clinic employees.  Also we need to be respectful of the Mayo Clinic site and make sure not to get too rowdy while still having fun :-).  Thanks for your understanding!

Twin Ports Open – Aug 16/17 in Duluth.  Fun event with great hosts!  Details – https://rochesterchess.com/events/event/twin-ports-open-duluth/

Note from John Thomson on a Minneapolis Chess Camp:

Attention All Chess Parents

 

There is one more session left in this summer’s Minnesota Chess Castle Camp (at 1121 Jackson St. NE, #134, Minneapolis) during the week from August 11th (Monday) through the 14th. This is our third session, in this, our second year.

The other two sessions were fantastic, and we have lots of spots left for this final one.

 

Each day has a variety of programs to challenge your student’s mind to meet and test their specific learning capacities. Students will have lots of time working one on one with National Masters Michael Yang and Kevin Bu. We believe your students can enhance their abilities over the summer instead of staying at home drooling over the TV and remote.

Monday- Thursday (9am-4pm) with Drop off (8:30am-9am)-Pickup

(4:00pm-5:00pm) If you need to drop off earlier please arrange prior with coordinator. Penalty Fees will be applied if you do not inform us earlier of early drop off and late pick up of child before 8:30am or after 5:00pm will incur ($30), We are more flexible if you inform us ahead of time.

If we continue to receive strong support from the community we can continue for a third year with similar dates to keep in mind.

 

Visit our website below for details.

http://www.mplschess.weebly.com

 

Once again, Thanks for your time and cooperation, best regards,

 

Coordinator Tremayne Talbot, National Master Michael Yang, National Master Kevin Bu.

 

Quick overview of things we covered in the past and what we also will continue to do at our future camps:

Lectures including: Mating nets, Tactics, outposts strategies, Game analysis, book openings, middle/ endgames, provide excellent feedback and much more. There are just too many options what we provide for this unbeatable price.  (chess players parents spend anywhere from $60-$80 an hour just to teach very basic stuff trained by GM’s)  It really adds up.

 

Students tend to get one on one with each of us averaging between 6 hours of alone time throughout the week.

Jack will be running an unrated chess 960 tournament tomorrow night starting at 6:30 and free to play.  More info about chess 960: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chess960

Feel free to stop by for casual games as well.

Tonight we have a G/30 d5 USCF tournament starting at 7 PM.  Players will break into groups of 4 directed by Dennis.  The cost is $2 for non-members and $1 for members.

CHESS CAMP

Saturday the details are confirmed for a chess camp at the Harwick Cafeteria led by Matt Jensen.  Details below.  Cost is $30 for the Basic Camp (half day) and $50 for the Intensive Study (full day).  The Basic camp will have 2 levels (1000-1400 and <1000).  Please email Matt if you’re interested in attending and not on the list.

ATTENDEES
Rob Newshutz
Justin Ricker
Tim Schimke
Paul Kinion
Ben Schimke
Ben Yan
Dennis Mays

Matt has been playing chess since age 5 and coaching for over 15 years.  He was a three time K-3 state champion and a three time K-12 state champion.  Matt was able to reach the title of USCF Expert at age 13 and has experience helping students of all ages and skill levels improve their chess game.

This year’s camp will be divided into a basic and intensive study sections with a series of mini-sessions throughout the day.  The theme of the camp is Play for the Initiative!  We will learn how to create threats that your opponent can’t ignore.  Playing with the initiative encourages your opponent to make mistakes and allows you to easily create dangerous attacks!

Basic – Intended for kids under age 12 or ratings below 1400

Intensive Study – A longer day of instruction for players 1400-2000

SCHEDULE

9:00-9:30              Queen Sacrifices Warm-up

9:30-10:30           Discovered Attack [Basic]             Attacking with Queen+Knight  [Intensive Study]

10:30-11:30         G/30 Team Consultation Game

11:30-12:00         Lunch/Snack Break

12:00-1:00           Opposition [Basic]           Mating Nets [Intensive Study]

— Half Day Session Ends at 1:00 —

1:00-2:00              Attacking with Rook+Bishop

2:00-3:30              Positional Advantage

3:30-4:30              The Passed Pawn