Author: Matt Jensen

 

Saturday Chess at the Synagogue, no meeting next week

Tonight: Casual night at the Harwick Cafeteria.

Saturday:  The chess club will be meeting Saturday night at 7 PM at
the B’Nai Israel Synagogue.  Please bring a $1 donation.  There will possibly
be a quick chess tournament.

Next week: Chess club will not be meeting.

Matt Jensen wins 2012 RCC Correspondence Championship

Matt Jensen wins the 2012 RCC Correspondence Championship which took a bit over 12 months to complete.  Here are the top 5 finishers.

  1. Matt Jensen
  2. Mike Larson
  3. George Paulik
  4. Maor Leker Locker
  5. Paul Kinion

Please sign-up now for the 2013 RCC Correspondence Championship if you’d like to get in on the fun!  http://www.chess.com/tournament/rcc-correspondence-championship-2013

 

Tuesday: As a reminder we will be having casual night at the club tomorrow starting at 6:30 PM.  Free to come and play.

December Schedule Posted: Check out the schedule on the sidebar.

Chess at the Synagogue Saturday Night!

Saturday:  The chess club will be meeting tomorrow Saturday night at 7 PM at the B’Nai Israel Synagogue.  Please bring a $1 donation.  There will possibly be a quick chess tournament.

Tuesday:  The chess club will be having a casual night starting at 7 PM.

New Annotated Game:  Maor has added a new game to the Games tab of the website.  He played a great positional game against an expert at the US Open and she was fortunate to find a perpetual check at the end to draw.

Last Week’s Winners  (Check out our USCF events in the Top Links section)

Open – Maor scored a perfect 7/7 continuing his hot streak from the Bloomington Open.  Can anyone slow him down?!

U1400 – Ben Schimke and Michael Kern tied in the 2nd section with 6 points a piece.