Author: Matt Jensen
Rochester at TCCL & weekly updates
Twin Cities Chess League:
In the Gold division the Mayo Ultimates (Matt, Scott, Rob and Ralph) won 2.5-1.5 to move into 1st place! Scott and Matt are leading their respective boards with 1.5 and 2 points.
In the Silver division Mayo B2 or not B2 (Roy, Kevin, George and Roy) tied 2-2 and are sitting in 4th place out of 8. George and Roy are both 2-0 so far leading their respective boards.
In the Bronze division the Mayo Knights (Chris, Peter, Maor, Paul) won 3-1 to move into 3rd place out of 20. Peter, Maor and Paul are all tied for first on their boards with perfect scores! Great job Bronze team.
Tomorrow night at club:
Caleb’s Blitz Tournament – details on the schedule. Starts at 6:30 with a cost of $5 for members with cash prizes.
Monthly Rated: Event details on the right sidebar. Email Matt to pre-register.
Chess Coaching Opportunities: There are opportunities to teach chess in the Rochester area. Please send me (Matt) an email and I can pass on some information.
Weekly Updates and RCC Correspondence Championship
Schedule
Tuesday night is a casual night at the club. Drop by any time and play some chess without any pressure of the tournament atmosphere. We will be open from 6:30-9:00.
Friday night is our second Twin Cities Chess League match. I will post updates next weekend after the games are completed.
Chess.com
RCC wins vote chess game 1!
After a battle in a Queen’s Gambit Accepted the RCC team has won our first vote chess game. The winning team consisted of 10 RCC members: Rob Newshutz, Mike McKinley, Jacob Pintos, Ryan Harmsen, George Paulik, Jack Fulsom, Chris Shomenta, Tim Schimke, Nathan826 and myself. We started a new vote chess game with a slower time control (3 days / move) that everyone is invited to join! Rob put a detailed game analysis from our first game which is on the games page. A big thanks goes to Rob and Mike for doing a lot of the heavy analysis along the way. We also had some great discussions at the Harwick about our games in progress with other club members. Great job everyone.
Rochester Chess Club Correspondence Championship
3-way tie for 1st again
We had 8 tournament players tonight and about 4-5 casual players. Maor is climbing the ladder by gaining another 73 points!
No. Name Rate Pts Post Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3 Rnd4
1 Rob 1680 3.0 1681 -H- W4 D2 W7
2 Roy 1628 3.0 1638 W6 W5 D1 D3
3 Maor 1391 3.0 1464 -H- W6 W5 D2
4 Ivan 1251 2.0 1253 W8 L1 W7 L5
5 Dennis 1613 2.0 1584 W7 L2 L3 W4
6 Jai 1150 1.0 1143 L2 L3 W8 -U-
7 Ben 1050 1.0 1039 L5 W8 L4 L1
8 Edwin 574 0.0 566 L4 L7 L6 -U-