Category: Annotated Games
ANALYSIS OF GAMES FROM THE CHICAGO OPEN ON TUESDAY, MAY 30.
Club member Michael Gilligan will be analyzing his games played over Memorial Day Weekend in the Chicago Open. The Chicago Open game analysis session will be continued next week on June 6 by Matt Jensen. All are welcome to play casual chess games.
USCF-RATED 2023 Spring Swiss Begins on April 4!
Back by popular demand (you are welcome Michael!), we will be holding a USCF-rated 2023 Spring Swiss of 4 or 5 rounds beginning on Tuesday, April 4. Rated games of G/60 + 30 will be played in person, one game per week on Tuesday evenings in the Mayo Clinic Harwick Building Cafeteria. Games begin at 6:30 PM. Alternative dates and times can be negotiated if both players agree and they inform me ahead of time. Register before noon on Monday, April 3 to be paired in the first round. Half-point byes are permitted in any round. Participants must be current members of USCF: https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess
National Master Matt Jensen will analyze tournament games of current members of Rochester Chess for free. You can check your membership status here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1A5-lUILELLgbBh7KUImOhzJHu8KVINKgbX6vazE3NlA/edit#gid=0
Site: Mayo Clinic Harwick Building, South Cafeteria, 201 3rd Avenue SW, Rochester, MN. Park for free on the street after 5 PM weekdays/all day on weekends or in a nearby parking ramp (preferred). Participants must be free of COVID symptoms.
FREE CHESS COURSE BY MASTER JOVANA MILOSEVIC!
Master Milosevic has created a course on Udemy about some of the basic elements of chess strategy: weak pawns, weak squares, open files, space advantage and piece activity and coordination and how they can help us create a plan for future play.
Master Milosevic is offering this course for free to the members of Rochester Chess. She has created a coupon that allows up to 100 redemptions (Udemy’s limit). Below is the link with the coupon code imbedded in it.
https://www.udemy.com/course/the-basics-of-chess-strategy/?couponCode=0296B4761B83FA7A2D73
This coupon has an expiration date (27 days from today). If you like the course, please leave a review on Udemy. Also, you are encouraged to support Rochester Chess by becoming a member. You can join here: https://rochesterchess.com/?page_id=3099