Category: Annotated Games
RCC 2013 Championship Cycle Announced!
The 2013 RCC Championship has been announced! ^^^click link for details
Upcoming Events
Tuesday Night: We will be having a USCF rated Blitz tournament starting at 7 PM. Free for members.
May G/90: We are up to 18 players signed up for the May G/90. Please let Matt know in the next week if you’d like to play. Registration list. This is a qualifier for the RCC Championship!!
2013 RCC Correspondence Championship: Register. The tournament will start at the conclusion of the 2012 RCC Correspondence Championship.
Team Minnesota vs. Matt Jensen: If you want a chance to enjoy beating up on Matt with teammates join the chess.com Vote chess game. The game has just started and you can join anytime.
Previous Events
March G/90 Best Game Prize: The Best Game prize has been awarded to Dennis Mays for the March G/90. Dennis has annotated the game for us and it’s on the Games page.
Recent USCF Results: All RCC rated events
- April 19, G/15:
- 1st – Rob Newshutz
- U1400 – Anthony Sinicrope
- April 12, Winter Never Ends:
- 1st – Larry Jasperson
- U1400 1st – Richard Huang
- April 9, Dual Rated Tournament:
- Group 1 1st – Rob Newshutz
- Group 2 1st – Richard Huang
- Group 3 1st – Ben Schimke
- April 2, Blitz Tournament:
- 1st (tie) – Scott Riester and Matt Jensen
Lots of updates!
Tuesday – Tuesday night will be a casual night and club ladder challenge. Some of us are planning to prepare for the TCCL matches on Friday night.
Larry C Lecture – A huge thanks to Dennis Mays and Mike McKinley for setting up another lecture with Grandmaster Larry Christiansen! Larry C lecture details.
March G/90 – Only 1 spot [Updated 11:20PM] remaining! We are going to cap the tournament at 16 players so please sign-up soon if you’re interested.
Winter Open Results – We had some club members with strong performances at the Minnesota Winter Open this year. Rob Newshutz scored 3.5/5 in the very difficult Premier section. Ben Schimke continued his successful streak from his last 3 tournaments and tied for 2nd place in the Bantam section with an impressive 4/5 points. Winter Open crosstable.
Rochester Grand Winter Open Results (Facebook page for pictures)
In the premier section Matt Jensen tied for 2nd place with 4/5. Roy Knuth (2.5), Maor Leker Locker (2), George Berg (2), and Tim Schimke (1.5) all gained rating points in the section.
In the amateur section Larry Jasperson tied for 3rd place with 3.5/5. Daniel Freiburger (2.5), Richard Huang (2.5), Ben Yan (2) all gained rating points.
Ben Schimke proved once again his rating hasn’t caught up with his play and won clear 2nd place in the Reserve section.
In the Bantam section Nate Harmsen tied for 8th place out of 26 gaining some rating points.
Check out the facebook page for pictures of the event. USCF Crosstable.
New Game Added
Jack Fulsom added a nice TCCL victory to our games page with annotations by both Jack and Matt.
Game from MN State Scholastic Championship
There is a new annotated game posted. The game was played in the Junior High section of the 2012 MN Scholastic Championship between a John Adams student and a young expert. Annotations are by Rob Newshutz.