Category: Club Meetings
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.
- Matt Jensen
- Mike Larson
- George Paulik
- Maor Leker Locker
- 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.
Tom Brinkmann ties for 1st in Bloomington Open!
Tomorrow night
We will be having a G/5 blitz tournament starting at 7:00. The cost to play is $1 for members and $2 for non-members.
Bloomington Open – Crosstable
The Bloomington Open had a good showing of RCC members this past weekend. Matt Jensen and Maor Leker Locker both tied for class prizes with 3.5/5 in the Open section. Maor had an incredible performance scoring 2.5/3 against experts and gaining 85 rating points! Barry Small scored 2 points also in the Open section.
In the Reserve section Tom Brinkmann tied for first with 4.5/5! Tim Schimke scored 3.5/5 and brought some more rating points down to Rochester. Ben Yan and Ben Schimke both had 2 points in the Reserve section.
Last Tuesday’s winners – G/15;d5
Open – A new face, Joao Otavio Benevides Demasi, scored 3/3 with wins over Barry, Maor, and Scott Regener. Demasi will hopefully become a regular at the club!
U1400 – Ben Yan won clear 1st with 2.5/3 beating Justin Ricker and drawing Ben Schimke.
U500 – Hemanth shows up big at his first USCF tournament winning the section with 3 points out of 4. Only Edwin was able to beat Hemanth.