Category: Club Meetings
Rochester Mini-Chess Camp for Youth and Adults, Saturday, June 25, 2022, 9 AM – Noon at Mayo Clinic Harwick Building Cafeteria
Aimed at players rated U1400 USCF or below. Participants will be divided in to groups based on their chess playing experience. Lead instructors: Grant Jones and Dennis Mays
Approximate Camp Schedule
9 AM – 9:30
Tactics!
9:30 – 10:30
• Advanced Participants: Play one game (G/30 with notation). Coaches will help players analyze their games afterwards.
• Intermediate and Novice Participants: Opening principles and Opening tactics will be discussed.
10:30 – 11:15
Deep game analysis of their annotated game with a chess coach
11:15– 12:00 PM
Endgames you must know
Wrap-up
Tuition: $20 + $10 for each additional family member. Registration is required:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc8tjDV9XEL_m7B2gVdD4eA35YQWe5oYqmN6jjyNDNEWkjGgw/viewform?
Payable on PayPal (https://rochesterchess.com/?page_id=3095) or by check sent in advance to Rochester Chess, 2202 Ponderosa Drive SW, Rochester, MN 55902. Contact Dennis Mays for information about scholarships.
Questions? dennismays101@gmail.com
SPRING 2022 SWISS HAS BEEN RATED AND OTHER NEWS
You can review the rating report of the 2022 Spring Swiss at the link below:
https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202205248092-16917452
Rochester Chess will be meeting on May 31, 6:30 – 8:30 pm in the Mayo Clinic Harwick cafeteria. Casual chess will be featured. In addition, we will attempt to solve calculation exercises provided by WFM Jovana Milosevic.
Please register online for the 2022 Rochester Chess Open if you have not done so already: https://onlineregistration.cc/CCM/RO-2022
The full $50 online discount will be available until June 11, after which the registration fee will increase incrementally. We are hoping that 100+ chess players will descend on Rochester to play in this landmark event. Please show your support of Rochester Chess by participating.
ROCHESTER CHESS WILL BE MEETING ON NOVEMBER 30.
Two rescheduled games from the November Slow Swiss will be played at the club on Tuesday, November 30. Casual chess and a chess puzzle solving contest also will be featured.
Spectators are welcome at the first ever Rochester Chess Masters Tournament. Details are below.
2021 Rochester Chess Masters Tournament
Saturday, December 4, 2021
3-RD Swiss System
USCF Rated (membership required)
Round Times:
- 9:30 AM
- 1:00 PM
- 4:00 PM
Free pizza lunch provided after Round 1.
Start times for rounds 2 and 3 may be moved up with the agreement of the players.
Time Control:
G/60 + 30 second increment per move
Location:
Mayo Clinic Harwick Building
South Cafeteria
201 3rd Avenue SW
Rochester, MN
Park for free on the street or in a nearby parking ramp. Enter the first sliding door on the east side of the Harwick building. Press the red button to summon Mayo security. Tell them you are there for chess. They will unlock the second sliding door for you to enter. Take an immediate left turn and the cafeteria is straight ahead of you.
Entry: Free. National Masters or greater were given preference.
Participants:
No. Name
1 JENSEN, MATT
2 LEE, ALICE
3 LEE, LINDEN
4 LONGEN, JOSEPH
5 MCNEIL, DAVID
6 RADERMACHER, TIM
7 TRUELSON, NELS
8 WAHL, JACKSON
Prizes:
- $400 (1st)
- $250 (2nd)
- $150 (3rd)
Prize fund is provided by a donation to Rochester Chess.
COVID: Participants and spectators must be free of COVID symptoms and wear a mask.