Category: Club Meetings
INPUT ON ARTICLE PROMOTING ROCHESTER CHESS
Lydia Hansen is a freelance writer for Rochester Magazine. Lydia is working on a piece for the August edition highlighting a couple of Rochester’s lesser known clubs – the Rochester Chess Club being one of them. Lydia is seeking more information about the club – she is hoping to collect 3-4 facts about the club that might get people interested in chess or getting involved or be able to see themselves being part of this group.
I chatted with Lydia this evening. If you have anything you would like to communicate to her about the club please do so. Her email address is noodlelydia@gmail.com.
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.