Category: Scholastic
Chess Camps Next Week!
The Rochester Chess Club will be holding two chess camps next week. Both camps run from Monday through Friday 6:00PM-8:30PM. If you cannot make the full week accommodations can be made for you. Jack Fulsom is running a camp that will cover basic chess principles and chess theory, which are then needed fundamentals of all chess players. This camp is intended for most students and parents are encouraged to participate. Rob Newshutz is running a camp that will cover tactics in-depth. This camp is highly recommended for more experienced players, and will definitely improve your tactical eye.
Both of these coaches have a lot of experience teaching, and are very knowledgeable! If you have not signed up yet and are interested you can send an email to Dennis Mays (dennis_mays<at>q.com) or Jack Fulsom (jfulsom<at>charter.net). You can also arrive onsite any of the days to join. The camp pages below have more information as well as the registration forms. Hope to see you there!
Tuesday night we will still be meeting for casual chess and possibly an unrated tournament. I encourage parents or siblings of camp attendees to come play some chess with other members. There is no cost to play and the site is well air conditioned!
Rochester Scholastic Open 2012 Results
The Rochester Scholastic Open 2012 tournament was a success! We had eight participants in total, four of them already USCF members. Mikael Paulik had significant tournament experience so he was not eligible for the USCF membership prizes. Thanks goes out to Dennis Mays and Jack Fulsom for their help organizing. George Paulik was very generous and donated some chess books as prizes. Here are the final standings:
1st – Mikael Paulik | 4.0 | (Won a 1 tournament RCC credit)
2nd – Michael Kern | 3.0 | (Won a 1-year extension on his USCF membership)
3rd – Charlie Liu | 2.0 | (Won a 1-year extension on his USCF membership)
4th – Ben Lee | 2.0 | (Won a chess book donated by George Paulik)
5th – Logan Slavin | 2.0 | (Won a chess book donated by George Paulik)
6th – Cory Li | 2.0 | (Won a chess book donated by George Paulik)
7th – Richard Xiong | 1.0 |
8th – Ian Kern | 0.5 |
Rochester Grand Summer Open this weekend!
This weekend
The Rochester Grand Summer Open is this weekend. The RGSO 2012 event page has more information on the tournament. So far we have about 30 players pre-registered for the event, including 3-time winner Matt Dahl. Online registration is probably still available if you sign-up today, otherwise you can still register at the event. List of past winners.
Upcoming
We are trying a new tournament format for the scholastic players in town. The Rochester Scholastic Open will be an unrated event for youth ages 18 and under, with a chance to win a United States Chess Federation membership. Visit the event page for more information.
There is still time to register for the Rob Newshutz and Jack Fulsom chess camps. Click the events on the right sidebar for more info.