Category: GM Events
Rochester Players in Duluth
The first Twin Ports Open was a huge success with over 85 participants! In the Open section, GM Alex Yermolinsky and IM John Bartholomew tied for first with 4.5/5. Matt Jensen from Rochester scored 3 points in a tie for 12th place. Dennis Mays had a strong performance with 2.5 points, scoring 50% in his three games against experts!
In the Reserve section Ben Isbell won first place with a perfect score of 5/5. Rochester players Maor Leker Locker and Paul Kinion had 3 and 2 points, respectively.
It was a fun event and I hope it becomes an annual tradition. USCF Crosstable for the event.
RCC Schedule
Tonight we have an unrated theme tournament at the club. The cost is $5 for members and $10 for non-members.
Also coming up is the Rochester Closed Championship on August 24-25. Win this event and you will find your name on the list of RCC champions!
There is no book drawing for tonight, but going forward we are going to have more books to giveaway. We plan to enter everyone who attends the club meeting in the drawing next time.
Weekend Grandmaster Chess Events
World Chess Championship
Boris Gelfand won game 7 with the white pieces and is now +1 with 5 games remaining. This should make the games that much more exciting the rest of the way as Anand needs to play for a win. You can view the analysis from Rob Newshutz and the Chessbase report for more information.
US Chess Championship
After beating the then leader Gata Kamsky yesterday, Hikaru Nakamura won today’s game to win the 2012 US Championship. On the women’s side there will be a playoff between Krush and Zatonskih
Updates
Tuesday Night – The RCC is holding our their Tuesday night meeting! The time control will be G/26 + 3 second delay, and will be USCF Quick Chess rated.
World Championship – Rob Newshutz analyzes game 3 of the championship. Anand and Gelfand are tied at 1.5-1.5.