Category: Chess Tournaments
Mid-March Updates
Rochester Area Scholastic Chess League – 2013 Rochester Area Scholastic Chess League season standings and recap by RASCL Secretary Chuck Handlon: RASCL standings.
2013 Rochester Grand Summer Open Announced – June 7th-8th. RGSO flyer.
Chess.com Rochester Chess Club vs. Team Minnesota! Join the RCC team to help us take down Team Minnesota in a vote chess game.
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Twin Cities Chess League Report by Mayo B2 or not B2 Team Captain Dennis Mays
Hello Rochester Twin Cities Chess League Combatants,
It was a fun year in the TCCL with 37 teams competing in 3 divisions. The top 2 divisions (Gold and Silver) were round robin events with 8 teams each (7 rounds). The Bronze division was a 7-round swiss tournament. By my count, 18 players from the Rochester area participated in the TCCL this season. This is a major achievement for chess in our community.
The Ultimates finished in clear 4th place in the very competitive Gold division with a record of 3 match points and 12 game points and will be one of the top six teams automatically returning to the Gold division next year. NYET finished in 1st place with 6 match points and 21 game points. Matt finished 2nd on board 2 (4/5) and Rob finished 2nd on board 4 (4.5/7 including some points on board 3) in the gold division.
B2 placed 5th in the Silver division with a record of 3.5 match points and 13.5 game points and will be one of the top six teams automatically returning to the Silver next year. George won the 3rd board prize with a score of 4.5/6 points. Roy tied for first place on board 4 with 5/7 points. The Austin City Limits won the division with a score of 5 match points and 18 game points. Advancing from Silver to Gold will be Austin City Limits and Uncalled Four.
The Knights finished in 10th place in the Bronze division with 3.5 match points and 15 game points. Maor won the top prize on board 3 with 6.5/7 points (impressive!). 3M64 won the Bronze division with a score of 6 match points and 20 game points. Advancing from Bronze to Silver will be 3M64 and Metro Chess.
Congratulations to the teams and the board prize winners. A special thanks go to Rochester Chess Club officers Jack Fulsom and Matt Jensen for their efforts in organizing and financing the TCCL teams.
TCCL Awards ceremony (with or without trophies; ask George what the joke is here) is planned for April 12 at the Chess Castle (Pizza and Blitz, $10 per person).
The final TCCL results can be found at the following link:
http://www.minnesotachess.org/
e107_plugins/forum/forum_ viewtopic.php?377 Take care,
Dennis
Larry C Lecture and G/90 Results
On Friday this week we will be having a free lecture for RCC members in the Mayo Geffin Auditorium. Grandmaster Larry Christiansen will be presenting. Here’s a link to the Larry C flyer.
March G/90 round 2 will be on Tuesday at 6:30PM. Results and pairings below.
Rd Bd Scr White Scr Black
02 1. xxx Mays, Dennis C (1.0,1643) xxx Newshutz, Robert N (1.0,1949)
02 2. xxx Berg, George Stanl (1.0,1438) xxx Gaustad, Kevin A (1.0,1796)
02 3. xxx Fulsom, Frank A (1.0,1186) xxx Townsend, Ralph (0.5,1858)
02 4. xxx Leker Locker, Maor (0.0,1652) xxx Paulik, Mikael Tho (1.0,1176)
02 5. xxx Paulik, George F (0.5,1722) xxx Burkhalter, Terrence (1.0,nnnn)
02 6. xxx Fulsom, Jack A (0.0,1498) xxx Knuth, Roy A (0.0,1715)
02 7. xxx Schimke, Timothy J (0.5,1526) xxx Regener, Scott (0.5,1495)
02 8. xxx Baron, Gilbert (0.5,985) xxx Albrecht, Edwin (0.5,597)
02 9. xxx Sinicrope, Anthony (0.0,744) xxx Kinion, Paul Arthu (0.0,1417)
02 10. xxx Markland, Matt (0.0,nnnn) xxx Yan, Benjamin (0.0,954)
02 0.5 Frogner, David Bru (0.5,1305) BYE REQUESTED
02 0.5 Schimke, Benjamin (0.5,1107) BYE REQUESTED
No. Name Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2
1 Newshutz, Robert N 1949 1.0 W17 A3
2 Gaustad, Kevin A 1796 1.0 W18 A4
3 Mays, Dennis C 1643 1.0 W19 A1
4 Berg, George Stanl 1438 1.0 W16 A2
5 Fulsom, Frank A 1186 1.0 W20 A8
6 Paulik, Mikael Tho 1176 1.0 W22 A17
7 Burkhalter, Terrence 1.0 W21 A9
8 Townsend, Ralph 1858 0.5 -H- A5
9 Paulik, George F 1722 0.5 D11 A7
10 Schimke, Timothy J 1526 0.5 -H- A11
11 Regener, Scott 1495 0.5 D9 A10
12 Frogner, David Bru 1305 0.5 -H- -H-
13 Schimke, Benjamin 1107 0.5 -H- -H-
14 Baron, Gilbert 985 0.5 -H- A15
15 Albrecht, Edwin 597 0.5 -H- A14
16 Knuth, Roy A 1715 0.0 L4 A18
17 Leker Locker, Maor 1652 0.0 L1 A6
18 Fulsom, Jack A 1498 0.0 L2 A16
19 Kinion, Paul Arthu 1417 0.0 L3 A21
20 Yan, Benjamin 954 0.0 L5 A22
21 Sinicrope, Anthony 744 0.0 L7 A19
22 Markland, Matt 0.0 L6 A20
The Rated March G/90 Tournament
This tournament is looking to be one of the clubs strongest tournaments of the year so far.
4 rounds of G/90; d/5 starting at 6:30 PM (or sooner if both players present) on our normal Tuesdays. Pairings will be made the week prior and players should give notice by 6:30 PM the week prior if they can not make the next week. Format will be a swiss with multiple sections if we have enough players. USCF rated. Please email Matt to pre-register or sign-up below.
Rounds: March 5, 12, 19, 26. ½ point byes available.
Pre-registration list
1.Ron Deike (2006)
2.Rob Newshutz (1931)
3.Ralph Townsend (1857)
4.George Paulik (1722)
5.Roy Knuth (1715)
6.Maor Leker Locker (1652)
7.Dennis Mays (1643)
8.Larry Jasperson (1607); ½ point byes round 1 and 3
9.Tim Schimke (1526)
10.Jack Fulsom (1498)
11.Scott Regener (1495)
12.George Berg (1438)
13.Paul Kinion (1417)
14.Dave Frogner (1305); ½ point bye round 2
15.Frank Fulsom (1186)
16.Ben Schimke (1178)
17.Mikael Paulik (1176)
18.Gilbert Baron (985)
19.Ben Yan (953)
20.Edwin Albrecht (597)