Category: Chess Tournaments
USCF Rated Tournament
Here are the upcoming events at the Rochester Chess Club.
At The Club
This week: Jack Fulsom and Rob Newshutz are wrapping up their chess camps today and tomorrow night at the Harwick.
Tuesday, 7/24: We are having a casual night at the chess club (free!). Come anytime and play games for fun. Last meeting we had some instruction, blitz chess, and a team trade-off game.
Saturday, 7/28: The popular monthly rated tournaments are back! Jack Fulsom will be directing a Game/60 tournament that is USCF rated. More info on the Monthly Rated event page. If you plan on playing send Jack an email to help him prepare for the turnout. Sets and clocks are provided. If you don’t have a USCF membership you can sign up at the site, or in advance at http://www.uschess.org/.
Online
On chess.com we are starting two new events. Chess.com is free to join and is one of the best chess sites on the net. After you join request to be added to our Rochester Chess Club group. Please let me know if you have questions about joining.
Event 1) Vote Chess! We will all vote on moves to be played against an opposing team. 24 hours per move.
Event 2) Team Match! We are paired up on boards against an opposing team. 3 days per move, vacation time available.
If you haven’t liked the Facebook page yet, here is the address: http://www.facebook.com/RochesterChess. Liking this page helps spread the word about our club.
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 |
Matt Dahl wins 2012 Rochester Grand Summer Open
Matt Dahl continued his track record of strong performances in Rochester by winning his record-tying fourth Rochester Open! The only other player to have won four is IM Victor Adler. Past winners and links to the full crosstable.
Tomorrow, Tuesday, will be a tournament night at the club. We will be playing rated G/15 + 5 second delay starting at 6:30 PM. See event link on the sidebar for more info.
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.