Category: Chess Tournaments
Roy Wins 3 Round Swiss
Roy Knuth won the 3 round swiss tournament tonight with a perfect score 3/3. 10 players participated. I updated the RCC ladder with the new ratings.
No. Name Rate Pts Rnd1 Rnd2 Rnd3
1 roy 1657 3.0 W8 W7 W3
2 rob 1719 2.0 L4 W5 W8
3 kevin 1635 2.0 W9 W4 L1
4 ben 900 2.0 W2 L3 W7
5 ryan 277 2.0 W10 L2 W6
6 jack 1436 1.0 L7 W9 L5
7 ivan 1168 1.0 W6 L1 L4
8 caleb 680 1.0 L1 W10 L2
9 edwin 581 0.5 L3 L6 D10
10 nate 423 0.5 L5 L8 D9
Ben Schimke Wins Noel Skelton Bantam Section!
Noel Skelton Open – A handful of Rochester area players attended the Noel Skelton Open over the Labor Day Weekend. The highlight for the group was Ben Schimke scoring 4.5/5 and winning clear first in the Bantam division! Congrats Ben on a strong performance! Nate Harmsen also participated in the Bantam section scoring 2 points and gaining over 50 rating points. In the Reserve section Tim Schimke was in a tie for 8th place scoring 3 points out of 5 with only one loss. Maor Leker Locker scored 2 points in the section with a win over an 1800 player. Rob Newshutz represented Rochester in the Premier division scoring 2 points including a draw with an expert. Overall this was a strong performance from the Rochester crowd.
Tuesday – This Tuesday will be a casual night at the club. Come, hang out, have fun, and play some chess.
Chess Article – I recently wrote an article for chess.com on middlegame planning in the Ruy Lopez that anyone can view for free. Here’s the link: http://www.chess.com/article/view/middlegame-planning—the-ruy-lopez
Tournament Results
We had a total of 10 players tonight for our G/8, d/5 tournament. Here are the final standings:
Place Name/Team Rate Score
1 Matt (1) 2010 4.0
2 Roy (3) 1665 3.5
&3 Maor (6) 1299 3.5
4 Kevin (4) 1632 3.0
&5 Jacob (5) 1448 3.0
6 Rob (2) 1737 2.5
&7 Mike (8) 1063 2.5
8 Jai (7) 1206 1.0
&9 Caleb (9) 602 1.0
&10 Edwin (10) 546 1.0
I updated the club ladder with the results. Maor, Jacob and Caleb all gained about 80 rating points. Nice job guys!