Category: Information
Rochester at TCCL & weekly updates
Twin Cities Chess League:
In the Gold division the Mayo Ultimates (Matt, Scott, Rob and Ralph) won 2.5-1.5 to move into 1st place! Scott and Matt are leading their respective boards with 1.5 and 2 points.
In the Silver division Mayo B2 or not B2 (Roy, Kevin, George and Roy) tied 2-2 and are sitting in 4th place out of 8. George and Roy are both 2-0 so far leading their respective boards.
In the Bronze division the Mayo Knights (Chris, Peter, Maor, Paul) won 3-1 to move into 3rd place out of 20. Peter, Maor and Paul are all tied for first on their boards with perfect scores! Great job Bronze team.
Tomorrow night at club:
Caleb’s Blitz Tournament – details on the schedule. Starts at 6:30 with a cost of $5 for members with cash prizes.
Monthly Rated: Event details on the right sidebar. Email Matt to pre-register.
Chess Coaching Opportunities: There are opportunities to teach chess in the Rochester area. Please send me (Matt) an email and I can pass on some information.
RCC Champions Place 1st/2nd
Monthly Rated Summary: Eleven players showed up today for our G/60,d/5 monthly rated tournament. The 3 round accelerated Swiss tournament was organized as one section with prizes for 1st, 2nd, and top U1600/unrated. Kevin Gaustad, the RCC Champion, scored a perfect 3 points and bumped his rating over 1800! Maor Leker Locker, the RCC Youth Champion, scored 2.5 points for clear 2nd place. Ben Schimke and Walker Larson split the class prize with one point each.
USCF Crosstable | Ladder Ratings Updated
Tuesday night: G/15; D5 four round Swiss tournament. Entry fee: $5 members, $7 nonmembers. RCC rated. Tournament starts at 6:30 PM and should end by 9:00. You can now renew your membership via PayPal on our membership page.
RCC Correspondence Championship 2012: I am organizing a free correspondence tournament for RCC members only. It’s free to play in you just need to be a chess.com member. To join the RCC group on chess.com and sign-up for the tournament follow the links:
RCC Chess.com group | RCC Correspondence Championship 2012
Next Monthly Rated (10/27): The info is posted on the schedule. There are a few small changes. The first round will be at 9:00 and we will have 4 rounds. The plan is to still be finished by 6:30 PM. Link on the right sidebar or the schedule page.
Hand crafted chess board
Dennis Mays linked me to this extremely nice hand crafted chess board.
Description from Youtube:
Hand made chess board containing various gemstones such as, Amethyst, Mexican lace agate, Montana Moss Agate, Superior Agate, Brazilian Agate, Petrified wood, Fossil Rock with shells, Turquoise, Tiger eye, Jasper, Jade, other unidentified stones.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqA5IARscew
This board is also lighted underneath. Please take the time to check out the crafter’s YouTube video describing the board.