Congratulations to the winners of the 2020 Rochester Chess Holiday Tournament! The tournament was held online on Chess.com from December 15-29.

One slow game (G/30+30) was played per week for 3 weeks in 4 sections: 3 quads and one mini-swiss. Cole Hafner finished in first place with a perfect 3-0 score in the swiss section. Cole will receive a 6-month membership to the Rochester Chess. Tied for second place with 2-1 scores were Bob Richardson and Sanvithav Vallurupalli.

Steve Lange finished in first place in the Gamma Quad with a perfect 3-0 score. Steve will receive a 6-month extension to his membership to Rochester Chess. Jack Fulsom finished in second place with a 2-1 score.

Michael Kern finished in first place in Beta Quad with a perfect 3-0 score. Michael will receive a 6-month membership to Rochester Chess. Isaac Sellon and Tim Schimke tied for second place with 1.5 – 1.5 scores.

Soren Wiedmann, Mohamed Omer, and Paul Gabrail finished in a 3-way tie for first place in the Alpha Quad with 2-1 scores. Each will receive a 6-month membership to Rochester Chess.

Women FIDE master Jovana Milosevic is leading an advanced chess class on Saturdays from noon – 1:30 PM. She meets with the participants on Zoom and shares her screen with them during the class. Club members are welcome to join. Tuition will be free for the next series of 4 classes due to a donation to Rochester Chess that was given to support chess improvement among club members. The next series starts on January 9. Send me an email if you want to join the class: dennismays101@gmail.com Jovana also offers individual chess lessons online: jovana51796@gmail.com