Upcoming Events

Free tournaments: A quick note about our upcoming USCF tournaments;  They are all free for members unless an entry fee is listed.  We hope everyone enjoys the chance to play rated games for free!

Tuesday Night: We will be having a USCF rated Quick chess tournament starting at 7 PM.  Free for members.

May G/90:  We are up to 15 players signed up for the May G/90.  Please let Matt know in the next couple of weeks if you’d like to play.  Registration list.

Previous Events

Press release on SuperNationals from Century Coach Chuck Handlon:

For public release:

Several Rochester area students competed in the United States Chess Federation K-12 SuperNationals V tournament April 5-7 in Nashville, Tennessee.  The tournament consisted of seven matches over three days, some of them four hours in length.  Players competed as individuals and teams (top four scores from one school were counted as the team score) receiving one point for a win and one half point for a draw.  Competition was divided into divisions based on the players United States Chess Federation rating.

George Berg (11th grader from Lourdes) finished with a score of 3.5 which was good for second place in the Under 1500 group.  The Century chess club team placed 21st of 73 teams and 400 players in the Under 1200 rating division.  The team was led by senior Enoch Tan who had 4.5 points (94th), followed by seniors Michael Ekker with 4.0 points, Gregory Nathan 3.0 and sophomore Ethan Kub who had 3.0 points.

Century freshman Maor Locker finished with 3.0 points in the K-12 championship division.  This was good for 20th place among all 9th graders in that division.

Chuck Handlon,

Secretary Rochester Area Scholastic Chess League

March G/90 Best Game Prize: The Best Game prize has been awarded to Dennis Mays for the March G/90.  Great job Dennis!

World Festival: There are some great pictures of the World Festival on our Facebook page.

Recent USCF Results:  All RCC rated events

• April 12, Winter Never Ends:  
• 1st – Larry Jasperson
• U1400 1st  – Richard Huang
• April 9, Dual Rated Tournament:  
• Group 1 1st – Rob Newshutz
• Group 2 1st – Richard Huang
• Group 3 1st – Ben Schimke
• April 2, Blitz Tournament:
• 1st (tie) – Scott Riester and Matt Jensen