Tag: Chess Tournaments
Reminder: Register for the chess tournaments that will begin on Tuesday, July 6, if you have not done so already.
Rochester Chess will hold a United States Chess Federation (USCF)-rated in person (OTB) 4-round swiss tournament. One game per week will be played at a slow time control, G/60+30. The first game will be on Tuesday, July 6. Each side has 60 minutes to make all of their moves and receives an additional 30 seconds after each move from move 1. A current membership in the USCF is required for registration and participation. You can join USCF or renew here: https://new.uschess.org/join-us-chess. Membership in the Rochester Chess Club is not required at this time to participate. Up to 2 half point byes are available in rounds 1-3. Games start at 6:30 PM. Other times and dates can be arranged by the participants as long as they let me know. Entry fee: $5 (pay at the door or “donate” to Rochester Chess online). Prizes: $100 first, $60 second, $40 third. Pre Registration is required: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe96Y3eR9SRBHeRbqFabaXMWIf9-U-YvZuOsnLGtWG2MUnZTg/viewform?usp=pp_url
Rochester Chess will be hosting a 4-round swiss tournament for novice and improving players (children and adults) who want more practice before playing in a USCF-rated tournament. Two rounds (games) each will be played on July 6, and July 13 starting at 6:15 PM. Registration is free but advanced registration is strongly recommended: Registration form. Prizes will be awarded to the top finishers.
In addition to these tournaments, the club will be open for individuals to play casual games of chess.
Winners in the 2021 Spring Slow Chess Tournament
Congratulations to George Berg for winning the 2021 Spring slow with a perfect 4-0 score! A field of 14 players competed by playing one game per week (G/60+30) for 4 weeks. Congratulations to Al Yanes, Isaac Sellon, and Paul Pagel for tying for 2nd place with scores of 3-1.
The next online slow will begin on Tuesday, May 25. Stay tuned for details.
New Look for our Website
WFM Jovana Milosevic recently completed her course on web design. She immediately put her new-found knowledge to work by updating our website. Thank you very much Jovana!
In person meetings with Rochester Chess members are still on hold. This situation will likely remain the same until the pandemic subsides. Your membership will be extended without charge by the amount of time the club was closed.
What should you do in the interim? Rochester Chess has held several online chess tournaments on Lichess.org and Chess.com. The most common format is a swiss at a slow time control (G/30+30 or G/60+30). You can register here for the next tournament which begins on Tuesday, November 10. George Paulik and Paul Gabrail won the most recent tournaments with perfect scores (4-0 in the swiss and 3-0 in the quad, respectively).
Master Milosevic is leading a weekly “Online Advanced Chess Class” on Saturdays, noon – 1:30 CDT (soon to be CST). Topics include how to play with different center pawn structures and material imbalances, the importance of centralization, open files and diagonals, and many more. Tuition is $15/class. Send me an email if you are interested in joining the class: dennismays101@gmail.com.
Rochester chess players Matt Jensen and Jesse Buss have created a chess improvement website called ChessGoals. ChessGoals offers study plans that were formed based on study habit data from hundreds of players. They also have weekly blog posts about chess improvement and current events.