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ChessGoals – National Master Matt Jensen’s Site Devoted to Helping Players Improve
In case you are not already aware, National Chess Master Matt Jensen has a terrific site: ChessGoals, which is devoted to helping players improve at chess: https://chessgoals.com. Among the great features of the site are experience-specific study plans and guides to online resources. My favorites are the chess stories of individuals describing how they improved at chess.
Contributor Jesse Buss has several recent articles on breaking down chess tactics problems, comparison of online chess sites, and a guide to free online chess resources.
I strongly encourage you to check out Matt’s site. Let me know what you think.
A Note from Board Member Paul Kinion
I hope everyone is safe and healthy. Rochester Chess got some good news this week. Travis Rutt, on behalf of Student Life, donated all of RCTC’s chess equipment (30 sets and clocks) to Rochester Chess. Most players who have participated in tournaments at RCTC have been satisfied with the pieces, boards and clocks provided at those events. They have now been gifted to Rochester Chess.
As a thank you, I donated money to the RCTC HIVE Supply Fund. This is a food shelf run by Travis for RCTC students who need help with food. The process was easy.
- Go to https://www.mightycause.com/donate/Rochester-Community-College-Foundation
- Under designation select “HIVE Supply”
- Enter your credit card info and you’re done
All donations are welcome.
Paul
Pairings for Round 1 in the Slow Mid-Summer Tournament
Hello Chess Enthusiasts,
Enclosed are the pairings for the first round of the mid-summer slow tournament on Chess.com. Games begin at 6:30 PM on Tuesday, July, 7. The player with the white pieces should challenge the player with the black pieces to a G/60 + 30 game, rated. Forfeit time is 6:45 PM.
Here are the User IDs for Chess.com. I am asking the players to verify their information. Good luck everyone!
| Name | USCF Rating | Lichess.com User ID | Chess.com User ID | Comments, Byes | |
| 1 | Michael Kern | 1761 | lourdes-kern | danielwrench | |
| 2 | George Paulik | 1718 | tyro_100 | tyro_100 | R1 bye |
| 3 | Tim Schimke | 1506 | Jackburton2008 | Jackburton2008 | |
| 4 | Jack Fulsom | 1429 | Endgamer1 | Endgamer1 | |
| 5 | Isaac Sellon | 1101 | USchessninja | Isaacthedestroyer | |
| 6 | Soren Wiedman | 1275 | SnailSlayer | SnailSlayer | |
| 7 | Aaron Carston | 1031 | AA_ron | Thealmightycow | R1 bye |
| 8 | Grant Jones | 1047 | Pixelkinght13 | Pixelkinght13 | |
| 9 | Houseman | 1650 | buckeye64 | buckeye64 |
