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Live analysis of the Minnesota State Championship playoff on April 11!
Matt Jensen is excited to invite you to join him for a live analysis of the Minnesota State Championship playoff! He’ll be live-streaming commentary on the ChessGoals YouTube channel, Saturday, April 11 at 2:30 PM CDT.
You can set a reminder and view your time zone here: Live Stream Link
Matt will also be giving away at least one free course to those watching live! Even if you can’t make it live, please fill out the form, as there will be other promotions in the future.
Edwin Albrecht Turned 101!
Contributed by Bob Richardson – Our most senior club member Edwin Albrecht recently turned an amazing 101 years old! His daughter treated him to a quiet night out with dinner and friends on his birthday.
Edwin is still going strong playing chess! He is sharp as ever; watch out for his surprise attacks on the flank. He maintains an account on chess.com as user eyedoc242. He is always studying chess moves and strategies.
Edwin keeps busy with playing his guitar; reading books by his favorite author Danielle Steele, and of course playing chess! Club members play online games with Edwin. Currently, he resides in an independent senior living community near the cities.
Happy birthday Edwin! 1.e4!
ROCHESTER CHESS: FEBRUARY 16-22 + SCHOLASTIC NEWS
Scholastic news: (Contributed by Chuck Handlon) The All RASCL scholastic chess team went undefeated in the 2025-2026 season of the Minnesota State High School Chess League, an online league https://mhscl.net/standings. All RASCL had 8 match wins and one draw. This year there were 33 teams (240 players) from the Twin Cities, Greater Minnesota and Wisconsin. The Wayzata 1 team was second with 7.5 points and Wayzata 2 team third with 7 points.
The All RASCL team is in its third season and consisted mainly of three Century HS players, Cole Lappi, Caulder Nguyen and Johan Myburgh, plus one Mayo HS player, Omar Aly. There were other RASCL players that filled in at times. Cole and Johan participated in every game of the 9-round season. Omar Aly took first place on Board 4 with 7.5 points.
Tuesday, February 17: Casual chess and kids’ chess at the club. Doors open at 6 pm.
Slow quads round 3 (final round). Make up date for games on February 24. Games start at 6:45 PM. TD Matt Markland (mwmarkland@gmail.com) will be playing and directing.
Wednesday, February 18: RASCL meet number 7 (final meet of the regular season) hosted by Byron High School. Games begin at 3:45 pm. Spectators are welcome!
Thursday, February 19: Free casual chess at Novios Cafe, 1 – 3 PM. https://www.novioscafe.com/