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ROCHESTER CHESS IS MEETING TONIGHT, AUGUST 23.
A casual novice tournament will start at 6:15 PM. A chess coaching workshop will be held from 7 – 8 PM. Anyone interested in learning more about coaching and assisting with scholastic chess clubs is invited to attend. You do not have to be a strong chess player to help a coach run a scholastic chess club.
Casual quads (G/15 + 5s delay) will be played after the workshop.
RESULTS OF THE 2022 SUMMER SWISS
Congratulations to Tim Schimke for winning first place in the summer swiss by a full point with a score of 4.5/5.0. Roy Knuth and Paull Kinion shared 2nd-3rd places with 3.5 points each. Tim generously donated his $50 first place prize back to the club. Thank you Tim! Roy and Paul split $35. The tournament has been rated by USCF: https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202207265402-16917452.
RESULTS OF THE 2022 ROCHESTER OPEN
The 2022 Rochester Open was a huge success. 110 chess players converged on the Rochester Civic Center on July 9 and 10 to play in their first tournament (30) and in their N+1 tournament (80). The tournament was expertly directed by Dane Zagar and sponsored by Rochester Chess, Rochester Math Club, Mayo Civic Center, Experience Minnesota’s Rochester, and ChessGoals, a chess improvement organization dedicated to helping players improve their chess. Mayor Kim Norton and other local dignitaries made the ceremonial first moves in the top sections.
When the dust settled, the winners were
Open Section:
1-2, Andrew Titus and Michael Takahashi (4/5)
Top U2100, Nastassja Matus (3.5/5)
U1900 Section
1, George Paulik (4.5/5)
2, Larry Jasperson (4/5)
Top U1600, Jack Bellinger (3.5/5)
U1400 Section
1-3, Ethan Zhang, Charles Johnson, Jake Schoenbauer (4/5)
Top U800/unr, Jacob Arroyo, Will Cunningham (3.5/5)
U1000 Section
1, Nicholas Touchette (4.5/5)
2/unr, Samarth Singh, Si Chakravartha, Bahma Binu (4/5)
The USCF rating report for the above sections can be found here: https://www.uschess.org/msa/XtblMain.php?202207107162-12562041
Novice/Unrated Section
1-2, Renzen Kidd Caughey, Carter Weinzierl (4/4)
3-7, Sam Blocksome, Collin Schmit, Andrew Ott, Jacob Bosely, Michael Speck (3/4)
We were very happy to see many local players and players from other areas of the state and beyond participate in the 2022 Rochester Open. We were especially happy that more than 30 individuals participated in their first ever in-person chess tournament. How great is that!