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2025 ROCHESTER CHESS FESTIVAL, JULY 18-20!
Mark your calendars for the 2025 Rochester Chess Festival on July 18 – 20 in the Mayo Civic Center. Minnesota State Chess Association and Rochester Chess are partnering to produce this festival. The festival features 3 events:
- Simultaneous Chess Exhibition at 7 PM on Friday, July 18
- First Ever! Midwest Regional Championship for Women & Girls Saturday-Sunday, July 19-20
- Rochester Open on Saturday-Sunday, July 19-20. Open to all.
For complete details go to https://www.minnesotachess.com/rochester-chess-festival
RESULTS OF THE K-8 SECTIONS OF THE NATIONAL CHESS WEEK SCHOLASTIC TOURNAMENT
The national chess week scholastic tournament was held on Saturday, October 5 at the Northrop Community Education Center. The event was a partnership with Rochester Chess and Community Education (Josh Halverson was the CE event coordinator. Thanks Josh!).
Seventy students participated in one of 3 sections based on chess playing experience.
Isaac Gommels won clear first place with a perfect score of 4-0 in the advanced USCF-rated section. He was followed by several players with scores of 3-1 who were tied for places 2 – 6.
Silas Hendrickson and Joseph Frost tied for first place in the Novice, grades 3-5 section. Both finished undefeated with scores of 4-0. Five players tied for 3rd place with scores of 3-1.
Isaac Hengel won clear first place with a score of 4-0 in the Novice grades 6-8 section. Tom Frost and several other players tied for 2nd place.
All players were winners as they played chess with other individuals who enjoy playing chess! And they grew their brains in the process. Thanks to the numerous volunteers who helped make this chess tournament possible: Justin Ricker, Kevin Gaustad, Master Thompson, Master Matt Jensen, Robert Richardson, Joshua Wang, Johan Myburg, Anthony Szarka, Cole Hafner, Jeanette Rustin, Chuck Handlon, Joshua Halverson, Roy Truelson, and Nawal Yahya. Thank you good chess citizens!!
RESULTS OF THE SUMMER SLOW SWISS.
The Summer Slow Swiss (G/60 + 30s increment) was held in 2 sections from July 23 – August 13. Expert Justin Ricker finished in first place in the upper section by scoring 4 – 0. Calder Nguyen (freshman at Century) finished with 3 points, the highest score for a scholastic player in this section. Eli Goplen won the swiss 2 section with 3.5 points. Congratulations to the winners and other participants.
A game analysis session will be led by National Master Matt Jensen on Tuesday, August 27. Make a Lichess study of your favorite games to share with others.
