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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/
SUCCESS OF ROCHESTER SCHOLASTIC CHESS GETS ATTENTION!
MPR published a nice article on the Century Chess Team and Coach Chuck Handlon. It is great to see that team effort and chess success are being recognized in the media. Congratulations to the Century chess players and coach Handlon! https://www.mprnews.org/story/2025/12/26/century-high-school-chess-team-in-rochester-eyes-another-statewide-title
ROCHESTER CHESS NEWS.
The free RCC December 2025 Scholastic Chess Tournament was held on December 6 in the Mayo Clinic Harwick Building. Thirty-four students participated in three sections. The tournament was expertly directed by TD Matt Markland. Numerous coaches analyzed games with the players between rounds. Thanks to Shanti and Scott for their assistance in the K2 section.
Henry Beam, second grade at Lincoln, finished in first place with at perfect score of 4-0 in the K2 unrated section.
Richard Luseni, a sophomore at Century High School, finished in first place in his first USCF-rated chess tournament in the lower rated section with a perfect score of 4-0. Joseph Bell, a senior at Lourdes High School, finished in first place in the upper rated section with a perfect score of 4-0. Congratulations to the winners. Complete results of the rated sections are posted: https://ratings.uschess.org/event/202512061073
Monday, December 8: Poker and chess at LTS Brewery at 6 PM. https://www.ltsbrewing.com/
Tuesday, December 9: Free chess camp led by Coach Lucas, 5 – 6 PM.
Round 2 of the Winter Slow Swiss. Four rounds of Game/60+30s increment in a Swiss format will be played on Tuesdays, December 2, 9, 16 and January 6. Games begin at 6:30 PM.
Casual chess and kids chess 6 – 9 PM.
Thursday, December 11: Free senior chess at Novios, 1 – 3 PM https://www.novioscafe.com/. Free casual chess at Jersey Jo’s, 4 – 6 PM https://www.jerseyjos.com/.