August Club Newsletter!
Hello everyone! Hope everyone has been having a great summer. We've got some new changes starting this month with our Monthly USCF-Rated Quick. But first!
Recap:
1. CCC July Quick:
This month we had two sections. A USCF-rated section and Public section:
- USCF-Rated Winners: 1st: Bryan Leano (2146); 2nd Daniel Thomson (1419)*
For cross table details: https://www.uschess.org/assets/msa_joomla/XtblMain.php?202407317292
- Public Section** Winners: 1st: Fitzgerald Adams (2 pts); 2nd: Victoria Van Ness (1 pts)
*= Winner by tiebreaks; also tied for 2nd: Jason Barton (1317)
**= byes were given for games played against House player.
Upcoming News & Events:
1. News:
- Survey: We gotten good feedback from our survey so we're going to leave it open for the month of August. If you want to give feedback of what you'd like to see from us, feel free to fill out this optional survey: https://forms.gle/n8UhhyBxcTa47hNw8
-Monthly Quick Format change: We are going to make the following changes to our Monthly USCF-rated Quick:
a. New start-time: 6:45PM MST
b. New time-control: G/10+2
c. New number of rounds and format: four rounds, Swiss-System tournament
d. New section: Public (free entry; no prize for this section)
We're making these changes to make sure players have a chance to still play a competitive game when low on time. We also wanted to add a round to make sure new USCF players will come out of our tournament with an official provisional USCF rating (given after four rated games), rather than one based on three games. Lastly, we did want to add a section, the Public section, that allows new players/beginners a chance to compete in tournament that allows them to get more practice before diving into the real thing.
2. Events:
- (8/28) CCC August Quick Tournament (entry $5 for USCF-rated section; free for Public section):
Four, G/10+2 rounds for a chance to win $20 for 1st or $15 for 2nd (and $10 for the Top U1200 player in a tournament of 12+ players). More info/registration: https://forms.gle/UZ9NS5eFjgGQSL3H8
- (8/10-8/11) Utah Chess Association: 17th Annual Farwell Bobby Fischer (entry $25 by 8/9): Three different sections: Open section (six rounds; range of G/29+30 to G/72+30 time-controls), U1600 (four rounds, G/43+15), and U800 (four rounds, G/30+5) (more info: https://utahchess.com/event/1236/)
