CSCC Blitz Bowl & 2021 CSCC Annual Meeting
Greetings,
The Colorado Springs Chess Club is still meeting online every Sunday night while the physical location is closed.
Sunday February 7, 2021 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
CSCC Blitz Bowl Online
90-minute Arena; TC: G/5+0
Site: https://www.chess.com/club/colorado-springs-chess-club
Event: https://www.chess.com/live#r=920747
EF: FREE
Reg.: 1 hour before the start
Rds.: 7:30pm, Mountain
The Colorado Springs Chess Club was able to hold its 2021 annual meeting online. The Nominating Committee selected Paul Anderson as President, Peter Barlay as Vice President, and Mark McGough as Treasurer. In addition, the nice thing about the online meeting was that an automatic transcript was created, which I have included at the end of this email if anyone wants to see it.
Since the Colorado Springs Chess Club held its annual city Speed Chess Championship in January and the club is still closed, we have created the online edition for this Sunday: The Blitz Bowl. I am not sure when the Super Bowl ends, but, with the Arena format, you can join late and play as many 5-minute blitz games as you want. The player to score the most points (from wins and streaks) will be our online city champ.
So, the LM Brian Wall email list is working! It seems to take 24 hours to post a message, but it looks good most of the time. We'll see how the images show up this time.
You can sign up for it here:
http://www.taom.com/mailman/listinfo/brianwall-chesslist
Brian showed up for our Sunday Night Chess and went unbeaten, gaining the most virtual gold medals and helping him pull into 3rd place on our Corona Chess Olympiad.
And, thanks to his email list, I got to see one of the cooler finishes from last Sunday's tournament.
Black to move
[Event "Live Chess"][Site "Chess.com"]
[Date "2021.01.31"]
[Round "?"]
[White "klavinator34"]
[Black "BrianWall"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C65"]
[WhiteElo "1611"]
[BlackElo "2038"]
[TimeControl "600+10"]
[EndTime "18:58:23 PST"]
[Termination "BrianWall won by checkmate"]
1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Nd7 6. Nc3 c5 7. O-O Bd6 8. h3
Nf8 9. Bg5 f6 10. Be3 Ne6 11. Nh4 O-O 12. Nd5 c6 13. Nc3 Nd4 14. Ne2 g6 15. Nxd4
cxd4 16. Bd2 f5 17. Nf3 f4 18. c3 c5 19. cxd4 cxd4 20. a3 a5 21. a4 g5 22. Nh2
Be6 23. f3 h5 24. Qe1 Qe7 25. g4 Kf7 26. Rf2 b6 27. Qd1 Rh8 28. Kf1 Rh6 29. Ke2
Rah8 30. Qg1 Bb3 31. Rc1 Bxa4 32. Rc4 Bb5 33. Rc1 Qe6 34. Nf1 Qb3 35. Ke1 Qxd3
36. Nh2 Bd7 37. Qf1 Qb3 38. Qc4+ Qxc4 39. Rxc4 hxg4 40. Nxg4 Rxh3 41. b4 b5 42.
Rc1 Bxg4 43. bxa5 Bxf3 44. Rc6 Ke7 45. Rf1 g4 46. a6 Rh1 47. Rxh1 Rxh1+ 48. Kf2
Bxe4 49. Rc1 g3+ 50. Ke2 d3# 0-1
https://www.chess.com/live/game/6411514033
Peace be with you,
Paul Anderson, Chess Coach
Cell: 719-551-9833
Email: cschess@live.com
Website: https://cschess.webs.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ColoradoSpringsChessNews
Twitter: https://twitter.com/cschessnews
2021 Annual Meeting Agenda
2020 Officers' Reports
President's Report by Paul Anderson
Vice President's Report by Peter Barlay
Treasurer's Report by Mark McGough
2021 Officers Announced
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Member Questions or Comments
cschessnews:
Welcome to the 2021 Annual Meeting.26 days ago
Paul Anderson, President from Colorado Springs26 days ago
Please introduce yourself and where you are from26 days ago
IB8829:
Peter Barlay, Vice President from Colorado Springs26 days ago
msmcgough:
Mark McGough Treasurer Colorado Springs26 days ago
cschessnews:
Ok, I have the time is 6:00pm. So, I will start.26 days ago
IB8829:
Sounds good.26 days ago
msmcgough:
k26 days ago
cschessnews:
Here is the agenda:
2020 Officers' Reports
President's Report by Paul Anderson
Vice President's Report by Peter Barlay
Treasurer's Report by Mark McGough
2021 Officers Announced
President
Vice President
Treasurer
Rule 2020.4 - An announcement about the Supporting Memberships and USCF Commissions should be made at the annual meeting.
Member Questions or Comments26 days ago
Step one: 2020 Officers' Reports26 days ago
I will give the President's report for 202026 days ago
In March we lost access to the physical location26 days ago
In April, we moved online here26 days ago
We had 3 Arena events with 27 players for an average of 9.0026 days ago
We had 36 Swiss events with 399 players for an average of 11.7426 days ago
The total was 39 events online with 426 players for an average of 11.5126 days ago
The 2020 Vice President's report will be from Peter Barlay26 days ago
IB8829:
Hi, all. I hope that everyone is doing well and that your 2021 is off to a good start. I just wanted to quickly go over our numbers regarding supporting memberships for 2020. In 2019, we had 12 supporting members, and in 2020 that shrunk to 6 supporting members, likely due to the closure of the club on-site thanks to the pandemic-related restrictions. There is some good news, though, for those who renewed their supporting memberships in 2020. The officers have decided to extend said supporting
memberships by one year, given that those members haven't been able to take advantage of the benefits of their memberships in 2020 due to the lack of over-the-board chess activity for the vast majority of of the year. Here's to hoping that 2021 will be a much more active year for over-the-board chess and that we will be able to return to playing chess in-person in the near future.
That pretty much sums it up for me.
cschessnews:
The 2020 Treasurer's report will be from Mark McGough
msmcgough:
The current club balance is $2548.41
msmcgough:
The $50 rent for Acacia was waived And $200 received back for rent paid. Not determined when the housing authority will open again but plans to in the future
The equipment is stored in safe keeping until the club returns
msmcgough:
no rent required until club returns
cschessnews:
Thanks again
Step Two: 2021 Officers Announced
The Nominating Committee chose Paul Anderson for President, Peter Barlay for Vice President, and Mark McGough for Treasurer
Step Three: Rule 2020.4
The club's income comes from Supporting Memberships and USCF Commissions. Please consider joining as a Supporting Member or renewing your USCF through us
Step Four: Member Questions or Comments
If you have a question, please state for whom the question is addressed. [see online club chat]
