FCL Final Results & Quick Reminder!

Quick Note: I deeply apologize for the late post! This was meant to be posted on Monday, but has been sitting in my drafts.

First, we'd like to remind everyone that we'll be having our monthly rated quick on 10/24 @ 7 pm!

For more details: CCC Monthly Quick tournament

Current Standings:

Link to full league details: 2025 CCC Fall Chess League

Congratulations to Mario Homer for taking first place in the CCC Fall Chess League! He finished with a perfect score of 4/4 points, after defeating Jason Barton, who finished the league tied for second place at 2.5/4 points.

And congratulations to both Jason Barton and Lenden Rhodes as well, who tied for second place at 2.5/4 points. Lenden scored a half-point after a draw against Anthony Thompson. Lenden and Anthony played their game under time pressure, where Anthony played an illegal move with one second left. The game was paused with Anthony now at six seconds left due to the increment bonus.

Due to an illegal move, the game was paused to review if the increment needed to be removed, along with granting two minutes of bonus time to Lenden.

After reviewing the standard penalty (1C2a), the additional time from the increment was left for Anthony, and additional time was granted for Lenden, as no other penalties were noted for rule 11, “Illegal positions,” that would remove the gained increment. Both players decided to agree to a draw, rather than continue with a close game.

The games played were impressive. Every player was focused on trying to avoid allowing their opponent to get an advantage. Eventually, some players got aggressive and offered trades that allowed their opponents to get the upper hand.

In the game between Drew Peck and Yuun Kim, the games start with a “London System vs. King’s Indian Defense” opening. Problems come up slowly after 12. h4 … , happens when attacking the King's Indian setup, allowing black to begin an attack and double white’s pawns on the e/g-files. 18. Rh1?? fxe5, was played and now black has a pawn up with avenues to attack the exposed king. After a couple rough moves, black plays 23. … Qf4?, offering to trade the queens while up a pawn, but allows white to equalize with check after 24. Qxe6+. Both sides had chances under time pressure; however, Drew ran out of time and gave the win to Yuun.

At board one, Mario Homer played against Jason Barton in a very positional game. Mario keeps their bishop pair and has good control of the c-file in the game, while Jason trades queens to double black's pawns and preparing to challenge Mario for control of the c-file. White then attacks early and plays 20. Rxc8? Rxc8, and black has complete control of the c-file, along with the ability to control long diagonals with their bishop pair.