ICC restarts today, 2024 Burden Award Nominee, Sunday Night Chess & August Swiss 90
Greetings,
John Brezina sent me this message:
Hey Paul,
I wanted to share an email I recently received from the ICC playgroup about their launch party taking place this weekend and thought you'd like to share it with your club. Some of you old timers may remember the ICC platform from years ago. And you younger players may only know of Chess.com today. But ICC was the pioneer of online play and they are re-launching their website and platform. I highly recommend checking out their site and giving them a try. We can never get enough chess it seems and this is another great opportunity to play and learn. Here is the email:
As the pioneer of online chess, ICC is thrilled to invite you to take part in the launch party for the ALL NEW ICC site starting this Sunday, September 1 at 3PM ET. Go to playnew.chessclub.com, log in with your existing ICC account or register a new account for free, and be one of the first to experience and play bullet, blitz, and rapid on ICC’s NEW PLAYZONE. ICC looks forward to introducing new and innovative experiences for you and the entire chess community.
Here is the ICC website to check out before their launch party this Sunday:
Regards,
John Brezina
Parker Chess Club
Earle Wikle sent me a nominee from his Monday, Quick-rated, IHOP tournaments for the 2024 Burden Award. This award goes to chess players who drop their Queen but refuse to resign and come back to win. LM Brian Wall started the award in 2005, and it could be celebrating its 20th anniversary if we can find a winner for 2023 and 2024. So, if you have a game where you drop your Queen and still won, send it along and you too could be immortalized in the list of winners:
See the history here:
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Game Of The Week This week's game comes from LM Brian Wall's email list. One of the things that the pandemic interrupted, besides Over-The-...
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This would be Earle's first time winning the award.
[Event "IHOP QUICK CHESS MONDAY"]
[Site "https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2021/07/blunders-are-way.html"]
[Date "2024.07.29"]
[Round "2"]
[White "NM Andersen, Alec"]
[Black "Wikle, Earle"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "C19"]
[BlackElo "1869"]
[WhiteElo "2052"]
[TimeControl "G/24;+5"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3
cxd4 9. Ne2 dxc3 10. Qxg7 Rg8 11. Qxh7 Nbc6 12. f4 d4 13. Ng3 Bd7 14. Ne4 O-O-O
15. Nd6+ Kb8 16. Rb1 b6 17. Nxf7 Rdf8 18. a4 Nf5 19. Bxf5 exf5 20. Ba3 Re8 21.
Bd6 Rxg2 22. Bxc7+ Kxc7 23. Kd1 d3 24. Rb3 Rd2+ 25. Kc1 Rxc2+ 26. Kb1 Na5 27.
Rb4 Re7 28. Rc1 Bxa4 29. Rxc2 Bxc2+ 30. Ka2 d2 31. Rd4 Bb3+ 32. Ka3 c2 33. Rxd2
c1=Q+ 34. Kb4 Qc5# 0-1
Here are some more nominees I have collected this year and some past winners:
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The Jim Burden Award is for a chess player who drops their Queen but comes back to win: https://cschessnews.blogspot.com/2021/07/blunders-are-way.html
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Here are some places to play chess:
Online
Sunday, September 1 @ 6:00 to 9:30pm
Weekly on Sunday
Bonus Blitz
Event: Online, 30 min Arena
TC: G/5+0
Rounds: 6:15pm, Mountain
Rapid Online
Event: Online, 4 round Swiss System
TC: G/10+10
Rounds: 7:00pm, Mountain
Entry Fee: FREE
Registration: 1 hour before the start
Questions: Paul Anderson @ Text: (719) 551-9833; E-mail: cschess@juno.com
Over-The-Board
Paul Anderson wins the August Swiss 90. Here is the ratings report:
Here are the August Swiss 90 results & prizes:
You can view the full standings at the bottom the home page :
Better with faces than names, then you can view all the photos in the google album:
Swiss 90
Tuesday, September 3 @ 7:00 to 10:00pm
Weekly on Tuesday, until Sep 25, 2024
104 E Platte Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903, USA
September Swiss 90
Event: Monthly, OTB, 4 Round Swiss System
Registration: About 6:00pm until 6:45pm each week
Site: Ballroom in the Acacia Apartment Bldg., 104 E. Platte Ave., Colorado Springs, CO 80903
Sections: Open
Time Control: G/90+30
Rounds: 4 - One game per night, starting at 7:00pm
Membership: USCF membership required
Monthly Entry Fee: $10.00; $5.00 for CSCC Supporting Members
One-Night Entry Fee: $4.00; $2.00 for CSCC Supporting Members
Prizes: Cash prizes TBA
Entries: Paul Anderson
Payment: Cash or Paypal (cschess@juno.com)
Phone: (719) 551-9833 SMS
E-mail: cschess@juno.com
Note: Players must check-in by 6:45pm each week to be paired
Peace be with you,
Paul Anderson - President of the Colorado Springs Chess Club
You can help the club pay the rent:
- A donation
- Renewing your Chess.com membership
- Renewing your USCF membership through the club ($3 commission)
