May 14 CT Open State Championship at Hopkins School $2000 Prize Fund 15 Grand Prix Points Sections: Open, U1600 4Rds G60 Trophies CT Champion, U1600 Champion, Top College Team! May 14 Walter Lee Memorial Scholastic at Hopkins School Sections...
See if you can get it. I think there are a couple variations of mate for white; this is just one of them.
If you have not already done so, I recommend that everybody register for the tournament. It will be only between our team, and the goal is to find out who can play the best game over all. If you have not registered, the link is: http://www.chess...
We've been challenged by another group to a team match, reply to this message ASAP if you would be interested in participating. Do not reply if you will know you will not be available, or do not come online often! If we don't have at least 5 peop...
I will be making an online tournament for the team to practice competing with other players worldwide, since we haven't been to a tournament as a team in a while. I strongly recommend that everyone join, and the name of the tournament is Chess Op...
Blitz clearly requires a lot of practice, as you can see how quickly this game went downhill after I started to run out of time. Careful if you want to maintain a high rating! Also, you can not see the clock, but I was winning on time at one poi...
Doubling to dominate the c-file leads to penetration on the 7th. 1.Qc2! Qd7 2.Qc7, with overwhelming advantage. White won after 2. ... Ba8 (defending against 3.Qxd7 and 4.Rc7) 3.Nc8!! Bf6 4.Qxb8 Bc6 5.Bxa6
Doesn't 1.Rxf6 Kxf6 2.Ne4+ win a piece? It does not - Black has an in-between capture with 1. ... Rxc3. Still after his own in-between move, 2.Rxf7 Kxf7 3.bxc3, White should win -- not because of his extra but weak queenside pawn, but thanks ...
Chess Team, 1. Yellow book must be completed by end of Spring Break. 2. We will be starting Comprehensive Chess Course Volume 2 after break. Text is $20 from Capt Jim, or you can buy one at Amazon.com. 3. Next Tournament on a Battleship in MA! ...
This past weekend the ESUMS Chess Team traveled to UCONN School of Engineering to compete at the CT State Chess Championships. In an extremely close contest, ESUMS tied PS 282 from NYC for 2nd/3rd, with 10 points each. Woodstock Middle School fro...
Win Pawn
Congratulations to the players who went to the Rhode Island State Championships yesterday. Our team did very well and brought home a 2nd place team trophy for sixth grade, and a 3rd place team trophy for seventh. Also, one of our players was tie...
