The director of the WCLL is trying to gauge interest in a summer competition while we wait for the start of the 2024-25 season in September. The competition format will depend on the number of teams that enter, but time control would still be 10/5...
For those who will be up late (or early) tonight (Sat-Sun March 2-3) five WCL.L matches (not ours) will be broadcast live with commentary on twitchtv/ChessHeroes. The broadcast schedule is in the graphic. All times are UK, which is 10 hours ahead ...
We have two events coming up this weekend, March 2nd and 3rd. The one on the 3rd will be our final match of the WCLL season, against another strong team, Team Brazil Rapid. Game time is 12:02 pm HST. We’re out of playoff contention now, but a win ...
Reminding everyone that our team has a World Chess League Live (WCLL) match tomorrow, Sunday, Feb 4, starting at 12:03 pm. The registration link, which will not be live until one hour before match time, is here. At least four players are needed. ...
On Saturday, January 13, fans of the English Football League (EFL) League One Reading soccer (aka football) club (nicknamed the Reading Royals) stormed the field (aka pitch) during a fixture (aka game) with Port Vale (nicknamed the Vale), protesti...
Happy New Year! Another reminder that our team has a World Chess League Live (WCLL) match tomorrow, Sunday, Jan 7, at 11:33 am. The registration link, which will not be live until one hour before match time, can be found on the Hawaiian Islands T...
Our final round match in the current season kicks off today at 9:04 am. Our opponents are Eton College in the UK. Let's finish with a win! The link is here: https://www.chess.com/play/match/1902417?action=undefined&clubId=166774
The Hawaiian Islands Chess Team, which has been dormant for a couple years, is being re-purposed as the World Chess League.Live (WCL.L) team for the Hawaii Chess Federation. This is being done both to build team spirit among our WCL.L players, and...
Huge congratulations to the Hawaii team for the US States Cup Tournament! Yesterday they defeated a top team, Northern California, by the slim margin of 8.5 - 7.5. Special congratulations to Michael Omori who went 4-0 against players who averaged...
The Queen’s Gambit is a Netflix series about a young chess prodigy, Beth Harmon. It parallels the real-life story of American prodigy Bobby Fischer, who battled the great Soviet chess machine almost single-handedly through the 1960s before winning...
Updating this post from 2020. I'd like to add that cheating as an individual is detrimental to that individual, but cheating when playing for a team hurts the whole team. I'm not saying that any of our players are cheaters, but I'd like to reitera...
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