Thanksgiving tournament in Sacramento
Learning Pawn Open this weekend in Fair Oaks
I post the information for a multi-day, USCF rated, slow chess, OTB tournament this weekend in Fair Oaks, CA. Entries and questions contact learningpawntournaments@gmail.com (not me). 6 round swiss in two sections 1800+ and U1800. 3-day schedule...
3rd Fpawn Birthday Blitz on Sunday at 7:00 PM
Dear chess friends, I invite you to the 3rd Fpawn Birthday Blitz at Chess.com on Sunday evening May 15th starting at 7:00 Pacific time. The Zoom meeting opens at 6:30 for everyone to socialize. Bring your own snacks. Grandmaster Steven Zierk won...
Fpawn Birthday Blitz on Saturday Night
Dear chess friends, I wish to invite you to the 2nd Fpawn Birthday Blitz at Chess.com on Saturday evening starting at 7:00 Pacific time. Last year's tournament turned out quite strong, with GM Steven Zierk victorious against a field of eight ma...
Sunday Night Arena
Fpawn poses with two victorious students at 2009 CalChess SuperStates. Both kids are currently masters. Since Monday is another holiday, I will open my Sunday night practice arena for students to all members of the Sacramento Pawns club. The time...
US Chess Rated G/60 + 10 Tournament
The Sacramento Chess Club will host its first US Chess online regular rated tournament on Chess.com starting on February 10. Play one round each Wednesday at 6:30 PM Pacific time for five weeks through March 10. The time control is Game in 60 with...
Sunday Night Arena
GM Bobby Fischer (right) analyzes with GM William Lombardy (left) and legendary coach Jack Collins (middle). Credit: Chess Life magazine, January 1968. Since Monday is a holiday, I will open my private Sunday night practice arena for my students ...
Sacramento Pawns Holiday Events
Ho! Ho!! Ho!!! The Sacramento Pawns club hosts the weekly Pawn Storm on Saturday afternoon and two additional tournaments to celebrate the holiday season. Please join, bring your buddies, and make yourselves comfortable. 1. Sac Kids & Amateur...
National Chess Day on Saturday!
Please join the Sacramento Pawns online club to celebrate National Chess Day on Saturday, October 10. We will host three tournaments. 1. The Kids & Amateurs starts at 1:30 PM for those under 1400 in Chess.com rapid rating. The time control is...
Saturday Afternoon Chess on October 3
Join the Sacramento Pawns club for our weekly COVID-safe chess every Saturday afternoon. Everyone is welcome to participate in our main event: the Pawn Storm beginning at 3:00 PM. Call your friends and invite them to play chess! -----------------...
Saturday Afternoon Chess on September 26
Let us celebrate half a year of online chess for the Sacramento region. Pawn Storm #26 is on Saturday the 26th! Join the Sacramento Pawns club for our weekly COVID-safe chess every Saturday afternoon. The Kids & Amateurs starts at 1:30 PM for...
Saturday Afternoon Chess on September 19
Join the Sacramento Pawns club for our weekly COVID-safe chess every Saturday afternoon. The Kids & Amateurs starts at 1:30 PM for those under 1400 in Chess.com rapid rating. Everyone may participate in our main event: the Pawn Storm beginning...
Saturday Afternoon Chess on September 12
Join the Sacramento Pawns club for our weekly COVID-safe chess every Saturday afternoon. The Kids & Amateurs starts at 1:30 PM for those under 1400 in Chess.com rapid rating. Everyone may participate in our main event: the Pawn Storm beginning...
Match #3 Against Bishops of Honor
Team USA won the 2016 Chess Olympiad in Azerbaijan. Sitting: Hikaru Nakamura, Fabiano Caruana and Wesley So. Standing: Ray Robson, John Donaldson (captain) and Sam Shankland. Despite losing the first two club matches, the Sacramento Bishops of Ho...
Saturday Afternoon Chess on August 1
Join the Sacramento Pawns club for our weekly COVID-safe chess on Saturday. The Kids & Amateurs starts at 1:30 PM for those under 1400 in Chess.com rapid rating. Everyone can participate in our main event: the Pawn Storm beginning at 3:00 P...
Pawns Dominate Rematch with Bishops of Honor
After a tight victory in the inaugural match two weeks earlier, the Sacramento Pawns built an almost insurmountable lead in the first game to pull away from the Sacramento Bishops of Honor. The 6-1 halftime margin held up for a 9-5 final tally. T...
Saturday Afternoon Chess on July 25
Join the Sacramento Pawns club for our weekly COVID-safe chess on Saturday. The Kids & Amateurs, for those under 1400 in Chess.com rapid rating, starts at 1:30 PM. Everyone can participate in the Pawn Storm, our biggest weekly event, beginn...
Rematch Against the Bishops of Honor
The brains of Stanford University battled against the University of Texas at Dallas at the 2000 Pan American Intercollegiate in Milwaukee. Board 1 featured FM Philip Wang (now an IM) against GM Yury Shulman. The other Stanford players were FM Etan...
Saturday Afternoon Chess on July 18
Join the Sacramento Pawns club once again this Saturday for a pair of Covid-safe chess tournaments. The Kids & Amateurs, for those under 1400 in Chess.com rapid rating, starts at 1:30 PM. Everyone can participate in the Pa...
Pawns Narrowly Escape Crosstown Rivals
The inaugural Club Match for the Sacramento Pawns went all the way down to the wire. The Sacramento Bishops of Honor could even smell the upset. Alas, the Pawns held on to win by the narrowest of margins: 7.5 to 6.5. The match began with only se...
Kids & Amateurs #8 and Pawn Storm #15
Join the Sacramento Pawns club once again this Saturday for a pair of Covid-safe chess tournaments. The Kids & Amateurs, for those under 1400 in Chess.com rapid rating, starts at 1:30 PM. Everyone can participate in the Pa...
Club Match: Bishops of Honor vs Pawns
Bobby Fischer commands the white army against Tigran Petrosian during the 1970 match between the USSR and the Rest of the World. Enoch Martinez and the Sacramento Bishops of Honor challenge the Sacramento Pawns to a friendly Club Match. Sin...
Fireworks Blitz and Pawn Storm #14
The Sacramento Pawns club will celebrate the socially distant edition of Independence Day by playing online chess. On Friday night debuts the Fireworks Blitz starting at 7:30 PM. This special event is scheduled for 10 rounds of G/5 + inc/1 bl...
Results from Pawn Storms since May 16
Can you name the one future Grandmaster and three future International Masters in this photo from 2010? Believe it or not, the kid in the middle was teaching the others, who called themselves the Chess Punks. This article includes the prize...
Kids & Amateurs #8 and Pawn Storm #13
Come join lucky number 13! The Sacramento Pawns club celebrates a quarter year of online tournaments this Saturday afternoon. If you are rated under 1400 in Chess.com rapid rating, then join the Kids & Amateurs starting at 1:30 PM. Everyo...
