Friday Night (March 29th) Homework
White to Move: How to stop the black King from castling?
Friday Night (March 22nd) Homework
Black to Move: The white piece player can checkmate the black King if we promote the c pawn right away. How to get the extra time we need to promote and get the new Queen?
Friday Night (March 15th) Homework
White to move and Win! Remember to avoid making the "Mistake of the first impression" and consider your opponent's checks (Qh6+) before playing your move.
Friday Night (March 9th) Homework
White to move. Try to adjust the move order once you find the idea.
February 2024 Winners One Month Chess.com Diamond
February 2024 Winners The following individuals have won one month Chess.com Diamond Memberships for outstanding performance and sportsmanship! 1. the-cow-is-brilliant2. Real_DranyX3. DanielKirichenko24. KalenFee5. Genryruizd6. BirchRun7. Nick_M...
March 1st Coach Garcia Homework: Black to Move
February USCF Rated Tournaments from Ken
Members and Visitors, We have two USCF rated tournaments coming up! 1. 1st Saturday USCF Rated G30 Time Control at The Kansas City Chess Club. Here is the link: https://www.kansascitychessclub.com/first-saturday-under-1800 2. 1st...
Free Chess Lesson for Club Members Fridays 6PM Central Time
FIDE Master Alejandro Garcia will be giving FREE Chess Lessons for Kansas City Chess Club Members at 6PM Central Time every Friday. Email Ken at kcchess@gmail.com or text to 816-446-3550 for the Zoom Meeting ID. The Kansas City Chess Club Member...
2023 Club Membership Benefits from Ken
The 2023 Kansas City Chess Club Membership Benefits JOIN the CLUB HERE Exact Link: https://www.reg4chess.com/register.asp?tid=3312 Free Last Saturday USCF Tournaments Free Saturday Chess Express Rating Games Free Saturday Casual Play F...
Winter 2023 Kansas City Chess Club Schedule
This is a members ONLY Club! Register HERE for a Club Membership https://www.reg4chess.com/register.asp?tid=3312 Monthly Club Events Weekly Work on Your Game Fridays (Virtual on Chess.com and Zoom) When: Every Friday (5:30 pm Check in,...
USCF In Person Tournament Saturday Jan 14th, 2023
Kansas City Work on Your Game January USCF Rated When: Saturday, January 14th, 2023 (Round One 2PM) Three Rounds: Time Control Game 45 D5. Sections :Elite Section (1800 Plus Rated) and Amateur (Below 1800 Rated) Entry Fee: $25 by January 13th....
Kansas City Chess Club Virtual Championship Prize Winners
Kansas City Chess Club Virtual Championship Prize Winners Baltazar1958 1st Place $100 1st Place U1500 Nick_Manley2016 and pyrabbit $50 Each One Month Diamond Membership Winners U500 ChessEvanZ U1000 MrChickenCow U1200 WildAS1 U180...
December Chess Club News from Ken
December 2022 Chess Club News: The Club will be closed in person and virtual from December 18th thru January 3rd. Happy Holidays to everyone! We have two final tournaments in December: The 2022 Kansas City Chess Club Open Championship - USCF...
Cash Prize Winners September 30th Tournament
Friday September 30th – $$$400 Cash Prize Tournament: All Prizes have been sent via PayPal out to winners! 1st Open $100 SR-Machas 1st U2000 $100. Krakenboy13 1st U1500 $100. RichardBarski & Nick_Manley2016 $66.66 1st U1000 $100 WildAS...
September Chess.com 1 Month Diamond Membership Winners
September Chess.com One Month Diamond Membership Winners Friday September 2nd Baltazar1958 Chess_Brain_Gambit Friday September 9th Houstonjd Chess_Brain_Gambit Friday September 16th RichardBarski WildAS1 Friday September 23rd Baltazar19...
September 2022 Kansas City Chess Club Updates
September 2022 Kansas City Chess Club Updates from Ken News: 19 Players participated in our August 26th $450 Cash Prize Tournament on Chess.com and Zoom including one IM and FM. Results Link: Kansas City $400 Cash Prize Tournament - Live Chess ...
Cash Prize Tournament Friday August 26th 6:30PM Central Time
Link to JOIN Tournament: https://www.chess.com/live#t=3338334 Friday August 26th – $$$400 Cash Prize Tournament: Entry Fee $20 Club Members/$30 Non-Members. G15 + 10 (5 Rounds) 1st Open and U1500 $100. 2nd Open and U1500 $50. 1st U1000 $100 Re...
August 2022 Kansas City Chess Club Updates
August 2022 Kansas City Chess Club Updates from Ken News: 13 Player participated in our July 22nd $300 Cash Prize Tournament on Chess.com and Zoom including one IM and FM. Results Link: https://www.chess.com/tournament/live/300-cash-prize-tourn...
2022 Kansas City Chess Club Grand Prix Winners
2022 Kansas City Chess Club Grand Prix Winners Prizes 1st Place Open: One Year $99 Diamond Chess.com Membership Plus $100 Cash Prize - Michael Brooks immichaelbrooks 1st Place U2000: One Year $99 Diamond Chess.com Membership Plus $100 Cash Pri...
Summer 2022 Kansas City Chess Club Updates from Ken
Summer 2022 Kansas City Chess Club Updates from Ken News: The Grand Prix is ending early Friday June 24th (6 months early), so we can move to weekly prizes. The one-year Chess.com memberships will be awarded with 50% of the cash prizes for all w...
May 15th The Chocolate Chip Day USCF Rated (Online)
Register Here The Chocolate Chip Day USCF Rated (Online)05/15/2022 - 05/15/2022Sunday, May 15th at 1 pm Central Time (2 pm ET, 12/noon MT, or 11 am PT) This tournament will use Swiss pairings. The time control will be game in 30 minutes with a...
Live Grand Prix Standings Link
Kansas City Chess Club Members, Now you can view the $1500 Grand Prix Standings LIVE! Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Pjjsysr4Nnzpvv1BVJTM_2F4T69X5fNLVpBXbaHB-OU/edit?usp=sharing Ken Executive Director
Spring Club Newsletter from Ken
Welcome Club Members, Just a reminder, we meet online at Chess.com for tournament play Fridays and Mondays at 6:30PM Central Time. We use Zoom 869 173 6655. Both online events count toward the 2022 $1500 Grand Prix and are FREE for club members...
$1500 Grand Prix Standings as of March 11th,2022
Name Name Points Section 1 Baltazar1958 24 U2000 2 Adncoder2021 22.5 U2000 3 immichaelbrooks 20.5 Open 4 RichardBarski 14 U1600 5 Nick_Manley2016 12.5 U1600 6 Ngragg 12 U1600 7 Houstonjd 11 U2000 8 Fridanavys1 11 U2000 9 Fi...
