The table below was updated on January 30. There is one more day left in January, so if you do 3+ puzzles one more time, you may end up with more points. However, it is no longer possible for the prize winners to change, so I’m posting it no...
We're holding another Arena! Once again, there are memberships to win! Though you'll have to go to the substack newsletter to see how to win them. (subtle I know, but seriously it makes my life way easier if everyone gets their info from the same ...
I'm trying the arena again! This time I've scheduled it for November 20 (Thursday) at 5:00pm. I have THREE one month memberships I can gift. They will be awarded as follows:1 - To the winner (most points after tiebreak) 2- The play...
All, We have been challenged once again! This challenge is the by-now-familiar format of 3days/move, 2 simultaneous games. https://www.chess.com/club/matches/the-rookery/1842117 There will be up to 8 boards, and the challenge begins on Septe...
Promote to King has challenged us to a rematch. The rating ceiling has been raised slightly so that everyone in our club is eligible. Same format as the last one! 3 days/move, 2 concurrent games 1-8 boards. Join here:https://www.chess.com/clu...
We're throwing a pizza party at the Chelsea District Library to celebrate Chase's contributions to the library chess club as he is graduating this spring and will be leaving us. Feel free to join us for that! I also have a board that I'd like fo...
All, We've been challenged to a daily match. Everyone is welcome to join! 3 days per move, 2 games one as white one as black against the player in the other club with the ranked the same as you out of those who join.The Rookery vs. Promote to Ki...
All, I posted an explainer for how to read the tournament results tables that I publish every week after our tournaments at the Chelsea District Library. Feel free to check that out here. Also, we've gotten a big influx of new players here lat...
Everyone, I uploaded the first game analysis to the substack thread. I'd love some feedback! Check it out here: Levin v. Thomas It is also available in my analysis library here on chess.com if you navigate to my profile you should be able to fin...
It's been a while and there's lots of news! First, the next daily tournament link is below. It uses the same popular format we've used for a while now. The tournament will start a week from Friday! https://www.chess.com/tournament/spring-daily-t...
https://www.chess.com/votechess/game/315307 Click this link, and make the move you think is best! Feel free to discuss in the comments as well. Remember: Opening books ARE allowed, engines are NOT. This opening is the "Closed Sicilian" so far,...
All, Our club has been challenged once again to a daily match. It follows the familiar 3days/move format. Represent our club here: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/promote-to-king/1683317. We beat these guys last time, and we can beat them aga...
The Rookery has been challenged to a game of Vote Chess! https://www.chess.com/votechess/game/315307 The way it works, is that everyone who joins the game (anyone in the club may join) casts their vote for the move we will collectively make. T...
The weather's getting cooler, and so is chess! 3 days/move, vacation is allowed. 2 games per opponent in your group; 1 as white and 1 as black. If we get a full tournament that will mean 8 games per round. The top two players in each group adv...
Hello everyone! It's been a while since we kicked off a new tournament, and there are a lot of players waiting for games. These daily games will follow the usual format. 3 days per move, play each player with both colors, groups of 4 and the two ...
A great turnout at the library as usual! Quite a few of our players are getting noticeably stronger. A few highly competitive games out there. Maybe even a rivalry or two! Check the results out in the header. Our weekly arena once again auto-canc...
Hello everyone! We had another great turnout this week at the library, congrats to Elliot for his win scoring a perfect 3/3! I'm still trying to get this arena format off the ground. Thursday night seems to be the most successful so far, so I'm g...
Thanks again to everyone who came out to play in the arena! You can find the interactable results here: Club Networking Arena #1 Results We had a total of 33 players, 3 of whom were from The Rookery. Their standings are here: And no, that's no...
Hello everyone! The arena went pretty well last Thursday. We had a few wrinkles to iron out, but we got there in the end. We had a total of 9 players, quite a few of them from The Rookery! Thank you again for playing. Those of you who participate...
We have been challenged to a blitz arena this Thursday! When: 8:29pm ET, March 7, 2024 (This Thursday evening!) What: 3|0 games - as many as you can finish in 2 hours! Our club is joining three other clubs and the club that scores the most point...
We have been challenged to a daily match by another club. If you'd like 2 more games of the usual 3 day format, sign up here: https://www.chess.com/club/matches/1590807
Hello everyone! I hope everyone had a great holiday break! Niowave Games III and Rookery Games I are winding down, and there's a lot of players waiting on the sideline. Additionally, we have a half a dozen or so brand new people, as well as some ...
Hey everyone! It's been a minute since we had any events in here, so if you're looking for 1 daily game (3 days/move) you'll find what you need at the link below! https://www.chess.com/club/matches/chess-imperial-club-1/1571329
Hello everyone! We had yet another amazing turnout at the library with two new players Deacon and Scott! We had a total of 20 players this week! The results are shown above. If you were at the library you know that we are not meeting on the 26th o...
We had a huge turn out Tuesday with two more brand new kids joining us; Arlo and Naomi. We played a 3 round swiss tournament, which is no longer enough rounds for a definitive winner! After those rounds, 4 players had perfect scores. Els, Elliot, ...
