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1st BC Rapid And Blitz! Site: Country Inn & Suites Brookfield 1250 South Moorland Rd. Brookfield, WI 53005 (262) 782-1400 —---------------------------Below information is the Rapid Tournament—---------------------------------- When: Saturday, August 19th 2023 On-site Registration from 8:30 am – 9:30 am. The Rapid is limited to 106 players! Entry Fees: Open (Rated), K-8 (Rated) and Unrated K-8 is $25 by August 10th, $35 by August 17th, after August 17th is $40. The Rated sections will be rapid rated and USCF Membership Required. No Membership needed for the unrated K-8 section.Time Control: Game in 24 minutes. If using a digital clock, Game in 24 minutes with 5 second delay. Rounds: 1st round at 10:00am, 2nd round at 11:15am 3rd round at 1pm, Rounds 4 and 5 will be paired asap after all games are done. Only two Half point(s) bye is available in the first 4 rounds. Prizes Based on 80 total players : Open section; 1st $175, 2nd $100, U1800 $70, U1500 $60U1200/unrated $50. Rated K-8 and Non-Rated K-8; Trophies to top 3 teams, Trophies to top 3 players and medals to 4th through 6th place. —---------------------------Below information is the Blitz Tournament—---------------------------------- When: Saturday, August 19th 2023 On-site Registration from 5 pm – 5:45 pm. The Rapid is limited to 106 players!US Chess regular ratings will be used for pairing and prize purposes, but the event is not rated, so the US Chess membership is not required. Entry Fees: Open and K-8 is $20 by August 10th, $30 by August 17th, after August 17th is $35Time Control: 3+2 (game in 3 minutes with a two-second increment). Playing both colors each round..Rounds: 1st round at 6 pm, and pairings are asap after all games are done. We will play five double rounds (ten games of blitz. two against each opponent), and then after the prizes are awarded, players who wish can continue playing casual blitz until 10 pm. Prizes Based on 30 total players : Open section; 1st $150 , 2nd $100, U1800 $70, U1500 $60U1200/unrated $50. The Scholastic K-8 Prizes; Trophies to the top team, Trophies to the top 3 players, and medals to 4th through 6th place. Tournament Directors: Ryan Murphy & Chris WainscottAdvance entries: Go to https://www.kingregistration.com/event/BCrapid23 Rapidhttps://www.kingregistration.com/event/BCBlitz23 BlitzHave questions? Ask Ben at (262) 506-4203 or send an E-mail to benzochess@gmail.com For other information, check out www.benzochess.com Location Country Inn & Suites Brookfield 1250 South Moorland Rd. Brookfield, WI 53005

9th BC Open A Wisconsin Tour Event! When: Saturday August 27th Where: Country Inn & Suites Brookfield 1250 South Moorland Rd. Brookfield, WI 53005 On site Registration from 8:30 am – 9:30 am. Entry Fees: Open section is $50 by August 25th, after August 25th is $60.Reserve (U1600) section is $40 by August 25th, after August 25th is $50. (USCF Membership Required) Maximum of 114 players, check out www.benzochess.blogspot.com for updated entries from both mail-in and online.Time Control: Game in 60 minutes. If using a digital clock, Game in 60 minutes with 5 second delay. Rounds: 1st round at 10:00am 2nd round at 1:00pm 3rd round at 3:30pm 4th round at 6:00pm Prizes Guaranteed: Open section; 1st $400, 2nd $250, U2000 $150, U1800 $125U1600 (Reserve) 1st $150, 2nd $100, U1200 $80, U900 $80. Advance entries: online https://www.kingregistration.com/event/9thBCOpen or mail to: Benjamin Corcoran 2711 N. University Dr. #64 Waukesha, WI 53188 Have questions? Ask Ben at (262) 506-4203 or send an E-mail to benzochess@gmail.com For other information, check out www.benzochess.com

I feel like the guy just threw a win or something... https://www.chess.com/game/live/6401848656

This is a Wisconsin Tour Event! Playing Site: Country Inn & Suites Brookfield, 1250 South Moorland Rd.,Brookfield, WI 53005, (262)782-1400. All Sections, TC: G/60 d5. Rds.: 10-1-3:30-6. EF: Open: $35 by 9-1, Reserve (U1600) & RBO (U1000) $25 by 9-1, Non Rated $10 by 9-1, all entries $5 more after 9-1. Open: (b/30) 1st $350 - 2nd $200 - A $125 - U1800 $125. Reserve (U1600): (b/20) 1st $110- 2nd $75.RBO (U1000): (b/20) 1st $100+trophy - 2nd $50+trophy. Non rated section 1st $50, book prizes for others. Registration.: September 3rd, 8:30am - 9:30am. Entries to: Ben Corcoran, 2711 N. University Dr. #64, Waukesha, WI 53188. Q&A: Ask for Ben 262-506-4203 or benzochess@gmail.com also more info at www.benzochess.com.

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LETS GET THE PLAYERS FROM U OF I. BTCL Game #1 BigTenChess| Oct 14, 2014 at 9:58 PM| Posted in: BigTenChess’s Blog| 361 reads| 1 comment Hey everyone! The BTCL will be kicking off this Saturday at 12 Central on the Live Chess Servers for G/120 w/5 sec delay games! These are the teams playing: Round 1: Purdue University vs. University of Wisconsin Madison University of Michigan Dearborn vs University of Wisconsin Oshkosh University of Michigan Ann Arbor vs Michigan State University University of Wisconsin Whitewater vs Northwestern University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana vs Penn State We have 11 teams participating total so one varsity team will have a bye each round leading to ten total rounds round robin style. University of Minnesota Twin Cities will have a bye first round. We hope that you all will log in and watch some of the games with analysis posted afterward! Thanks! Ian Stone Head of the U of MN team

see also Il state chess assoc. From: "Bill Brock, Chicago Chess Center" <billbrock@chichess.org>To: "Friend" <olejnik219@comcast.net>Sent: Monday, December 30, 2013 7:59:56 AMSubject: NYT: Chicago is 'not known as a chess stronghold'I've read a string of wonderful stories about in the last week about young Chicago-area players making their mark on their chessboard:View this email in your browser (http://us6.campaign-archive2.com/?u=cbe15f0e82b29247c34686b38&id=20a9518220&e=2e0dbe9aa4)Dear Friend:I've read a string of wonderful stories about in the last week about young Chicago-area players making their mark on their chessboard:* The Pan-American Intercollegiate Team Chess Championship is winding up today in Lubbock, Texas. Most of the young masters on the University of Illinois team are from the Chicago area. Today, the "walk-ons" play a much stronger team from Texas Tech (international players on chess scholarships!) to try to return to the Final Four of chess for a second consecutive year.* On Friday, David Peng of Wilmette (whose coach is Grandmaster Dmitry Gurevich of Chicago) just won a silver medal in the World Under-10 Championship in Al-‘Ain, United Arab Emirates. Who won the gold medal in the same section? Awonder Liang of Wisconsin, who often studies with Chicago grandmasters.* And just a couple of weeks ago, Sam Schmakel of Chicago's Whitney Young High School won his fifth national scholastic title. For this accomplishment, Sam was featured in yesterday's New York Times (http://chichess.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=cbe15f0e82b29247c34686b38&id=cb91a1ca9d&e=2e0dbe9aa4).So chess in Chicago must be doing wonderfully, no? Not according to Dylan Loeb McClain, the author of the Schmakel feature:"Schmakel's school, Whitney Young High, is a magnet school that is part of the Chicago public school system and is where Michelle Obama graduated. It was the only representative at the K–12 Championships from the city, which is not known as a chess stronghold. More students are enrolled in scholastic chess programs and are sent to tournaments across the country from schools in New York, which sends more teams to competitions than any other city; Miami; Seattle; Portland, Ore.; and even Brownsville, Tex."It is unusual for a city as large as Chicago, with 2.7 million people, to have only one school enter a tournament as prestigious as the K–12 Championships. By comparison, Los Alamos, N.M., population 18,000, also sent one school."We want to be there for these young people. But we can't do it unless you help us help them. Please make your tax-deductible year-end donation now.** Donate Now: http://chichess.us6.list-manage.com/track/click?u=cbe15f0e82b29247c34686b38&id=0aafc18a4b&e=2e0dbe9aa4My friend and fellow board member Dave Ducat made a compelling pitch on Facebook the other day. I can't improve on it, so I'll steal Dave's words:"Of course you're thinking that this is Chicago and that there has to be such a place already . . . an actual 'Chicago Chess Center' somewhere . . . right?"Nope."There is no physical 'Chicago Chess Center' location in the city, and there hasn't been one within the city limits for over 20 years. Cities like St. Louis and Dallas have developed premier chess clubs, have set the new standard and have seen their international exposure and tourism increased over the last three to five years. I want that for Chicago. I want Chicago to become the center for chess in the United States, and I want it to set the example for other cities to follow."I need your help to make the Chicago Chess Center a reality. I need your financial contribution to create a physical location, centralized and within easy access of public transportation, so that chess-playing people of all ages, all walks of life, and all neighborhoods in and around the city can have a place to call their own. I need your help to shape the future of chess in Chicago and shape it with our youth in mind."Without your financial support, we may not be able to fulfill our mission. And we are so close to opening our doors . . . .Please make your tax-deductible year-end donation now (http://chichess.us6.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=cbe15f0e82b29247c34686b38&id=16e3e25001&e=2e0dbe9aa4). Thank you for caring as much as we do.Bill BrockTreasurer, Chicago Chess Center NFP Inc.P.S. 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On a happy note your truely just cemented my place as one of Alabama's top players by placing 3rd place overall in the Al state championship along side with former state champions IM Emory Tate, and Experts Brent Inmman and Byran Tillis.

I am a USCF 1868 (dec. supplement) and I been an A player for almost 7 years without being able to break 2000 rating and reach expert. Then on Thanksgiving I woke and said 'I'm done losing to A players (those rated below 2000) and I signed up for the IL class A championship where I got many bad positions from the open be no loses. Next I went to the Greater midwest class with my new attitude the following weekend and once again entered into the A class and once again no loses. I am now registered for the U1900 in Las Vegas to test my theory that whoever refuses to lose the most will not lose. Resources will just like magic appear over the chess board and present themselves like ripe apples falling from the tree. Here is my only draw/ dead lost positions and one of the games that pushed my unoffical rating over 2000!

Think I got one

I am posting videos on my website for my chess in schools students (600-800 rated players) please watch and give me feedback thanks. To watch click here

Here is the trophy we got guys for finishing 2nd overall. Great job team!!!l. Great Job!

3rd Annual BC Open! A Wisconsin tour event! Start Date/Time: End Date/Time: Aug 17, 2013 Location: Country Springs Hotel 2810 GOLF RD Pewaukee, WI, 53072 United States Map it! when: August 17th Onsite Registration: 8:30am-9:30am. EF: $32 Open, $22 Reserve(U1600), $12 RBO(U1000) by 8-15. After 8-15 is $3 more. $5 discount to Juniors and new members in Open and Reserve Section. TC: G/60 d5. Rds.:10-1-3:30-6. Prizes: Open: 1st $300, 2nd $175, A $90, U1800 $90. Reserve(U1600): 1st $80, 2nd $65, D $50, U1200 $50. RBO(U1000): Trophies to top 2,1st U500. Advance Entries to: (Make check payable to Benzochess) Dennis J. Kosterman, 28 Singleton Ct., Madison, WI 53711. Q's&A's: dennisk@tds.net or 608-770-3133. Info: www.benzochess.com.

Anybody body know who she is? Why would someone from georgia join illinois?

Just accepted next challenge. We gotta make up for missouri mismatch! Let's go team!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Round 4 opponent is missouri. We are really doing good lets givem all we got!!!