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Innovative Chess Solutions FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 14, 2021 Contact: Caleb S. Brown at csbrown.entrepreneur@gmail.com Friends, previous registrants, chess enthusiasts and whomever else it shall concern, Having successfully concluded our first monthly tournament on May 8, we are pleased to announce our next monthly Transcontinental Scholastic Chess Super-Tournament, which will occur on June 12. Notably, this online tournament has been arranged to ensure immense flexibility, with players' afforded a break of at least thirty minutes between rounds and the ability to request a 1/2 bye if required; most online tournaments evade both of these features. Moreover, with a respectable time control of G/45+10, registrants will be empowered to calculate deeply and minimize blunders without worrying about time deficiencies. They will also have the possibility of competing against players from across the country (our last event drew players from seven states and both coasts). In a shift from our previous online tournament, the Reserve section will be open to students rated U1000, rather than U700 as before. The USCF-rated blitz side-event will occur earlier in the day at 5:40pm (instead of 7:00pm) and will offer Amazon gift cards equal to 50% of entry fees received thereof. Finally, for prizes, we will award $100 in Amazon gift cards (b/20) in the Open and 50% of entry fees in the Reserve section as Amazon gift cards. The entry fee for the main tournament is only $10 and the blitz fee is $5. However, the former will increase by 50% after June 5, so act quickly. Registration is refundable until that date (provided that Eventbrite's fees are non-refundable). As we are attempting to grow this event to be as large as possible, even if you do not register yourself, we would appreciate it if you told anyone you know who might be interested in registering about this tournament. Also, if you have any questions concerning this event, please do not hesitate to inquire. To discover more about this tournament and to register, please visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transcontinental-scholastic-chess-super-tournament-2-registration-154859572149

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I got my first brilliancy yesterday! Tbh it doesn't really look like a brilliancy but idk.

Solved! Silman Simplified - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XeSLI1Y-ZNE

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May Flowers Swiss (USCF Rated OTB) Saturday May 8, 2021 Entry Fees: $20 Time Control: G/45 D/10 Section: Open, Reserve U1500 Prizes: 75% payout in prizes of the entry fees. Address: Panera Bread-8928 Darrow Rd, Twinsburg, OH 44087 Registration at site: 9:00AM - 9:45AM (Preferred Pre-registration) RD 1: 10:00 AM. Lunch break at 12:00 PM RD 2: 12:30PM, RD 3 &4 paired ASAP. Active USCF membership required. For registration, e-mail: hansennsong@gmail.com or text 440-903-8728, 216-562-7357, 216-218-5239. Include name, rating, and USCF ID. Cash payment only. Payment at site only. Must be paid before 9:45 AM. Carry your own boards and clocks. No sets or clocks will be provided. COVID-19 precautions: Mask required. Social distancing will be practiced.

INNOVATIVE CHESS SOLUTIONS To whom it shall concern, Innovative Chess Solutions is pleased to present its next virtual chess tournament, the Transcontinental Scholastic Chess Super-Tournament, which will occur on May 8. In addition to enjoying a first-class scholastic event from the safety and comfort of their own home, players will have the advantage of a respectable time control (G/45;+10) rather than the very brief ones typically offered by online chess tournaments. Additionally, they will have the potential of competing against players from all over the country (our last online tournament drew players from 11 states) for a truly transcontinental tournament. There will be a break of about thirty minutes between rounds, so you should be ensured of having sufficient time for lunch, irrespective of what your time zone may be. In order to make our tournament as accessible as possible, for players who register by May 1, the entry fee will be only $10, which is refundable until that date.* For maximum efficiency, we will be awarding Amazon gift cards as prizes, as specified on the Eventbrite page. Also, an optional blitz side-event (G/5;d0) will be offered. As we would ideally like to impact as many players as possible with this event, if you have any scholastic chess players in your chess club or other group, we would greatly appreciate it if you told them about this event! Finally, to discover more about this tournament and to register, we encourage you to visit: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/transcontinental-scholastic-chess-super-tournament-1-registration-149086444569 If you shall have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to inquire. Sincerely, Caleb S. BrownPresident of Innovative Chess Solutions and Chief Tournament Director * The entry fee does not include Eventbrite's commission, which is added onto the entry fee and is non-refundable.

Seems like everything has been moved online, at least in the PNW of the USA. Have any of you have gotten to play OTB in 2021 yet?

Last night, I decided on a whim to try my luck against the Vladimir Kramnik bot here on chess.com. For reference, I'm rated 1091 rapid, and so had no business playing a bot of that strength. My mindset going in was "let's see how long I last." Usually when playing strong bots, the answer is not long. Somehow though, I managed to be competitive. We ended up in a Sicilian, and although he was better for most of the game, I kept it reasonably close up until I blundered a rook at the end and only played a few more moves before resigning. I despite the loss, I felt really good about how I played (aside from the blunder), and went to check the game report. What I saw still has me beaming. I played at 87.9 accuracy against a 2800 with only one blunder and 2 mistakes. Although I lost, I never should have stood a chance at my rating. I think that may have been the best game of chess I've ever played.

https://www.chess.com/game/daily/310973358

https://www.chess.com/a/2ghppvesx21iP8 36 moves of perfection, then...dead. Sigh.

Are ratings calculated from your tourney result in comparison to the entire player pool, like certain high-level tourneys? Or are they calculated just from the games you actually play? i.e., if you win your first two games in a 5-round USCF-rated tourney on chess.com and then withdraw, do they calculate based from the results of those two games alone, or based on 2 points out of 5 result and the median rating of all players? Thanks.

Hello. I joined at the beginning of the year, and having played a few tournaments, I have not seen the rating appear for online at uschess.org. Is there a way to look up my account to confirm everything is linked properly?

Hello. I've been watching a streamer on YouTube digging into peoples profile, and I've been trying to dig into mine. Can someone show me how to find my favorite openings for white and black?

I watched a video about one of MVL's games and I heard, in the beginning about how good MVL is at "gium bullet chess". I know what bullet chess is, but where does the "gium" come in?

All the chess associations in the us don't even allow me, rated 1818, to play against anyone in the world rated over 2000. What is this? 1400s can play against 1800s but why can't 1800s play against 2000s? For example, the highest section in almost all CCA tournaments is an open/premier/major section open only to those over 1900. The next section is an under 2000 section filled with 1500s, 1600s, and 1700s. Very few 1900s or even 1800s. This makes no sense at all!

I'm a novice player. I wanted to play USCF online rated games and I discovered that Chess for All provided some. I've now played two G15/5 rapid online tournaments sponsored by Chess For All and hosted on lichess. I'll only address the latest tournament. I entered the U1000 section. Every player had a provisional rapid rating (probably using some sort of lichess rating system). There were 155 players. I was the only player entered with a rating under 1000. So, in an U1000 tournament, 154 of 155 players were rated over 1000. Three were rated over 2000. A hundred or more were rated over 1500. My first opponent was rated over 1500, the next over 1300, and the next over 1200 -- roughly three, two, and one standard deviations above my rating. I am perplexed. How can players with ratings over 1500, even provisional, never mind 2000, enter an U1000 tournament? Especially dumbfounding was that there was an U1600 section; it seems that players with provisional ratings between 1000 and 1600 would be required to enter the U1600 section. My earlier tournament had the same characteristic -- in the U1100 section, the winner was playing over 2300. You might guess that I don't plan to enter another Chess for All tournament. I won't die if I lose, but I am not eager to play against a player who is rated 700 points above me. Is there any explanation for this? Does Chess For All accept any entry in any section that will pay to play? P.S. The U1000 results were posted. The average player rating was 1487. In an U1000 section? The top three "performed" at 2145, 2020, and 1943. P.S.S. The U1600 results were also posted. The average player rating was 1798. Really? The top three performed at 2473, 2460, and 2421. Their lichess ratings are 2275, 2421, and 2178 .... respectively. In an U1600 tournament? Why bother?