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Hello everyone! Congratulations to saisree for winning this tournament with 6 points in the 7 rounds. Another congratulations to SJFG for getting 5.5 points and a tiebreak score of 23. Here are the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 saisree 6 24.5 2 SJFG 5.5 23 3 rynos0411 5 18.75 4 Grovyle2013 5 16 5 CRERULES 4.5 11.75 6 Mean-Mr-Mustard 4 13 7 acefinlay47 4 10.5 8 iPSdamagecontrol 4 9.5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to WYChamp12 and Grovyle2013 for winning this tournament with 4.5 points out of the 5 rounds. Here are the results for the top 8 people of this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 Grovyle2013 4.5 9.25 1 WYChamp12 4.5 9.25 3 thshupe 3 6.5 4 rynos0411 3 6 4 Eaglestrike66 3 6 6 CB3X 3 5 7 Daniel_Ruvins 3 4.5 8 iPSdamagecontrol 2.5 1.75 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to TheMathProf for winning this tournament with 5 points out of the 5 rounds. Another congratulations to acefinlay47 for getting second place with 3 points and tiebreak score of 6. Here are the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 TheMathProf 5 12 2 acefinlay47 3 6 3 TheInimitableKan 3 2 4 el_sammo 2 3 5 gogothe3rd 2 2 6 ChessMaster98754321 2 1 7 iPSdamagecontrol 2 0 8 rotchopf 2 0 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to Grovyle2013 for winning this tournament with a perfect score of 5 and a tiebreak score of 10. Another congratulations to BotanicalKnight for getting second place with 3.5 points and a tiebreak score of 6.75. Here are the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 Grovyle2013 5 10 2 BotanicalKnight 3.5 6.75 3 acefinlay47 3.5 5.25 4 iPSdamagecontrol 3 7 5 TimmyBx 3 5 6 addison9999 3 3 7 Jay_Roy_Hall 2.5 1.75 8 thshupe 2 5.5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to rotchopf for winning this tournament with 5 points and a tiebreak score of 20.5. Another congratulations to Zigwurst for getting 5 points as well and a tiebreak score of 16. Here are the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 rotchopf 5 20.5 2 Zigwurst 5 17.5 3 GM_Nikhil 5 16 3 OneUplifeMofo 5 16 5 Sunglasses1089 5 15 6 acefinlay47 4.5 10.25 7 Daniel_Ruvins 3 8.5 8 ChessMaster987654321 3 7 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to eachieveAnu for winning this tournament with a perfect score in the 3 rounds. Another congratulations to TheMathProf for getting second place with 2 points. Since there werent enough players to do the top 8, Im just going to write the top 3 of this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 eachieveAnu 3 4 2 TheMathProf 2 1 3 acefinlay47 1 1 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to saisree for winning this tournament with 6 points in the seven rounds. Another congratulations to Jahonas for getting second place with 5 points. Here are the results for the top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 saisree 6 21 2 Jahonas 5 17.5 3 tucheng 5 13.5 4 beardown12 4.5 15 5 divncom 4.5 13.75 6 KingsBishop 4.5 11.25 7 Thomaspn 4 13 8 PJKChess 4 9.5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Congratulations to Xen1227 on clear 1st with 6 points. Also congratulations to Zigwurst on winning 2nd with 5 points. Top 4: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 Xen1227 6 21 2 Zigwurst 5 14.5 3 Sunglasses1089 4 9.75 4 Mean-Mr-Mustard 4 9.25 Remember the weekly schedule: US Chess Monday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control US Chess Wednesday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control US Chess Friday Rapid: US Chess Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Congratualations to friscodelrosario on winning 1st place with 4 points. Also, congratulations to PhaseShift on 2nd with 3.5.Top 5: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 friscodelrosario 4 9.5 2 PhaseShift 3.5 8 3 aryandaboss 3 6.5 4 Mustangcoffee 3 6 5 Javachip3 3 2 Remember the weekly schedule: US Chess Monday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control US Chess Wednesday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control US Chess Friday Rapid: US Chess Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Congratulations to chess_ed_coach on 1st, going undefeated in the event, barely pushing Xen1227 to 2nd on tiebreaks. Both were closely followed by Grovyle2013 and awesome5123 at 3.5 each. Top 4: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 chess_ed_coach 4 9.25 2 Xen1227 4 8 3 Grovyle2013 3.5 9 4 awesome5123 3.5 7.75 Remember the weekly schedule: US Chess Monday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control US Chess Wednesday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control US Chess Friday Rapid: US Chess Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Congratulations to SJFG with a perfect score in last night's blitz tourney, leading the rest of the field by two points to cinch 1st. Also, crongratulations to Xenn1227 on 2nd. Top 4: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 SJFG 7 24.5 2 Xen1227 5 18.5 3 beardown12 4.5 12 4 acefinlay47 4.5 10.25 Remember the weekly schedule: US Chess Monday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control US Chess Wednesday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control US Chess Friday Rapid: US Chess Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Congratulations to Troy8 on going undefeated to finish with 6.5 points. NM nmpdk was close behind with 6 points, only losing in his encounter with Troy8. Top 5: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 Troy8 6.5 25.75 2 nmpdk 6 25 3 Xen1227 5.5 17.75 4 divncom 4.5 11.25 5 neojoshua 4.5 9.25 Remember the weekly schedule: US Chess Monday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control US Chess Wednesday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control US Chess Friday Rapid: US Chess Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Congratulations to Xen1227 on taking clear first in our 16th Monday 10|0 tourney with 4 points. Also, congratulations to Ecalevol on clear 2nd with 3.5. Top 6: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 Xen1227 4 10 2 Ecalevol 3.5 9 3 GM_Nikhil 3 6 3 friscodelrosario 3 6 5 divsteroxx 3 4 6 emptycup 3 3 Remember the weekly schedule: US Chess Monday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control US Chess Wednesday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control US Chess Friday Rapid: US Chess Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Contratulations to Xen1227 for winning the quick tourney with a perfect score. Also congratulations to Abhishek2 for placing 2nd on tiebreaks, with 4 points. Top 5: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 Xen1227 5 13 2 Abhishek2 4 10 3 acefinlay47 4 3 4 theshupe 3 3 5 wadethestealth 3 2 Remember the weekly schedule: US Chess Monday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND US Chess Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control US Chess Wednesday Blitz: US Chess Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control US Chess Friday Rapid: US Chess Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

29 players took the field in a hard fought blitz tourney. Congratualations to Troy8, going undefeated with 6 points taking clear 1st. He was closely followed by a logjam of four players at 5 points each with 2nd-5th place coming down to tiebreaks with 2nd place shared by Xen1227 and ehkopean. Top 5: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 Troy8 6 22.5 2 Xen1227 5 19.5 2 ehkopean 5 19.5 4 WYChamp12 5 17 5 match00 5 16.5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Monday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND USCF Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Wednesday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control USCF Friday Rapid: USCF Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Congratulations to FM andryusha on taking clear first, with only one loss on time in the event. Following in a three-way battle for 2nd - 4th at 5 points each, Zigwurst edged out Xen1227 and match00 to take 2nd on tiebreaks. Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 andryusha 6 23.5 2 Zigwurst 5 18.5 3 Xen1227 5 17.5 4 match00 5 16 5 GM_Nikhil 4 13.25 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Monday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND USCF Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Wednesday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control USCF Friday Rapid: USCF Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

This event had a small turnout but had some very close results. Congratulations to both Ossetian85 and PhaseShift on their performances, with 4 points each with TheInimitableKan nipping at their heels at 3.5. Ossetian85 squeeked into 1st by half a point on tiebreaks. Top 5: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 Ossetian85 4 10 2 PhaseShift 4 9.5 3 TheInimitableKan 3.5 9 4 Ecalevol 3 5.5 5 jonmccon 3 4.5 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Monday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND USCF Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Wednesday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control USCF Friday Rapid: USCF Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

A while back the group name here changed to US Chess. We were asked about it but were unable to provide any information until now. The USCF has done some rebranding and is working on redesigning their site and have a new logo too. Check it out by visting www.uschess.org. For the news article on it: http://www.uschess.org/content/view/13142/719/

Congratulations to Xen1227 for winning the 7/31 Rapid tourney with a perfect score, leading the pack by 1.5 points. Also, congratulations to ATSpore on second place, with three players nipping at his heels, a half-point behind. Top 5: Place Username Points Tiebreak 1 Xen1227 5 9.5 2 ATSpore 3.5 4.25 3 Abhishek2 3 7 4 Jion_Wansu 3 3.5 5 SunTzuLombardi 3 2 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Monday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10|0 time control AND USCF Blitz held every Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Wednesday Blitz: USCF Blitz held every Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 time control USCF Friday Rapid: USCF Rapid held every Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control

Hello everyone! Congratulations to FancyPlaySyndrome for winning this tournament with a perfect score of 7 and a tiebreak score of 29. Another congratulations to nmpdk for getting second place with 6 points and a tiebreak score of 24.5. Here are the results for top 8 people in this tournament: Place Username Points Tiebreak Score 1 FancyPlaySyndrome 7 29 2 nmpdk 6 24.5 3 andryusha 5 19 4 WYChamp12 4 15 5 OneUplifeMofo 4 12.5 6 Ecalevol 4 11 6 bigpawn63 4 11 6 Mustangcoffee 4 11 Remember the weekly schedule: USCF Blitz: Monday at 3 p.m. Pacific, 6 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 10 | 0 time control USCF Blitz: Monday at 8 p.m. Pacific, 11 p.m. Eastern 7 Rounds 5|0 time control USCF Blitz: Wednesday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 7 rounds (fewer if not enough participants) 3|2 blitz time control USCF Rapid: Friday at 5 p.m. Pacific, 8 p.m. Eastern 5 rounds 15|10 time control