Gens Una Sumus!
~Alex Shabalov
From an interview with Betsy Dynako at Chess Life Onlinehttp://main.uschess.org/content/view/7861/381/. There he notes that his current chess strength came through hard work between the ages of 12-14. He wishes he worked even harder then because he sees 12-14 as the key age for chess improvement.
1) Mechanics' Institute Chess Club News
2) Cal Chess Masters by Michael Aigner
3) Here and There
Seattle Sluggers | San Francisco Mechanics | ||
GM Gregory Serper: 2574 | 1.0 | 0.0 | IM Josh Friedel: 2535 |
IM Georgi Orlov: 2574 | 1.0 | 0.0 | IM David Pruess: 2452 |
FM John Readey: 2326 | 0.0 | 1.0 | IM John Donaldson: 2460 |
Joshua Sinanan: 2083 | Daniel Naroditsky: 2076 | ||
Avg. Rating: 2389 | Avg. Rating: 2381 | ||
Seattle Total ——— | 3.0 | 1.0 | ——— San Francisco Total |
English A37
Seattle vs San Francisco (4) 2007
There was plenty of excitement last night in round eight of the Ben Gross Tuesday Night Marathon. Tournament leader SM Craig Mar was a half point ahead of IM Ricardo DeGuzman and for most of the game he was winning but Ricardo came up with an incredible save with both flags hanging. He won a Rook down in an ending, advancing his b-pawn while White's Rook on h3 was imprisoned.
Kings Indian E97
Ben Gross Tuesday Night Marathon San Francisco (8) 2007
Going into the final round the leaders are:
1-2. IM DeGuzman and Victor Ossipov 6.5/8;
3-6. SM Mar, NM Igor Margulis, Romulo Fuentes, and Daniel Naroditsky 6/8.
The past month the Mechanics' held its annual FIDE rating tournament for Masters and Experts and the final result was quite impressive. Expert Kimani Stancil won with 8 from 8 with one unplayed game. 9-year-old Nicholas Nip should gain a lot of USCF and FIDE rating points for his second place finish.
1. Kimani Stancil 8/8
2. Nicholas Nip 6.5
3. NM Michael Pearson 6
4. NM Igor Margulis 5
5. NM Paul Gallegos 3.5
6. Igor Traub 3/8
7. Vadim Smelansky, Jorge Ortega , Felix Rudyak 3/9
10. Murray Newcomb .5
All players played 9 games except Stancil and Traub.
Book and equipment donations to the Mechanics' are always welcome. All donations to the Mechanics' are tax deductible due to the M.I.'s 501(c) (3) nonprofit status. If you have any chess books or equipment that have been lying around unused for some time consider donating to the Mechanics'. You will not only get a tax write off but also the satisfaction of seeing things put to good use.
This email is just a reminder that the CalChess Masters will take place this coming weekend at the Mechanics' Institute in San Francisco. The tournament has received 14 entries as of Monday 9/24 and several additional players have expressed interest. With a first place prize of $700, I would not be surprised to see a few IMs and even possibly a GM show up. You can still enter on site for $60 between 9:00-9:45 on Saturday morning.
The CalChess Masters will be a four round swiss, 30/90 G/60, to be held at the Mechanics' Institute on September 29-30. Thanks to the financial support of CalChess and a suitable venue at the Mechanics' Institute, the prize fund of $2200 will be fully guaranteed. FIDE rated!
This tournament is open to all players rated over 2200, former masters who are currently over 2000, foreign players with FIDE ratings over 2200 and juniors (under 21) who are rated over 2000.
The September USCF rating list will be used (http://www.uschess.org/msa/MbrLst.php).
Flyer: http://www.calchess.org/controlpanel/files/CalChessMasters.pdf
Advance entries as of Monday 9/24:
1. NM Yap, Nicolas A 2300 (junior)
2. WIM Tuvshintugs, Batchmeg 2288
3. NM Aigner, Michael 2254
4. NM Frankle, Jonathan 2249
5. NM Von Krogh, Chris 2243
6. FM Keatinge-clay, Adrian 2239
7. Naroditsky, Daniel 2170 (junior)
8. Mackenzie, Dana N 2156
9. Stancil, Kimani A 2115
10. Snyder, Larry 2077
11. Nip, Nicholas 2029 (junior)
12. Agarwal, Rohan 2019 (junior)
13. Kislik, Erik Andre 2011 (junior)
14. Jones, James E 2000
If you have any further questions, please contact organizer Richard Koepcke at 650-964-2640 or byemail at [email protected].
Mechanics' members Josh Friedel and David Pruess have traveled to Miami and start play today in a big nine round open that includes US Champion Alex Shabalov and Hikaru Nakamura. GM norm possibilities are advertised.
Congratulations to Val Zemitis and his wife Sibylle who celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary last Sunday. Val is keeping busy in retirement and recently co edited a book on the Latvian women player Milda Lauberte (3rd at the womens world championship in Stockholm in 1938).
The Western States Open in Reno is right around the corner. October 12-14 will be the 25th anniversary and it will be a very strong (many GMs ) and large (likely over 400 players) tournament. Don't miss it! Details below under upcoming events.
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