Gens Una Sumus!
Newsletter #477, 12/27/2010
It's too hard to predict the future, but right now I don't see myself going mad. It's easy to get obsessed with chess. That's what happened with Fischer and Morphy. I don't have the same obsession. I love the game, and I love to compete, but I am not obsessed with the struggle.
Magnus Carlsen in answer to the question: Do you fear that trying to master a game of near-infinite variation can make you insane? ( Time magazine : http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1948809,00.html#ixzz0cCi83DVM )
Magnus Carlsen in answer to the question: Do you fear that trying to master a game of near-infinite variation can make you insane? ( Time magazine : http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1948809,00.html#ixzz0cCi83DVM )
1) Mechanics Institute Chess Club News
2) Myron Johnson 1932-2010 by Kenn Fong
3) A Chess Poem by Dennis Fritzinger
4) Here and There
5) FIDE Transfer Rules
6) Upcoming Events
1) Mechanics Institute Chess Club News
Father and son, Hayk and Hovik Manvelyan, are tied for first with Dante Argishti with perfect scores after three rounds of the 52-player Winter Tuesday Night Marathon. NM Michael Aigner writes at his blog ( fpawn.blogspot.com/) about the increasing strength of Bay Area juniors, many of whom are his current or former pupils.
The Calchess Scholastics ratings keep getting stronger and stronger. Ten players on the Top 20 for Age 12-17 are rated over 2000 and another 9 are over 1900; just 3-4 years ago, the 20th spot was well into the low 1800s. Incredibly, three ranked players are just 12 years old, with plenty of room to grow over the coming years.
Even with the graduation of IM Sam Shankland last June, there are still five active young Masters in the Bay Area.. Two recently broke 2400 USCF, earning the distinction of 'Senior Master' in addition to the FIDE Master title. Congratulations Danya and Steven! And Evan Sandberg is racing to break 2200, having gained an impressive 77 points in two months.
CalChess Top 20 for Age 12-17
(February 2010 rating and points gained in last two months)
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