Gens Una Sumus!
Efstratios Grivas (Chess College 3: Technique, p.73)
1) Mechanics Institute Chess Club News
2) Mark Eudey
3) U.S. Tournament of State Champions
4) Chess Diva - Chess-Haiti Fundraiser
5) Here and There
6) Upcoming Events
The Spring Tuesday Night Marathon starts this evening.
The A.F. Fink Amateur had an exciting finish Sunday night. George Sanguinetti went into the last round with a score of 5-0, a full point ahead of Jayakrishna Ramachandran and Hovik Manvelyan, but lost to the latter in a game that went the distance forcing a three-way tie for first. Anthony Corrales and John Donaldson directed the 36-player event held in memory of the world-class San Francisco problemist.
George Sanguinetti has forwarded results of the last two Wednesday Night Blitz events. Carlos D' Avila and Jorge Lopez shared top honors on March 3rd scoring 11 from 13. Arthur Ismakov was third with 10.5 in the 14-player round robin. Lopez shared first with Romy Fuentes with 10.5 from 12 on March 10. Jules Jelinek and Carlos D' Avila were equal third with 8.5 points in the 13 player round robin.
Last Sunday afternoon 35 chess fans came to the Mechanics' Institute to hear FM Daniel Naroditsky discuss his new book Mastering Positional Chess. Former US Champion Patrick Wolff , noted chess book collectors and historians Robert Moore and Ming Chen and San Francisco Chronicle reporter Steve Rubenstein were among those in attendance.
The Spring Tuesday Night Marathon starts this evening. The eight-round Swiss is open to all USCF members.
The two Cal grads and Dr. H.J. Ralston founded The California Chess Reporter in the summer of 1951 and it soon became the journal of record for chess players throughout the West. McClain was the public face behind the magazine, but Eudey played a vital role behind the scenes and worked for the periodical throughout its 25-year existence.
Eudey' professional career and family prevented him from playing as often he might have liked, but he found time to win several Castle Chess Club Championships, events composed primarily of Cal Berkeley graduates.
Bob Burger relates one anecdote about Eudey from the latter's days serving in the U.S. Air Force. During World War II the United States government needed to evaluate the effectiveness of its high altitude bombing campaign in Germany. To do this they required the services of someone who could parachute behind enemy lines and do statistical analysis of the bombing. Finding someone who could do the former wasn't so hard, and statisticians were around, but combining the two abilities must have produced a short list of candidates. Mark got the job but his report Study of Effectiveness of Certain Bombs Used Against German Industrial Targets, in which he reported that the bombing campaigns were not hitting their intended targets with the expected rate of success was not appreciated by higher-ups.
The online U.S. Tournament of State Champions will again be held on the Internet Chess Club. GMs Julio Becerra and Alexander Ivanov head the list of competitors, which also includes 10 IMs and 5 FMs, who will be competing for a spot in the US Championship. Northern California will be represented by the winner of last year's event, IM Sam Shankland. The first stage will be held on March 24th and broadcast live on the ICC (www.chessclub.com).
Hi everybody,
If you are in the San Francisco area on March 20th or 21st, then you are invited to my chess-Haiti fundraiser.
Cheers,
Lauren
Details are below:
You are cordially invited to the "Chess Diva" Chess-Haiti Fundraiser! Nationally ranked chess players Barbara and Lauren Goodkind, producers of the award winning local access TV show "Chess Diva," will play 5-minute blitz games against the public. Non chess players will find it entertaining to watch! Parents, bring your kids!
- Dates: Saturday and Sunday, March 20th and 21st.
- Times: 10:00 to 4:30 on both days
- Location: Lytton Plaza at 202 University Ave, Palo Alto (next to Pizza My Heart)
- Suggested Donation: $5 per 5-minute blitz game
- Good Cause: All proceeds will go to UNICEF for Haiti.
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