Gens Una Sumus!
Newsletter #481, 02/24/2010
I am not sure this will come across the way I mean it, but there some advantages to teaching kids who don't have a lot of opportunities in their lives. They are not also going to soccer games.
Elizabeth Vicary - New York Times, May 18, 2008 (page 34)
Vicary teaches chess and English at I.S. 318 in Brooklyn which is in the federal Title 1 program for schools, where many of the students are from low-income families. I.S.won the section for players in kindergarten through the sixth grade at the elementary school national championships in 2008.
Elizabeth Vicary - New York Times, May 18, 2008 (page 34)
Vicary teaches chess and English at I.S. 318 in Brooklyn which is in the federal Title 1 program for schools, where many of the students are from low-income families. I.S.won the section for players in kindergarten through the sixth grade at the elementary school national championships in 2008.
1) Mechanics Institute Chess Club News
2) Jerry Spann by Frank Berry
3) Saint Louis Open by Ben Finegold
4) Bobby Fischer timeline 1958
5) Upcoming Events
1) Mechanics Institute Chess Club News
Evan Sandberg defeated Dante Argishti last night to tie with him for first in the Winter Tuesday Night Marathon. The two winners, who scored 6.5-1.5 both had excellent results. Evan, who attends high school in San Francisco, is now rated 2193, just a win or two from the Master title. Denizens of the MI Chess Club have watched Evan progress steadily through the ranks after starting out at 843 back in December of 2003. He hit a plateau after crossing 2000 but since last fall has added over 100 points to his rating. We are rooting for Evan and for Dante as well who substantially improved his rating going from 2034 to 2095.
Here is the key game from the last round.
Evan Sandberg - Dante Argishti
Winter TNM (8) 2010
French Winawer [C16]
1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 Qd7 5.a3 Bf8 6.f4 Nc6 7.Nf3 b6 8.Bd3 Bb7 9.0-0 g6 10.Be3 Nge7 11.Qd2 Nf5 12.g4 Nxe3 13.Qxe3 0-0-0 14.b4 Kb8 15.Bb5 a6 16.Ba4 Qe7 17.Qd3 Na7 18.Bb3 Bg7 19.Na2 f6 20.exf6 Bxf6 21.Qe3 Nc6 22.c3 Qd6 23.Ne5 Rhf8 24.Rae1 Bc8 25.Nc1 Bxe5 26.fxe5 Qe7 27.Ba4 b5 28.Bd1 Qh4 29.Nd3 Ne7 30.Qg3 Qh6 31.Rf6 Ng8 32.g5 Qg7 33.Rxf8 Rxf8 34.Rf1 Ne7 35.Rxf8 Qxf8 36.Qf4 Nf5 37.Bg4 Qe8 38.Bxf5 exf5 39.Nc5 Ka7 40.e6 Qe7 41.h4 Kb6 42.Qe5 Kc6 43.Qf6 Kd6 44.Qe5+ Kc6 45.Kg2 Kb6 46.Qf6 Qe8 47.e7+ Ka7 48.Qf8 Bd7 49.Nxd7 Qxd7 50.e8Q 1-0
The following game is remarkable for the surprising 18.Rb4!!?.
Victor Todortsev - Arthur Dembling
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