Monday, March 17, 2014

This week's tournaments and activities: Mar. 17-23, 2014

Participants in the 9th Annual Women's Invitational chess tournament


The Ninth Annual Women's Invitational

Saturday, March 22, 2014





March 22nd Women's Tournament Final Standings:
Place    Name/Team     Rate     Score   MMed Solk     Cumulative       CumulativeOp
                                                                                   
 1         Warner, Rosemary (7)  260         4.0      12.0     14.0     11.0     39.0
 2         Regner, Jade (3)           765         4.0      12.0     12.0     14.0     35.0
 3         Prezhdo, Natalie F (4)  619         3.0      12.0     14.0     10.0     44.0
 4         Morris, Sarah (6)          336         3.0      10.0     10.0      8.0      31.0
 5         Meka, Revathi (9)        nnnn        2.0       9.5      13.5      6.0      35.0
 6         Thomas, Cordelia (12)nnnn          2.0       8.0      12.0      5.0      34.0
 7         Marshall, Antoinette (8)nnnn        2.0       7.0      11.0      6.0      31.0
 8         Morris, Kristin (10)      nnnn        2.0       7.0      10.0      8.0      28.0
 9         Regner, Jalynn (11)       nnnn        2.0       7.0      10.0      5.0      28.0
10        Woods, Sami (15)        nnnn        1.0       8.0      11.0      2.0      28.0
11        White, Jordan (14)       nnnn        0.0      10.5     14.5      0.0      36.0


Click here for a gallery of photos taken by Mr. McDuffie

Trophies awarded to 1st and 2nd place
Medals awarded to 3rd thru 11th place
All players awarded rings and novelty pencils

Mar 22nd: Saturday Morning Youth Tournament Final Standings:  

1st Place: Justin Regner (trophy winner) with 5 points.
2nd Place: Ethen Warner, Joshua Iosevich and Thomas Kwon with 4 points each.
3rd Place: Sathya Mandava with 3 points.
4th Place: Evan Peterson with 1 point.
5th Place: Zachary Thomas.


Mar. 19th: Wednesday Community Chess Club of Rochester at 7:30pm
David Worl (left) drew Pahz Cherelin at the Wednesday night
 Community Chess Club of Rochester club meeting.
Results:
Brown, C 1-0 Eckert, M
McBride, K 0-1 Slomski, M
Stubblebine, D 1/2-1/2 Spencer, D
Trent, M 0-1 Linton, D
Trowbridge 1/2-1/2 Saweikis, C
Worl, D 1/2-1/2 Cherelin, P
DeSantis, A 0-1 Patel, A
Lionti, M 0-1 Runnells, M

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Wednesday, March 12, 2014

This week's tournaments and activities: Mar. 10-16, 2014

Mar 15th: Saturday Morning Youth Tournament Final Standings:  
1st Place: Jason Niu (trophy winner), Thomas Kwon and Toby Thompson with 4 points each.
2nd Place: Natalie Prezhdo and Dale Janezic with 3 points each.
3rd Place: Michael Niu with 2 points.
4th Place: Vlad Bondar and Sathya Mandava with 1 1/2 points each.
5th Place: Revathi Meka and Ben Reifsteck with 1/2 point each.
6th Place: Evan Peterson. 


Mar. 17th: Monday Night League Round 10 (final round)
Mar. 19th: Wednesday Community Chess Club of Rochester at 7:30pm 
Mar. 22nd: 9th Annual Women's Invitational chess tournament at Rochester Chess Center
Mar. 31st: Spring Chess League at the Rochester Chess Center (Register by 6:30pm)
Apr. 14-18: Spring Break Chess Camp
Call 585-442-2430 for details

Marchand Open Update: 

 More information will be coming soon, and will be listed in the previous blog post. About another 50 photos have been uploaded to the Marchand Open photo gallery. Go to the previous blog post for the link to the photo gallery.

 The USCF tournament results were submitted Friday night, March 14th. Click here to see it.

The FIDE tournament results for the OPEN section have been submitted. It usually take a few days for the USCF to process them with FIDE. Click here to see it.

A very special thank you to Sam Copeland and Akash Moothedath who have sent me games from the Marchand. Check the previous post containing all the Marchand results to see their games and commentary. Please send me your Marchand 2014 game links if you have some to share.


http://www.uschess.org/content/view/12582/757/

 Mar. 12th: Snowstorm and State of Emergency in Rochester, NY
No Wednesday CCCR games tonight - The Rochester Chess Center will be closed.

Chess activities will resume Thursday March13th at the Rochester Chess Center


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Tuesday, March 4, 2014

This week's tournaments and activities: Mar. 3-9, 2014

Congratulations to co-champions of the 36th Annual Marchand Open:

 Grand Master Gata Kamsky 
 FIDE Master Ben Dean-Kawamura
Grandmaster Mikheil Kekelidze (left) lost to FIDE Master Ben Dean-Kawamura in the final round of the 36th Annual Marchand Open 2014.
Grandmaster and United States Chess Champion Gata Kamsky (left) and FIDE Master Ben Dean-kawamura stand together as co-champions of the 36th Annual Marchand Open 2014.
 Here are the complete results:






This photo courtesy of the Democrat and Chronicle

Thanks to organizer Ron Lohrman and tournament director Ken McBride
of the Rochester Chess Center for running an excellent tournament!
Ron Lohrman (left), Ken McBride and Arianna Kharroubi

More tournament information coming soon... please check back periodically...

Click this external link for Walter DeJong vs Akash Moothed

 Click this external link for a great collection of Marchand games and tournament notes from Sam Copeland




Marchand tournament 2014 chess games (annotated or not) are welcome for publishing on this site (please submit embedded link from chess.com to your game and email to mpk449@frontiernet.net) Abe Glasser will be providing his game with GM Gata Kamsky soon.

36th Annual Marchand Open - March 8-9, 2014
Portrait of Dr. Erich Watkinson Marchand displayed at the Rochester Chess Center

 There are now 6 GMs on the list of players: Kekhelidze, Kudrin, Kamsky, Ivanov, Paragua and Lenderman. 
Call the Chess Center for information at 585-442-2430.
Grandmaster and United States Chess Champion Gata Kamsky
will be playing in the 36th Annual Marchand Open Chess Tournament at the Strong Museum March 8-9.
Grandmaster Alexander Ivanov

Grandmaster Alex Lenderman

Grandmaster Mikheil Kekelidze

Grandmaster Sergey Kudrin

Grandmaster Mark Paragua
TLA (Tournament Life Announcement) for the 36th Annual Marchand Open Chess Tournament:

A Heritage Event!
Chess Magnet School Junior Grand Prix!
MAR. 8-9   2014 Marchand Open (36th Annual)
TROPHIES PLUS GRAND PRIX POINTS: 120 (ENHANCED)
Dr. Erich Marchand "requested that his friends play chess in his memory." Please help us celebrate the 100th anniversary of Erich's birthday and the 25th anniversary of the Rochester Chess Center. 5SS, G/120 d5. Location: Strong National Museum of Play, One Manhattan Square, Rochester, NY 14607. $$10,750 Gtd. Open Section: $2000-1300-850-550-300, Under 2200 & U2000 each $500-300. FIDE Rated. EF: $70. U1800 Section: $600-400-250. Under 1600 $400-250. EF: $65. U1400 Section: $400-275-175. Under 1200 $275-175. EF: $60. U1000 Section:$260-190-130-70. Under 800 $150-90-60. EF: $55. Unrated players in the U1800 section can only win $125, in U1400 & U1000 $55. IMs and GMs free if registered by 2/23 not 3/10 as published in CL. All EF add $25 after 2/26/2014. NYSCA members deduct $3. Great food available at site. Registration.: 8:30-9:15am. Rds.: Sat. 10-2:15-6:30, Sun. 10-2:15. One 1/2 point bye available in rd 1, 2, 3, or 4 if requested at entry. Info: 585-442-2430. Mail entry to: Rochester Chess Center, 221 Norris Dr., Rochester, NY 14610. Websites: www.nychess.org andwww.rochesterchessclub.org. Store: www.Chessset.com.
From Jennifer Shahade's YouTube collection: The Scoop with GM Gata Kamsky:



 Mar. 5th: Wednesday Community Chess Club of Rochester at 7:30pm
Results (click for USCF ratings page):
22 players tonight.
Runnells, M 0-1 Lionti, M
Connelly, M 0-1 Strazzabosco, J
Patel, Arjun 1-0 Fuhrman, G
Glasser, A 1-0 Klug, B
Attaya, J 0-1 McBride, K
Carter, J 0-1 DeRisio, M
DeSantis, A 0-1 Carter, P
Saweikis, C 1/2-1/2 Phillips, P
Badamo, T 1/2-1/2 Cherin, S
Johnston, D 1-0 Kehoe, W
Chapman, T 1/2-1/2 Eckert, M

Mar. 8-9th: Marchand Open Chess Tournament at Strong Museum (no tournaments at Chess Center)
Mar. 22nd: 9th Annual Women's Invitational chess tournament at Rochester Chess Center
Mar. 31st: Spring Chess League at the Rochester Chess Center (Register by 6:30pm)
Apr. 14-18: Spring Break Chess Camp
Call 585-442-2430 for details
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