Holiday Blues 2012…….21 and 22 January 2012
Here are a few photos of the tournament…..
Bellbrook high School Places 2nd in State!
Bellbrook High School Chess Team wins Second Place At Ohio Grade Level Chess Championship 2012 This past Saturday 401 scholastic chess players descended upon the campus of Akron University to play in the Student Union. The students represented grades K-12 and played 5 rounds of a game known worldwide that tests mental agility. The BHS team travelled 3.5 hours to attend the event. Four sophomores represented the school in the 10th grade section, and were determined more than ever to capture first place. Since the formation of the chess club at the high school 3 years ago, the chess team has gone to state with a small team, losing chess the majority of its players to the marching band, sport events, and other extracurricular act ivies. The team faced 18 schools from all over the state that had 6 or 7 members on the team. Despite the odds against them, our chess team proved that chess eagles soar when inspired. The Bellbrook High School Chess Team members were; Adam Sirens, Brian Sirens, Vincent Tong, and Joseph Zoller. These young … Continue reading
Riley Driver’s Point of View
Thursday, September 15, 2011 Too Good Not to Share Wednesday night, September 14, 2011 was a “Movies and Matches” night. No one showed up to play any match chess. However, there were a few of us for the “Movie.” To be sure, this was not a movie in the normal “movie” sense. Instead it was a selection from www.chessvideos.tv that was free for public consumption. I titled it “Knightmare!” as it was a case of an eventual good Knight against a bad Bishop where the play with the Knight resulted in a Knightmare for the player with the bad Bishop Peter Lumbaers with the Black pieces provides solid instruction on how to win with the smallest of advantages – in this case a good Knight vice a bad (but not too bad) Bishop – against Anne Haast with the White pieces. He is very frank about the position being a draw, until Ms. Haast made an error resulting in amplifying Lumbaers’ Knight’s mobility as well as that of his King. If you care to watch 25 minutes of quality instruction … Continue reading
Bragging Rights – Dayton Vs Cinci Match
Dayton Chess Club (DCC) won a chess match with Cincinnati chess players played in Dayton on Saturday, September 10, 2010 by a score of 4 wins, 3 losses, and 9 split individual matches. In the 16 individual matches, two games were played between the opponents switching colors in the second game. In round 1, Dayton had White on the odd numbered boards and Cincinnati had White on the even numbered boards. Round 1 Dayton won by the surprising score of 9-7, splitting on the top six boards 3-3, even though they were out-rated about 200 points on boards 3-6. On the next 10 boards Dayton took 6 to 4 points. Then came round 2 where Dayton picked up 3½ points on the top boards, but only winning one match with 1 1½ points out of 2. On the top 6 boards, Cincinnati failed to pick up a single match point. On the next 10 boards, Dayton lost overall 4½ to 5½, but picked up enough key wins for 3 match points to Cincinnati’s 2 match points. Photos of the players from both Cincinnati and Dayton are shown below. Also, … Continue reading
The GRAPE – Gem City Open 2011
The GRAPE Richard Mercer (1911) vs Mark Kellie (1732) Round 2 – OPEN SECTION Commentary by Mark Kellie 1. d4 d6 2. c4 Nd7 Signature move of my “Grape” system. 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Be3 e5 6. d5?! In this “Grape” system which I play, the d5 move relieves the tension in the center, which helps black in the near term; however, the move d5 can pay dividends to the white player in the endgame should white: 1) survive to an endgame and, 2) get a clear lane to promote on the 8th rank somehow. Also positive for white is that a pawn on d5 can support other pieces at some later point at e6 or c6, providing holes appear on those squares as game play continues. 6. … Ne7 Placement of the Knight here seems and can be passive but, its placement here also gives black many non-traditional options. 7. Bd3 h6! In my “Grape” system, this move seems bad; however, thousands of games I’ve played on the Internet have proved that the position demands an … Continue reading
Round 3 Heartbreak! – Gem City Open 2011
Another great game from the Gem City Open….. Ariel Ofek beat USCF Master Hans Multhopp in Round 1 near miniature (23 moves) to get off to a great start, followed by a long hard fought draw in Round 2 against National Expert and 8 time Dayton Chess Club Champion David Friedman . Not bad for a player rated 1991. Then in Round 3 Ariel was paired against International Master Ronald Burnett who he played to a likely draw in 67 moves, but on move 68 he faltered and IM Burnett won. Here is the game. Heartbreak
The 53rd Gem City Open Champion – Walker “Grinder” Griggs
Walker Griggs has picked up 159 rating points from April 10 to June 5, 2011 moving from a rating of 2048 to a rating of 2207. Not bad for a 15 year old. First, in the Ohio HS Championship he tied for first picking up only 9 rating points. Then in the Mulligan Masters & Experts III, May 22, he finished with three out of four points, but picked up 49 rating points. Next in the Chicago Open in the U2100 section, he finished in a four way tie for first with six out of seven points (one loss, the rest wins) and picked up 45 rating points. At the 53 Gem City Open he scored four and one half out of five, drawing an IM, and picking up 56 rating points pushing him into National Master territory with a rating of 2207. At the end of the tournament he bought all the Klondike bars and handed them out to friends and strangers alike. I asked Walker if he would annotate his games for the Dayton Chess Club website and … Continue reading
Parking for Gem City Open!
Here are some convenient parking spots close to the Dayton Chess Club: DCC Parking
Gem City 2011 Pre-Registrants!
Pre-registrants will not be updated after noon, Friday 3 June 2011 due to time constraints. All undeclared players will be placed in section based on USCF June rating supplement. If you wish to switch your section, please either email at dcc.18w5@sbcglobal.net OR call the Dayton Chess Club at 937-461-6283 and leave a message. NAME Schedule Section BYES Eric D. Larson 3 Day OPEN Richard Mercer 3 Day OPEN Tino Delamerced 3 Day OPEN Constantine Ananiadis 3 Day U2000 David Guehl 3 Day U2000 1 Evan Hawver 3 Day U2000 Jim Dohnal 3 Day U2000 2, 4 Michael Blann 3 Day U2000 Frank Owens 3 Day U1700 James T. Lake 3 Day U1700 Johne H.Hunt 3 Day U1700 Randy Hirtzel 3 Day U1700 Tim Otto 3 Day U1700 Vikram Srivastava 3 Day U1700 Douglas Aguilar 3 Day U1400 Michael Kelley 3 Day U1400 Michael Osborne 3 Day U1400 Michael Slosson 3 Day U1400 Monish Yeluguri 3 Day U1400 Taraganesh R. Yelugari 3 Day U1400 Tim Sawyer 3 Day U1400 Alan Casden 2 Day OPEN 1, 4 David Friedman 2 Day OPEN … Continue reading
Holiday Blues Tournament, 8 & 9 Jan 2011
Fight the blues and play in the Holiday Blues Open…lots of good cheer here! 5 Rounds – SS Time Controls: Rds 1 & 2 G/75, td/5, Rounds 3, 4, 5 are Game/2hr30min, td/5. $1000 b/48 paid entries, re-entries $15 count as 1/2 entry THREE SECTIONS: OPEN/U1900/U1500. Prizes: OPEN: $250-125. U1900: $225-100. U1500: $200-100. USCF rated. One bye permitted – declare prior to Round 2. Reg: Sat: 9:30-10:30 am. Rds: Sat – 11-2-5:30, Sun – 10:00-3:30. EF $26/40 adv/at site. For early EF, must receive payment by 3 January 2011. DCC mbr discount $3. Register online via daytonchessclub.com (under “store” tab) or send EF to Dayton Chess Club, 18 W. 5th Street , Dayton OH 45410
