Frankenstein-Dracula Variation in the Vienna Game – 31 Oct 09
Mark your calender….. a ghoulish event…. Frankenstein-Dracula Variation in the Vienna Game Thematic Quick Tmt What are the moves? Okay…. 1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Bc4 Nxe4!? 4. Qh5! Nd6 5. Bb3 Nc6 6. Nb5 g6 7. Qf3 f5 8. Qd5 Qe7 9. Nxc7+ Kd8 10. Nxa8 b6 (unclear, very unclear) …and that’s it – up to you and your opponent to trounce each other…. Oh yeah – a book on this variation is for sale at the Dayton Chess Club! $13 EF ($3 disc to DCC members) Prize fund 70% of EFs Registration 10:30-11:45am Round 1 starts promptly at 12:13pm 4 rounds – G/25, TD/5 – subsequent rounds start ASAP! And yes – this is a USCF Quick Rated Tournament. Ready to play? Registration for NON DCC-Members $13.00 Registration for DCC Members $10.00 *remember to put down your USCF ID and name of player* Any questions, email dcc.18w5@sbcglobal.net or call 937-461-6283 & leave a message if we’re not there to answer….. Hope to see you there- in costume or not!
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Best Week In Chess
As it gets closer to Christmas and the roads turn icy another week passes full of Chess and you know we scowl the internet for the top headlines and feature them here for you. I know I hope you enjoy them. Before jumping into the top stories from around the world don’t forget that tonight at the Dayton Chess Club we will be having a Holiday Party starting at 6:30 p.m. to…closing {whenever that happens}. Tonight will be the last night we’ll be open until the new year so get your chess playing in for 2008! Miroshnichenko wins Ukrainian Championship 2008 Evgenij Miroshnichenko, the 2003 Champion, has done it again: he took the 77th Ukrainian title on tiebreak points, ahead of Yuri Drozdovskij Weston students win chess championship Four Weston students are members of the chess teams of Pierrepont School, which competed in the Fifth Annual New England Scholastic Championship, held at Mt. Snow, Vt., Nov. 8-9. Las Tunas to Host Cuban National Chess Championship According to organizers, the tournament will consist of two stages and will be attended by … Continue reading
Best Week In Chess
Another week has past – can you believe it?! A lot has happened this week so I’m not even going to bore you with the small talk. Let’s jump straight into it, shall we? Chess helps young players develop thinking and social skills As If we didn’t already know this, right? Well check out the story about some middle school players Parag clinches open Int’l chess title Parag beat Mahfuzur Rahman Emon in the ninth and final round to secure eight points to clinch the title. 12-year-old in contention in Ukraine Championship The 2008 Ukraine Championship is missing Ivanchuk, Ponomariov and Karjakin, but is still very strong, with 26 participants, including 17 GMs. The player to watch is IM Illya Nyzhnyk. At twelve he sports a 2444 rating, and after four rounds he has three points (two wins, two draws). ‘Chess’ Just Isn’t Fun Anymore Good ol’ Soviet intrigue just doesn’t entertain like it used to. In “Chess,” two world-class players at the end of the Cold War find themselves caught within an ever-growing game of politics and trickery, a … Continue reading
This Week In Chess
As the DCC moves to a new system we decided to do some new things. One of which is compiling chess news from around the globe and giving it to you, in case you missed it. If you remebered last week we didn’t have a quick tournament and were closed on Saturday due the 17th Annual Kings Island Open. Well thanks to Mike Oaster for the big news came was Carl Bixel beat GM Anatoly Lein at the Kings Island Open this weekend! That’s BIG news! Congratulations, Carl. Germany holds off Russia in Chess Olympiad: Russia’s chess team, hailed as the highest rated ever assembled for a Chess Olympiad, hit a bump Monday as 11th-seed Germany battled all four games against them to a draw in round five of the biennial tournament in open division play 44th American Open Coming Up: There are the options of a 3 day schedule with four relatively fast games or, for those who do not like fast time controls, or wish to spend Thanksgiving day with family, two half point byes still allow for … Continue reading
Looking For A Few Good People
Looking for a way to help out the Dayton Chess Club???? If you are a current Dayton Chess Club member and are looking for a way to help out the club……we need you! We’re looking for someone to help run the club on Wednesday or Thursday evenings or Saturdays. If you’re interested, please do come by the club & let us know.
Women in Chess?
More women in chess! Yes….no doubt about it… With the multi-tasking skills we are so capable of performing admirably, chess is right up our alley. I’ve often wondered why is this. I really love it when I see an article about young women excelling in the game …
