With the AC finally fixed the club combatants could focus on chess without the challenge of the heat. Thomas Rees took the top quad. Holden ...

White has one move which wins, all the other options are equal games.  The rest of the action isn’t forced but the computer assures me that ...

The club championship cycle kicked off on Monday with the Weaver Adams. Club members with a rating of under 1800 can compete for a spot in t...

Andrew took first in the Open section. The Under section was hotly competed with four players tied for first Congrats to Michael Brown, Mic...

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IM Shmelov took first with 9.5 a full point and a half ahead of Andrew Hoy and Jay Yalamanchili in second. As a reminder there will be no Fr...

 Does black have a chance here?

 Maximus Lu took first in the open section with a 3.5 out of 4 score. The performance took him over 1800 for the first time. Congratulations...

 On May 10th, 9 people signed up for Friday Night Blitz so we moved from a 7 round Swiss to a round robin event. 9 rounds 16 grueling blitz ...

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 Andrew Hoy won the top quad with 2.5/3.  Emma Zhang won the second quad with a perfect score. The performance helped push Emma over 1600 fo...

 This one is shown as a mate in 8 but is technically a mate in 9 as our opponent has a spite block.  To solve this you will need to combine ...

GM Naroditsky took first with 11.5 out of 12. Not surpringly, Danya who is considered one of the best speed chess players in the world defea...

 

The Tuesday night event ended with familiar faces in the top spots.  Anton Barash took first despite taking a 0 point bye in the last round....

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White is down a pawn. Can white make Ne6 work? Is there something else?

Good food and fun was had by all at the BBQ and Blitz event. Charles Slade generously prepared the food for the players. While the food was ...

Justin Guerra won the April Thursday Night Swiss event with a score of 3.5/4.0.