Note: As a reminder, we’ll be back in our usual meeting area this week near the conference rooms on the 2nd floor. We’re still looking for a permanent room for our club at the library.
City Championship Results
The 5 week Huntsville City Championship tournament ended with Charles Meidinger winning clear first! Thank you to all who helped put this tournament together and for all who participated. We were able to display the top 2 boards on the projection screen and broadcast them over the internet. Twitch stream commentary coming soon!
Click here to view the ratings report for the tournament.
Birmingham Challenge
It took 2 separate vehicles to hold all of the HCC members who carpooled this weekend to the Birmingham Challenge and 8 members made the trip in total. Thank you to Bill Melvin and Tomasz Nielsen for driving!
Congrats to Tomasz Nielsen who has made a habit of winning the Reserve section! Here’s a photo of him crushing the hopes and dreams of a few more weekend players.
Click here to view the complete ratings report.
National Chess Day Tournament – Time and Space to Register is Running Out!
Time and space available are running out to register for the Rated Beginners Open on October 12th, 2019. If you’re Unrated or U1200, this is the tournament for you. There’s no such thing as a free lunch, but this is pretty close! Raytheon will be sponsoring the event with pizza provided to all participants. Moms play free (but require a valid USCF ID to participate)! Please email us at huntsvillechessclub@gmail.com if you have any questions at all. If you’ve never played in a tournament and want to, we’ll make it happen for you!
Click here to register! View additional details at the link and below.