On Monday, December 17th, we’ll be hosting a 3 round, G20;d5 Quick Chess tournament at the library. Entry fee will be $5 for HCC members and $8 for everyone else. 80% of entry fees (minus USCF and PayPal fees) returned as prizes. We’ll start as close as possible to 6pm. Register below.
On Monday 12/10 at 5:30pm, we’ll be hosting a 5 round Double-Swiss or Round Robin Blitz tournament at the Huntsville Library. This tournament will only affect your Blitz rating (not your Standard or Quick rating). Sets/Clocks will be provided, but feel free to bring your own if you have a preference.
The time control will be G5 d/0 and 80% of the entry fees (minus PayPal processing fees) will be given away as a prize fund.
Register below! Must be a current USCF member to compete. HCC members have a reduced entry fee of $5. Non-members will pay $8. Pre-registration is required as we are unable to accept payment at the library. The prize fund will be distributed via PayPal, so you must have a PayPal account to participate.
If you would prefer to watch the tournament or just play some casual games, there should be plenty of folks around to do just that. See you there!
We won’t have a tournament tonight, but we’ll be playing chess at the library. Hope to see you there!
Edit: I don’t mean to imply the the organizers planned these tournaments at the last minute, only that you have the last-minute option of attending them!
All,
In case you feel like putting your skills to the test, there are a lot of tournaments this weekend and I’m not sure that any of them have a TLA or online listing, so we wanted to pass along this information to you. Please note that Birmingham and Murfreesboro will be conducting an Open tournament separate from, but along with, a scholastic tournament at the same location. So if you’ve got chess playing children, they can play too!
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2019 Nashville Open City Championship Qualifying Series
(5 available qualifying spots)
Event #1: Standard Chess – Thanksgiving Weekend- (Three players Qualify)
HCC Note: 8 total people, including 3 1900s and 1 2000 are registered so far. A 2400 is a strong maybe for the event.
Entry Fee: $40 to NCC Members ($50 to non-members) – USCF Membership Required, NCC Membership is optional.
Prize Fund: 1st Place – 25% of total entries, 2nd Place – 15% (60% of funds go into 2017 City) + 1st – 3rdqualify for 2017 Nashville City Championship – One open section – Two half byes allowed in any round – must commit before round 2.
Time Control: G/2 hour + 5 second delay
Schedule: Register between 5:30 – 6:30 PM on Friday – Friday,– Round 1: 7 PM. Saturday, – Round 2: 11 AM. Round 3: 4:00 PM. Sunday,– Round 4: 10:00 AM and Round 5: 2:30 PM.
Note: You must live within 50 miles of Nashville to qualify for the championship, but anyone can play in the qualifiers.
Please email nashvillechess@gmail.com to let them know you’re coming.
MIDDLE TENNESSEE SCHOLASTIC CHAMPIONSHIP AND OPEN CHESS TOURNAMENT THREE TOURNAMENTS IN ONE UNRATED SCHOLASTIC RATED SCHOLASTIC OPEN TOURNAMENT HOSTED BY: CENTRAL MAGNET SCHOOL 701 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Saturday, December 1, 2018 This is a great opportunity to gain tournament experience for new and seasoned players. Un-Rated Scholastic Sections: 5 round Swiss pairing G/30 Elementary and Upper School (may vary based on the number of participants) Each player completing the tournament receives a medal Rated Scholastic Sections: 5 round Swiss pairing G/30 with 5 sec. delay Primary (K-3), Elementary (K-6), and High School (K-12) USCF membership is required. Prizes/trophies for top 10 individuals and top 5 teams per section Open Section(s): 4 round Swiss pairing G/50 with 5 sec. delay All Adults and higher rated students USCF membership is required. Cash prizes for top individuals. Advanced Registration Fee: $20 must be received by Tuesday November 27 (Check-In before 8:30) Late Registration Fee: $30 on-site On-site Registration and Check-In: 7:45 – 8:30 am Registrations or Check-Ins After 8:30 may receive a half-point buy in Round 1 Round 1 begins at 9:00 am; all other rounds will start ASAP Concessions: Breakfast Foods, Pizza, Snacks & Drinks Make checks to Central Magnet School Mail the entry form below with entry fee to: Information and questions: Central Magnet School, Attn: Nick Horton Joshua Burns BurnsJo@rcschools.net 701 East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN 37130 Nick Horton HortonN@rcschools.net – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – < Tear off and return the form below with payment > – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – Entry Form PRINT Name__________________________
All,
We’ll be meeting tonight (11/26) at the library tonight for some games. Hope to see you out there!
To keep you busy in meantime, check out the chess puzzle below.
The Huntsville Chess Club
Hello All,
We had a busy weekend at the Cathedral Caverns State Park hosting the 2nd annual chess in a cave event. We’ll post pictures and more information soon, but everything went really well and it seemed like the tournament participants and their parents had a lot of fun.
Tonight is typically scheduled as a blitz tournament, but given our workload this weekend, we’re most likely just going to have some casual chess.
If you’d like some variety with our tournament time controls, please let us know by commenting below or by sending us an email. Some other options are G30 d5 spread over 2 weeks or G60 d5 spread out over 4 weeks.
Hope to see you all at the library this evening!
The Huntsville Chess Club
The Huntsville library will be closed. See you for the Quick chess tournament next week!
On Monday, October 22nd, we’ll be hosting a 3 round, G20 Quick Chess tournament. 80% of entry fees (minus USCF and PayPal fees returned as prizes). Register below.
Register or Renew Your USCF Membership Here
As a reminder, the Chess in a Cave scholastic and blitz tournaments are right around the corner. Chess coaches, please point your folks to our registration page at –> Chess in a Cave 2018 Scholastic Tournament.
Register here.
If you’re interested in volunteering to help out at our Chess in a Cave event, please email huntsvillechessclub@gmail.com . We’re happy for you to help as much, or as little, as you would like!
We will not meet on Monday, October 8th (Columbus Day) or Monday, October 15th (Library Closed for a Meeting). The rest of October will be filled with chess playing chances, though!
Please support the Chattanooga Chess Club. They have been very supportive of our organization.
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In case you’d rather play in Middle Tennessee…
Site: First Cumberland Presbyterian Church, 907 Main St., Murfreesboro, TN 37130. 5SS; Rd. 1, G/25 d5; Rd. 2, G/45 d5; Rds., 3, 4, 5, G/60 d5. Open section: $575 in Prizes based on 30 entries, $150 1st, $75 2nd, Class Prizes X, A, B, C, D, E/below, Unr., each $50, Above 30 players, additional prizes will be added and/or increased. Rounds: 9, 10, 12:30, 3:00, 5:30. Registration: 7:30am – 8:45am. EF: $25 by check if received by 10/10, $30 cash at site. Early entries sent to: Chris Prosser (TD), 733 Long Hunter Ct., Nashville, TN 37217 Bye: One half point bye is available for any Rd. per player if requested before Rd. 1. Info: murfreesborochess@gmail.com, murfreesborochess.weebly.com/
On Monday, October 22nd, we’ll be hosting a 3 round, G20 Quick Chess tournament. 80% of entry fees (minus USCF and PayPal fees returned as prizes). Register below.
Register or Renew Your USCF Membership Here
On October 27th, the MCCL will host a scholastic tournament open to scholastic teams from Madison and elsewhere. If you know of any local scholastic players who don’t already know about this tournament, please pass the word and help support the MCCL. Register here.
Caesar Chess will be in town at UAH. Registration information available here.
Register for the scholastic tournament here. Register for the blitz tournament here.
Be sure to take advantage of a month full of chess tournaments!
On Monday 10/1 at 6pm, we’ll be hosting a 5 round Double-Swiss or Round Robin Blitz tournament at the Huntsville Library. This tournament will only affect your Blitz rating (not your Standard or Quick rating). Sets/Clocks will be provided, but feel free to bring your own if you have a preference.
The time control will be G/5 d/0 and 80% of the entry fees (minus PayPal processing fees) will be given away as a prize fund.
Register below! Must be a current USCF member to compete. HCC members have a reduced entry fee of $5. Non-members will pay $8. Online registration only.
If you would prefer to watch the tournament or just play some casual games, there should be plenty of folks around to do just that. See you there!
For those of you who were unable to take part in our City Championship, you missed a lot of fun! It was a great opportunity for all participants to take part in some rated chess close to home and for some to prepare for the North Alabama Championship that closely followed. The field was very strong, but that didn’t discourage a couple of players from participating in their first rated tournament. Newcomer Gabriel Noland finished up with a provisional rating of 1952!
As part of the weekly news, we wanted to include a couple of games from the last round of the Huntsville City Championship from the 1st and 2nd place Miles and Bill Melvin and their opponents. We’ll have casual chess at the library again this week. Hope to see you all there!
The first game is that of Logan Richey vs. Miles Melvin. Logan is an up and coming scholastic player, who suffered his first loss to Miles in the last round and still gained nearly 100 rating points!
Miles mentioned that his plan throughout the tournament was to lose material and then battle back to victory. This game was not a good example of that. With the exception of just a few missed opportunities by his opponent, The future HCC Champ took control of the game and never let go.
Bill Melvin took 2nd place in the tournament and ended with a solid finish as well. Seeking out imbalances right out of the gate, it was clear that he would not be satisfied with a drawn game.
His opponent, Luis Morenilla, has been a strong player in the Huntsville community for years. During a game quite a few months back, where Luis soundly stomped me into oblivion, I mentioned that I was hoping to get to 1800 someday in the not too distant future. Luis seemed to recognize what a struggle that could end up being for me and responded that he was trying to do the same, himself. Well, he definitely won the race to 1800 with the completion of this tournament – and then some, ending up at 1815. Congrats Luis, you’re still underrated!
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