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Weekly News 4/8/19 – J. Rasberry Takes The Lead in the G60 Tournament

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Last week, Jonathan Rasberry separated himself from the pack of 8 2/3 players with a win over Bill Melvin with the Black pieces. This week, he’ll play White against Miles Melvin, while Joel Friedman will challenge Bill Melvin on Board 2.

Come on out and check out the tournament! As a reminder, it isn’t too late to sign up to play a couple of the remaining rounds. $10 is still a pretty great rate for 2 rated games of chess. Sign up here.

Watch the top 2 boards LIVE. The previous live link has expired, but we’ll post another on the day of the tournament on our Huntsville Chess Club Facebook page.

The standings after 3 rounds are below.

#NameIDRtngRd 1Rd 2Rd 3Tot
1Jonathan Rasberry146789102105W11W7W23
2Bill Melvin124061332200W5W3L12
3Miles Melvin126997982020W6L2W122
4Robert Lubin125046531849L7W12W102
5Ashish Acharya169804971836L2W8W142
6Joel Nic Friedman144664181646L3W9W152
7Logan Alex Richey164591681554W4L1W162
8Tomasz Nielsen128200231184W16L5W112
9Abhinav Ayyadevara17016512unr.W13L6X172
10Michael Porter167650611042H—W13L41.5
11John Daugherty112515101800L1W14L81
12Gabriel Tu Noland167632781511W15L4L31
13Daniel Seewald159893651044L9L10B—1
14Patrick Thom Dowd16240207949W17L11L51
15Larisa V Friedman16068066841L12B—L61
16Douglas Seewald17016444unr.L8D17L70.5
17David Justi Clark16723067unr.L14D16F90.5
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Weekly News 20180401 – Tomasz Nielsen Brings home the Gold in Montgomery!

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Tomasz is all smiles after his clean sweep of the Montgomery Classic competition.

Montgomery Challenge

Rising HCC star, Tomasz Nielsen brought home the first place trophy and prize money with a perfect 4-0 score in the Montgomery Classic this past weekend. He, Michael Porter, Patrick Dowd, and son made the 3 hour trek down to the tournament. It was a strong field in both the Premiere and Reserve sections and good experience and fun was had by all. Click here for the tournament crosstable.

Upcoming Events

Mark your calendars – If you’re interested in carpooling to Anniston for a tournament next weekend 4/6*, please let us know. I (Pat) won’t be able to make it this time, but wouldn’t mind coordinating the trip if someone is willing to make the 2 hour drive with our members. New chess organizer Aladdin Lateef is working with Caesar Lawrence to try his hand at directing a tournament in a new(ish) AL location.

Also, the Huntsville Challenge* will be on 4/13. Don’t miss the chance to play in a tough tournament crowd with competition from all over the state. Your attendance will help ensure that weekend tournament organizers, like Caesar Lawrence always feel that a trip to Huntsville to put on a tournament is worth the effort.

*As a reminder, both USCF and ACF memberships are required for these events.

Round 3 of the G60 tournament

The pairings and standings for round 3 of the G60, 5 week tournament. Click here for details. Also, if you haven’t registered, but still want to get some G60 USCF rated games in, register here and we can give you 1/2 point byes for the first 2 rounds.

To watch board 1 live on Monday 4/1 at 6pm, click here.

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Weekly News – 1/7/19 Casual chess, puzzle solving Event info

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It’s great to be back!

After an extended break for the holidays, the Huntsville Chess Club will be back in action on Monday the 7th. Please stop by and join us for a game!

Puzzle Night 1/14/19

Do you consider yourself a chess tactics guru? Do you aspire to improve upon what most consider to be 90 percent of the game of chess? We have an activity for you! Next week, on Monday, January 14, David Hayes will host a no-cost, no-prize puzzle solving event during our regularly scheduled meeting time. See below for details.

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Huntsville City Championship Starts Tomorrow – North Alabama Championship on 9/15 in Hampton Cove

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The 4 week Huntsville City Championship begins tomorrow.  Take advantage of this rare opportunity to play rated games (G/60;d5) with a longer time control close to home!  Don’t forget, you can receive a bye for any round but round 4 (multiple byes are ok) on September 3rd.

Register for the City Championship here!

In other news, the Huntsville Chess Club will be hosting a North Alabama Championship on September 15th at the Hampton Inn in Hampton Cove.

Click here to register and for all the details.

To make these tournaments possible, we really need the support from our membership.  We hope you’ll take advantage of these great opportunities for local chess!

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Weekly News – 4 Week Huntsville City Championship 2018 Begins August 13th!

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This week, we’ll be taking a break from tournaments, but the Huntsville City Championship will start next week on August 13th.  We’ll conduct one game per week of G/60;d5 and will be both Quick and Standard rated.

Both USCF and HCC memberships are required.  Online registration only.  Information above / Register below.

Register or Renew Your USCF Membership Here

Renew your HCC Dues here

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Weekly News 4-9-18 Quick Chess Tournament Register Now

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On Monday 4/9 at 6pm, we’ll be hosting a 3 round Swiss or Round Robin Quick tournament at the Sunny Street Cafe.  This tournament will only affect your Quick rating (not your Standard or Blitz rating).  Boards, sets, and clocks will be provided.

The time control will be G/15 d/5 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.

Register or Renew Your USCF Membership Here

Renew your HCC Dues here

HCC MEMBERS REGISTER HERE

NON-MEMBERS REGISTER HERE

Last weekend, the Huntsville Chess club and the Chattanooga Chess club battled it out in a blitz and standard tournament in Hampton Cove.  Results will be published in a newsletter soon.