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Weekly News – No Chess This evening, North Alabama Chess Puzzle Solver’s Championship Results

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No Chess on Presidents’ Day 2/17/20

The library will be closed this evening. See you on 2/24.

Puzzle Solver’s Championship Results

Puzzle solvers spread out across the 2nd floor of the library on 2/10/20 to try their hand at solving some tactics exercises. It was a lot of fun! Thanks goes out to David Hayes for organizing. Here are the results:

Open

  1. Sarah May – and our only perfect score!
  2. Joel Friedman
  3. Frank Camaratta
  4. Gabriel Noland

U1600

This section had a clear first and a 3 way tie for 2nd place.

  1. Tomasz Nielsen
  2. Larisa Friedman
  3. Michael Porter
  4. Tom Gilbreath
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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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Weekly News 1-29-18 Back to Casual Chess This Week

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We’ll be back to casual chess this week, so for those who opted to abstain from last week’s Quick tournament, please come on out.  We had 19 folks at the Café last Monday, so there’s ALWAYS a friendly game to be had by all.

To tide you over until the meeting tonight at 5:30pm (Monday 1/29), here’s a contribution from David Hayes:

Mullinax vs Hayes
2018

This is a position from the first round of the 3rd Annual Smokey Mountain Open Amateur Section. Here I (black) have a comfortable position and am a pawn up. In this position, black played 33. … Rxd3 34. cxd3 Ra4 35. Qxc6 Qxc6 36. Rxc6 Rxb4 and eventually won the endgame. However, black can win faster and more decisively from this position.

Please help black find a better move in this position.

Solution: Hint: Who is afraid of the double attack on my d4 Rook?

Solution: Hint: One must be willing to sacrifice and risk everything for mate.

 

 

 

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No Meeting on July 4th – Here’s a Puzzle to Tide you Over

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With the Independence Day weekend upon us, we will be skipping chess next Tuesday night (July 4th) and instead leave that time to celebrate with our families and friends.  We’ll see you again on July 11th.

As a gift to keep you busy in the meantime, here’s another tactical exercise from David Hayes.  If you like these puzzles, this problem and more can be found under the tactics’ menu’s Help Me Find a Better Move.

Hayes vs Wang 2017

This is a position from the first round of the June Huntsville Classic. Here White has a strong attack against my King.  If White can get h5 in, then my position will become uncomfortable.  Play could have continued 33. BxB QxB+ 34. QxQ fxQ, and I would have a long, but winable endgame given white’s disconnected and doubled pawns.  However, I was fortunate.  This time, I found the better move.  Can you?

Solution: Hint: Pawn Power