| Standing | Name | Quick Rating | Score |
| 1 | Jonathan Rasberry | 1869 | 3 |
| 2 | Joel Friedman | 1506 | 3 |
| 3 | Michael Porter | 1316 | 3 |
| 4 | David Hayes | 1588 | 2 |
| 5 | Tomasz Nielsen | 1184 | 2 |
| 6 | Larisa Friedman | unr. | 2 |
| 7 | Theo Handley | unr. | 1 |
| 8 | Brandon Cantu | unr. | 0 |
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!
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.
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!
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
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!
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!
This Monday, 9-10-18 will mark the final round of the Huntsville City Championship. Luis Morenilla leads the field with 2.5 with a 4-way tie for 2nd. It promises to be a suspenseful evening.
As a reminder, casual play will always be an option for those not participating in the tournament or spectating.
Saturday 9-15 will be the North Alabama Championship tournament in Hampton Cove. Registration will close on Friday, Have you signed up yet for this online registration only event? Please take advantage of one of the few opportunities for standard rated play in our backyard. Sign up now!
We hope to see you at all of our club events!
The Huntsville Chess Club
There will be no chess on Monday, 9/3. The library will be closed. The final round of the Huntsville City Championship will be held on 9/10.
As a reminder, there are less than 2 weeks to register for the North Alabama Championship. Register today at North Alabama Championship 2018.
Have a great Labor Day Weekend!
The Huntsville Chess Club
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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
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