On Monday 2/19 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.
On Monday 2/5 at 6pm, we’ll be hosting a 5 round Double-Swiss or Round Robin Blitz tournament at the Sunny Street Cafe. 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.
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’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.
Greetings All,
For those who haven’t heard, we’ve been challenged to a team match by the Chattanooga Chess Club. This promises to be a really fun event! Register now.
We’re planning to take 8 participants to Chattanooga using the following format:
Please enter any questions, comments, or anything else you want us to know about in the comments under the registration form or email us at The Huntsville Chess Club.
Register or Renew Your USCF Membership Here
No Fields Found.We didn’t meet this week, but you can still check out Gerald Larson’s lecture at Brahan Springs tonight (Friday 1/19)!
On Monday 1/22 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). Please bring your sets/clocks if you have them, but if you don’t please join us anyway. We should have plenty to go around.
The time control will be G/10 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.
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