To Sign-up: Venmo $30 to Kristian-Jordan-1 In Venmo, include USCF number and Discord Username and 4-digit Identification number. When funds are received you will be added to the Huntsville Chess League Discord chat where we pair you and have all announcements. Last day to Sign up is 3/25 Click Here to learn how to get started!
MARCH 2022 ANNOUNCEMENT
We’re hosting our 2nd round of Huntsville Chess League. This a G/60 d5, USCF rated tournament. The entry fee is $30 and the prize fund is listed in the official rules.
Send your entry to Kristian Jordan via Venmo, and you’ll be added to the HCL discord. Parings are announced Monday morning, and games must be complete by Sunday night.
Suggested locations for playing include Huntsville Public Library, Madison Public Library, Brahan Springs rec center, or South Huntsville Library.
Adding to the Brahan Spring Recreation Center club meeting location on Fridays, we’ll now be meeting at the South Huntsville Public Library on Tuesdays from 4:30PM to 7PM.
Thanks to Joseph McGow-Russell for the active coordination necessary to make this happen! He was able to reserve the meeting room on Tuesday nights, indefinitely, and gain permission to store our club equipment. Perhaps the best news is that the library’s coffee shop is naming a drink, “The Bean’s Gambit” in honor of our club!
To find the club on Tuesdays, please walk through the doors from the parking lot and make your way allllll the way back to the end of the library. We’ll be in a large room on your left. There are a couple of rows of tables and room for about 40 people to play 20 games simultaneously.
If you haven’t been to the South Huntsville Public Library, you really should check it out soon. The club has been eyeing this building for a possible club location for quite a while since they began construction on it nearly 2 years ago. It’s truly a great spot!
And it’s not just for chess players, either – Amenities include an open/bookstore-style floor plan, Makerspace Studio, a meeting room, children’s puppet theater, teen gaming center, outside vendor coffee shop, and an indoor fireplace for cozy reading.
So please come out next Tuesday afternoon for a few games of chess, to socialize with your fellow chess enthusiast, and to support and enjoy the newest library in Huntsville!
We will be hosting an unrated team tournament, beginning the week of 1/28 and 2/25 with a break in the competition the week of 2/11. Register now using the form below!
Your team will play another team each week. Each round will consist of a 5 game match with alternating colors. The best of 5 gets the point. If the teams tie, then the point will be split (1/2 point each).
If you are interested in playing, but don’t have a teammate, or have any questions at all, please email us here and we’ll get you paired up with someone.
Additional details are as follows:
Location: Brahan Spring Recreation Center
Schedule:
Round 1: Friday, 1/28
Round 2: Friday, 2/4
Round 3: Friday, 2/18
Round 4: Friday, 2/21
Round 5: Friday, 2/28
Round Start Time: 5pm
Time control: G10; d5 (5 games per week)
Entry Fee: $20 / team
Prize Fund (will be paid via PayPal):
1st Place – 60% of entry fees collected
2nd Place – 30% of entry fees collected
3rd Place – 10% of entry fees collected
Enter now and pay via PayPal below!
2021 Huntsville City Championship Results
Round 5 was a nail-biter with no obvious tournament winner until the very end of the games. When the smoke cleared, John Daugherty was declared the victor with a 4-1 score!
John proudly displays the 2021 Rocket City Chess Championship Trophy.
Willie Sandifer (Chief TD) meticulously analyzed the games from each round and John Daugherty and Andrew Hamiter each received a prize for their brilliance.
John Daugherty
New member Andrew Hamiter
Cross Table for the 2021 Rocket City Chess Championship
Click here to view the final results of the tournament.
It all comes down to Round 5 in the City Championship, and it looks like the winner could be any of the participants on board 1 or 2! Tune in Friday to catch our live games broadcast of both of the top boards.
For rounds 3, 4, and 5, we plan to offer live commentary from our members, in conjunction with our weekly Zoom meetings that Willie has been leading. Please tune in and join in on the discussion of the games on the top 2 boards!
The games will start Friday at 5pm – Details below.
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To view the games on your computer outside of the zoom meeting, click here.
This week marks the first weekly meeting of the HCC at our new location (Brahan Spring Recreation Center). Friday will also be the first round of the Huntsville City Championship.
As a reminder, registration for the tournament will close today (11/01). Register now! 1 half-point bye is available, but 0 point byes will be available beyond that. If you’re having any issues with the electronic payment method, online registration, or have any questions at all, please email us and we will help you work through it or work something out.
As a convenience, we’ve included the registration form at the bottom of this blog post.
“The best laid plans of mice and men…” – Robert Burns
As often happens in life, plans made are rarely plans executed. We were just made aware through a Facebook post that today is the last day that Mario’s will be open for an indeterminate amount of time. Consequently, and effective immediately, we’ll be moving our primary meeting location to Brahan Spring Recreation Center on Fridays from 4:30pm to 7:00pm.
We thank Mario’s for hosting us while they could and wish them a speedy return to service!
*Please note that the next 5 meetings will be centered around the Huntsville City Championship. There may be room for casual chess for those who aren’t participating (and definitely before the round starts), but we’ll need to ensure that the playing room remains silent for those competing.*
November 5th: City Championship
November 12th: City Championship
November 19th: City Championship
November 26th: No meeting (Thanksgiving)
December 3rd: City Championship
December 10th: City Championship
December 17th: Casual Chess
We had originally planned to add Friday to the days we meet, not to substitute Friday for Tuesday. So, if you have a Huntsville location that we can move to on Tuesday from 4:30pm – 7pm, please let us know by emailing us here.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us at the same email link above.
